February 2008
tumblr nyc meetup = good idea?
Does anyone think a tumblr NYC meetup is a good idea? Email me at leetumbls (at) yahoo.com if that’s something you’d be into! *I don’t know anyone pictured below. But I think if you’re going to go out and have a good time, you should probably wear a Hawaiian shirt.
The scariest man on television and I have a chat
Me: You intimidate me so much that in some scenes I have a hard time watching you and have to turn away.
Marlo Stanfield (Jamie Hector): Really? I do?
Me: Yeah! You and Curb Your Enthusiasm do that to me. They both make me uncomfortable in good ways.
Marlo: Ha.
Me: You'd be really good at staring contests! Did you ever play them when you were a kid?
Marlo: Nah.
Me: Dang.
January 2008
It's not gay if it's with an alien...
A complaint written to the FCC: While watching the world Series. Fox advertised for the Simpson. The Commercial shows a homosexual encounter with an alien. I think this is inappropriate for the audience that would be watchin this program. (via Cynical-C) Remember: this person lives in the United States and has the right to vote, drive a car and perhaps more importantly, BREED. Be afraid.
“Asked about the two different answers, Mr. Obama’s presidential campaign...”
– Obama: Decriminalize pot - - The Washington Times (via nickdouglas) This is outrageous. Marijuana is ruining this country. It enables its users to sit at home, play video games and eat snacks! We should jail them all.
Hung out with the cast of The Wire
You know, just kicking back with Lester, Marlo, Chris and Sydnor. NBD. Pictures TK! And while you’d think the fans lining up would be mostly white people, it was actually a good mix of actual gangstas and fanboys! The two dudes in front of me were talking about how they’ve got some shit to speak to Marlo about (as if he were a real dude).
Friends, countrymen, lovers of vegetarian...
Lan Cafe on 6th St. between 1st and 2nd is a tiny, great spot for delicious Vietnamese food with fake meats! Spring rolls, bahn mi with seitan and pho are all recommended. http://www.yelp.com/biz/lan-cafe-new-york
a thought.
rach:This seems obvious, but I’ve gotten to the bottom of many friend’s career woes and it is that what they are doing just doesn’t mean anything to them. It might mean something to the masses, it might mean something to their parents, it might even mean something to the person they were three years ago, but currently, their days are spent doing something they don’t find...
me: earnings calls are so boring
Michael: that's why i never do them
it'd be better if you pick up the phone and it plays I Get Money
and then you write an article "profits rise"
me: that would simplify things so much
(via gotdatkevinnealon)
Try CallStreet!
SALAD
partiesandhangovers: Ugh - everytime I eat here I come back to the office and smell like a salad. What’s up with that? Also, it is the most disorganized, too-small-for-the-crowds, crapshow of a lunch place I’ve ever been. Yet I keep going back … whhyyyyy??? I didn’t believe her until my hoodie somehow began to smell like it’s been tossed with a lite...
New York Lottery →
erockappel:My good friend, Brett Gelman, is the new mascot for the NY Lottery. He’s called “Little Bit Of Luck.” Watching him run around the NY Lotto site as a tiny flash based character is extremely surreal…and hilarious. A friend of mine called me last night thinking he had called Brett instead. All he had to say was, “Take 5” and I knew exactly what he was...
Luxury fashion house Louis Vuitton on Feb. 15 will begin screening a cable and satellite TV spot, in what may be the first such mass-market TV corporate advertising effort by a high-end marketer. The travel-themed, 90-second spot focuses on Louis Vuitton as an overall brand, and offers the tagline, “Where will life take you?” The spot also will be shown in what the company...
Obama/Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
I’d like to see the South vote against that ticket.
Facetime with Marlo
I am definitely going to this, just so I can give Marlo a piece of my mind. He can’t kill Prop Joe and get away with it! Jamie Hector (Marlo Stanfield) Corey Parker Robinson (Detective Leander Sydnor) Gbenga Akinnagbe (Chris Partlow)* Date & Time: January 31st, 2008. 11:30am-1pm Where: The HBO Shop, 1100 Avenue of the Americas, NYC. Come join them!
A vote for Clinton, in other words, is a wager rooted in hard-eyed realism. Her upside may be limited, but so is her downside, because although the ceiling on her putative presidency might be low, the floor beneath it is fairly high. A vote for Obama, as the Big Dog said, is indeed a role of the dice. The risks of his hypothetical presidency are higher, but the potential payoff is greater: He...
Shotgun wedding
Last weekend I stumbled upon a crazier cable offering, though: CMT’s My Big Redneck Wedding. This reality show follows a self-proclaimed “redneck” couple as they prepare to walk down the aisle, often in camoflage and with the aid of farm equipment and/or firearms. During the episode I saw, the groom attempted to bake a four-foot cake and then blew it up when it didn’t meet...
My 75-year-old grandfather just bought a laptop so he could learn to use the Internet. I got an empty email from him yesterday, and the subject heading was, “Andrew what does it mean when it asks ‘are you sure you want to send an empty message’ when i click on the send button??? ——love grandad” (via CollegeHumor) That’s so meta I don’t even know...
“This episode was a mistake. How can they justify overwriting the sentimental...”
– a guy at TV Squad RE: this week’s Simpsons episode This is a great example of a white whine. Some people just never learned how to suspend belief while they watch a TV show. I wonder if this guy complains about everything. I’m guessing yes.
“I actually saw Ricky [Gervais] in the men’s room just before the ceremony,...”
– Steve Carrell at the SAG Awards (via People)
The $500 disposable device
v: it's amazing how much people let them [Apple] get away with, though
v: like locking you into their format and not mentioning it won't play anywhere else
v: or, designing a device whose battery dies and is not replaceable
me: but they come out with a new one every 4 months! "buy a new one!," says mr. jobs
v: exactly! honestly, a $500 disposable device?
v: jobs fucks the consumer and they beg for more
v: iSheep
me: iApprove
me: that's a tough thing to pull off
v: it kills me... the self-identified "progressive" or "liberal" crowd loves apple
v: which pushes closed standards and hegemony
“When people hear the new stuff, they’ll realize that I’m a lyrical...”
– tumblr’s own Travis McCoy (via Vulture) There’s a fine line between confidence and arrogance, no? Not having the highest self-confidence in the world, I’d take that - mixed with a little delusion - over self-doubt every time.
America loses
The film [“American Pie Presents: Beta House,” the sixth film in the popular comedy series], which cost less than $10 million to make, is expected to sell more than a million units — in line with two previous “American Pie” installments that were produced specifically for DVD release, according to Universal. (via nytimes) Bold is mine. Who are these million Americans? I realize that what...
Vampire Weekend's debut album gets an 8.8 from...
…which means that their follow-up, out in 2010 on XL, will score a 4.5. You heard it here first. Feel free to link back to this in 2010.
Because tefillin on the field would probably get...
From the Washington Post: Alan Veingrad spent seven seasons in the NFL as an offensive lineman, playing for the Green Bay Packers (1986-90) and then the Dallas Cowboys (1991-92) where he won a Super Bowl ring. Veingrad played nearly every position on the line, blocking for Emmitt Smith and protecting Troy Aikman. Smith presented Veingrad with a Rolex watch after the running back won the NFL...
WatchThanks to VeganYumYum for the recipe! I realize the video looks like it was from Cloverfield, but that’s because I’m a horrible videographer.
Seen at the corner deli
“Looks like an apple, taste like a grape!” That’s the tag line for a new product called Grapples! Excited, I look down to find a 4 pack of normal looking apples. Curious as to how they made this graple/apple hybrid, I check out the ingredients. Ingrendients: Apples, natural and artificial grape flavor Foiled again.
Shaquille O'Neal Monthly Expenses
Cost per month, via SportsCenter: 3 home mortgages: $468,345 Monthly vacations: $110,505 Gas and oil: $24,300 Clothes and laundry: $23,950 Food: $12,775 I would love to be able to spend $12k on food a month.
Three things I learned this week
1) Jeff Buckley’s version of “I Shall Be Released” is better than Bob Dylan or The Band’s, though The Band wins bonus points for having every great singer from the 60’s and 70’s on their most famous rendition. 2) Jay-Z’s concert film, Fade to Black, is worth a watch just to see him freestyle entire songs - with spectacular results. 3) I haven’t...
I want my MTV
My brother and I came up with an idea for an MTV show a few months back. I pitched it to a few people. We didn’t hear anything back from anyone. Last night, we learn that a similar idea is now in production at MTV. A writer friend of mine says this sort of thing happens to him once a year. He’s past caring about it. I’m not in that stage yet. I think the only appropriate...
S. Epatha redux
I haven’t thought about or referenced S. Epatha Merkerson in a very long time. But I did earlier this week in a random joke about Tom Brady. And now this happens: At last night’s premiere of Manhattan Theatre Club’s revival of Come Back, Little Sheba, star S. Epatha Merkerson — who at that point in the evening barely suspected that she was about to be crowned the theater star...
I'm hurt?
When a person you know in the real world un-follows you, does that mean they don’t want to be friends anymore? It’s not like I post 300 times a day. This can only mean one thing: they’re anti-semitic. And that makes me sick.
WatchThis is exactly like my workplace.
gtmcknight: teasing 6yos = teasing teasing 18yos = flirting teasing 60yos = mean —david teasing 90yos= flirting —ben [highindustrial adds: Teasing 100yos = Willard Scott.] — highindustrial 150 yos = 1st 10 minutes of Rocky
Smart with the hands. Not with the brains.
I helped a nice young lady use the espresso machine at work. I hadn’t done it before, but my technological skills (my ability to turn a knob) impressed her. We continued talking in the elevator on the way down to our respective floors. Lady: The espresso tastes good! (smiles) Me: Thanks. I don’t like to brag, but I’m pretty great at most things. Lady: Oh, really! And modest too....
Military Blames UFO Reports on Jet Drills →
What I don’t understand is why the UFOs are happy with just flying around. Why don’t they come down and chat?
I’m listening to the incredibly beautiful soulful Ray Lamontagne album Till The Sun Turns Black while I try to get some work done. But something distracts me… Now I’m just filled with beard envy. My beard doesn’t even deserve to be in the same room as his beard.