February 2009
56 posts
how to build a capsule wardrobe →
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January 2009
80 posts
Oh shit, I checked out that site that you twittered…
– Oh the time we live in. (overheard @ the Apes & Androids gig)
This is currently happening.
me: Shit shit shit. I'm literally stuck in an Alvin Valley dress in my apartment. I can't get it off. I've been trying for 20 mins. Ahhhhhh
M-bird: Take a deep breath. It will come off or cut it
me: It's a $300 dress! I can't cut it. It's because I'm a skinny-fat cow today. Arghhhhh. I hate my period. :(
M-bird: hahahaha
The Swedes think of everything.
Even floating underWATER hotels.
This, believe it or not, is a scooter capable of 40 mph (60 kph). It’s the Centaur, a folding two-wheeler built from 1960 until 1965. It was designed by James Wilford Foster, Lambretta’s US importer, and built by the American Motor Scooter Company. Want to see what it looks like open? Bob Stein of Caroholic can show you.
Canon PowerShot SD600 | 1/320s | f/5.6 | Focal length 5.8mm
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Attention, Shopaholics - Your Weakness May Be a... →
How did I not know about this before?
This is the most horrifying thing I’ve seen in ages. And yet, it’s hysterical.
As J.S. said about it “Is this where all the JAPpy, tanorexic girls girls from [redacted] ended up?”
DABA girls
(And, yes, they just got a book deal.)
Another Ponzi scheme? Enough already! →
(CLL) PHN-LCKN 09
Follow your heart. The mind can waver but the heart seldom does. Respect your conscience. It’s like a post-it note from God.
-excerpt from “A letter from a father to his little son,” The Times Of India
Please tell me this is a joke. →
Dear Citigroup: Aren’t gluttony and greed cardinal sins?
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Between this, John Thain’s lovely redecorating expenses and the constant bad-news-WSJ-alerts about layoffs and stock crashes, I don’t think I can take much more.
File Under: Things That Are Disturbing
Money can’t buy you love - but it can lead to better sex, scientists say.
A controversial study claims that a woman finds lovemaking more fulfilling if her partner is wealthy.
So if a love affair is never going to end, then how can you tell when it begins?...
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Don't give up on Instant Film yet!!
There’s hope for Polaroids after all with The Impossible Project.
Spy-proof Smartphone? Just call it the...
Self-confessed BlackBerry addict Barack Obama may not have to kick the thumbing habit after all, despite the concerns of a notoriously technophobic White House.
Read more here.
You know we’re talking about reference points? This is a bad reference...
– Anthony Bourdain (No Reservations Washington D.C.)
I love you more than blank.
(iloveyoumorethanblank)
"Okay, people just don't use the phrase "In our...
- From The Daily Intel’s recap of last night’s Gossip Girl.
Oh, how I wish they knew Richard. He used that phrase more than GG. Vom.
A puppy, a pony and a purse.
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5 Things You May Not Know About Obama
From an email I just received:
1- He collects comic books: Spider-Man being his favorite. 2- His favorite musicians include: Bob Dylan, Miles Davis, Bach and the Fugees. (Now that is a mix..) 3- He drives a Hybrid Ford Escape 4- He once dreamed of being an Architect (and became president instead.. not a bad trade!) 5- He was rejected from his try-outs for a pin-up calendar while at...
This is the meaning of our liberty and our creed - why men and women and...
– President Barack Obama (via soupsoup)
Ummmm
two things:
1. I may have just been invited to an official inaugural ball. Like one that the President will be at. How the hell will I find a ball gown last minute?! Will my high school senior prom dress be okay? Holy hell.
2. I just found out that there is a horse for me in Argentina. Margie and her husband bought a horse for me. In Argentina.
Americans love their vino. →
America could oust Italy as the world’s No. 1 nonsparkling wine consumer by 2012.
The Myth of The Global Brand →
“The vast majority of people still live very local lives,” Hollis said. “By all means go global, but the first thing you have to do is win on the ground,” he added. “You have to go local.”