J MARX THE SPOT

"I like turkey." --Neko the cat

2010-02-16T07:23:00.006-05:00

If this "blog" were a "baby," it would've been seized by Child Protective Services.

Finally clockin' some hours. Promise to update more on the reg. Aiiiiight????

Flew to Seattle. Baked a pie.

Charlotte, such a little lady

Darling Weez

A very Lynchian 7-11

NOMS!!!

Bailey taking full advantage.

Post-Noms:

Cousin Max & Darling Sophie

Sorry Weez, it's too good.

Ally!

Adam!

What UP, cuz??? Up...get it?

Molly lurkin

Cuz Luv

THANKSGIVING 2, TWO THOUSAND NINE

What UP, Irish Cream?

.

Daaaahling Kate! Daaaaaaaaaahling Erica!

Is this annoying yet?

Last night of the trip...

Sasha (Fierce)

A squared

More Luvs!!!

Xander lurking

Everyone is cousins here, on the real. Under the Banner of Heaven, much??

More soon.

Mitch Kramer

2009-11-24T04:33:00.003-05:00

Dude. There are too many fucking classic Dazed & Confused moments to cover all at this very moment. Let's just go with one--c'mon and give it up for Mitch Kramer!

No, whatever. JUST LOOK AT THE SIGN.

SIXTY. CENTS.

P.S. Nice shirt.

Started makin' trouble in my neighborhood

2009-11-23T21:21:00.001-05:00

Good things do happen above 14th Street. Believe it.

Wow, not great.

2009-11-23T03:48:00.001-05:00

GET OUTTA MY HEAD

Why do I feel so judged by a website's 'suggestions?' No really, the above makes me question who the fuck I am and what I have become...like as a human being. On this earth. Whoa. Heavy vibes, man.

Take a look, it's in a book...

2009-11-15T16:34:00.003-05:00

We can't stop it.
Not with all the lawyers, guns, and money in this word. Not with guilt or morality or righteous indignation. Not with crime summits, ro task forces or committees. Not with policy decision made in places that can't be seen from the lost corner of Fayette and Monroe. No lasting victory in the war on drugs can be bought by doubling the number of beat cops or tripling the number of prison beds. No peace can come from kingpin statutes and civil forfeiture laws and warrantless searches and whatever the hell else is about to be tossed into next year's omnibus bill.

Down on Fayette Street, they know.

The corner is rooted in human desire--crude and certain and immediate. And the hard truth is that all the law enforcement in the world can't mess with desire. Down at Fayette and Monroe and every corner like it in Baltimore, the dealers and fiends have won because they are legion. They've won because the state of Maryland and the federal government have imprisoned thousands and arrested terns of thousands and maybe a hundred thousand on the parole and probation rolls--and still it isn't close to enough. By raw demographics, the men and women of the corners can claim victory. In Baltimore alone--a city of fewer than seven hundred thousand souls, with some of the highest recorded rates of intravenous drug use in the nation--they are fifty, perhaps even sixty thousand strong--three of them for every available prison bed in the entire state of Maryland. The slingers are manning more than a hundred open-air corners, serving up product as fast as they can get it off a southbound Metroliner. And the fiends are chasing down that blast twenty-four, seven.

In neighborhoods where no other wealth exists, they have constructed an economic engine so powerful that they'll readily sacrifice everything to it. And make no mistake: that engine is humming. No slacking profit margins, no recessions, no bad quarterly reports, no layoffs, no naturalized unemployment rate. In the empty heart of our cities, the culture of drugs has created a wealth-generating structure so elemental and enduring that it can legitimately be called a social compact.

From the outside looking in, it's tempting to see this nightmare as a model of supply and demand run amok, as a lawlessness bred from an unenforceable prohibition. But the reckoning at Fayette and Monroe and other places like it has grown into something greater than the medical mechanics of addition, greater even than the dollars and sense of economic theory. (57-58)

Simon, David, and Edward Burns. The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood. New York: Broadway Books, 1997. Print.

Dear MySpace,

2009-11-15T06:13:00.002-05:00

Oh wait--MySpace?! Silly me! I meant Dear Facebook. Not like the latter hasn't totally become the former or anything.

Anyway--Facebook. Did you know that your little profile generator-thingy keeps alerting me to the profile (that I made)...of my cat!?!?

(SO FUNNY I FORGOT TO LAUGH)

My name is Peggy Olson

2009-11-12T19:29:00.000-05:00

You try to scream...

2009-11-08T15:57:00.024-05:00

BEST HOLIDAY TO CELEBRATE IN NY HANDS DOWN

(Night One: Friday, October 30)

...but terror takes the sound before you make it

My costume...boring. Moving right along!

TALK ABOUT A WORK OF STAGGERING GENIUS. I MEAN...

Then this happened:

No shoes, no problem.

Audra is so gosh darn GORGEOUS. One of my favorite people.

I got lazy with the captions, maybe I'll add some later. I don't know. Do people even care about the written word anymore--I mean, reading like actual words takes like effort and stuff, right?

Night Two: Coming Soon

You Are Beautiful

2009-10-21T02:23:00.010-04:00

...in every single way.

Don't look at me...

Yes, words can't bring us down

Yes, words won't bring us down, OH NO.

Don't you bring me down today
(by tryin' an' cop a feel on Stanton Streeet)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BFF BFF BFF HADAS...HUGS 'N KISSES 'N LUV!!!

No, really...a time was had rolling with the homies.

I am telling you, we had a time. Didn't we? Didn't we have a time?

We did. We had a time.

Scent and a sound. I'm lost and I'm found.

2009-10-08T07:24:00.008-04:00

I'M ON THE HUNT AND AFTER YOU
(via Dlisted)

Let's Get Spiritual. Spiritual.

2009-10-08T07:00:00.016-04:00

#letsgetspiritualspiritualcmonandgetspiritualspiritualetsgetspiritualspiritualcmonandget 

My name is Mr. Z. Three talents: 1, 2, 3...

2009-10-05T05:45:00.004-04:00

...at Summer Heights HIIIIIIIIIGH!!!!!!!!!!

"My name is Jessica. Some kids call me a slut. And I've a dirty habit for Ecstasy."

"Oh Celine, why'd you run in the road?
It's Rodney's fault for leaving the door open."

RED RUM! RED RUM!

2009-10-05T04:11:00.012-04:00

REMEMBER WHEN THIS HAPPENED???

"Ma -- what's the big deal about the red dress?"

BETTER RED THAN DEAD

Episode #16: Arbitrary Law

2009-10-04T23:52:00.000-04:00

The title of this post and the following both offer a clue into...the future!!

"So now the sadness comes--the revelation. There is a depression
after an answer is given. It was almost fun not knowing. Yes,
now we know. At least we know what we sought in the beginning.

"But there is still the question: why? And this question will
go on and on until the final answer comes. Then the knowing is
so full, there is no room for questions."

Things + Stuff

2009-09-18T16:48:00.012-04:00

Also: Stuff + Things

Ciao, Ciabatta!

2009-09-18T00:32:00.063-04:00

City, Pretty

2009-09-04T03:53:00.005-04:00

NO COPYCATS ALLOWED

2009-09-04T03:22:00.000-04:00

TRULY MADLY MANLY

2009-09-02T01:28:00.002-04:00

I love you, Claire Fisher

2009-08-22T21:12:00.001-04:00

A GIANT SEAHORSE & Other Stories

2009-08-20T21:16:00.024-04:00

* Look, I know I ALWAYS say this, but just trust me, OK?
Click a Flick--> Full Size, FULL SPLENDOR *

East Hampton? YUCK.

Just as miserable as it looks. We made do.

Summertime is SLOSHBALL Season.

Been going since for almost a decade.

Jamie and Bob manage opposing teams.

I played for Jamie's team, and we won! I even scored a run and also hit an RBI.

Keeping your eye on the ball is no joke.

Someone brought a REALLY GOOD seven-layer nacho dip. Gordon was pretty into it.

Nico!

I feel so honored to participate in this true local legend-in-the-making.
SLOSHBALL 4EVA!

Addie juggling all the cameras used for the group shot above.

Colin and Tracy sitting in a tree...

Afterwards, there was an oh-s0-lovely and delicious dinner hosted by the spectacular W family.

And the LATER...

"You know what would be AWESOME to have in there? A GIANT SEAHORSE. Wouldn't that be SO AWESOME?"

Bob requested that I take this shot.

Look to the right--just above one cups--see the ball?!

"Looks like a job for the Bookhouse Boys...ya know, the owls are not what they seem."

Then back to this misery.

LIFE, RIGHT?!

PARTY PARTY: THE ENDLESS SUMMER

2009-08-20T20:49:00.006-04:00

AUGUST GLASSES GLASSES PARTY PARTY

SEE ALL THE FLICKS HERE:
PARTY PARTY: THE ENDLESS SUMMER

BLOW-UP LIZ'S CAR!!!

2009-08-20T15:24:00.001-04:00

Video Recaps | Full Episodes | Webisodes

Just a little somethin' to break the monotony

2009-08-06T22:42:00.016-04:00

*click flicks: bigger + better*

MY WAY

2009-07-17T20:24:00.005-04:00

SID AND NANCY (1986) Dir. Alex Cox

Dear Sarah Palin,

2009-07-09T16:08:00.006-04:00

Heroes get remembered,
but legends never die.

Born on the 4th of JEW-LIE

2009-07-07T22:54:00.009-04:00

Guess who else was in East Hampton for the weekend?!?!

Yuuuuuup, Mr. Walkie Talkies himself (looking extremely dapper--as does mah man, doye). A last hurrah before his big move to SF. Evan, I miss you already! I'm so grateful for this unexpected, totally awesome bonus round we got to spend together.
So on Friday night--Nico and I were debating on whether or not to go to this cocktail thingy, made a few calls--turns out E was not only at the soirée, he was staying at the house for the wknd...small/mad world.

Mr. Hamptons Dot Com / Mayor of EH

Throwback to camp days: the single-digit years.

USA! USA! We kicked things off at the 'stone fête.

Total Bar Mitzvah vibe on the dance floor, which is ironic since E and I were probably the only Jews there.

The MJ was plentiful, the costumes colorful.

Love the siblings Pool. LOVE.
P.S. Lindsay, you were missed!!

The "DJ" was f*cking hilarious. He was taking this "gig" VERY seriously.

Afterward, we all headed over to Alexis' pad; el casa de pool...

Insta-BFF's

The Look Book: East End Edition (actually there were/always are a lot of winning ensembles in this neck of the woods).

Some things are just inevitable...

ROCK, FLAG AND EAGLE!!!

Movin' On Up And Out

2009-07-07T21:48:00.026-04:00

Goodbye party to 149 E 9th St. Tons of fun 'n crazy happenings there over the years...the moonwalk. Yet, bigger and better things await in Tribeca. Many, many thanks to you boys for all your amazing hospitality over the years. Oh, and I ran out of film halfway through the evening, so if you're not pictured don't be mad. La boum did not disappoint; practically everyone came through, we all went big...then eventually went home.

NYC PREP: The Comic, Episode 2, "The Flip of the Hair"

2009-07-07T13:17:00.007-04:00

Want more? Duh. Read the complete issue HERE!

And check back daily for the latest and greatest awesomeness from the Glasses Glasses Blog.

Bethenney!

2009-07-06T17:41:00.007-04:00

SAY IT AIN'T SO.

Which unnaturally thin celebrity chef credits her bony frame to good eating habits, but really is addicted to laxatives?

ZMAN ZMAN ZMAN ZMAN ZMAN ZMAN ZMAN

2009-07-06T15:48:00.005-04:00

FYI

2009-07-03T01:09:00.003-04:00

SENIOR PONZOLOGIST

2009-07-03T00:53:00.007-04:00

The Man Everyone Wanted to Shove in the Chest
(but only one man actually got to).

It's complicated. Most people don't understand. Let me put this in layman's terms: those handjobs don't actually exist.
What they're buying is the promise of a handjob, which Madoff then bundled and securitized.
He was basically selling handjob derivatives.

I really don't understand finance.

What??? Because he's a CITY KID... Who can't see.

2009-07-02T05:02:00.002-04:00

True Life: Wildwood, NJ

2009-07-02T04:37:00.004-04:00

"The video above is a series of clips from the little-seen 1994 documentary Wildwood, N.J. Directors Carol Weaks/Cassidy and Ruth Leitman took to the boardwalk (and its surrounding area) of resort town/hole in the country Wildwood, N.J., in 1992, to explore the culture of the girls and women who populate it."

(via fourfour--where tons of additional kickass film stills are posted...so check it)

GENE PARMESAN!!!

2009-07-02T04:17:00.008-04:00

Dr. Fünke's 100 Percent Natural Good-Time Family Band Solution

2009-07-02T03:17:00.005-04:00

Their model was simple: We Keep You Alive

Analrapy:

2009-07-02T02:41:00.004-04:00

If my daddy wants to please me/ He's only got to cheese me

2009-06-21T10:00:00.021-04:00

GlASSES GLASSES party for the new issue: Cheese & Crackers

(I was responsible for 'Party Photos')

The Yashica T4 should issue a cautionary statement to its owners.
Warning: you are dangerously close to becoming one of those people.

DJ's güten Morgan & La Moustache moonlight as des bloggeurs.

LATFH

LATFH

Editor-in-Charge-of-Everything EXTRAORDINAIRE

La Moustache--le pouvre--il a perdu son chemise :(

I MEAN...Look at this f*cking hipster

PATTY MELT...I love, I lurve...leave SF and move back home!

DUNZO

BON ANNIVERSAIRE A EMILY
(Elle est de Seattle, aussi, et depuis qu'on a presque dix ans, on jouait au foot ensemble--mais contre d'autre car des équipes opposées.
Thx for the homemade Chipwiches, they were only the most scrumscious delicacy that I've ever tasted.

Awesome backyard (huge and very nicely landscaped). Twas the setting for the celebration in question.

"Capturing" #1
*Pls note: Tom is like a real photographer...as opposed to say, the fauxtographer.

"Capturing" #2

"DICK CHICKEN is the new NECK FACE...maybe."

YES WE CAN has most awesome murals?

GLASSES GLASSES weekly meeting slash weekly dinner party/BBQ/kick-it. On top of the Office Ops building (in Bushwick)...anyone else besides Liz remember the roller skating parties and all the other epic adventures that went down in that place?

I THINK I CAN... I THINK I CAN... I THINK I CAN... I KNOW I CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER

Dear Internetz, Really??

2009-06-14T19:35:00.003-04:00

YES PLEASE

2009-06-13T11:26:00.000-04:00

TOTALLY

2009-06-13T10:27:00.002-04:00

Recent History

2009-06-11T06:28:00.009-04:00

By "recent" I'm referring to film that I originally got proccessed in April. Oh well.

This was a special day in BK. If you were there, you know. If you missed it, Vaughn's eyes tell the whole story.

The (stuffed) Animal Whisperer!

You can always count on me...and I can count on you
Good times, bad times, in between,
But friends will see you throuhgh...
SAY HELLO TO YOUR FRIENDS: BABYSITTERS CLUB!

Re-Animator

Out East now...this is over Easter weekend.

At Murph's, probably the best bar in all of the Hamptons.

BFF since they were all so tiny...awwwww

Townies?

En route to Easter Brunch down the lane at Great-Aunt K's house...it was delicious, btw.

Who would I be if I missed a photo opp?

Ida

I wish that a backyard egg hunt would still make me that happy...I mean, look at her!

Extended family

Took adorable. Is it weird that we've owned the same pair of boots?

I made--cough, cough--I mean, I had the Easter Bunny make a special one for someone special.

Yr City's a Sucker

2009-06-11T02:28:00.010-04:00

White Sisters = Heaven

Murder Mysterday

My recently-discovered neighbor

Laura really knows how to grab a f*ckin ass--specifically that of Bess.

White Family X-mas card 2010? You could just photoshop in Tom.

I let this totally random girl borrow one of my most favorite ensembles.

ME VS. ME

My new friends from outside of Lit. Check out the dude on the left's gear. Legendary.

The gene??

My best friend is radder than yours.

These b*tches keep bitin' on my style. Jeez. WTF's the point.

I don't know you...but I'm pretty sure you asked ME to take your photo.

Next weekend--Joe's BD at B-Side (Eric hiding)

Sarah Solan (left) on of my best friends from Paris who now lives between Georgetown (Law) and here in the city. Annemieke (right) and I have known each other since forth grade and have kept it close ever since. The morning after this pic was taken, Annemieke (and Katie Lorah, Emily, Adam and many others) ran the half-marathon. Fuck, my friend's make me feel lazly!

Eric's such a jet-setter this summer, he's seriously probably only in BK for about fourtneed days or something. Eric, congrats on all your fantastic job opps! Just maybe you could actually turn some down a few things--in order to clear your head of Hollywood and focus on what's truly important: you being free to hang out with me during the weekdays and play Wii.

(Gallatin?) ALL-STAR

INTERVENTION the Comic--first issue: Allison

2009-06-11T00:34:00.003-04:00

*look at the full size version (click DUH)

ATTN "INTERVENTION" ADDICTS

2009-06-10T09:03:00.006-04:00

Coming Soon to J Marx the Spot: Your Exclusive Sneak Peek!

*click to enlarge

From the forthcoming "Alyson" series.

GLASSES GLASSES: I Can See Clearly Now

2009-06-10T06:36:00.008-04:00

Shameless self-promotion alert! Announcing how happy I am to be working with the talented ladies of gentlemen of Glasses Glasses (Miss Rachel Kichler in particular).

There is are two components to GG as of now-- there's the monthly issue (No. 6 out now!). Then there's the Glasses Glasses blog, launched just about a month ago (and for which I am a writer/blogger/columnist...or insert the euphemism of your choice).

At this point we're obviously in the beginning stages of this venture, which is a very exciting process of which to be a part. Everything is expanding so fast and we plan to seek out new recruits along the way (wordsmiths, photogs, filmmakers and much, much more). If interested, you will find our contact information on the site. Every month has a theme which serves as a 'loose prompt' for content. To give you the idea...voila des examples:

*as always click an image to to view its full size*

Vol. 1: Shirts & Sk ins

Vol. 2: Cops & Robbers

Vol. 3: His & Hers

Vol. 4: Bells & Whistles

Vol. 5: Part & Parcel

Current Issue: Vol. 6: Cheese & Crackers

And without further adieu (what? Did I really just write that?) here is the Glasses Glasses Blog. So check it.

BTW if you're an aspiring (or accomplished) writer, picture-taker, video-taper, think about submitting some of your work to us for a chance to get published. We want all you big, bright shining stars. Check details here or on the main site.

My posts thus far can be found here, but once you're there you'll prob end up just reading everything because it's SO GOOD.

That's why I come out here...NAAATURE! Goulet.

2009-06-08T01:58:00.012-04:00

*click flicks to view full size*

Went East for Memorial Day Weekend...

Following strict dress code regulations.

Team Cullen vs. Team Cullen? Jacob's vs. Edward's?

The Graduates!

CONGRATS

BFFL

Brother Bear & Sister Bear Bernstein

The following weekend I stayed in the city so I could go to Jill & Lindsay's BD pique-nique chez Prospect Park.

BD Girl #1 JUST GOT ENGAGED

BD Girl #2!

Gorgeous and delicious cake made by Ms. Mroue

Prospect Park Cowboys

Lindsay had tied a balloon to a pickle jar so that we'd be easier for people to spot across the lawn. Then this little girl ran up and we kind of got guilt-tripped into giving her the balloon. She walked away with her family and few moments later released it into the atmosphere.

Photoshop'd in Liz here...right?

'round the way

2009-06-03T23:35:00.010-04:00

Lots of extracurricular activities lately...boxing, for example.

Congratulations J & Z (not pictured)!

ROCK BAND

Liz on Vocals

E & D shared a birthday party in Prospect Heights chez A, E & B

Bday Boy #1

Bday Boy #2

Couldn't have done it without you

FIN

A New Sensation A New Sensation Right Now

2009-04-21T02:40:00.008-04:00

One of my favorite human beings on this earth, Ali is moving out west for grad school because she's not only a thing of beauty, a joy forever, she's also like, really super smart.

Lauren is also a Top Friend.
I mean just look at her. Ughhhhhh envy. Shhhhhh. I should hate her, but of course she's practically perfect in every way, and you can't help but fall in love..

Oh and we've all been des bonnes amies depuis qu'on a eu 17 ou 18 ans.

Holy cow how did we get so old? Oy, never mind. Here. Pictures. Look.

"Hopefully people know me for my work - not my car accidents."

2009-04-20T18:09:00.005-04:00

Linsanity Expands Global Brand

Prices at an all-time low!

Keep it up, L.
You're doing great.

Sunday Funnies

2009-04-20T02:58:00.003-04:00

From my mother via text (earlier today:

I made a giant pot of homemade vegetable soup to last me through the week. It tasted pretty good at lunch. But Dad just said, "where's the catnip?", and i realized that the 2 tbls of basil was actually CATNIP! Catnip soup!
Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

!!!

P.S. According to this site catnip has a sedentary effect on humans (most often consumed in tea). Okay.

Yup

2009-04-06T16:10:00.004-04:00

I did rock hands on TV. (click photo to enlarge)

It was so much better watching it down there...my ultimate point being that I want to say a big THANK YOU to Mr. RK who is a brilliant SNL writer and the mastermind behind this:

Fuuuuuuuunny shit, excellent work, my friend.

And the one other thing I'll say about this night was how I was totally starstruck for Jack McBrayer (Kenneth from 30 Rock, but hopefully you already knew that). Anyway he was at the "after-party" hanging with the cast and I managed to restrain myself from fanning out or anything. God it was difficult. Well, good for me.

The End.

WHY DO BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE?

2009-03-31T17:52:00.010-04:00

*click pic for p6 story

Oh. Sorry.

When you walk through the garden...

2009-03-29T22:01:00.009-04:00

Dances with Yanos

2009-03-28T22:08:00.015-04:00

Misanthrope Yan: What's up u blogging bastid
J<3MARX: What are you doing tonight?
J<3MARX: I know of a party where you could definitely get a good pump
Misanthrope Yan: Really????
Misanthrope Yan: Fuck I need to get laid
Misanthrope Yan: Where u goin bk?
J<3MARX: bowery
J<3MARX: Marion's
Misanthrope Yan: Ha
Misanthrope Yan: Hassan got in a huuge fight there
Misanthrope Yan: Month ago
Misanthrope Yan: Slammed kids head against wall
Misanthrope Yan: This kid reed
Misanthrope Yan: Worst kid on the planet
J<3MARX: Hahahahahahaha omg
J<3MARX: Lotta tools there
J<3MARX: I'm gonna start blogging our bbms
J<3MARX: I mean I assume you don't give a sheeeeet
J<3MARX: Yano Marx the Spot
Misanthrope Yan: Hahahahahahhha
Misanthrope Yan: Yea blog away
Misanthrope Yan: I have all my posts ready
Misanthrope Yan: Too nervous to start my blog
Misanthrope Yan: Its so mean and arrogant
Misanthrope Yan: The first post
J<3MARX: Hahahahaha omg I can't wait
J<3MARX: Can you email it to me?
Misanthrope Yan: The opening post?
Misanthrope Yan: Fineill send to u
Misanthrope Yan: Before I go live w blog
Misanthrope Yan: Lol
Misanthrope Yan: Ull like it a lot I think
J<3MARX: Love that I get to read it before it goes "Live." I've got the exclusive on this.

...I'll bet you think this song is about you

2009-03-27T01:06:00.009-04:00

So Missbehave Mag does this little feature chronicling what one of their staff members happens to be sporting that day.

*click image to enlarge
**go here for 100 days of outfits archives

I enjoy these posts. Say what you will about the internet and blogging and narcissism, but it's a cute concept. And it's also so girly, which I love. Let's face it, chicks dress for other chicks. We also love talking about what we're wearing and what we're planning on buying or what we're just plain coveting. And we all know that fashion-related drama is everywhere. A friend recently informed me that she planned on buying a pair of boots that I wearing. I couldn't help but remember back to the days (read: middle & high school) when getting the same shoes as one of your bff's could actually turn into a point of contention. Mostly a lot of shit-talking.

OK. Let's get to my outfit already.

Liberty+Nike Blazer=Opening Ceremony

J. Brand

Couldn't find a photo of my Steven Alan jacket online, but here's a rack of other pretty things that they sell.

Cashmere Scarf

I wish mine looked like this...

But I love this one, too.

The sweater is cashmere, Uniqlo.

I also got a haircut today...not that you can really tell. But I needed it.

A bientôt

UPDATE:
P.S. Do yourself a favor and peep Lesley's book, Dear Diary. Two thumbs up as well to the Vice Guide to Fiction, which she wrote along with Amy Kellner, author of one of the greatest blogs of all time, Teenage Unicorn R.I.P.

SCOOPED

2009-03-26T21:06:00.004-04:00

Scooped by Gawker, then by @ELCatch22 (well, scooped via Twitter, anyway). I'm really into saying that today...SCOOPED!

Without further ado, I dedicate the following to @erickohn

Didn't you get my Tweets? I Just Twoted all over the place...

2009-03-24T23:39:00.003-04:00

DON'T STOP THE PARTY/EVERYONE LOVES BRYNN AND T-PAIN

2009-03-24T01:31:00.010-04:00

Brynn-Fest spring 2009!
V & M's apt. minus M :(

The guest of honor--also the CHEF, yeah Brynn!!!

I don't think we waited to sit down formally before digging in. That garlic bread was extra delicious.

They sat at the head of the table like King and Queen--and deservedly so.

Check out Austin's self-proclaimed classic toasting shot.

Awesome flatware...and disposable, too (as were these cameras, btw). We're not big into cleaning up...

Salope, I can't believe you wouldn't let me have one!

Mini-cupcakes makin' the rounds (there were like five huge trays)

Calm down, them's the rules. People who start fires don't get cupcakes.

Egregious product placement...what, is this like the new 90210 or someting?

Everyone's full.

Mandatory dance party...

Real Talk.

Hahahahahaha

...and Lenny!

I had two cameras and they both ran out of film about five hours before we called it a night.

Probably for the best.

Alright. I'm gonna strike a pose. I guess..

2009-03-24T01:12:00.005-04:00

(screen shot from YEAR ONE theatrical trailer)

George Michael (Bluth) 4 EVA!

Catchin' Some Flack?

2009-03-23T18:21:00.004-04:00

ATTN MAC USERS:

Do you ever download from torrent sites (Pirate Bay) and end up finding the audio files you want only available as FLAC files? Well, it's annoying because often it's music that I can't find anywhere else leaving me to have to figure out how to convert the lil suckers.

iTunes won't support FLAC (I know they have reasons for this, but it's irritating), so you need to utilize an audio compression application in order to decode the FLAC items (this is after they've gone through Transmission) into AIFF or WAV files...THEN you can import them into iTunes and FINALLY convert everything into MP3's.

Total NERD ALERT, I know. But I really wanted this Cramps album last night, which was only available in FLAC...so after enough research on the internetz, I was finally mission accomplished, and now I'm actually kinda proud of myself.

THIS was my most helpful resource. Read it all. You will need to download a program called xACT, which in my opinion works much better than MacFlac.

I don't know. Hopefully, this was helpful to someone. Don't worry, I'll be back to my usual inane material soon enough. As a matter of fact, I plan to start Live Blogging during future episodes of "Gossip Girl." Be. Excited. B! E! Excited!

TOTES MAGOTES

2009-03-23T03:53:00.002-04:00

In I LOVE YOU, MAN The Judd Apatow Players continue to make me laugh (hard). Though Apatow actually has no credit on the film, his style of comedy--that which was perfected way back in the days of "Freaks and Geeks" with the brilliant Paul Feig--carries on, being especially evident if the work of his protogé Jason Segel.

Obviously, Paul Rudd is amazing, but that we've known since the days of CLUELESS and WET HOT, among counters others.

I'm also happy for Rashida Jones, who I remember back from "Boston Public," a show in which I somewhat guiltily indulged. But thanks to her sweet gig on "The Office," she's now a leading lady. Good for her. Rashida, please, don't blow it with some sort of Katherine Heigl-type stunt.

I'm glad to see Seth Rogan, Paul Rudd, Jason Segel, Michael Cera, Martin Starr, Bill Hader, sometimes James Franco as well as many others--anyway, I love that these guys are all up in the comedic limelight right now. Will Ferrell, Luke & Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Ben Stiller and company are great, but...in the that song the kids sing on that episode of "The Brady Bunch,"

When it's time to change, then it's time to change...

PLEASE WATCH

Also, saw this trailer, mad excited

Some Random Quotes from the movie (they're not even on IMDb yet!):
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Pete: Prepare to be RUSHIFIED!

He presses play, the opening chords of a Rush song are barely audible through Peter's laptop.

Pete: It sounds a lot beter on big speakers.

Zo0ey: I can see that.

She watches as Peter rocks out.

Pete: Good, right?

Zooey: Yeah...(pause) You--you do it that high when you do it?

Pete: In real life I do it here. But air bass works best up here! I'm slappin' da bass, man! I'M SLAPPIN' DA BASE!

Zooey: Please don't do that.
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Sidney: Pete, this is the Man Cave! There's no women allowed here. I got a jerk-off station for God's sake.

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Pete: Why does everything I do sound like a Leprechaun?
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Pete: And do you have my second season of Lost? I mean, it's OK, if you're not done watching it...it's just that Zooey hasn't seen them all and she just really wants to find out what's going on in that hatch.
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p.s. Brava, Annie Leibovitz. But you knew that already.

These are a few of my FAVORITE THINGS

2009-03-23T00:45:00.005-04:00

"Is he like, on Gossip Girl or something?"
--Our Lord & Savior...um, I mean, the President of the United States, Barack Hussein Obama!

Dream Team

2009-03-20T12:54:00.005-04:00

Stringer Bell, Michael Scott

Notable Quotes--Inspiration

2009-03-14T16:42:00.008-04:00

"A client like me to an architect is not a very exciting thing because they don't get to use their vision. They essentially become a draftsman putting my ideas on paper." --Simon (says)

Keep it up RHNY, you're doing GREAT.

Oh and please do yourself the biggest favor of your life and check the episode recaps by word-wizard, linguistic-phenom, Richard Lawson (Gawker/Defamer).

That's all folks. Lazy day. Lazy day...

Ticker Tape of the Unconscious

2009-03-11T19:07:00.015-04:00

So Anaïs got her birthday on. A total hit, blah, blah, blah. But you know it ruled so why do I need to go on about it?

Well, only to talk about how sometime after dinner...and before the dance party (yes, with a kick ass fog machine) I fainted.

Fainted. Not to be confused with 'passing out'...as in, "oh I was so tired I just passed out." No, I was actually unconscious. I don't remember any of it.

They say I was getting up off the couch and collapsed. Some dear pals escorted me into Scott and Anaïs' room to lie down, and then I suddenly felt fine. I wondered what the big fucking deal was. Talk about a comeback.

Some people I know have Vertigo--I understand what it's like and that it completely blows. I can relate in that my condition is also really fucking awful, not to mention embarrassing.

So far this year I've fainted:
1) In my parents' kitchen in Seattle. It was mid-afternoon, they called me in there to tell me something. I walked in the room...and went down, no reason.
2) At one of Dave's parties; got very dizzy and woke up with a circle of kids peering down at me.
3) In Nico's upstairs living room--he was cooking us something to eat and I just crumpled to the floor. Awesome.
4) Said incident chez Ani (last Friday).

Yes, I'm anemic and also have very low blood-sugar, I know this. But there's not much I can really do except try to eat healthy and I guess try to not pass out. Wish me luck.

Just Like Us!

2009-03-10T21:13:00.007-04:00

Hadas

2009-03-10T04:59:00.008-04:00

ALL ABOUT DOROTA

2009-03-09T20:54:00.008-04:00

Congrats on the new V CAST series!

It's called "Chasing Dorota" and in the commercial it is implied that she has a love interest (with the doorman or something, nice one). Of course there were no videos to be found either.
I've never seen a V CAST. The Verizon site didn't have any info because they're mean about restricting everything to subscribers only. And I'm not one.

I think the answer is actually N/A.

Then I stumbled upon something fantastic:

That looked like this:

Match Point!
Game, set and match.
Match dot com much?
Wow, did you see how I just did that?
Like off the top of my head, just like that. What can I say, it's a gift.

One of many.

ONLY ONE MORE WEEK TO GO...Let's watch it on the projector.

Yes, I post a lot of stuff about GG because I FUCKING LOVE IT. XOXO BITCHES

Jon Stewart To World: THIS WEEK TWITTER!!!

2009-03-09T03:50:00.008-04:00

For the uninitiated, here's how Twitter works. (Pause)
I have no fucking idea. I have no idea why it works. Or why it is.

The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10c

Twitter Frenzy

Daily Show Full Episodes
Important Things With Demetri Martin

Political Humor
Joke of the Day

Stewart: Why has Twitter suddenly become such a big deal amongst legislators and the media elite?
Samantha Bee: Uh, because it's AWESOME.

So now this is happening:

valleywag piece is here

Obviously, the sale of Twitter to Facebook didn't happen, I'm not entirely sure why--that no mutual agreement could be reached is my presumption. But from what I've been hearing everywhere really are a lot of complaints about FB (the Privacy/Terms baloney, the fact that everyone's parents have joined, the endless barrage of unnecessary Applications and so on and so forth). Twitter is neither necessary nor profitable, but it's everywhere. Check out Gawker's Twitterati.

Perhaps Facebook is to take the place of MySpace, and Twitter that of Facebook? I don't even know where that leaves Friendster (my favorite).

And here's Mark. FOLLOWING suit.

(and all for just 140 characters!)

Speaking of WTF...

2009-02-25T03:38:00.011-05:00

reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalllllllllllllllllyyy?????

No, honestly. I don't understand. So is it like Mothers Against Drunk Driving or Driving Drunk or whatever but to protect children from Tweeting Predators? I mean, not like Twitter is the most sophisticated thing in the world or anything, but I cannot imagine many of the dudes from "To Catch a Predator" on Twitter. So weird and difficult to picture (so to speak) similar types sending those X-rated tweets right from their iPhones...and BlackBerries (I don't discriminate too much). Anyway. EW. WTF.

I don't know. What else could really it be? I really have no clue what *The Influential Moms Network* means. I just saw it and thought WTF.

Spoiler Alert--Is actually rather lame slash boring:
http://twitter.com/twittermoms

p.s. In a related story, I am now on Twitter. In a related story, DUH.

The Snuggie! AKA The WTF Blanket

2009-02-25T03:19:00.004-05:00

THANKS HSTAR28

Death Therapy, Bob. It's a guaranteed cure.

2009-02-24T05:38:00.013-05:00

I'm only trying to say that Amity is a summer town. We need summer dollars. Now, if the people can't swim here, they'll be glad to swim at the beaches of Cape Cod, the Hamptons, Long Island...

What we're entitled to is a house in the Hamptons. Maybe a perscription drug problem. But happiness does not seem to be on the menu.

You French great.

I am a star. I'm a star, I'm a star, I'm a star. I am a big, bright, shining star.

I don't see any connection to Vietnam...Anaïs.
Well, there isn't a literal connection, Dude.
Anaïs face it, there isn't any connection.

OK, stop. I feel like I'm watching regional theatre, you guys. God! Am I in the Cleveland Playhouse or something? Your craft is a muscle, you need to exercise it. Take a break; think about what you've done.

These are my awards, Mother. From Army. The seal is for marksmanship and the gorilla is for sand racing.

Come on, man. I had a rough night and I hate the fuckin' Eagles, man!

You're the Dread Pirate Roberts, admit it.
With pride. What can I do for you?

Carnies. Circus folk. Nomads, you know. Smell like cabbage. Small hands.

That'll do, pig. That'll do.

Of course. The rabbit's not like us. It has no... keen look at something in the mirror, it has no history books, no photographs, no knowledge of sorrow or regret...

Now, we need to make 8 gallons of bug juice by snack hour; do you know where the powder packets are?

Take a vacation. I'M ON VACATION.

Would you call me selfish?
No. Not to your face.

How bout I answer your question with another question; how many abo-digitals do you see modelling?

Zero hour...Scott. It's the end of the line. I'm the firstborn. I'm sick of playing second fiddle. I'm always third in line for everything. I'm tired of finishing fourth. Being the fifth wheel.

Now put your hands up in the club...

I want you inside me.
What did you say?
Oh hey... from before...

And who am I? That's one secret I'll never tell ...

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