December 2010
Ramshackle Glam (Tumblr): OWN Launch January 1st! →
ramshackleglam:
You may have heard some fuss in the media lately about a little thing called OWN? You know, Oprah’s new 24/7 network devoted to self-discovery?
If you’ve been vacationing in Atlantis and have somehow managed to miss all the coverage, let me summarize it for you:
OPRAH DID SOMETHING.
Congratulations, Jordan! That’s amazing. I don’t know when/if I’ll get to...
Just finished the most affecting book I’ve read all year: http://ow.ly/3wBbs SO good.
There are a lot of things I could say about 2010, most of them involving expletives.
But really I’d like to move into 2011 with two facts in mind:
1. I am incredibly, wonderfully fortunate in so many ways.
And
2. I have to make this year the start of a better life.
Happy New Year. x
You’re never too young to be a media star. Meet @kellyrose’s fur baby: http://ow.ly/3wbrU Awww.
This Rolf Harris programme is incredibly odd.
ETA: I thought it was going to be about his painting, but it was this incredibly indulgent retrospective. Instead of interviewing him, they had clips of him in old TV shows juxtaposed with clips of him painting 3 half-naked women. This was allegedly because he had a passion to paint A Midsummer Night’s Dream… but it turned out he’d...
Watching last 2 eps of Ugly Betty and realised where her romantic storyline is going. No! Abort!
Watching The Net for the first time. The internet looked pretty crappy in ‘95, didn’t it?
“This year, Harry’s class learned Do They Know It’s Christmas as part of their...”
– I’m not religious but our Christmas is still magical
On the tenth day of Christmas
laurengrahamm:
On the tenth day of Christmas, Gilmore gave to me;
Nine sarcastic comments, Eight mugs of coffee, Seven years on an emotional rollercoaster, Six bags of bulbs, Five boyfriends of Lorelai, Four alarm clocks purring, Three broken engagements, Two emergency town meetings and one Polish Sheepdog.
(http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?showtopic=3133605&st=285)
{Blog post} Don’t get me a cow for Christmas (or a goat, or a hive of bees…) http://ow.ly/3sAq2
“Well, I guess you—neither you nor I were there. And it seems to me that when you...”
– Naomi Wolf (via azspot)
Well, as someone who has spent the past eight years counseling rape survivors, I can say that survivors behave in all manner of ways, including, in many situations, not immediately identifying what has happened as rape or internalizing blame for the rape to a point that they...
Can Amanda Platell be fired? #apprentice
“Has anyone realised how much the choreography the Celebs are given can make or...”
– Arlene Philips tells it like it is. She is SO right.
God, I wish she was still on the show. But still, yay Kara!
Jingle bells, I have vodka, la la la la la. (That’s how it goes, right?)
Another Tumblr edition of #f: @AnneMarieT123’s site is Christmas personified (Tumblr-ified?) right now. It’s my happy place.
“For the past month, body parts have been piling up around Miami-Dade and Broward...”
– Jamie Saffran Arrested, Charged with Murder in Grisly ‘Hide & Seek’ Body Part Mystery - Miami News - Riptide 2.0
Really, Miami New Times? REALLY?
“Believe Michael Moore when he tells you that giving $20,000 in bail is fair,...”
– Tiger Beatdown › #MooreandMe: On Progressives, Rape Apologism, and the Little Guy
Powerful and important.
“Bad writing is more than a matter of shit syntax and faulty observation; bad...”
– Stephen King (via samara-g)
“Let’s talk about rape for a moment. Rape is not what George Lucas did to your...”
– Jeffrey Rowland - Overcompensating (via kinelfire) (via rainbaby) (via unclegarfunkel)
YES.
‘Nother reason to love Carrie. RT @muthafunka LOL! RT @Gawker Carrie Fisher Tells John Travolta It’s OK to Be Gay http://gawker.com/5711598/
If you read my latest blog post I will kiss you. In my mind, but still. http://ow.ly/3lWVA
Thanks for your luck wishes, Twitter. You clearly have superpowers: test postponed until Feb. Ha!
I’ve got a test of my Photoshop skills today (and I haven’t got any skills). Wish me luck!
Comments and questions welcome! How to become a freelance journalist (maybe) part 2: All about pitching: http://ow.ly/3lWzP
Yes. RT @lilyburana RT @tbd Elizabeth Edwards’ body shaming, in life and death http://tbd.ly/iacJtp — @AmandaHess, you srsly kind of rule.
Exactly! (And I KNOW what visceral means.) RT @Slate Aaron Sorkin says, hypocritically, that he’s not a hypocrite. http://huff.to/dENY8u
Next week is gonna be SO GOOD. #apprentice
Stuart talks such rubbish but I think Alan kinda likes him. #apprentice
£35. Oh yes, that sounds reasonable to look at a load of old bin bags. #apprentice
I think the other way round… RT @gibbzer Is Chris going to suggest Joanna get a haircut at the Sweeney Todd barbers? #apprentice
Aaron Sorkin: In Her Defense, I'm Sure the Moose... →
Wow. Sorkin’s ramped the patronis-o-meter up to 10 with this one. And I say that as a (former?) fan.
He IS being hypocritical, here. If you eat meat, you are participating in the slaughter of animals. Does whether or not someone enjoys that task or does it with a heavy heart matter as much as the fact as they kill them on your behalf?
In a way it’s worse to outsource the task,...