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We Need To Have A Conversation
HAPPY VALENTIMES DAY! I love Valentine’s Day SO MUCH. It might be my favourite holiday, after Halloween, of course! Both holidays having strong associations to candy…hmm… And speaking of CANDY, it just wouldn’t be Valentine’s Day without those chalky little hearts with tacky sayings on them! Oh, everyone loves to hate on Conversation Hearts, just…
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Things I Love Thursday: Coffee vs. Tea
With tomorrow being Valentime’s Day and all, today’s battle for beverage supremacy is near and dear to my heart. Coffee will always be my first love. When I wake up, my first act of consciousness is to start the percolation of a pot of coffee. That first warm, dark sip restores my humanity. Any reluctance…
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The Epic Shrug / Bolero / Shawl
Fee fi fo fum, Yes, I’m a Pinterest troll. While trolling the Pinterest, I saw this beautiful multi-way shawl / shrug / bolero thing in denizgunes’s Etsy shop : And it looked easy enough. ^ and those were her famous last words. But, having a shit-ton of time on my hands and with the weather…
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“Net” Your Average Love Story
Has anyone noticed that Netflix seems…a little different these days? That all of our standby romantic comedies of the Meg Ryan ouevre are suddenly missing? With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, what are we supposed to watch, swaddled in flannel and spooning Ben & Jerry’s listlessly into our kissless lips? Here are some suggestions…
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Not For Typical Girls
If you have an hour and a half to kill watching some amazing rock and roll documentary, may I suggest this one? [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVEsta-GPso?rel=0] Last year, it seemed as though punk was all the rage, with the Punk: Chaos to Couture exhibit at the Met, and all the imitators. What I love about punk is…
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No Mo Snow
My poor, beloved NYC is suffocating under a mountain of snow. It seems like every two days there is a huge, major storm, and I can’t help but recall that scene from The Day After Tomorrow where the Statue of Liberty is poking out from under a frozen wasteland. Never saw the film, mind, because…
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Things I Love Thursday: Robots vs. Unicorns
So I realized I haven’t done a “Things I Love Thursday” post in quite a while and immediately I knew what I had to write about: unicorns. Is there anything more sweet and girly besides unicorns? Um, probably. But while most of that junk makes me want to yak, unicorns just always make me happy! …
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The Spider-Man Dream
Source: Marvel’s wikia page So the other night, I fell asleep listening to Radiohead’s “No Surprises” and I had a dream that I was Spider-Man. For the first part of the dream, it was awesome: retired from fighting crime having restored peace and justice to the city, I had bought a house out in the…
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As Though You Have Never Been Hurt Before
I’m sure you’ve all seen this quote before: I know I’ve seen this quote a bunch and I always dismissed it as being a little bit insipid. Oh yeah, live life with abandon, blah blah blah. Of course, now I appreciate the last line a little more as an Atheist. It’s the second line that’s…
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Currently…in February 2014
It’s been a year of “Currently” posts! And what a year since I’ve started! Phew! FEELING: Dizzy and giddy and hopeful and delighted! Valentine’s Day is coming up and I don’t care what people say, I FUCKING LOVE VALENTINE’S DAY! For crying out loud, I have hearts and roses tattooed on me. I’m the biggest…
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Reality Check
What really sucks about death is that it shows us how much we take for granted. My own dear father recently lamented that he’d always imagined growing old surrounded by the ones he loved, when a scare showed him that such a future might not be possible. Death is that reality check. We don’t know…
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3 AM
I don’t know if it’s stress, or neighbors, or some weird biological fault of mine, but for the past few weeks as far back as I can remember, I have been waking up at 3am every morning. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-Naa1HXeDQ?rel=0] Oh, I must be lonely. That must be it. And when I say “awake,” I mean…
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Gadgets and Gizmos
I am a total Luddite. I’ve been using iOS 5 for like, three years! Because of, you know, Cylon threat, and all that. But lately I’ve been – dare I say? – embracing technology? And I’ve discovered some great stuff: My Dynex External Battery is my favourite toy ever. I never run out of battery…
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Going Rogue
Every year. Every year I say “I’m not going to bleach my hair ever again!” And then whoops. I do.
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What’s Your Flavor?
Big big news in the food world. Oreo, milk’s favourite cookie, has launched two new flavors: cookie dough and marshmallow crispy. Viscerally upsetting to me, avoiding gluten as I am (aside from a slip-up that resulted in a MASSIVE rash last week, thanks for sharing). Both sound amazing but could I get something gluten-free? Uh,…
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Technical Difficulties
Ever have one of those days? I swear it all started when I tried to update my iPhone 4 from iOS 5, which I have been happily using FOR YEARS, to iOS 7 so I can use the updated version of Skype. WELL. Not only did it not take for HOURS, but it caused a…
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Baggage Claim
As I get older I talk less and less. ….about my baggage. There is some baggage that’s easy to claim. The nice stuff. The baggage where we triumph, the baggage where we learn to become the hero. That nice, rolling kind with the rotating 360 degree wheels. It’s easy for me to talk to strangers…
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Hungry Eyes
Winter in NYC bites the big one. It’s cold and the wet and filthy and our main punching bag, the tourists we love to hate, have all gone home. What is there to do? Invent a new cateye, perhaps? What do you think? Too much?
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Epic Rap Battles of History
Mad rhymes for your Tuesday morning. Epic Rap Battles of History pits famous historical and cultural figures against one another. What do you think? 1. Adolf Hitler vs. Darth Vader [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6U4lAtxzKo?rel=0] I think Darth Vader totally won this one! What do you think? 2. Steve Jobs vs. Bill Gates [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njos57IJf-0?rel=0] Bill Gates, totally!…
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Heroes and Villains
While I’m coping with a lot of confusing emotions, I find comic book movies very soothing. Hero wins the day, black-and-white morality. Specifically, the humor of The Avengers and the idealism of Captain America. Superheros can always be trusted to try their hardest, do their best, have what’s right in their hearts. I can’t control…