January 2011
Now all the crumbs are cleared away (boo) I should give props to @Fancie for last week’s birthday cupcakes (and that frosting… I die).
“Sometimes the most moving, altering moments of life are in fact only moments....”
– April Monroe
Sometimes I need to be reminded.
(via diana-vilibert)
Or they can be blog posts!
Just had a nap and dreamed everything I ever thought was being tweeted. That would be a great plot for a horror film.
noraleah:
Van Morrison, “Wild Night” // via...
Thanks for all your lovely messages today! You tweeps are the BEST.
I have now been 32 for two minutes. Let’s see how this goes.
The King's Speech Was More Personal Than You...
capricecrane:
….David Seidler is 73 years old. And he came to Hollywood at the age of 40. Which is heartening beyond belief. There is so much ageism in this industry that to hear of someone who began his journey into a near-impossible business at that age gives hope, hopefully to many.
This is Mr. Seidler:
This is his first nomination.
“Bella’s overweening blandness—-as much as the guilty pleasure rescue fantasy,...”
– I hate to admit that there’s something to this, but I think she may just be right. I mean, how else to understand the appeal of such poorly written fiction?
Peggy Orenstein, Cinderella Ate My Daughter
(via bookladysblog)
Interesting! I don’t know quite how to say this without seeming...
“Have you depilated your legs, underarms and amygdala this week?” @luvandhat take on casual sexing, and it is good: http://ow.ly/3Kwcf
shinyandrea:
Can we pause to appreciate that a Dawson’s Creek star is nominated for a Best Actress Oscar?
Hell yes! Katie Holmes was the one who was always over-hyped, but Michelle Williams was the one who steadily worked her way up.
To think Kevin Williamson & co thought she was too slutty to live.
“Someone once told me that he’d rather have “a broken, bed-ridden Jenny than no...”
– TheBloggess.com
“Currently celebrating with my colleagues three feet above the ground. Not used...”
– Colin Firth, reacting to his Best Actor nomination for “The King’s Speech” (via salesonfilm)
Can’t they just give it to him now? (Yeah, I know. Probably not at all.)
Good news!
msclrewatched:
We’re going to be coming back next month. IT HAS BEEN TOO LONG.
We’re gonna get to the really great eps soon.
I NEED to know where Mary Portas gets her rings. Even though I’m sure the answer is “nowhere you can afford, dear.”
Stumbled across this book on Amazon and had a “Hell, yes” moment: http://ow.ly/3AKec
Jessica Wakeman: I just interviewed →
jessicawakeman:
Rosamund Pike, fomrer Bond girl and star of “An Education,” “Made In Dagenham,” “Barney’s Version,” and others. She was even more lovely in person that I could have imagined - intelligent, deep and thoughtful. She recommended I read The Noonday Demon and On Becoming Fearless by Arianna Huffington….
I love that book! Great story.
Plus, I know I have no right to claim even...
if you're thinking about going to law school, read... →
ramshackleglam:
wow.
i thought briefly about law school during the i-have-no-idea-what-i-want-to-do-with-my-life years, and (fortunately, it seems) concluded that law school wasn’t a great plan…because i didn’t want to be a lawyer.
mavieenrose:
and seriously - please don’t go to law school unless you really really want to be a lawyer. it’s not worth the money otherwise.
I wanted to be a...
RIP Stephanie Green, just 35. http://ow.ly/3ALp3 “Her blog is a must-read for anyone going through breast cancer.” - @LauraZigman
“Advice? I don’t have advice. Stop aspiring and start writing. If you’re writing,...”
– Alan Watts
[via maribean: texturism : emphasisadded : ferfluffle]
(via nancylicious)
“The moment Hunter S. Thompson called me for a job…” Great piece by Cheryl Della Pietra for @smithmag: http://ow.ly/3AARs
The Giffords shooting reminds me
jessicawakeman:
of Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell and lessons about violent nutjobs contained therein.
I’m really wary of using terms like “nutjobs” in general, but especially when it comes to this kind of incident. If Laughner is severely mentally ill as some have suggested, then he was not in control of his actions/was not fully cognizant as to their...
“We need to realize that the rhetoric, and the firing people up and … for...”
– U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords, in an interview with MSNBC after her office was targeted with death threats, vandalism and harassment following her vote for healthcare last Spring. Watch the entire interview here - it’s kind of amazing in retrospect. (via misterhippity)
If Palin had the...
Just had a long nap and finished @lauriesandell’s excellent graphic memoir, The Imposter’s Daughter. Jaw-dropping. (The book, not the nap.)
“The star is due to return to work shortly as the star in a new comedy series for...”
– Raven Symone: ‘I thought I looked fabulous when I was heavy’ | Mail Online
This is written/produced by Jennifer Weiner. Yay!
“I find it peculiar that the concept of human chattel is not too harsh for young...”
– Another intelligent piece about the many things that are wrong with “editing” Huck Finn.
Opinion: Scrubbing ‘Huck Finn,’ and Our History
(via bookladysblog)
Who has two thumbs and didn’t check the weather forecast?! #uksnow