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Uhthankuhverrimuch

2012-01-27T11:47:00.001-05:00

Bitches Should Learn

2012-01-25T23:25:00.003-05:00

What Does it Take to Get Comments These Days?

2012-01-25T19:27:00.003-05:00

White Rabbits' new video! Check it. Love it. Letterman, Fallon, and Kimmel in March.

This guy can help Slippy!

2012-01-22T10:32:00.002-05:00

I think Athas and Slippy should go on My Cat From Hell. This guy is awesome and I think he could get to the bottom of Slippy's issues. Plus, it would be fun to watch Athas and Ms. Slipster on TV. What say?

You can't have one without the other

2012-01-20T14:38:00.005-05:00

A monument to high culture, sincerity and jheri-curls.

I could no longer resist.

2012-01-20T12:52:00.001-05:00

This had to be posted.

Hello from ant1mat3rie on Vimeo.

"...my door." (Fist pump.)

DW Triple Dip

2012-01-20T09:16:00.003-05:00

h/t to my cousin Zach for this one.

This whole record is, as they say, "the tits."

Stevedore

2012-01-13T09:38:00.001-05:00

Christy, don't you have those glasses?

White Rabbits return!

2012-01-09T18:10:00.003-05:00

White Rabbits are back! Check it. New Album Milk Famous coming out in March. Listen to one one of the tracks here.

Flawless Victory

2012-01-06T12:13:00.001-05:00

DRINKER, WHALER, FOLGERS, PIE

2012-01-04T17:19:00.006-05:00

HS/SS vs. TTSS: GO!

10:24 AM The Contessa: that better be the title of our review.
10:25 AM Mattie-O: absolutely
11:01 AM The Contessa: the subtitle: SPOILERS AHEAD
11:02 AM Mattie-O: spoiler alert: The Contessa thinks everyone was gay
The Contessa: everyone WAS gay
and they cried A LOT
11:03 AM I mean, I cry a lot at work too, but in the bathroom, by myself and I'm not a fucking cold war-era undercover agent trained to withstand torture
me: that guy shed, like, ONE TEAR
11:04 AM Mattie-O: who else cried besides Benedict Cumberbatch?
The Contessa: WHAT? Colin Firth, Tom Hardy and the German dude
11:05 AM Mattie-O: which German dude?
OH right
The Contessa: Elsen-something
Mattie-O: on the runway
The Contessa: the only 2 who didn't cry were John Hurt and Gary Oldman
Mattie-O: = totally appropriate
11:06 AM I don't think Toby Jones did either
The Contessa: so only, Gary Oldman, John Hurt and the guy best known for playing Truman Capote didn't cry/weren't gay
11:08 AM Mattie-O: well now you make it sound like Steel Magnolias
11:09 AM The Contessa: Tom Hardy and his terrible wig are Julia Roberts
both ruined otherwise decent casts
11:10 AM Mattie-O: the wig maybe
11:11 AM I liked Tom Hardy though
The Contessa: meh
Mattie-O: even though he looked like Andy Samberg
I'm trying not to let the fact that Christopher Nolan loves him influence my opinion
The Contessa: he did, indeed. A middle-aged boring Andy Samberg. Everyone in that movie was the most middle-aged man ever
11:12 AM Mattie-O: yep. the color pallette ranged from "whiskey" to "old cigarettes"
11:13 AM The Contessa: middle-aged men, whiskey and cigarettes. Otherwise known as: my 20s
11:14 AM Mattie-O: point: Contessa!
11:16 AM anyway, it sounds like I liked it more than you. surprise, surprise
11:17 AM The Contessa: I loved it
11:18 AM Mattie-O: well shows what I know then
11:19 AM The Contessa: spies, the 70s, Gary Oldman, Budapest, London. It reminded me of everything I like about movies from the mid-late 70s but with the extra added Gary Oldman being awesome for 2 hours bonus. I only wish Roy Scheider were still alive - he would have been a perfect, perfect American tough-guy agent cameo
11:20 AM Mattie-O: wait, he's dead? damn
11:21 AM The Contessa: I didn't call you and cry about this? I must have been too broken as a human that day.
Mattie-O: clearly I have blocked it out
11:26 AM Mattie-O: I know it was a joke, but now that I think about it, I did feel about it pretty much how I felt about Mission Impossible
11:27 AM not all that emotionally involved in the plot, but so well directed
well, and gary oldman
vs. tom cruise
11:28 AM that's not really fair
The Contessa: no, it's not.
it's also not fair to the universe that Tom Cruise is a mega-star and Gary Oldman is Commissioner Gordon
11:29 AM Mattie-O: yeah but did Gary Oldman climb the Burj Khalifa? I think not
checkmate!
11:33 AM The Contessa: but he did make Colin Firth cry
11:34 AM Mattie-O: I could have used a bit more Ciaran Hinds
The Contessa: where the fuck did he go?
I was thinking about that this morning. They just forgot about him in the end. Did they cut his crying scene?
11:35 AM Mattie-O: he probably had to leave to be in 45 other movies
11:36 AM The Contessa: with Michael Fassbender
Mattie-O: fine by me. every movie should have that cast
11:37 AM esp. Steel Magnolias
I would LOVE to see a remake of that with a bunch of Brit character actors
The Contessa: only if Ciaran Hinds plays Dolly Parton
11:38 AM Mattie-O: and 2x Toby Jones heads CGI'd as her tits
The Contessa: Yes!
11:50 AM The Contessa: wow. There is really not that much to talk about when the movie is well-done, well-acted and slowly-paced (not an insult - it unfolded all Conversation-style, which I appreciate in its own right as a directing style and as an homage to the era of film that this one was set in). The most exciting thing that happened was the guy in front of us with the staff of ra
11:52 AM Mattie-O: that staff was unbelievable
11:53 AM also sorry, I have a stupid meeting in a few minutes. I'll try to think of something interesting to say
11:54 AM here's something: you know film nerds will love this movie because of all of the shots of people in windows, behind fences, etc.
movie nerds LOVE frames
throw some eyeglasses in there and the symbolism just overwhelms them
11:56 AM The Contessa: you can have Ryan Gosling's scorpion jacket. I'll take Gary Oldman's giant eyeglasses.
11:57 AM HS/SS Movie Review Meta-Dressing. We will need to start adding photos
2:50 PM Mattie-O: photos of us I assume you mean
2:51 PM The Contessa: in our jacket and glasses, respectively
Mattie-O: and our Ra staffs
4:22 PM Mattie-O: snark aside (for a moment), the bit with the glasses was great. I'm pretty sure that would be the only way to tell when a given scene was happening
I hope the script pages were color coded as "BNG" for "before new glasses"
4:32 PM The Contessa: Once I get my TTSSNG, I would like my life up to then to be labelled BNG. And I was following by context - I didn't even notice their clever little trick with the NG. I didn't find it hard to follow at all. And I wasn't surprised by the end result
4:33 PM mostly because SPOILER I knew that Colin Firth had a big scene with Gary Oldman. I couldn't think of another reason he'd need one. AND the code names of the people really involved, ARE IN THE TITLE.
4:36 PM Mattie-O: yeah, I suppose if I had a criticism its that it didn't really matter to me who the mole was, though I think you could argue that its beside the point
4:37 PM The Contessa: it only mattered to me that it wasn't Oldman. And the movie established that pretty quickly
me: like, if you're adapting a twisty cold-war spy novel to a 2 hour movie, I assume you have to cut out a LOT
like any sort of backstory/character sketches of the suspects
4:38 PM The Contessa: I guess - but I never trusted anyone who ended up being involved NOR distrusted those who weren't
I feel like I needed to question his cohort's motives more to make it really work as a spy movie
instead, I thought of it more as a character study/drama
Mattie-O: meaning Oldman's cohort? yeah, I buy that
4:39 PM The Contessa: which is worked beautifully as - it just wasn't a mystery to me
Mattie-O: exactly, I think the guy must have realized early on that that aspect of the book couldn't work in 2 hours, so he focused on what could work
4:40 PM The Contessa: everyone who worked with him - form Tom Hardy to Benedict Cumberbatch to the old guy to Kathy Burke
did you read the book?
Mattie-O: no, I was about to ask you that
The Contessa: should we? Maybe it's not meant to be a thriller in that way
4:41 PM Mattie-O: eh, either way I'm always in favor of trying to judge the two separately
4:42 PM its totally plausible to me that it "fails" as an adaptation of the book's themes and is still a great movie
which I don't know if that's true, but it could be
4:51 PM The Contessa: I'll go with that. I thought it was great and everyone in it was great, especially future husbands Gary Oldman (always) and Benedict Cumberbatch (have you seen the new Sherlock?? Amazing - they did the impossible and exactly what needed to be done - they made Dr. Watson NOT a hateful pretentious windbag of annoyingness. And BC is perfect as Sherlock)
4:53 PM Mattie-O: I really thought you were talking about the Guy Ritchie version for a second there
The Contessa: absolutely not. that fails on every description I just gave.
4:54 PM http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1475582/
don't read the descriptions from imdb users.
it will not make you want to see this. Or live.
4:55 PM Mattie-O: more or less true of all imdb comments
4:56 PM did it seem to you that Gary Oldman had about 20 lines of dialog, total?
which was awesome
The Contessa: he spoke through his soul
4:57 PM and his glasses
Mattie-O: that and the slightly twitching eyelid
The Contessa: so goof
good
ugh, typing
Mattie-O: well, that typo's staying in the final draft
The Contessa: nooooooo
4:59 PM I think we should end it on my comment about my 20s. All my cleverness for the day used up on that bit of truth.
let's cut and paste this like a message from Control to Karla.
5:01 PM Mattie-O: god bless john hurt

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays!

2011-12-24T20:06:00.003-05:00

Hope everyone is enjoying their holidays!

Christmas came a day early for yours truly. See below for a view of what will be my new offices...

If you can't beat 'em

2011-12-16T12:25:00.003-05:00

Some gems, some truths, and in general, an end-of-year wrap up that forced me to reconsider my whole position on felininity .

Viz. The oh so sensible confused worried eyes below:

#27. Awkward Family Photo Cat

For the other 29, click link:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/the-20-most-important-cats-of-2011

Stone Groove

2011-12-16T11:14:00.003-05:00

Slo Mo

2011-12-09T12:46:00.001-05:00

Appreciated

2011-12-09T11:04:00.004-05:00

Why can't NYC get its radio station act together? KCRW makes me want to move to LA and spend hours driving just so I can listen to the radio.

http://www.kcrw.com/music/eclectic24

The Streets of Dirty Jersey

2011-12-07T11:38:00.004-05:00

After several weeks of Julie commuting four hours per day to Princeton, we've decided it's time to make the move out of the city and into the Jersey suburbs. It's with a heavy heart that we leave Manhattan, but we're not going far, and rest assured we will be making plenty of weekend visits. And of course, everyone reading this (Russian lurkers included!) is always welcome to pay us a visit when city life gets to be a drag. Also, it's not too early to start planning for a summer 2012 shore house...

World of Goo

2011-11-18T12:50:00.000-05:00

Pop Culture Pop Quiz

2011-11-17T23:54:00.006-05:00

Is this a rock star NFL quarterback? Or is one a rock star and one an NFL quarterback?

Prize to the first person that can give me the name or names of the person or persons in these photos.

CU Marching Band Banned

2011-11-17T15:57:00.001-05:00

Maybe if Columbia football didn't suck so much, this never would have happened.

Munch

2011-11-14T16:50:00.001-05:00

Bancada Australiana - Shipsterns from The Surf Blog on Vimeo.

Catvertising

2011-11-14T16:25:00.000-05:00

Ask yourself, what can cat videos do for your business?

Sharpen your pitchforks

2011-11-14T11:57:00.002-05:00

From the NY Times:
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a challenge to the 2010 health care overhaul law, President Obama’s signature legislative achievement. The development set the stage for oral arguments by March and a decision in late June, in the midst of the 2012 presidential campaign. The court’s decision to step in had been expected, but Monday’s order answered many questions about just how the case would proceed. Indeed, it offered a roadmap toward a ruling that will help define the legacy of the Supreme Court under Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.

My prediction:
Extensive rioting in June of 2012 when the clowns on the Supreme Court strike down the health insurance mandate. This is going to get real ugly very soon.

R.I.P.

2011-11-11T17:30:00.000-05:00

Pug Halloween!

2011-11-11T12:38:00.000-05:00

Oh, Chubbs! Love that name.

Good at Baseball? Who knows, but who cares!

2011-11-08T20:18:00.006-05:00

This is a promotional video for the newest Cuban defect who wants to play in MLB. There's not much baseball in it, but the rest is pretty wonderfully bizarre.

After 20 minutes you will want to write a $30 million check, whether you own a baseball team or not.

NYC Marathon 2011 -- Christy (#27642) Rocks!

2011-11-07T22:01:00.000-05:00

Lessons on How to Live Your Life, cont.

2011-11-04T17:32:00.000-04:00

SlinkySuit

2011-11-04T12:22:00.000-04:00

I always have my best costume ideas the week after Halloween.

Support the American Cancer Society

2011-11-02T21:55:00.002-04:00

Jay Jay Eight, friends, and everyone else:

As you know, several of us have signed on to run either the full or half marathons in Philly in a few weeks. I decided to join the DetermiNation fundraising effort to bring additional awareness and dollars to support cancer research and survivors.

I had a strong preparation run last month with Les and Christy--I am mostly healed from tightness in my foot and calf (I refuse to call it an injury). Christy, relax . . .

You can support the work of the American Cancer Society by visiting my personal page and making a donation of whatever amount you can. You can also support the work by cheering us on as we run for this cause.

Best,

Rease - JJ847

'Tis the Season

2011-10-31T11:10:00.001-04:00

Happy Halloween!

2011-10-29T15:32:00.005-04:00

Loopy

2011-10-28T13:41:00.001-04:00

Everything's better with Lynch.

A reason to go to Prague now.

2011-10-27T19:18:00.004-04:00

In case there was any doubt, we are living in the age of miracles.

It's real too: http://www.skydivearena.com/

Pujols!

2011-10-23T09:31:00.002-04:00

Baizley Park

2011-10-21T12:41:00.003-04:00

You asked for it!

BONUS!

Besides playing guitar for Baronness, John Dyer Baizley also designs album art. This one's a lock for cover art of the year; going to see these dudes in Greenpoint tonight and I'm really hoping for some double gatefold LP action.

EXTRA BONUS!

Presented without comment

They don't make 'em like they used to

2011-10-20T18:42:00.003-04:00

Fuck the NBA these days. Gimme a time machine. Otherwise might be better to start from scratch.

Clink the link for bonus.

The $3,000 Gyro

2011-10-19T01:05:00.003-04:00

Imagine if Con Ed, the Department of Sanitation, and the IRS went on strike.

32 Lean Years

2011-10-17T23:32:00.004-04:00

Raj, you're a chosen one in the world of rogue Amish splinter-cells. Establish your tweezernacle, restore purpose and dignity where it's been shorn to whisks.

Suck the link, please.

Memories...

2011-10-15T12:29:00.002-04:00

I pulled out the dress from the back of my closet that I wore and Jon and Renana's wedding and so many wonderful memories came back to me!

Love you guys,
A

Marathon Party to Cheer for Christy!!!

2011-10-11T19:23:00.004-04:00

Let's cheer for Christy when she runs the NYC marathon on November 6th! Come to our house and we'll hang out the window and cheer our asses off while Christy runs hers off. More details to come. Mark your calendars! Go Christy Go!

Bad Ass Baby

2011-10-11T00:55:00.005-04:00

One of the few upshots of having my facebook feed taken over by former students...

Ode to Moneyball

2011-10-06T00:45:00.000-04:00

Who should play Brian Cashman in this movie?

Two Wrongs Make a Right

2011-09-30T11:25:00.002-04:00

If I were making a list of things I find generally repellent, labygirls and a capella would both be up there. And yet...and yet...

And to counterbalance that, an awesome instructional video on woodworking:

Content Farm

2011-09-23T13:58:00.000-04:00

BLOG PREMIERE: He Said / She Said

2011-09-21T11:39:00.005-04:00

Presenting a new and (hopefully) recurring blog feature: HE SAID/SHE SAID with The Contessa and Mattie-O. Tentative format of "next day's gchat log" may someday graduate to actual coherent paragraphs, but we feel the casual milieu lends itself well to the snark we're sure will be the feature's hallmark.

Anyway, here are our thoughts on DRIVE. Spoilers are in white text, so you'll have to highlight them after you see the movie or decide you don't care because fuck DRIVE and the horse it rode in on, amirite?

On with the show!

4:15 PM The Contessa: I realized while going to sleep last night that that fucking douchebag director thinks he made his own Taxi Driver

4:16 PM instead of a socially awkward psycho, he misstepped and created a mentally retarded psycho. and then had him keep his shirt on. Bull. Shit.

4:20 PM Mattie-O: yeah i read something to that effect in a review today

or anyway called out the relationship as being like the Travis/Jodie Foster one in TD

4:21 PM The Contessa: gross. I hate that movie even more. Also, way to equate a grown woman and single mother with a 13 year old prostitute

4:22 PM Mattie-O: She looked about 13 though

4:23 PM I was about to say its probably impossible to combine the "cool, calculated loner" archetype with the "violently psychotic loner" archetype

but then I remembered Lee Marvin in Point Blank

so basically, Drive = failed Point Blank

with color pallette imported from Point Break

and also, for a movie called DRIVE, he really didn't do enough driving

4:27 PM The Contessa: indeed. You know what I'm seeing in 1 hour? The French Connection.

Suck it DRIVE.

4:29 PM Mattie-O: WTF was Albert Brooks' character thinking at the end anyway? I thought he was supposed to be smart enough to not get stabbed to death

ou had ALL DAY to plan that murder

The Contessa: he wasn't smart enough to not be the jesus figure though, so he's dead!

4:30 PM that was the most pretentious 95 minutes i have ever spent with you

4:31 PM and we saw Inland Empire AND that survelliance tower Wim Wenders movie together

Mattie-O: uh, LOST HIGHWAY OPERA Christy

never forget

The Contessa: Oh my god

I TOTALLY forgot

that was the worst. I think the Jack Daniels and PTSD wiped that from my memory

4:32 PM Mattie-O: the worst part is that we dressed up nice...making us complicit in the pretense of it being not a high-school production

4:33 PM The Contessa: Bakersfield High's production of FAME is offended by your comment

4:34 PM Mattie-O: yeah true, RHS New Players was 200x better than that shit

4:35 PM oh, another amusing-to-me tangent:

4:36 PM so, pretty much every review of Drive mentions Le Samourai as an antecedent

which, not sure if you've seen it, but Refn fucking wishes...Alain Delon is cool personified in it

4:37 PM but because of that I forgot that his character does actually have a name

the dorkiest name for a badass in all of movies I think

Jef Costello!

then I remembered that today and laughed

4:38 PM The Contessa: I'm glad you can laugh about something associated with Drive,

it just makes me angrier and angrier when I think of it.

Mattie-O: i'm still laughing about that 4 minute elevator smooch too

4:39 PM The Contessa: the most uncomfortable 4 minutes I've ever spent in an elevator. And I've been trapped in an elevator during a blizzard

4:40 PM about 11 people on facebook were just creaming themselves about the movie

I am unfriending them all

ways for me to unfriend you - stalking me and liking DRIVE. That's it

4:41 PM Mattie-O: well, in retrospect, I definitely didn't hate it as much as you did, but all the shit I didn't like was in the 2nd half

4:42 PM really I was disappointed that the heist scene/car chase ended too early. that was pretty well staged

he ron pearlman death not so much

4:43 PM what was the point of that fucking mask? other than a strained stupid metaphor

The Contessa: but the first half was all lady porn done by a misogynist. Ryan Gosling builds cars, doesn't talk, carries kids to their rooms, doesn't try to touch you ever. Ladies are stupid and unsexual mommy cows. They LOVE that stuff!

4:44 PM I did like the 80s movie credits car chase though

Mattie-O: yeah that was good...too bad the 80s music got MUCH worse as it went along

The Contessa: yes. it. did. WOW

4:45 PM Mattie-O: and also yes to the weird non-sexuality of that relationship. 10 of the first 30 min was them just staring at each other waiting for some characters to just develop on their own

The Contessa: don't worry. they didn't.

4:46 PM that mask still infuriates me.

Mattie-O: now imagine that movie without cranston, perlman, or brooks

its tough to get so little out of such a good supporting cast

4:47 PM = backhanded REFN DIS

4:48 PM The Contessa: nice.

4:50 PM Mattie-O: xtina hendricks shoulda been the main girl maybe

or not in the movie at all

4:51 PM The Contessa: I was trying to think of some clever movie to refer to say what it would be cranston, et al. and I couldn't think of ANYTHING that would be that offputting, oddly paced and completely uncomfortably boringly bad

not in the movie at all

she's better than that

4:52 PM Mattie-O: so i'm told. i think this was my first time seeing her in anything

other than spilling out of a dress on the red carpet somewhere

The Contessa: Solomon refers to her as BOOBS! Now, unfortunately, I do too every time I see her.

4:53 PM She was in that movie with Katherine Heigl and Fergie's husband.

I wish we had seen that instead

4:54 PM Mattie-O: that sounds like the worst movie ever

4:55 PM esp. if Fergie were also in it

The Contessa: but no one else would think it's a life-changing cinematic event

4:56 PM like everyone does about fucking DRIVE

Mattie-O: it needed more close ups of his scorpion jacket

4:57 PM not sure I got bludgeoned over the head with that metaphor enough times

The Contessa: not even when he asked Albert Brooks if he knew that story of the frog and the scorpion?

4:58 PM was it even a metaphor anymore at that point?

5:00 PM Mattie-O: i'm sure the only reason he didn't recite the whole thing is to maintain the "minimalism"

The Contessa: and also because it had abso-fucking-lutely NOTHING to do with what was actually happening

5:01 PM besides his jacket

alright. I'm out of here

5:03 PM to go see a good movie with a car chase, great casting and subtlety that makes sense

Mattie-O: well it was a pretty boss jacket

The Contessa: I now know what to get you for xmas

5:04 PM too bad all the NYU film students in the audience have already flooded ebay looking for it!

Mattie-O: "so cinematic"

5:05 PM "you just didn't get it baby"

The Contessa: "I just want tell you how much I feel about the movie"

Mattie-O: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

WingDing Follow Up

2011-09-18T21:06:00.003-04:00

For the record, I was just giving y'all a hard time about the wingding.

All in fun.

To the mothership!

Holdin' on to Black Metal

2011-09-16T13:47:00.001-04:00

Winter's coming; let there be DOOM.

Moving/Who wants my stuff?

2011-09-15T22:32:00.004-04:00

So we're moving to L.I.C. Any body want a Dining Table, Air conditioner, or Kitchen shelf/chopping board. Also anyone know a good mover?

Movie Night?

2011-09-15T16:30:00.005-04:00

After an impulsive/decisive thrift store purchase, we have two couches for the next few days... Which seemed awkward right up until netflix delivered this bad boy in the mail (which even seconds of the trailer will reveal has aged like fine fine wine):

If you don't already have plans*, come over Saturday night to watch. We'll be projecting that bitch on a screen we plan on returning promptly to Best Buy on Monday so there will plenty of image for all to see. Buckets of popcorn and cheap but tasty beer on premises. Plus I have a single jay**.

*If you do already have plans, break them!
**If there's enough interest, maybe we can combine with a throwback dinner, east 6th street Indian just to make things real saucy.

Wings of Sickarus

2011-09-12T01:01:00.015-04:00

I wanna WingDing too

2011-09-11T20:22:00.002-04:00

Once upon a time, this group of people named JJ8 told me that I was more than just Josh's girlfriend. They told me that I was their friend too. Then they had a WingDing party. And then they didn't invite me. Some friends.

I like wings too.

To Soothe The Savage WingDing

2011-09-09T17:34:00.000-04:00

The Suckle of Death

2011-09-07T01:23:00.001-04:00

Ready yourselves, bitches.

Sacto's Finest

2011-09-02T09:18:00.001-04:00

Yubacore by Hella

A better 'cane

2011-08-29T11:58:00.001-04:00

Give it to at least the 0:51 mark.

Those Mysterious Ways

2011-08-27T23:18:00.003-04:00

God just wanted people to be able to take a break.

Hurricane Party?

2011-08-27T11:02:00.003-04:00

Hey! Hurricane Irene made me come home from the beach.

This weather is putting me in the mood for chili. And cornbread. And other canned and boxed foods. MMMMmmmm.

Not sure how this whole thing will blow over, but I was thinking a Sunday afternoon post-hurricane gathering could be in order. I just stood in line for an hour at my local grocery store.....stocked up on all things chili. If we don't all die tomorrow morning, and you have the means to get to my house...come over. Walk, drive, or bike. If not, I'll freeze it and save it for a different rainy day.

What do you think?

325 Clinton Avenue #2E
BK

Hurricane Chow

2011-08-26T10:59:00.001-04:00

Hard to kill, or simply comprehend?

2011-08-26T10:25:00.006-04:00

Gold Mine

2011-08-23T11:58:00.002-04:00

courtesy of Amina!!!

Next Stop: Allentown, PA

2011-08-22T14:38:00.002-04:00

You can suck it Billy Joel. I'm going to live there for real...for a few months anyway.

This will be my next temporary place of employ.

Now With Bonus Tiger

2011-08-19T12:26:00.001-04:00

American Gangsters

2011-08-07T21:06:00.002-04:00

For those of you who haven't read it, the New Yorker piece on the Osama raid. You can read the full version by clicking on the title.

"The Americans hurried toward the bedroom door. The first SEAL pushed it open. Two of bin Laden’s wives had placed themselves in front of him. Amal al-Fatah, bin Laden’s fifth wife, was screaming in Arabic. She motioned as if she were going to charge; the SEAL lowered his sights and shot her once, in the calf. Fearing that one or both women were wearing suicide jackets, he stepped forward, wrapped them in a bear hug, and drove them aside. He would almost certainly have been killed had they blown themselves up, but by blanketing them he would have absorbed some of the blast and potentially saved the two SEALs behind him."

Cooper

2011-08-02T13:59:00.005-04:00

For those who enjoy being mesmerized by animals playing.

Quite Possibly The Least Hard Thing In America

2011-08-01T11:30:00.005-04:00

White Rabbits in the Hamptons

2011-07-30T20:33:00.002-04:00

People,

White Rabbits are playing in Southampton next Saturday at a music festival. Day passes to the festival are on sale for $80 (which includes a $20 food/drink voucher). Let's go. Crash at Rachel's. Do it. Who is in?

Uno Mas

2011-07-29T12:44:00.000-04:00

This about says it all

2011-07-23T16:20:00.003-04:00

Your mess will be missed

Melted

2011-07-22T11:39:00.000-04:00

Tuesday Night Out

2011-07-18T18:45:00.004-04:00

If you'd like to raise a glass to the anniversary of the day Josh and I were born, come on out to...

Trophy Bar

351 Broadway (@ Keap street), Williamsburg, Brooklyn
J/M/Z to Marcy Ave, G to Broadway, L to Lorimer
7:30pm - whenever we move on to the Dory

John Dory Oyster Bar

1196 Broadway (@ 29th street), Manhattan
Late night

Throwback Attack

2011-07-15T08:41:00.001-04:00

Harry Potter Showtimes

2011-07-14T17:40:00.002-04:00

AMC Empire 25
234 West 42nd St., New York, NY

12:01
12:02
12:03
12:04
12:05
12:06
12:07
12:10
12:15
12:20
12:30
1:00
3:05am

Three

Oh

Five

AM

Mercy.

Happy Hour next Thurs

2011-07-14T17:12:00.002-04:00

Seeing as this is 1. $20 for open bar, 2. right by my office, I'm hitting this up next week, thurs 7/21. Anyone want to join? click link for res

Prospect Park BBQ/Picnic Tomorrow?

2011-07-09T17:47:00.002-04:00

Proposed by RMissle, Seconded by JonnyRocket, what's the consensus on a Sunday afternoon in Prospect Park? 2pm?

We'll bring some picnic-y stuff, will the famous Prophete hibachi cart be in attendance?

Forecast high 80s, one or two soiled diapers.

Friday GZA Genius

2011-07-08T09:41:00.000-04:00

Alphabets, kid.

Wonton's Wontons

2011-07-05T12:36:00.003-04:00

NEW YORK CITY!

2011-07-03T10:37:00.006-04:00

WE.

ARE.

BACK.

White Rabbits in the Hamptons in August!

2011-07-01T18:29:00.002-04:00

People! White Rabbits are playing at a music festival in Southampton on August 6th. Let's go! I know a certain person or two who have hamptons houses all ready for partying, pooling, eating, sunning, crashing, etc. Clear your calendars!

August 6th! Get your tickets!

Let's do it! Who is in?

Celebrate Brooklyn

2011-06-29T16:38:00.003-04:00

FREE CONCERT THURSDAY NIGHT IN BROOKLYN (Click title for details)

It's supposed to be a great day, weather-wise.

The line up:

Justin Townes Earl

Punch Brothers

Hackensaw Boys

Rise of the Slipchine

2011-06-26T03:25:00.005-04:00

Athas, what are you doing for your birthday?

2011-06-23T01:35:00.001-04:00

Could it be this?

My New Favorite Thing Ever

2011-06-20T15:48:00.002-04:00

Weinerlogues

2011-06-12T11:29:00.000-04:00

NC-17 Beware!

Labor Day Weekend

2011-06-10T19:17:00.002-04:00

I'm coming to NYC. Prepare accordingly.

The Bride Wore White

2011-06-10T13:57:00.000-04:00

Nad, not too late for an overnight rush...(click title)

Dedicated to Athas and Joe

2011-06-10T13:40:00.000-04:00

Enjoy!

Simply the Best

2011-06-10T11:17:00.001-04:00

ME AT NINE, PERFORMING TO MADONNA IN SUMMER '91! from Robert Jeffrey on Vimeo.

I performed to MADONNA's "VOGUE" in the Summer of 1991 when my parents took me to Hampton Beach Casino in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire. A business in the casino at the time gave tourists the chance to lip-synch to their favorite pop songs in front of a blue screen background, and I was lucky enough to partake that summer.

In honor of the twentieth anniversary of MADONNA's "TRUTH OR DARE" and in celebration of MADONNA's upcoming "W.E.", here is my nine year old self paying tribute to the woman who changed my life and continues to inspire me just as much today as twenty years ago.

I'm in too!

2011-06-09T12:45:00.002-04:00

Thanks for adding me.

And.... I'm in!

2011-06-08T17:07:00.002-04:00

Thanks SP!

Best Lobster Roll in NYC! John Dory Oyster Bar!

2011-06-07T22:13:00.003-04:00

Nice Work Josh Even!!!!!!

From the desk of Sarah Palin.

2011-06-07T18:41:00.027-04:00

THE RIDE

A Film by Sarah Palin

EXT. LEXINGTON – 1775 – NIGHT

A quiet evening in REAL AMERICA: A tree-lined street where hard-working folks are coming home after doing REAL WORK. Many men (and gals!) carry deer and elk on the backs of their ~~snowmachines~~ horses. Married couples, as defined as a union between a man and a woman, sit on their porches reading to their children about the traditional values that define this exceptional nation.

Your EVERYDAY AMERICAN BOY (blonde, blue-eyed, healthy) looks up from gutting a salmon to ask a question to his ORDINARY AMERICAN MOTHER (Reese Witherspoon-type).

TYPICAL AMERICAN BOY

Mother, teacher says America might to go to war!

TRADITIONAL AMERICAN MOTHER

Well, Johnny, the ~~Democrat~~ British government has gotten out of control, burdening us with ~~Obamacare legislation~~ the Stamp Act [??] we don't want and we can't afford. We might have to "take up arms" in order to rein in the out-of-control government and bring some common sense solutions back to ~~Washington~~ our nation's capital.

Suddenly, the PEACE of an evening spent at home with your loved ones is shattered by the thunderous HOOFBEATS of BRITISH TROOPS, who gallop down MAIN STREET, toppling over apple carts* and other small business ventures that really fuel our nation's economy when you think about it.

*-note visual metaphor

The British Overlord, GENERAL HUSSEIN (Eddie Murphy-type), surveys the townspeople, who are startled but MORE DETERMINED THAN EVER.

GENERAL HUSSEIN

(arrogantly)

Captain Biden?

CAPTAIN BIDEN (Don Knotts-type)

(stupidly)

Duh, yes my master, I mean, Captain Hussein?

GENERAL HUSSEIN

(out-of-touchly)

Have we not been here for SEVEN YEARS???

CAPTAIN BIDEN

Even I know that!

GENERAL HUSSEIN

(foreignly)

And yet these Americans are still TOO FREE. Don't they realize the GOVERNMENT knows what's best for them? Take their arms, give the women abortions, and burn their Bibles!

MANLY OFF-SCREEN VOICE

NOT ON MY WATCH!

The camera slams like a fact in the face of what some are now calling the lame stream media to reveal: PAUL REVERE (Ronald Reagan/Todd Palin-type) on his famous ride.

PAUL REVERE

I'm here to WARN YOU, British troops, that you won't be takin' away our arms. RING THE BELLS!

Suddenly, all the ORDINARY FOLKS produce bells. Their clamor deafens the ~~government beurocrats who want to tell you how to live~~ British soldiers.

Paul Revere rides around them in circles, firing those WARNING SHOTS in the air.

PAUL REVERE

I'm warning you, British officials who live up there in ~~Washington~~ London! We are gonna be secure and we are gonna be armed!

TYPICAL AMERICAN BOY

And are we gonna be free????

PAUL REVERE

YOU BETCHA!!!!

THE END.

Testing

2011-06-07T12:51:00.000-04:00

Is this thing on? Hello. 1, 2, 3. Hellllllllooooo.

Mission bootlegging bootleg

2011-06-03T23:56:00.004-04:00

JJ8, it's been 10 years, our reunion is 18 hours away and we have our first mission. Bootleg is well, bootleg, and does not have a ticket. We need to get bootleg to reunions! Prepare decoys, stunts, pranks, weapons. Bootleg will not be left behind!

10 Years Later

2011-06-03T12:59:00.003-04:00

Tomorrow @ 6:30: Cocktails and Dinner on campus.

Pre-cocktails cocktails? Mattie-O, you better be there.

Classmate

2011-05-31T23:16:00.002-04:00

I was watching Game 1 of the NBA Finals tonight, and when flipping channels during the commercials I came across this...

That woman who invented the software and choreographed this routine looked super familiar to me, so I did a little internet research, and sure enough she was in our class at Columbia. Kinda cool. Her name is Miral Kotb. Any of you all know her?

To the Maxwell

2011-05-27T09:23:00.001-04:00

Rapture: Averted

2011-05-23T13:13:00.000-04:00

Let us give thanks.

The real motivation

2011-05-21T23:02:00.003-04:00

Ready to eat your T-shirt.

Ready to Buy the T-Shirt

2011-05-21T21:43:00.002-04:00

My people.