Sunday, February 6, 2011

Current Playlist/Song of the Day

Baby - Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris
Don't Think Twice, It's Alright - Bob Dylan
Forget You - Glee Cast
Giving Up - Ingrid Michaelson
I Would Be Sad - The Avett Brothers
Little Lion Man - Mumford & Sons
No You Girls - Franz Ferdinand
Caught Up in the Cycle - Nights & Weekends
Drink Drink Drink - Traffic Island
Shape of My Heart - Noah and the Whale
Poor Jack -  Nightmare Before Christmas Soundtrack
From California - The New Amsterdams

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Yes, Please

I've previously mentioned that I am a snob when it comes to movie posters, preferring graphics to photos and striking, simple designs to cluttered ones.

I haven't seen it yet, but these re-imaginings of the 'Black Swan' poster? To die for.



Or maybe lose your sanity and think you're a swan for. As I said, I haven't seen the movie.

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Five Reasons I Am Excited to Go Back to America for Christmas

1. Christmas
Clearly, this is the biggest and most obvious. During the time I lived in London, I spent Christmas away from home...it wasn't awful, really. I got drinks with friends Christmas Eve, opened presents with my family via Skype, had a nice dinner with my roommate. But it wasn't the same. I want to go home and see our 12-ft tall (real!) tree that has more ornaments than branches. I want to help Mom move all the Rudolph stuffed toys down the basement so she can perform the show while we watch the DVD at the same time. I want to eat my dad's macaroni and cheese with 80 or our nearest and dearest and then sing a tone-deaf, slightly intoxicated version of '12 Days of Christmas' with everyone invented hand motions and the kids trying to drown out one another. I want to go ice skating at town center with my sister and wander Tyson's and drink wine with my best friends while we talk about the past year. I want to do all of these things and, in less than a week, I can.

2. Hamburgers
I'm pretty sure I'm going to Five Guys on the way home from the airport (so long as I don't get airplane food poisoning again...). Do you have idea how glorious a dead cow with cheese sounds right now? And Cajun fries? Oh my. Not only are the Brits terrible at burgers, but I have found myself surrounded by a disproportionately high number of vegetarians these past few months, which only makes me crave meat more. It's definitely a situation of 'for every animal you save, I'll eat three,' and I'd like to make good on this threat as quickly as possible.

3. Clothes
I know it's impossible, but I swear I wear everything in my closet every day. Or, that's what it feel likes. I am so. very. bored. with what I have to wear...I want dresses, again. I want shoe options. I want a second sweatshirt, at least. I want options! Also, I want my winter coat, desperately. It's so very cold.

4. Perspective
I feel like I've been making fairly significant life choices in a bubble, recently. Not to say I've been making bad decisions, just been making them without any input from people who know me really well, who know what my situation is and what makes me happy/unhappy, etc. I'd like to be able to talk to my family about my academic/living plans, talk to my friends about social things, etc.

5. PEOPLE
Oh my sweet heaven, I cannot wait to see people. This was kind of covered in the first and fourth points but....my family! My sister! KaJaMa! Jacey! All the DC adventure people! My New York crew! All of my people! I have been truly lucky to meet a wonderful group of friends here, but getting to see my people at home again....wonderful. Truly wonderful.

Merry Christmas, chickens.

Saturday, October 9, 2010

THIS TUMBLR IS NOW DIAMONDS

A couple of weeks ago I added the Sesame Street Tumblr to my Google Reader. Best. Idea. Ever.

Thursday, September 23, 2010