…wore leggings as pants to work. just like i do every day. because work is awesome. no really, go ahead and ask me the last time i wore “real” pants in public. spoiler alert: I HAVE NO IDEA.
…spiced up my leggings uniform with some kick-ass LEG WARMERS, SON.
…was asked if i was a dancer because i rocked those leggings SO HARD.
…also was asked if i was an instructor because “you totally look like you could be one.”
…GOT A PET. His name is Benjamin Linus and he is an adorable little Marimo and I am in love.
…realized that while Benjamin Linus is an awesome name for my pet, I probably should have named him Arnold after Ginny’s Pygmy Puff in Harry Potter. OPPORTUNITY LOST.
…laughed and laughed (and laughed) while reading Lindy West’s recap of Jurassic Park 3D. “I have basically no lowercase feelings about Jurassic Park.” Me too, Lindy. ME. TOO.
…read Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
…played the latest Great Gatsby trailer on loop just so I could listen to the soundtrack.
…weighed the pros and cons of bidding on Demi Lovato’s clothes (for charity!) but hey also I’m broke!
…wished desperately that I was back in Salt Lake with Libbie and Olivia drunk cooking and playing Cards Against Humanity.
…experienced my craziest Seattle rain storm yet (which only reminded me of the even crazier Orlando rain).
…bought THE BIGGEST BAG OF MARSHMALLOW MATEYS KNOWN TO MANKIND because I am an adult dammit.
…smiled because days like today are my favorite.
// Window washers at a Pittsburg Children’s Hospital. How incredible is this picture?? If I was one of those kids I would flip shit over this. Also, I highly recommend checking out this entire photoblog. Every single photograph is absolutely breathtaking.
// This. All of this.
“I resolve to love life and to soak it all up. I resolve to stop missing chances. To say yes to the boy who wants to take me out. To set my own standards, my own boundaries, my own bedtime. I resolve to quit comparing myself to others – the prettier, the funnier, the ones who manage to go out more and still get up at the crack of dawn. I resolve to be okay with the fact that that girl just isn’t me.”
From on this day. and every day. by Kristin Blakely
// This is the first time a .gif made me cry. So now there’s that.
// Do you remember the Weasley’s magic clock that instead of telling the time, told where the various members of the Weasley family were located in space? Some dude made a functional version of it and I am obsessed.
// Rembert nails it again. Even though we were cheering for different teams (sorry, friend) I am still in love with his version of Sunday’s events.
“Purposely waiting until most of the plane had boarded to enter, I walked down the aisle, mean-mugging anyone with “San Francisco” on his or her shirt. Yes, even a child. I had to. That 6-year-old made his choice. I made mine.”
From The Thrill of Defeat by Rembert Browne
// In pop culture news: Zombieland the TV show (yay!) is back on again and David Fincher is in talks to direct Gone Girl (er, what?). Oh and Leo has declared he is taking a break from acting (NOOOOOO) to “fly around the world doing good for the environment.” Er, I really hope that isn’t a private jet…
// This Ted Talk by Victoria’s Secret model Cameron Russell is refreshing in its honesty. .
“If after this amazing list, they’re still like, ‘No, no, Cameron. I really want to be a model,’ well then I say: be my boss. Because I’m not in charge of anything and you could be the editor-in-chief of American Vogue or the CEO of H&M or the next Steven Meisel. Saying that you want to be a model when you grow up is akin to saying you want to win the Powerball when you grow up. It’s out of your control and it’s awesome and it’s not a career path.”
From Looks Aren’t Everything. Believe me, I’m a Model by Cameron Russell
// Because I cannot stop thinking/talking/watching/obsessing over this week’s episode of Pretty Little Liars here is an excellent recap so we can do all of the above together. Also, I thought maybe I should share a recap that isn’t just me yelling incoherent things in ALL CAPS.
“Spencer goes to Toby’s apartment, I guess to just feel more awful, and can’t get in. She breaks down outside the door, begging him to tell her there’s more to it than how it looks. It is absolutely wretched to watch. Also mesmerizing.
“I know you’re in there. Will you… Will you just tell me that what I saw tonight wasn’t real? Please, just tell me that there’s more to this story. That there’s something that I don’t know. Please. Please, Toby… Please, Toby.”
She falls down on her knees outside the apartment, having fully lost her shit, and it’s incredibly sad. This girl who trusts nobody, this girl who’s smarter than everybody, played for a fool. It’s just vicious. And her existential crisis about it — the sick idea that there’s still a way this can be okay — is somehow the worst part. Like that’s how stretched out her brain is, by this. That she could find a way to forgive him, if he’d just open the door.”
From Wait Until My Clothes Cling to My Frame by Jacob Clifton
Alright, internet. I’m just gonna go ahead and be real honest with y’all and say: I am very disappointed in you right now. Why have none of you bothered to tell me about @MuggleHustle?! What the shit, guys?
Just in case the internet also forgot to inform you, @MuggleHustle is a twitter account created by a 25 year old dude reading the Harry Potter books for the very first time. He live-tweets the reading of the books and his tweets make me endlessly happy. Why just the other day I tweeted that I wished I could rediscover the books for the first time and then BAM the internet gave me this (okay, maybe I’m not so mad at you after all). Just in case you aren’t as dedicated as I am (aka I have been reading his tweets for hours now) here are some priceless hustles for you enjoyment:
(If you have never read the books you should STOP READING RIGHT THIS SECOND.)
(seriously).
And before you’re all “Whoa! What about doing awesome things?!” remember: THIS IS THE MOST AWESOME THING EVER.
Yesterday while at the airport checking in for my flight, the check-in dudes casually informed me that I had just barely missed Daniel Radcliffe.
um, WHAT?
First of all, given that this is the first (and most star studded) weekend of the Sundance Film Festival, it makes me really super happy that of all the celebrities these guys have seen over the past couple of days they took one look at me and knew that the only one I would care to know about is Harry Potter himself.
Second of all, I kind of wish I didn’t look like the kind of person who would need to know that Harry Potter was at the airport moments before she was, because now it is all I can think about and the more I think about it the more sad I get.
Third of all, seeing has how intensely happy and sad this entire situation has made me, I think it is probably for the best that we barely missed seeing one another because I’m not entirely sure what I would have done had Harry Potter been anywhere even remotely near me (although, to be honest, I did legitimately consider ditching my flight and catching the next cab to Park City in search of Harry Potter).
Regardless, I am going to go watch Through the Pensieve approximately 100 times and try to work through my feelings.
Also, this.
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Originally my plan was to rank my personal choices for the best movies of the year, but then I realized I have maybe only seen a third of the movies I really wanted to see this year. Basically I am waiting to do that frantically-watch-all-the-movies-right-before-the-Academy-Awards thing I do every year. So clearly I am in no position to rank the best movies of 2012. Not yet, anyway. I know this is unacceptable on account of the things I have read about all of those movies I have yet to see suggest this has been a truly incredible year for film. I have failed you. I have failed myself. I have failed us all.
In an attempt to make amends I have decided to list the embarrassing list of movies I actually did see this year along with my 140 character (or less!) reviews. I hope you enjoy!
Man on a Ledge: Like Phonebooth before it, a man stands on a ledge for a really long time.
The Woman in Black: Harry Potter is a badass, that woman in black on the other hand is a real hater.
The Vow: I just wanted to cry and all this movie did was make me angry. Not even angry tears. Just angry anger.
21 Jump Street: Don’t fuck with Korean Jesus.
The Hunger Games: Jennifer Lawrence is our queen. Nothing else matters.
The Cabin in the Woods: What the hell am I watching? Why am I enjoying this? This is so messed up. This is so awesome.
Moonrise Kingdom: I mean, if you’re in to Wes Anderson you’ll be in to this. Also, Bill Murray. The world always needs more Bill Murray.
Snow White and the Huntsman: Maybe I stopped watching it halfway through?
Brave: Remember when Finding Nemo came out and every one was freaking out about how real/amazing the water looked? Two words: Merida’s Hair.
Magic Mike: I was all in on this movie until it decided to add a plot about halfway through. More shirtless Channing Tatum, less forced love story plz.
Ted: Too bad I couldn’t hear this movie on account of the obnoxious woman behind me. I think it was funny?
The Dark Knight Rises: I cried twice! IMAX! Chanting! Anne Hathaway ain’t so bad! Batman Voice! Alfred! Danger! Explosions! There’s a storm coming, Mr. Wayne!
Premium Rush: A 90-minute propaganda film for fixies. Bikers be cray.
Anna Karenina: SPOILER ALEEEEEERT! It was beautiful.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower: One pack of tissues isn’t enough. Two will probably do.
Pitch Perfect: Acascuse me? What you mean you haven’t seen this instant classic? That’s like not seeing Mean Girls!
Argo: This movie was so intense I had to keep reminding myself that I already knew how it ended just so that I would remember to fucking breathe.
Paranormal Activity 4: Make it stop.
Wreck-It Ralph: I officially have a mega-crush on Felix, Jr. He can fix it!
Lincoln: A bunch of men parade about in curly wigs and I find myself wildly enthralled by it. Joseph Gordon Levitt tries to find a purpose.
The Twilight Saga: The first time a movie completely deviates from the book and I love it.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Bilbo is all I’m a hobbit! Dwarves sing some songs. Gandalf saves the day a lot.
Les Miserables: I tried to see it twice in one day but then the snow derailed me. Also, this movie is perfect. Also, Anne Hathaway. Also, Eddie Redmayne.
I spend a lot of my time thinking about dead people. Wait that didn’t come out right – I like to think about what would happen if dead people came back from the dead. But not as zombies! Well, I do spend a lot of my time thinking about zombies but today that isn’t at all what I mean because then this post would be real gross.
Let me start over.
Ahem.
I like to think about significant historical figures coming back from the dead and seeing the results of their life’s work. Ya know like if George Washington were to come back and see the state of our country would he be proud? Horrified? Although I guess he was technically a slave owner so maybe first he would need to get over that initial shock and then we could see how he felt about all those other crazy things.
You know, thoughts like that.
Mostly I like to think about major innovators of technology. Like Mr. Thomas Edison*. Can you imagine if our boy Tom were to see a modern light bulb and all the neat things we now do with lights? Or how incredible would it be to accompany him on his first modern motion picture experience? Do you think he ever imagined such possibilities when he gave us the Kinetoscope? And how do we decide which film to show him first?!
But my thinking doesn’t just stop with his innovations. I like to wonder what he would think of modern society as a whole. Would he be in awe of our vehicles and the iPhones attached to our hands? Would he hate our big box retailers or modern warfare? I like playing through all the thoughts that would be going through his mind as he walked our streets. I secretly hope he’d be like Mr. Weasley – antsy to take everything apart and study the component parts.
*listen, I know Tom was
kind of an renowned asshole,
but I prefer to live in a world
in which he was as likable as
Mr. Weasley. Okay?
I also enjoy daydreaming about what would happen if Walt Disney could see his company today and what the people of the renaissance would think of our lifestyle and pretty much every thought Don Draper would have on advertising and life in general and early scientists and what they would think of all that we now know concerning genetics.
Basically my dream consists of hosting a lunch at my house and inviting a bunch of dead guys because that would be the most enlightening lunchtime conversation I could ever hope to have. You’re all invited of course.
Whenever I think about such things, I inevitably start wondering about my own legacy. Two hundred years from now, if I were to come back from the dead, what would people be excited to show me? What would I want to see? And this is where I always get stuck. So then I spend the rest of my time thinking about what I would say at pseudo-zombie lunch when it came my turn to talk at the table. I’d probably have a whole lot to say about the current state of fashion, and I’d definitely shy away from any talk concerning technology because I am terrified of robots and can only assume they will be running the world in 2212. But when it comes to the thing that would be uniquely me, the thing that would buy my spot at the innovator’s table, I just can’t figure out what I want that to be.
So in the mean time I am going to keep daydreaming about fashion talk with Marie Antoinette, bitching about kids these days with James Matthew Barrie and asking Martin Luther King, Jr. if society today even remotely resembles that dream of his.
Now that I’ve got those pesky see ya laters out of the way, I finally get to celebrate the hellos. And oh I have so many hellos to look forward to! Why just tonight I finally got to say hello to the city of Orlando and to my roommates (aka my new besties aka the girls I have been talking to on the internet for the past five months aka I am getting real good at this taking online friendships offline business).
In the days to come I also get to say hello to:
