July 2011
19 posts
I Love You Richard! That's Why I'm Marrying Your... →
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My mom and I used to watch the best Spanish telenovela ever, which makes me a sucker for shows about them (like the above. Also this). Throw in an adorable Salma Hayek and Jon Hamm, I think this is the best 30 Rock episode yet.
“So the court order allowed Mr. FW to get new documents, yes, but it also had...”
– The Timeline, Part 3 | Weddingbee
So Weddingbee (which is a huge huge huge wedding-planning group blog/message board, FYI for anyone not chin-deep in weddingworld like I have been for the past few months) is kinda mostly ridiculous (see: this discussion about CHAIRS oh my god). But. This series of...
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World Cup Final Recap
It was called a matchup of Two Teams of Destiny.
I like to examine minutia, all the potential ‘could-have-beens.’ It’s a fun, torturous, never-ending game. For example, when I saw the lineup …
I had a sinking feeling.
Sure, Pia was criticized for a lot of her prior lineup changes, but I never had a problem with them, and they worked well (not that those things are...
Watchlesbianswholooklikejustinbieber:
I lol’d through this entire thing…
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This simultaneously encapsulates everything that is wrong and everything that is oh-so-right with American pop culture.
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Why Will People Watch Women Do Anything but Play...
Tired of the US National Team never making it past the semifinals?
Annoyed by the incessant diving, whining, diva drama, referee assaulting, and plain boring games?
Enjoy the strategy of what formation to use, which players to rest or substitute, well-run set plays, sportsmanship, nailbiters, triangle passes, and more?
Then why did you watch last years’ men’s World Cup, but...
I Bought A New Laptop. Now open for sticker(s)...
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(Not) Choosing Sides
My parents - especially my father - are very staunchly uber-Republican.
They don’t exactly like the fact I call myself Libertarian, so we try not to talk about politics at all, except in broad generalities (eg., “Well, have to pay taxes again this year.” “Yeah, taxes suck.” “Melanie, don’t say ‘suck.’”)
I call myself Libertarian because...
Sprezzatur-ish: Progressive sexism →
Michele Bachmann, when she turns her head toward the cameras and brandishes her pearls and her ageless, unblemished neckline and her perfect suburban orthodontics in an attempt to reassure the unbeliever of her non-threateningness, is one of the scariest sights in the entire American cultural tableau. She’s trying to look like June Cleaver, but she actually looks like the T2 skeleton posing for...
Happy Go Forth
I’ve never been big on the 4th of July.
Fireworks shows are usually too … disorganized. I’m all for chaotic art, but there had to be some sort of intent, space, timing, something. I can’t quite put my finger on it. They’re fun at first, but then I start critiquing and they just keep going and I get sound-sensitive and slightly disillusioned.
Ornate,...
