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TasterSpoon
I wouldn't mind living in San Francisco, I'd like to think I'm on the Peninsula, but the jarring reality is that I may in fact qualify as South Bay.
Interests: Cooking, car trips, triathlon, ballroom dancing, throwing theme parties, corn mazes, eating snacks.
I like browsing for books I don't have time to read, drawing up detailed training plans I ultimately fail to execute, poring over cookbooks to imagine the parties I won't throw, and looking in the Real Estate section at houses I'll never afford. This would seem to suggest I live entirely in the future tense but in fact every waking minute of the present tense is bursting with possibility.
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Mar 15, 2010
I remember "I wanna sex you upp" being semi-scandalous because Color Me Badd was super Christian and presumably virginal, but then I heard the lyric "Let's do it till we both wake up" and figured that they were unclear on the concept and took the term "sleeping together" literally.
The Billboard Top 50 Sexiest Songs of All Time: My YouTube Rendition of "Copa Cabana" Isn't On It
Just in time for Valentine's Day, Billboard is laying out the sexiest songs of all time and I'm going to make a mix tape. You're dying to know what the #1 sexiest song of all time is, aren't you? Would it shock you if I said the sexiest song ever was performed by Barbra Streisand? It should. ...
The waterfalls, and also for the 90 minutes after the captain (corporal??) mentions the planet's low gravity I wondered why the soldiers weren't leaping around like moonmen.
Didn't want to go, didn't expect to like it. Loved it in 3D.
So I Went And Saw Avatar. Don't Get All Emotional About It.
Heh. Remember on Friday I wrote this post about how I wasn't excited to see Avatar and you were probably all "Way to be predictable and bag on a big holiday blockbuster, Kurt! Man, for someone so handsome you sure seem a little too wrapped up in your own edgy hipness. Maybe you should be rid...
Have you ever noticed that Tiger Woods' wife is always appended with the title "ex-model"? I assume that is to remind the reader that cheating on a beauty is so much more egregious that cheating on a wife who is not so goodlooking.
One of These Things Is Not Like the Others, and Don't You Forget It: Sandra Bullock, Jesse James, and Janine Lindemulder
Sandra Bullock and Jesse James, that handsome couple you see at the left, have been fighting a custody battle against James' ex-wife, Janine Lindemulder, with whom he biologically shares Sunny, their five-year-old daughter. What you will notice in every article about the custody battle is that...
I've been torn on whether to see Fantastic Mr. Fox ever since learning Wes Anderson signed that stupid "Free Roman" petition. I'll probably end up skipping out of sheer busyness, freeing me from having to sort out the ethics altogether.
Lock Up Your Daughters: Roman Polanski is Out on Bail
Frigging Roman Polanski is loose again. Sort of. The Swiss have let him out of jail and put him on house arrest. In his 19,000 square foot Swiss chalet. That is bigger than my mall. If I ever get in trouble with the law please let it be in Switzerland. It actually sounds kind of awesome. In...
I've been torn on whether to see Fantastic Mr. Fox ever since learning Wes Anderson signed that stupid "Free Roman" petition. I'll probably end up skipping out of sheer busyness, freeing me from having to sort out the ethics altogether.
Lock Up Your Daughters: Roman Polanski is Out on Bail
Frigging Roman Polanski is loose again. Sort of. The Swiss have let him out of jail and put him on house arrest. In his 19,000 square foot Swiss chalet. That is bigger than my mall. If I ever get in trouble with the law please let it be in Switzerland. It actually sounds kind of awesome. In...
Good call on Anton Ego!
If Gaga Ruled the Fashion World...
Then we would all be forced to take shoulder pads to some pretty ridiculous heights: I call this the Chairy look. you know, Chairy? Looking like you're wearing an armchair is so hot right now.
I missed the Oprah thing, but am wondering whether they dealt with it from the industry perspective or the perspective of her viewers. I guess I approach porn the way I try to source my meat, I want to be satisfied that it was produced in a humane manner. If they were giving tips on that, then Good for Oprah.
Oprah Teaches Us All About This New Thing Called "Porn"
Yes. Oprah, yet again, with the help of "investigative reporter" Lisa Ling, teaches us about a completely new phenomenon. It's called PORN. Seriously? Seriously. The gist of yesterday's show was that ol' Opie is shocked! Lisa Ling is APPALLED! The world reaches for their fainting couches as...
I hope Anissa keeps rallying and her family hangs in there. Vibing in their direction.
That fish thing is disgusting. While we're horrifying one another, I've got two more: many years ago, my dad went to some high end sushi bar in Japan for a work thing where they sliced a lobster down his back and people plucked at his tail while he was crawling across the table. There's also this thing called drunken eels that I saw in Singapore. The eels are served in sake and you drink them down live. Supposedly the alcohol stupifies them somewhat but I think part of the thrill is how they squirm as they slide down your gullet. WTH is wrong with people? As callous as much of our animal husbandry is these days, and even though animals are often eaten alive in the wild, this intentional infliction of pain, what is it other than sadism? Stuff like this makes me want to be a hermit.
WTF Times Three: Johnny Depp Is the Sexiest Man Alive, Fish Are Being Eaten That Are Still Breathing, and Anissa Mayhew Had a Stroke
I woke up this morning to three pieces of news that made me just want to crawl right back into bed. Johnny Depp has been named Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine, people have taken to eating deep-fried fish while the fish are still struggling to breathe on their plates, and Anissa Mayhew suf...
I take no issue with JD, but 110 seems like an awful lot of hottest guys to squeeze into a single photo spread. You can't ogle a postage stamp.
Gossip Rag Wednesday: RED ALL CAPS IMPACT FONT EDITION!
This week's crop of tabloids, released to the newstands just today, and sanitized for your protection. They're so in love, they can't keep their gaping maws closed! And people, nothing says love like a googly-eyed slack jaw. FACT! GRRAAAGHH! Okay, in all seriousness, does ANYONE buy ...
Has anybody else been disturbed by the recent Air Force commercials?
They had one on during a football game Sunday, and another on during V last night. The first was guys sitting in their simulator or whatever piloting unmanned aircraft as if it were a video game, and the second is what look like CGI guys rushing in to a hot zone with their infrared goggles to rescue a teammate as the helicopter swoops in, also very video gamish, and the tag line is something like, It's not science fiction, it's what we do every day.
I find them highly disturbing, turning war into a cool video game.
Here's the unmanned aircraft one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiB3vrhPDNs&feature=channel_page
I'm a Call of Duty Widow
My husband, who could not tell you who just won the World Series (or who has EVER won the World Series for that matter) and who could not tell you who Harry Potter was even written by or who has ever owned a game console before stood in line for hours last night with a packed backpack full of ...
Thanks, Erin. I was confused at the end, wondering whether she was literally going to live in Reno for 6 weeks while Carla stayed with the kids. It didn't make sense, but your solution does.
Have gained appreciation for Trudy and Pete (I too was finding it helpful to see how Trudy is distinct from Annie). They do make a good team. Did I forget something from last season? What made her stop talking about wanting a baby? I keep waiting for that to come up again, and it never does.
Also was expecting more Duck.
Am curious to see how [guy with the beard who now respects Peggy and was bummed that she left with Don et al.] figures in next season. His reaction was priceless.
And remember that Pryce's wife couldn't wait to get back to England? She will not be pleased.
I'll have forgotten all of these plot points by next summer.
Mad Men Open Thread: Shut the Door. Have a Seat.
Sterling Cooper is dead! Long live Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce! Also, the most depressing sight last night was during the AMC promo for all of the cool stuff coming in 2010, including a new season of Mad Men. NEXT SUMMER. After I peeled myself off the floor and wiped the snot off of my face, ...
I was too embarrassed to go to the movie, or to persuade my husband to Netflix it. But I watched the commercial twice.
Your Day In Edwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaard: Shilling For Volvo
Hello, darlings. Have you not gotten your Edwaaaaaaaard fix today? Well, I bring you something that is most curious, and even weirder than the Hot Topic crap that features Edwaaaaaaard's name these days. Hey 15-year-olds! You wanna buy a car? I speak, of course, of this Volvo commercial. ...
It is unfortunate that the word "marriage" does have both a meaning in certain religions and a civic meaning - but they're not the same and haven't been since even before the USA came to be. (In England, I believe you can have a common law spouse, a term with its own legal implications, without ever seeing a judge at all.) People who vote down these measures keep trying to MAKE them the same, and that's where religion tries to insert itself into government, where it hasn't previously been and doesn't belong.
I can't think of anyone who, on learning I have a spouse, asks whether our marriage was in a church and in which religion before they decide whether our union is a threat to theirs. They just take the term "married" at face value and immediately have an understanding of where I fit in society. To be outright precluded from a place in society because of an inborn characteristic that hurts no one is where these measures smack of nothing less than cruelty.
Can we invalidate all civil "marriages" and start fresh so those of religious persuasions won't be so easily confused?
Also, although it's my understanding that some of the pilgrims who first settled in North America were holy rollers who would not compromise their beliefs and so had to leave their old country, not everyone who came here to make a buck and find a better, freer life falls in that category. And when it came to founding a *government*, I think the degree of religious conviction was mixed. Wasn't Jefferson an athiest, or at least an agnostic? If nothing else, our founders didn't buy into religion enough to believe that God had chosen their leader, and to the extent they believed in God, thought that God wanted people to govern their own lives. Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but it seems to me they were so concerned that religion might overtake their lives and livelihoods again that their first amendment to the Constitution tried to nip that in the bud.
I get what Jamie is saying, that if you believe something is WRONG, you're not going to vote in its favor. I want to push that, though, because I'm genuinely curious to know whether those who believe homosexual relationships are wrong think they're so wrong as to be criminal. I think most of those laws criminalizing homosexual "behavior" have fallen by the wayside because, as someone pointed out, specific sexual acts do not seem to be limited to the domain of any particular orientation. So if it's not the acts, what is it? Is it the thoughts? Is it the thoughts that are wrong? The desire to commit to another person's well-being and to work towards a stable, long-term relationship? Is that the part that's wrong and doesn't deserve public recognition or support?
I think civil marriage should be eliminated altogether. What difference does it make? Kids are born in and out of wedlock, unmarried couples live together, married people live apart; people write prenups and wills to override marriage laws; married people keep their names, single people change theirs. I was cautioned by a tax advisor friend that my taxes would go up when I got married. I've only been married a month, but I haven't yet seen any upside compared with our status for the last four years.
Today Should File Under - "Things that Confuse and Generally Piss Me Off" Or, Why Can't Life Be More Like Footloose
I'd like to preface this post with the fact that I'm not super bright. So, maybe it's me. Maybe I'm the silly fucker in the "Dunce" cap in the corner. All slack-jawed and drooling and waiting for re-runs of Mama's Family. Probly. It's always seemed to me that smart-folk are consistently u...
I jogged past a house that had its holiday lights up already. No, they weren't Halloween lights. They were red and green icicle things.
Lady Gaga - Doilie In Mourning
This was taken in London at 2am last night. It must've been, oh, about 40-45 degrees out. Keep that in mind. Also, WTF IS THAT A CHRISTMAS TREE?!!?!? It's a mad, mad world, people. MAD I SAY.
I was disappointed as soon as my Tivo revealed that it was only to last one hour. Commence sad faces.
Then I got excited anyway, explaining the premise to my husband (who was not familiar) as the dishes and chandeliers rattled, and as the ships made an appearance, we both said "it's 'Independence Day.'" And then a kid on the show said, "It's 'Independence Day'!" And I was happy.
And then no one ate any guinea pigs and I was disappointed again.
But agree - too short, too much exposition in the first hour. They could have built up way more tension and suspense. I would've liked to not know the FBI partner and the black guy were aliens just yet. Also: can't stand it when next week's preview gives away all the surprises.
Not having seen Lost, I thought the female protagonist looked an awful lot like a blonde Trinity. Apparently they share a face for Sci Fi.
Tonight's Liveblogging Dose of Rat-Eating Awesomeness is Brought To You By The Letter V
I wasn't too much older than my kids are now when I had one of the great formative experiences of my youth: the original broadcast of the miniseries V in 1983. To call it awesome was to understate the nature of awesomeness — giant spaceships, alien subterfuge, the Beastmaster hisself fighting f...
I kind of think that Roger and Joan are not meant to be a couple, but that they're the rare, genuine deep male-female friendship. I can't figure out what he sees in Jane, but I've got to believe there's a reason he married her and is being true to her.
I also had dueling emotions: satisfaction that Don's chickens finally came home to roost (did he really think his continuing disrespect had no consequences?), but also feeling bad for him - he's been stepping up lately, but it was too little, too late. I can't imagine the show continuing with him as a single parent - it would be a different show entirely.
Is Sal gone for good? He was in the recap. I wonder how his wife is faring.
Agree that there is something not quite right about Harry. I kind of don't care what happens to Betty, though. She's exhausting. Though I did feel sorry for her when she made her speech and Don was like, "take a pill and go to bed." She's put up with a lot.
Mad Men Open Thread: The Grown-Ups
Ever since we got a glance at Margaret's wedding invitation, listing the wedding date as the day after the assassination of JFK, I've been bracing myself for this episode. And as soon as I saw Harry turn down the TV in his office to discuss Pete's relatively unimportant career angst, I knew it...
How did I miss the miniseries over the weekend?? Now I'm curious to know if it wore well.
Thanks for pointing out that it overlaps with 90210, which I DO watch, but still. I set up the Tivo to record V a few weeks back but don't know where it is on the 'ranking' and I would have been crying salty tears if I thought I had an hour of lizard people and all I ended up with was the kids from West Bev.
Five Reasons You Should Watch "V" Tonight
Tonight, ABC will air the first episode of the long-awaited reimagining of the 1984-1985 series, V. And if you for some ludicrous reason haven't already pencilled it into your Day Runner, set a reminder in your iCal or programmed your Tivo to record it, I'm here to demonstrate why you bitches ...
I thought Sterling turned down Mrs. Horsemeat because "it's different with this girl" to indicate to us that there actually is something special about Jane. Because I just don't see it and haven't been able to get interested in her story.
Pete Campbell has been totally missing from the last two episodes. I can't stand him, but I do kind of expect him.
Mad Men Open Thread: The Gypsy and the Hobo
Whoa. So things really came to a head last night, eh? I'll be honest. Despite Betty discovering Don's secrets, I honestly expected them to drag out their confrontation for at least another season. The fact that they didn't kind of gives me a newfound respect for the story arc. And for Betty. ...
Oh YES, Pioneer House etc. A friend tried to get me into Manor House, a BBC one, but that didn't really take.
The Best Reality Shows You've Probably Never Watched
Who knows, though, maybe you have watched them, and maybe you also enjoy them as fiercely as I do, but these are not the reality shows you'll find listed in the Twitter trending topics or on Facebook status updates, oh no, and I also don't think TMZ has ever gotten a crotch shot of one of thes...
I lobbied hard for, and got, a Trapper Keeper, but then I never used it. I found it annoying to have to carry around my folders for ALL my classes ALL the time, instead of just the relevant one.
And that's why I had no friends, the end.
Flashback Friday - Retro School Supplies Edition
Back in grade school, while I generally stayed abreast of the latest clothing fashions, I was always woefully behind on which backpacks and binders were cool and which were totally dorky. Aren't all school supplies dorky? I thought. As it turns out, no. School supply trends seem to change on a...
Agree that the Don and Danny thing was a reference to his own brother. He was taking the second chance to be "there" for someone.
I'm calling it: Duck's company is somehow going to buy Sterling Cooper. To which Don is now bound by contract for three years. Ouch. And it will be weird with Peggy.
Mad Men Open Thread: The Color Blue
So, man, some fairly serious stuff went down this episode, no? Or rather, the beginnings of some fairly serious stuff went down, just in time for them to announce that there are only three episodes left in this season. Noooooooo!!!! So, the title of last night's episode was hinted at during s...
Miss Lis, in a fit of celebrating a milestone I shelled out $400 for a RL cashmere sweater, the most expensive article of clothing I've ever owned. It was a pilly nightmare within two weeks. I took it back and all the manager would do was tell me to go to Sharper Image and buy a sweater shaver. I will never darken their door again. Never mind the sweater, the customer service was the pits.
You know, and this ridiculousness as well. Clothing ads only ever 'work' on me if they help me imagine how the stuff would look on me, so these are (at best) entirely useless.
An Open Letter To Ralph Lauren: Women Are Not Bratz Dolls
Dear Ralph Lauren: There has been a great deal of press surrounding your ex-employee Fillipa Hamilton, the model who was photoshopped to a ridiculous degree and then summarily fired for being too fat. I have to wonder aloud why someone who is 5'10 and 120 pounds can ever be considered overweig...
Heh, only this crowd would sympathize with the way my skin crawls when people say "font" to mean "typeface." And then I go and do it myself.
Took a book design class where the teacher would not shut up about his love for Garamond. I have since used it for any documents where the reader might be a connoisseur, JUST IN CASE. I do agree that TNR is too uptight.
Awesome Documentaries about Very Specific Things
Because I am a frazzled working mom, I'm often way behind on seeing movies with smaller releases. This obviously applies to documentaries since I'm not in a huge release market and these things tend to fly through theaters anyway. Thankfully, Netflix (and other such services) exist, so I'm able...
It's so Betty, to decline an affair not because it's immoral or disrespectful to her marriage or a violation of her vows, but because it would be TACKY. Poor kid. I don't like her, but at least I'm starting to understand her.
Do not like the teacher. At all.
Don is getting sloppy. He seems exhausted all the time. I'm getting tired of him, too.
I'm having a hard time sustaining enthusiasm for a show where I simply don't LIKE the characters. Felt the same about Gone with the Wind.
Mad Men Open Thread: Wee Small Hours
Is anyone else totally depressed this morning after watching last night's Mad Men? It was so...unsettling. In a way it sort of dovetailed with a lot of emotions that I've been experiencing lately, since the theme of the episode seemed to be somewhat pessimistic with regards to things changing ...
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