December 2009
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Life Lessons 2009
To be fair, I guess I learned a lot of “life lessons,” which people tell me are important, so maybe we’ll give me some points back. Like:
don’t pack one pair of heels when you are moving to the clubbing capital of the world for four months
you can fall in love (with friends, men, countries, lifestyles) when you least expect it
naked Greek men are not to be trusted
even...
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Real Talk: Cherry Poppings of 2009
In order:
moved to a different country alone
met two of my best friends / life partners / future bridesmaids
traveled to Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, France, Hungary, Korea, Netherlands, Germany, Czech, Slovakia, Egypt, Israel
enjoyed the kind of self-inflicted organ abuse that everyone should when they’re 20
began earning a semi-regular income off things I do on the internet
landed a...
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“Because generally speaking, when I return home it’s like I’m a...”
– An email from Kinzee on being home for the holidays. Sounds about right.
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WatchSex and the City 2. YESSS.
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At 8:07 a.m. -- 3.5 hours after having gone to bed
annie: omg really, are you awake?
me: omg yes
me: my freaking mom woke me up
me: when she came into my room
me: i hate.
annie: and instead of going back to sleep you checked the interwebs. rofl.
annie: you are my type of gal, twu
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Lara Stone, A Plus-Size Model at Size 4? →
It’s hard for us average-bodied folk to sympathize with the body-image struggle of someone who is 5-foot-10 with a 24-inch waist, but that’s just what Vogue is asking us to do in a January article glorifying Lara Stone, size-4 model.
Could Vogue simply be riding the coattails of the magazine industry’s plus-size fever, or is this a legitimate issue of acceptance?
In the face of...
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Napa: Day Two
After our Adventures in French Fooding (on top of wine tasting and a bottle of Riesling from Madonna, as well as free appetizers, desserts, and wine in our hotel concierge lounge — we don’t say no to free) we passed out immediately. Like, 9 p.m. immediately. 11 p.m. efforts to rouse the troops to movement (you know, because Napa has such a vibrant nightlife and all) failed miserably,...
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Bistro Jeanty
After extensive Yelp-perusal and some Twitter crowdsourcing, we narrowed our dinner-options list down to Bouchon, Ad Hoc, and Bistro Jeanty, ultimately deciding to go with the last one, a country-style French restaurant in Yountville.
We shamelessly brought the free bottle of wine that our hotel provided us. Not sure it was worth the $20 corkage fee, but better than shelling out for something...
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Proof I Have White Friends
We’re in the single digits, people!
These are my two best friends to whom I formed a grotesque attachment while studying abroad in the island of Cyprus, a magical place where dreams come true. In nine days they will be flying to California, upon which we will once again be eating off each other’s carb-filled plates, ransacking each other’s wardrobes for promiscuous items and...
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“The less robust consumer prospects of the smaller Asian American and Native...”
– Jeff Yang — “Disney Crowns a New Princess”
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Literal Scenes from My 'Hood
OK, so here’s the sitch:
I used to live on the same street as MC Hammer when I was little.
See? We’re BFF. If by BFF we mean I was slightly intoxicated at the Crunchies last year and verbally harassed him into a photo. I look joyous. He looks like I’m violating the half of him that isn’t in the picture. (Whatever. It’s called journalism, OK?)
My old neighbor just...
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Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind (Part II)
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“Πίστις, ἐλπίς, ἀγάπη.”
– “faith, hope, love.”
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“At the end of the day, when it comes down to it, all we really want is to be...”
– Meredith Grey, Grey’s Anatomy (via lexual)
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“When the Stupak anti-choice amendment passed, and so entered the health reform...”
– Barbara Ehrenreich, Salon (via thepoliticalpartygirl:newsweek)
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LOL-worthy Facebook threads
A: Perhaps we should extend this rendezvous we have planned to your ex? Kidding (sort of).
B: Hahahaha. I would be more than happy to, actually. My feelings of anger and resentment have more or less faded now that I've picked up a new boy to pay for my sandwiches.
A: I can't WAIT to meet him. Like seriously. Also I have a crush. He works with me at my internship. He said "hey" to me the other day. I'll let you guys know if any developments occur.
