diane is tumbling

Pretty pleased with my hair today, but you’ll have to take...

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:23:33 +0100

Pretty pleased with my hair today, but you’ll have to take my word for it.

"I don’t remember the first time I saw someone who wasn’t me in my self-search results. But soon,..."

Thu, 16 May 2013 22:46:55 +0100

“I don’t remember the first time I saw someone who wasn’t me in my self-search results. But soon, there he was: Channing Kennedy cutting left to tackle, his face turned away from the camera. Then she came along: Channing Kennedy’s byline on a campus liberal blog. When I begrudgingly joined Facebook in 2007, the female Channing Kennedy was already there. I sent her a friend request for art’s sake, she accepted, and our internet presences never crossed paths again. She later quietly unfriended me.”

- Tomorrow Magazine - That’s So Channing by Channing Kennedy

Catching up on my Instapapered articles, and loved this one.

"Try not to judge me too harshly for never having seen Casablanca, Ghostbusters, The Graduate, Psycho..."

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:47:32 +0100

“Try not to judge me too harshly for never having seen Casablanca, Ghostbusters, The Graduate, Psycho or St Elmo’s Fire. (Just a little harshly is fine.)”

- I need to be less movie-stupid: what should I watch?

Come and tell me what to watch!

“I should follow Catster,” I thought. “I bet...

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:30:49 +0100

“I should follow Catster,” I thought. “I bet they’ll have all these cute pictures and stuff.”

These are getting sillier/better.

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:55:52 +0100

These are getting sillier/better.

"What I don’t know is how the fuck you’re meant to pay bills when it’s all you can do to take a..."

Tue, 14 May 2013 10:46:58 +0100

“

What I don’t know is how the fuck you’re meant to pay bills when it’s all you can do to take a shower.
What I don’t know is how to deal with this fire that’s literally burning from the inside out. What I don’t know is how to manage the tears, rage, silence, guilt. I know this isn’t pretty, it’s like watching me stood naked, making huge ugly tears with snot running from my nose, right?

That’s because I am.

”

- sassyology | fearless vulnerability

Brave and beautiful blog post.

popculturebrain: flavorpill: buzzfeed: You may have seen The...

Tue, 14 May 2013 09:37:02 +0100

popculturebrain:

flavorpill:

buzzfeed:

You may have seen The Great Gatsby over the weekend, but wait until you see The Great Catsby.

Probably better than the actual.

Not probably. Actually.

Definitely.

"Oh, Castle! I like, I love Castle. I like that one. And I like, um, Mentalist...."

Mon, 13 May 2013 23:12:08 +0100

“Oh, Castle! I like, I love Castle. I like that one. And I like, um, Mentalist. And…um…CSI New York and uh, Vegas. No Miami! No way. Hate that redhead.”

- Area Mom Offers Tepid Endorsement Of “Elementary” | Previously.TV

Ah, this is great.

Previously.TV - Television Show Commentary and Assorted Nonsense

Mon, 13 May 2013 15:22:13 +0100

Previously.TV - Television Show Commentary and Assorted Nonsense:

At Previously.TV, we want to talk about last night’s TV shows and goof around and have fun. Get into it!

The new site from Tara Ariano, David T. Cole, and Sarah D. Bunting is live and I’m too excited to read it!

Favourite blog ever.

Mon, 13 May 2013 11:29:37 +0100

Favourite blog ever.

popculturebrain: First Promo: ‘Marvel’s Agents of...

Sun, 12 May 2013 20:31:08 +0100

popculturebrain:

First Promo: ‘Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’

Happy for Jennifer Grey and Old Christine that their husband has a job.

For me, sugar makes life worth living. That’s ridiculous, but it’s also true. Sure, I...

Tue, 07 May 2013 10:57:40 +0100

For me, sugar makes life worth living. That’s ridiculous, but it’s also true. Sure, I like watching a TV show, going to the cinema, or spending time with friends and family. But if those things aren’t accompanied by chocolate, popcorn, or a good meal followed by ice cream, the world’s in black and white rather than technicolor.

As overdramatic as it might sound… this is addiction. You’re not going to find a sugar addict passed out in a nightclub doorway after a binge, or stealing televisions to pay for their Maltesers habit. And I get why an an alcoholic or drug addict might look at someone complaining about how they can never get enough Cadbury’s as a wimp with no self-control.

But even though I know my love of sweet things is expanding my gut and strongly suspect it of exacerbating my urinary issues and screwing with my digestion, the thought of giving them up makes me feel desperate; desolate. I’ve tried in the past, including a year white-knuckling it through a candida diet and a detox that caused suicidal ideation and non-stop sh!tting. I used to wish there was some kind of programme to support people through the process, rather than the nutritionists I’d spoken to whose attitude was just “eat healthily, duh”.

Turns, out, there is a programme like that. I’m on it now. And, like most things that become an important part of my life, I’d come across it years earlier and instantly dismissed it… Read more

I watched this last week (I’d say “rewatched”...

Sat, 04 May 2013 23:41:22 +0100

I watched this last week (I’d say “rewatched” but the first time I saw it I didn’t realise how long it was, had to take the video back to Blockbuster and so missed the last 10 minutes) and is it me or is there really no story or tension, just a rambling series of events surrounded by one scene-stealing performance?

That’s not to say I didn’t enjoy it. “You’re not special enough to survive a bad marriage” is my new favourite quote about marriage. (And look, she wasn’t wrong!)

I like this. Although I’m not sure either is as impressive...

Thu, 02 May 2013 23:43:09 +0100

I like this.

Although I’m not sure either is as impressive as the fact that Luisa Plaja once got mail for “Lousy Pizza”.

Today, I add John to the collection of names I’ve been...

Thu, 02 May 2013 20:56:49 +0100

Today, I add John to the collection of names I’ve been called in error, along with:

Diana

Claire

Daine

Dianne

Dan

Wendy

Julie

Danielle

Mr Shipley

Mr Shitley

Robyn

and of course, Christine Skipsey.

“Clueless” and the Father of Little Women

Thu, 02 May 2013 20:32:09 +0100

“Clueless” and the Father of Little Women:

Reading some of my fave things at Avidly lately, including this piece about the school at Clueless, which (I’d never realised) is named after Louisa May Alcott’s father.

"… the socialization of boys regarding masculinity is often at the expense of women. I came to..."

Thu, 02 May 2013 00:30:09 +0100

“… the socialization of boys regarding masculinity is often at the expense of women. I came to realize that we don’t raise boys to be men, we raise them not to be women (or gay men). We teach boys that girls and women are “less than” and that leads to violence by some and silence by many. It’s important for men to stand up to not only stop men’s violence against women but, to teach young men a broader definition of masculinity that includes being empathetic, loving and non-violent.”

- Don McPherson, former NFL quarterback, feminist and educator (via seraphmachine)

There’s not much wrong with the world that can’t be explained by this.

(via aatombomb)

motherjones: Our May/June cover story is now live on the site....

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:58:42 +0100

motherjones:

Our May/June cover story is now live on the site. You should really check it out.

That’s some stigmatising bullshit, MJ.

Again: People experiencing mental illness are much (MUCH) more likely to be the victims of crime than the perpetrators. Even (gasp!) people with schizophrenia.

"We’ve had enough Bushes."

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:57:17 +0100

“We’ve had enough Bushes.”

- Barbara Bush on why she doesn’t see her son Jeb running for president in 2016. via CNN (via officialssay)
Barb knows

"About three weeks ago, after a lot of “no thank you”s in a row, I was feeling like a failure and..."

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:33:21 +0100

“About three weeks ago, after a lot of “no thank you”s in a row, I was feeling like a failure and started to slide into a slough of despond. But then I stopped. Something inside me snapped. And I thought, what if I decided to just never give up?”

- The 500 Pitches Project and why I can’t stop trying to make it as a journalist, even if I’m deluded

New post!