My female roomie sent me this Tumblr last week: http://ryangoslingvspuppy.tumblr.com/ to which I replied, "IT'S THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE ON THE INTERNETS!!"
Ladies and gentlemen, enjoy.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Ryan Gosling & Puppies
My female roomie sent me this Tumblr last week: http://ryangoslingvspuppy.tumblr.com/ to which I replied, "IT'S THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE ON THE INTERNETS!!"
Ladies and gentlemen, enjoy.
Friday, October 28, 2011
Boston U: It will always & forever be MBT!
(Has this always been an annual event? If so, I definitely wasn't aware)
So in honor of my Alma mater, where I learned many important things (such as how to pregame enough that you won't feel how cold it is when you're walking to party at MIT in January, or how to maneuver a suitcase, a carry-on and a laptop bag on the T, or how to circumvent the "system" by sneaking guests in through basement windows), I dedicate this post to all my fellow Terriers!
To the girls of 18c, my freshman year co-conspirators of Warren Towers: Those who would be reading this are still some of my closest friends to this day. I'm seeing two of you in just a few weeks and I can't wait! One of you lives in LA and every time I see you it's a super special TREAT. ;-) You all are my besties and my life would be empty without you! Those who definitely aren't reading this: oh boy, well, you certainly made that year interesting... And to those who might be reading this: I'm sorry we haven't kept in better touch, but Facebook tells me you're living fantastic lives. I hope our paths cross again one day - thank you for being part of such a crazy/fun/scary/awesome/intense/emotional/amazing year of my life.
To the 12c & fellow engineering boys, COM/Film/BUTV friends, Myles buddies, "Afterschool" friends, and FK4L: I miss you all! From ice cream sculptures in the Warren dining hall, to heading over to the Esplinade in the middle of the night to watch shooting stars, to handing out Mylar blankets at the Marathon, to shooting comedy sketches all over campus, to cocktails in costume with Blue Man Group, to Dunkin runs at 3am, to the unreal things our Hamilton kids used to say, my memories of times with you are the fondest. I am so happy I've been able to see some of you over the years in New York, LA, Las Vegas, Boston (and a select few of you in all 4!) and San Francisco, though I do wish it could be more often.
To the friends I made on BU's Study Abroad program in Sydney, Fall '04: I was recently looking through photos from our semester and words cannot even begin to describe how much I miss being in Sydney with you all. I still consider that time the best four consecutive months of my life. The dream of a reunion trip is still alive, let's make it happen!
And to my fellow LA Transplants: Lesbihonest, I wouldn't still be here were it not for you. LA is a tough place, but you guys make getting through the hard times worth it. And seeing how much we've grown and collectively accomplished is pretty ridiculous. I'm so proud of us! Less than a month 'til Transplant Thanksgiving!!!
Most of my BU photos are buried on an external hard drive somewhere, but thankfully I found a few online to share:
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| Kenmore Square Sunset |
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| view from my junior year room in Myles |
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| Bay State Rd. |
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| Boston blizzard! |
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| abroad in Sydney |
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| Great Ocean Rd., Australia |
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| Terriers celebrating the historic '04 Red Sox win in Sydney |
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| Bondi Beach, Australia (one of my favorite pictures of all time) |
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| the BU "Beach" |
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| campus & the Charles |
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| Afterschool! |
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| "home" for 2 years |
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| visiting campus summer '10 |
Go Terriers!
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Obligatory Halloween Post (not really my Best Thing)
Seeing as most people will be celebrating Halloween* this weekend, I figured it would be appropriate to post this today even though it's not actually Halloween (or the weekend yet, but let's pretend).
*I personally am not into the holiday. It was never a "thing" with my family growing up as it's a pagan holiday (remember how we're Jews?) - my parents would take us trick-or-treating and would have candy out, but it just wasn't a big deal. Later, as probably a 4th or 5th grader, my parents let me go with a group of girlfriends - no parents - for the first time. Towards the end of the night we were attacked by a few older boys - they shoved us to the ground, ripped our costumes, stole our candy, etc. A couple of the girls were pretty scratched/scraped/bruised up, and since then I've never really been interested in participating.
That being said, I love coming up with costume ideas for other people.
Every year Boyfriend goes to a party his friends throw called Halloweenenigma. It's kind of intense - there are puzzles to solve and contests to compete in, and the (very creative and resourceful) organizers shoot videos to get people excited for it. This year the theme is internet memes, and the pre-party videos (there have been at least 2 so far) have involved their friend Chris getting lost in the internet. Here's the second one:
Did you catch all the references?
In case you didn't...
So Boyfriend's idea (his friend is joining him and they're attempting to come up with something together) is to dress as the D*ck In a Box guys:
Meh. I see how it could be funny, but it's so obvious and I feel like it's probably been done before.
Here are some ideas I've come up with:
I could go on and on but frankly, I don't have the time! Feel free to share your ideas in the comments.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN, FOLKS!
*I personally am not into the holiday. It was never a "thing" with my family growing up as it's a pagan holiday (remember how we're Jews?) - my parents would take us trick-or-treating and would have candy out, but it just wasn't a big deal. Later, as probably a 4th or 5th grader, my parents let me go with a group of girlfriends - no parents - for the first time. Towards the end of the night we were attacked by a few older boys - they shoved us to the ground, ripped our costumes, stole our candy, etc. A couple of the girls were pretty scratched/scraped/bruised up, and since then I've never really been interested in participating.
That being said, I love coming up with costume ideas for other people.
Every year Boyfriend goes to a party his friends throw called Halloweenenigma. It's kind of intense - there are puzzles to solve and contests to compete in, and the (very creative and resourceful) organizers shoot videos to get people excited for it. This year the theme is internet memes, and the pre-party videos (there have been at least 2 so far) have involved their friend Chris getting lost in the internet. Here's the second one:
Did you catch all the references?
In case you didn't...
So Boyfriend's idea (his friend is joining him and they're attempting to come up with something together) is to dress as the D*ck In a Box guys:
Meh. I see how it could be funny, but it's so obvious and I feel like it's probably been done before.
Here are some ideas I've come up with:
- Christian the Lion - wear all gold/tan, a mane, and give people huge hugs after talking to them for a minute.
- Harry NOT Charlie - wear an "England" t-shirt, carry a green blankie, and stick your fingers in people's mouths.
- An LOL cat - wear any old kitty costume, but ALSO carry a cheezburger and wear capshunz:
- The ShakeWeight - either wear mostly white, but with black shoes and socks and black hat OR dress as the girl on the box and carry the ShakeWeight around:
- Homestar Runner, or better yet, The Cheat! - wear all yellow, maybe get some yellow face paint, and apply black spots:
- SALAD FINGERS! - dress like Salad Fingers, maybe get some green face paint, and carry around rusty spoons (if you get this reference we're destined to be BFFs):
- Peanut Butter Jelly Time - dress like a banana (maybe carry a baseball bat?) - so easy:
- Double Rainbow - find a friend and both dress as rainbows:
- BadgerBadgerBadger - for this one you'd some friends - one dresses like a mushroom, another like a snake and the rest as badgers:
- Antoine Dodson - probably the easiest of them all as you only need a red bandana and a wife-beater (if you can get a little voice distorter to auto-tune yourself, even better!):
I could go on and on but frankly, I don't have the time! Feel free to share your ideas in the comments.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN, FOLKS!
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
I <3 Bootie LA - IMBT!
A few weeks ago I went to the BEST DANCE PARTY EVER called Bootie LA.
(BTW, This is another one of those times (just like this one) where I almost don't want to write about how awesome it was because a part of me wants it to stay "a secret." But of course it's not a secret to begin with, and it kinda goes against the spirit of the party to not be inclusive.)
SO, at a dinner on a Friday night a couple of my girlfriends were talking about this amazing dance party they were going to check out the following night. Neither had been before, but word on the street was that it was completely unpretentious (so unlike most LA clubs!) and that you basically just DANCE YOUR FACE OFF.
The music was comprised solely of bootleg mashups. As they say on their site, "Bootie’s DJs keep your brain guessing and body dancing with creative song combinations, celebrating — and satirizing — the many different forms of music. Mixing and matching every musical genre, era, and style into one big dance party where everyone feels welcome."
I've actually been holding off writing this post for a few weeks now because I wanted to include photos, and since I didn't bring a camera, I've been waiting on these guys to post theirs from the event. There was only one of our group and it doesn't include all of us, but it's pretty rad anyway, am I right?:
More photos from the night here. I'm in the background of a lot of the wide-shots of the crowd, but thankfully I doubt many of you will be able to make me out ;-)
In all the years I've lived in LA, I can only think of one other place similar to Bootie. I think it was called World Bar (or something similar) and was situated right in middle of the madness on Hollywood Blvd at Sycamore. It had multiple big rooms, each with different kinds of music, and ample opportunity to DANCE YOUR FACE OFF. I think I even did a birthday "thing" there once (though a few friends over the years did too so I might be thinking of theirs). However, a) there always seemed to be sketchy guys there trying to get in your pants (isn't that the worst? When all you wanna do is dance with your buds and random stranger-dudes just keep moving into your personal space? Ick.), b) there might have been a dress code (or we just felt like we had to wear heels and dress "hot"), and c) unless you got there at, like, 8 pm and had a coupon from LA Weekly, it was mad expensive (especially for being a poor early-20-something) and there was always a huge line. I'm pretty sure it's closed now.
Aaaaanyway, none of those "however"s were the case at Bootie LA. Granted, we did still get there pretty early (9:30/9:45 ish?), but there was no line, the cover was only $5, and they gave us free CDs! The only dress code that I was aware of was a suggestion NOT to wear heels and to be prepared to sweat a lot - I was in flip-flops, leggings, a comfy skirt and a tank top (over a sports bra - best decision EVER!). And best of all, while one person of the group certainly enjoyed making a new friend (and by "friend" I mean tongues-down-each others'-throats-hands-down-each others'-pants-make-out-partner), we basically were free to just DANCE OUR FACES OFF all night without being bothered.
So much fun!
Since then, I have downloaded tons of mashup tracks from their best-of collection (and the CD they gave out that night) on to my iPod, and have been listening to them pretty much non-stop. I also will stream tracks from their blog while I'm at my desk to drown out some of the more distracting noise around me.
My fave track so far is the Fresh Prince of Bel Air theme song mashup.
What's yours?
Can't wait to go back to Bootie for another night of DANCING MY FACE OFF sometime soon!
A few weeks ago I went to the BEST DANCE PARTY EVER called Bootie LA.
(BTW, This is another one of those times (just like this one) where I almost don't want to write about how awesome it was because a part of me wants it to stay "a secret." But of course it's not a secret to begin with, and it kinda goes against the spirit of the party to not be inclusive.)
SO, at a dinner on a Friday night a couple of my girlfriends were talking about this amazing dance party they were going to check out the following night. Neither had been before, but word on the street was that it was completely unpretentious (so unlike most LA clubs!) and that you basically just DANCE YOUR FACE OFF.
That was a completely accurate (if not literal) assessment.
The music was comprised solely of bootleg mashups. As they say on their site, "Bootie’s DJs keep your brain guessing and body dancing with creative song combinations, celebrating — and satirizing — the many different forms of music. Mixing and matching every musical genre, era, and style into one big dance party where everyone feels welcome."
I've actually been holding off writing this post for a few weeks now because I wanted to include photos, and since I didn't bring a camera, I've been waiting on these guys to post theirs from the event. There was only one of our group and it doesn't include all of us, but it's pretty rad anyway, am I right?:
More photos from the night here. I'm in the background of a lot of the wide-shots of the crowd, but thankfully I doubt many of you will be able to make me out ;-)
In all the years I've lived in LA, I can only think of one other place similar to Bootie. I think it was called World Bar (or something similar) and was situated right in middle of the madness on Hollywood Blvd at Sycamore. It had multiple big rooms, each with different kinds of music, and ample opportunity to DANCE YOUR FACE OFF. I think I even did a birthday "thing" there once (though a few friends over the years did too so I might be thinking of theirs). However, a) there always seemed to be sketchy guys there trying to get in your pants (isn't that the worst? When all you wanna do is dance with your buds and random stranger-dudes just keep moving into your personal space? Ick.), b) there might have been a dress code (or we just felt like we had to wear heels and dress "hot"), and c) unless you got there at, like, 8 pm and had a coupon from LA Weekly, it was mad expensive (especially for being a poor early-20-something) and there was always a huge line. I'm pretty sure it's closed now.
Aaaaanyway, none of those "however"s were the case at Bootie LA. Granted, we did still get there pretty early (9:30/9:45 ish?), but there was no line, the cover was only $5, and they gave us free CDs! The only dress code that I was aware of was a suggestion NOT to wear heels and to be prepared to sweat a lot - I was in flip-flops, leggings, a comfy skirt and a tank top (over a sports bra - best decision EVER!). And best of all, while one person of the group certainly enjoyed making a new friend (and by "friend" I mean tongues-down-each others'-throats-hands-down-each others'-pants-make-out-partner), we basically were free to just DANCE OUR FACES OFF all night without being bothered.
So much fun!
Since then, I have downloaded tons of mashup tracks from their best-of collection (and the CD they gave out that night) on to my iPod, and have been listening to them pretty much non-stop. I also will stream tracks from their blog while I'm at my desk to drown out some of the more distracting noise around me.
My fave track so far is the Fresh Prince of Bel Air theme song mashup.
What's yours?
Can't wait to go back to Bootie for another night of DANCING MY FACE OFF sometime soon!
Friday, October 14, 2011
HAPPY FRIDAY!!! It's EVERYONE'S Best Thing! (10/14 edition)
I'm going to be signing off for a little while as I'm going out of town (more on that in a minute), so I thought I'd do a little round-up of updates and fun stuff...
Our first Young Storytellers session went well. There was one really blunt/funny little girl who directly called out one of my coworkers for being new (how did she know???), and was really disappointed to learn that she wouldn't get out of doing her regular homework by being part of the group. I'm excited for this event tomorrow night (HBO got the mentors special tickets) and seeing what else the semester has in store...
I've been riding my bike to work a couple times a week! I have a basket (thanks Nicole!), which I use to carry the uber-heavy lock and my purse, cute little flashing lights for the ride home at night and new handlebar grips which don't leave crusty black grossness all over my my hands (thanks Amazon!). Each time it gets a little easier - especially locking it up - but I still get sweatier & more tired than I should be getting.
I finished reading The Hunger Games over a month ago, but I needed some time to process. I was truthfully a bit underwhelmed by how it all ended. It's definitely difficult to write about it without giving anything away, but it felt to me like the author took the "easy" way out in trying to resolve the stories of two of the main characters. Also,one of those "resolutions" was uber depressing. But I suppose it's kind of a depressing world to start out with, and the advantage of writing a novel (as opposed to a screenplay) is that you're not necessarily as pressured to provide a "Hollywood" ending (I write that as if I know. I don't know, I'm just assuming). It will be very interesting to me to see what Lionsgate does with it and whether they change anything. I'm still a big fan of THG trilogy overall, I still think the first book was one the most interesting, different and enthralling pieces of literature I've read in years, and I will be counting down to March 23rd.
Terra Nova has been a bit disappointing, sadly. I was really hoping for full-on mystery/sci-fi and it feels more like a family drama that just happens to be set in a world where there are dinosaurs. They tipped their hand on what could have been an intriguing mystery in the first episode, the kids just kind of generally annoy me, and they chose to do an amnesia storyline just 3 episodes in. What the what? Not giving up yet, but I reeeeally hope they start ramping up the mystery and sci-fi elements and dial back the cheese.
I leave on Sunday for Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Utah and I CAN'T WAIT. I still have to pack, but if you know me at all you know it's physically impossible for me to start packing until the last minute. I'm going to be working both shifts each day so I'm probably not going to be posting much next week, but I promise to write a nice long blog, complete with pictures of all the animals, when I get back.
THE AVENGERS trailer!!! Click here to watch in hi-def or just press play:
All those exterior New York City shots (with the exception of the skyline/heli shots) were actually shot in downtown Cleveland! So excited for this film.
This behind-the-scenes interview/clip of Martin Scorcese talking about HUGO:
My favorite kind of movies are those that surprise me somehow (which is why I loved MIDNIGHT IN PARIS and enjoyed 50/50 to name a couple from this past year). I think HUGO will do the same. It looks delightful and interesting and lovely and I can't wait to see it. Plus, I love love love Marty (as you already know).
From last night's episode of "Jersey Shore":
The craziest part of this clip is that HE'S DOING THAT ON A BOAT:
OK, a cruise ship, but still.
That's all folks! Have a great week next week and don't miss me too much! ;-)
Updates (because I know you all are dying to know):
Our first Young Storytellers session went well. There was one really blunt/funny little girl who directly called out one of my coworkers for being new (how did she know???), and was really disappointed to learn that she wouldn't get out of doing her regular homework by being part of the group. I'm excited for this event tomorrow night (HBO got the mentors special tickets) and seeing what else the semester has in store...
I've been riding my bike to work a couple times a week! I have a basket (thanks Nicole!), which I use to carry the uber-heavy lock and my purse, cute little flashing lights for the ride home at night and new handlebar grips which don't leave crusty black grossness all over my my hands (thanks Amazon!). Each time it gets a little easier - especially locking it up - but I still get sweatier & more tired than I should be getting.
I finished reading The Hunger Games over a month ago, but I needed some time to process. I was truthfully a bit underwhelmed by how it all ended. It's definitely difficult to write about it without giving anything away, but it felt to me like the author took the "easy" way out in trying to resolve the stories of two of the main characters. Also,one of those "resolutions" was uber depressing. But I suppose it's kind of a depressing world to start out with, and the advantage of writing a novel (as opposed to a screenplay) is that you're not necessarily as pressured to provide a "Hollywood" ending (I write that as if I know. I don't know, I'm just assuming). It will be very interesting to me to see what Lionsgate does with it and whether they change anything. I'm still a big fan of THG trilogy overall, I still think the first book was one the most interesting, different and enthralling pieces of literature I've read in years, and I will be counting down to March 23rd.
Terra Nova has been a bit disappointing, sadly. I was really hoping for full-on mystery/sci-fi and it feels more like a family drama that just happens to be set in a world where there are dinosaurs. They tipped their hand on what could have been an intriguing mystery in the first episode, the kids just kind of generally annoy me, and they chose to do an amnesia storyline just 3 episodes in. What the what? Not giving up yet, but I reeeeally hope they start ramping up the mystery and sci-fi elements and dial back the cheese.
I leave on Sunday for Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Utah and I CAN'T WAIT. I still have to pack, but if you know me at all you know it's physically impossible for me to start packing until the last minute. I'm going to be working both shifts each day so I'm probably not going to be posting much next week, but I promise to write a nice long blog, complete with pictures of all the animals, when I get back.
Fun stuff:
THE AVENGERS trailer!!! Click here to watch in hi-def or just press play:
All those exterior New York City shots (with the exception of the skyline/heli shots) were actually shot in downtown Cleveland! So excited for this film.
This behind-the-scenes interview/clip of Martin Scorcese talking about HUGO:
My favorite kind of movies are those that surprise me somehow (which is why I loved MIDNIGHT IN PARIS and enjoyed 50/50 to name a couple from this past year). I think HUGO will do the same. It looks delightful and interesting and lovely and I can't wait to see it. Plus, I love love love Marty (as you already know).
From last night's episode of "Jersey Shore":
- That was the best day of my life on the grill
- Comprimization
- We aquaintance ourself with him
- Burning your kuka in a jacuzzi: Meatball problems!
- Do sex (this isn't a new one, they just used it A LOT and it's still so funny)
The craziest part of this clip is that HE'S DOING THAT ON A BOAT:
OK, a cruise ship, but still.
That's all folks! Have a great week next week and don't miss me too much! ;-)
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