flashback
If Angela Chase taught me that not being cool in high school is okay, Daria taught me that the kids who are cool deserve, not my envy and admiration, but only scorn and derision. Both lessons were ones that I needed. jezebel.com | finally: daria to be released on dvd
my punny boyfriend
“David Plotz.” Cristo, next to me on the couch, asked “I wonder if that guy ever gets so, just overwhelmed, that he could just…. sit down…. rest for a minute.”
He got giggles and kisses for that. This is why I love him.
Cute!
I wish they had these when I was lil… Check out My Little Predator, My Little Alien, My Little Han Solo in Carbonite, My Little Skeletor, My Little Edward Scissorhands and way more at artist Mari Kasurinen’s website…
gorgeous retro book design
Ohhhh…pretty! (Some favorites from the much-larger “I Can Read Movies” series by spacesick.)
The Place to be Saturday Night
Celebrate with your sweetheart, or maybe find a new one at The Channel Cafe on Valentine’s Day, Saturday, February 14. Dinner served 5-10 pm Entertainment 6-10 pm Reservations recommended. No cover. Featuring: Burlesque by Miss Darcey Vintage and obscure records spun by DJ Frenchy Roller Waitressing by Boston Derby Dame [...]
On Celebrity Baby Names
A HuffoPo blogger affiliated with nameberry.com just released her list of the craziest celebrity baby names. All of the usual offenders are on there, but I’d have given Robert Rodriguez’s brood a special mention. But what about awesome celebrity baby names? Maybe they’re a little off, but pretty.
30 Movies
Salon.com just came out with a list: 30 Movies to See Before You’re 30. Basically the argument is that you cannot be a functional American without having watched these movies. I’m a huge fan of old movies, and consider myself extraordinarily cinema-literate. But when my boyfriend and I started dating, [...]
This is for my sister.
I don’t think you watch The Daily Show or Colbert Report, but even Cristo said, “Oh, your sister will love this. She really needs to watch this.” Regency nerdness begins around 1:40, but you should definitely start from the beginning.
Girl in exile
Male protagonists, when alienated or alienating, are righteous. Are pure, and noble, and the world is unworthy of them. Flight is their only hope and salvation. Female protagonists who challenge societal norms must be destroyed by society.
For the Love of Music
If you would like to see a giant painting that I made out of oil pastels, acrylic, inks, spackle, sand, spray paint, glitter, magazine clippings, embossing powder, and plastic toy solders), come to the Middle East before September 6th.
Boston represent!
I’m digging the typographic city neighborhood posters by Ork Posters!.
VOICES CARRY: An evening of songwriters and spoken word.
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month; this benefit show will not be an outpouring of grief. The Spence, Cann, and Powers families are immensely grateful for the support and love that they have received from the community in the weeks following this tragedy.
looking for something to read?
Here’s a good place to start: Arts & Letters Daily. Each day, two or three new articles appear on the top of each column. If you read nothing else, ever, you will be a well up-to-speed news- and culturewise only reading this once a day.
