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Lykke Li and Bon Iver doing “Dance Dance Dance.”

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:42:12 -0500

Lykke Li and Bon Iver doing “Dance Dance Dance.”

Allright! This is the kinda thing I can get behind while home...

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:40:14 -0500

Allright! This is the kinda thing I can get behind while home sick on a Saturday night. The “I love you New York!” at the end is priceless.

jgh:

little girl singing taylor swift’s “you belong to me”

Hey Sussy!

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:25:29 -0500

You should really start a blog dedicated solely to your craft projects, so I wouldn’t have to scroll through 17 pages of your Tumblr only to discover that you never posted pictures of the shelves you made when you moved to L.A.

Plus, I really enjoy your craft projects. Don’t you guys agree with me?

I don’t know if it’s because I am sick and...

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:45:00 -0500

I don’t know if it’s because I am sick and exhausted, but I just had a full-on tear swell watching Oprah announce the end of her show. She’s right - lots of people have grown up with her show; it began airing when I was 7 and I do not remember a time in my life when it was not on every afternoon.

As cheese-balls as it sounds, Oprah is in many ways like a second mother to me. I find her presence calming, nurturing, steady, and obviously consistent. I once worked on a project for her, and in my experience she was all these things in person with no cameras rolling, too. I’m straight-up heartbroken.

The Twimpsons.

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:50:17 -0500

The Twimpsons.

EDITED, because Porter H. Mason has clued me into this...

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:37:00 -0500

EDITED, because Porter H. Mason has clued me into this woman’s story, which is most likely bullshit. Never fear, SHE HAS A WEBSITE.

yourkitchensink:

Well this story is nuts. A cheerleader got a flu shot and her body had a one and a million disorder triggered by the flu shot. She has difficulty moving and also talking. However she can walk normal if she goes backwards, and she can talk totally fine when she runs forward.

Why is New Moon getting such poor reviews?

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:30:00 -0500

I saw New Moon last night, and as Lainey noted in her review, people giggled during the entire thing. Sometimes it was at Anna Kendrick, who was legitimately funny the few times she was in the movie, but most of the time the laughter was in response to the cheese that oozed off the screen. Don’t get me wrong, if you’re a Twilight fan you’ll love the whole thing, and some performances are pretty solid (Kendrick, Kristen Stewart, Michael Sheen). But if you’re not, the whole movie surely looks a bit ridiculous. And I agree with Lainey’s overall points:

The wolf pack was not beefy enough
The reunion not sexy enough
The effects were 1999ish
The cheese was too thick (Velveeta spoiler-y moments of note: the dream catcher, the moment in Bella’s kitchen where Jacob whispers something in Quileute)

Plus, this is the snooziest off all the Twi-books. It’s just Bella sitting around doing dumb shit for a few months. So fans should know what they’re getting into. Surprisingly, I found myself missing Catherine Hardwicke’s gritty, passionate eye. The first Twilight movie is far from perfect, but she nailed the dark mood of both the overall story and the romance between Bella and Edward. In New Moon, Chris Weitz just kinda makes everything look pretty.

The one interesting thing I came away with was that the movie did a better job than the books of making Jacob a sympathetic, likable character. I actually rooted for him during the film, and I clearly wasn’t the only one, as the woman sitting behind me said “Um hello, fuck yeah Team Jacob!” as the credits started to roll. As for his body, it’s hotter than you think it’s going to be, especially in the rain.

Another thing I did like was how Weitz captured the months post break-up (fans of the book will recognize this as the pages October-November-December). It’s sweet and sad and relatable, and Lykke Li’s “Possibilities” really worked to set the mood. It’s one of the few moments in the movie where the emotion (fine work by KStew) felt truly raw and real. I almost shed a tear here, but for the most part while watching New Moon, I laughed a lot more than I cried.

Onward to Eclipse and the Brazilian fuck-fest that is Breaking Dawn!

[Also, I do not want to talk about the Remember Me trailer. It looks cliched and awkward and Robert Pattinson and the Lost chick’s chemistry has got nothing on him and KStew’s bonetastic vibe. Flop city.]

robsessed: r0bsession:

was it actually bad or is chris weitz just not liked? i’m getting a little worried… i really really hope its good because i am so excited for it. what is going onnnn! it looked amazing on the previews.

where are you reading reviews? I can’t find any. I thought it was gonna get good reviews. Twilight got a D or something, you can’t go by the critics…they’re a bunch of old men. Yahoo users gave it a B+ so far, so I’ll go by that.

"[Kristen] Stewart doesn’t play the game, and host after host, particularly the guys, become..."

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:37:11 -0500

“[Kristen] Stewart doesn’t play the game, and host after host, particularly the guys, become uncomfortable as they realize she’s not going to do the girlie thing, because she’s too busy being an actual girl.”

- A nice article captures what it is that makes Kristen Stewart so appealing - she’s actually human.

Everything about this clip is great. soupsoup: 10 Year Old...

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:45:06 -0500

Everything about this clip is great.

soupsoup:

10 Year Old Explains He Won’t Pledge Allegiance to The Flag Until There is Liberty and Justice for All.

Happy Birthday Mom.

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:14:00 -0500

Happy Birthday Mom.

"Eugene [Cordero] is a much funnier Jon Gosselin than Jon Gosselin could be."

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:31:33 -0500

“Eugene [Cordero] is a much funnier Jon Gosselin than Jon Gosselin could be.””

- My source in this post: Jon Gosselin Backed Out Of Original Funny Or Die Video

Going Vegetarian for Thanksgiving

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:38:39 -0500

Going Vegetarian for Thanksgiving:

sussybuckets:

The New York Times Well blog will be posting vegetarian recipes from top chefs like Alice Waters of Chez Panisse and Dan Barber of Blue Hill from now until Thanksgiving. WTG, NYT!

16-year-old Taylor Momsen’s 16 Most Age-Inappropriate...

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:46:00 -0500

16-year-old Taylor Momsen’s 16 Most Age-Inappropriate Outfits

"Girls, if boys say something that’s not funny, you don’t have to laugh."

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:33:47 -0500

“Girls, if boys say something that’s not funny, you don’t have to laugh.”

- Amy Poehler.

Some of the wisest words I’ve heard recently. Also, girls, you don’t have to be nice either.

"Dear God.. please let R/K stay together forever and ever and start their own production company. Is..."

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:17:47 -0500

“Dear God.. please let R/K stay together forever and ever and start their own production company. Is that so much to ask?”

- My favorite quote on a message board devoted to the rumored relationship between Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart (Robsten) after they were spotted holding hands in Paris tonight.

And no, it’s not so much to ask, dear commenter. Hand holding always leads to production companies these days.

Happy anniversary Sesame Street. Thanks for teaching me about...

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:36:07 -0500

Happy anniversary Sesame Street. Thanks for teaching me about crayons.

CBS Producing Television Sitcom based on Twitter @shitmydadsays

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:10:00 -0500

CBS Producing Television Sitcom based on Twitter @shitmydadsays:

I’m jealous. (via soupsoup)

"A: Why is Megan Fox on this list? She wasn’t a vampire in Jenifer’s Body. B: Where the..."

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:04:00 -0500

“

A: Why is Megan Fox on this list? She wasn’t a vampire in Jenifer’s Body.

B: Where the ~)#~`!*`@#%`_!^& are James Marsters and Antonio Banderas? Peta Wilson? Catherine Deneuve? Billy Wirth? Even Angus Sutherland could’ve been on the list.

C: There is nothing sexy about Alice Cullen. Cute, yes. Sexy, absolutely not.

Get over Twilight. It’s not that great. Clearly that’s why you made this list since half the friggin cast is on it. You could’ve expanded a lot more past True Blood and Twilight. Vampire themes existed before them you know.

”

- Angry blog comment of the day, in handy alphabetized bullet points.

I can’t believe this “day in the life of celebrity...

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:04:00 -0500

I can’t believe this “day in the life of celebrity gossip blogger Michah Jesse” video is real and not an awesome parody, but I think it is (see: his website). Amazing - and so far from the reality of my life as a blogger.

[Via Rich and Videogum]

"I keep getting the arguments from, for instance, Dr. Otis Brawley, head of the American Cancer..."

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:23:00 -0500

“I keep getting the arguments from, for instance, Dr. Otis Brawley, head of the American Cancer Society that “we are making great strides and we are extending life. ”Let’s examine that statement. Extending life… all right, let’s look at the great “strides” made toward pancreatic cancer. The drug Gemzar is touted as the panacea for this deadly disease. Gemzar has been compared to the previous “best” chemo for pancreatic cancer and the median survival improved from 4.2 months to only 5.7 months. About one extra month of life for this expensive drug? Not one single patient out of 126 in the study survived longer than 19 months. But Gemzar has been considered such an advance that the FDA approved it and now it’s a billion-dollar industry. It’s used all over the world. This is considered a major “advance”?”

- Suzanne Somers is kinda crazy, so crazy that she’s written a book full of her interviews with doctors about cancer. But for all her quackery, I am in agreement with her about Gemzar. There is essentially just one chemo solution for people with advanced pancreatic cancer, and it only works for a very small percentage of patients. Gemzar (paired with Tarceva) did nothing for my mom (except inflict horrible side effects). I know we’re talking about people suffering from Stage 4 of a brutal cancer, but still… I wish my mother had had more options. She lived 8 months.

[November is National Pancreatic Cancer Month. Learn more at Pancan.org]