~ Bare Skin ~

Agde 5/28/08 - Countryside of Plage de Conque

2008-05-30T16:23:00.000-07:00

Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous. Some photos look like paintings...

In other news, I need "buying stuff for your nieces" rehab stat!

Agde 5/28/08 - Plage Conque

2008-05-30T16:10:00.000-07:00

The most beautiful beach I've ever seen. Ground black rock instead of sand, breathtaking. Reminiscent of Ireland or Scotland. Wish I'd found this place earlier!

Agde 5/24/08 - Sete seaside rainey day

2008-05-25T10:14:00.000-07:00

Sete is a fishing village about 20 minutes away from Agde by car, right on the Mediterranean, and in the foot of some mountains. A French friend of mine took me for lunch and a view of the beaches, but I didn't swim because it was cold and ready to storm. Agde and this area of southern France has turned very Paris-like lately and we have a forecast of nearly a whole week of rain. Still it was definitely beautiful though at times very violent...the sea spray can knock you over and leave you tasting salt on your face for an hour afterwards.
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Agde 5/24/08 - Riviera at night

2008-05-25T10:13:00.000-07:00

The picture quality of the Iphone at night is not very good, but these are the best of the bunch. I was eating at one of the many riverboat restaurants that float on docks/platforms set in the river. The food is excellent and the view and breeze amazing, yet it's definitely different to be bobbing up and down while having dinner. I had pasta with fruits aux de mar (seafood) including shrimp, calamari, mussels, oysters. Mussels are really big here, and on almost every stand you can get moules and frites (mussels and fries).

Agde 5/21/08 - Riviera Boat Graveyard

2008-05-22T00:34:00.000-07:00

Agde 5/21/08 - Riviera Houses + Streets

2008-05-22T00:29:00.000-07:00

Agde 5/21/08 - Riviera Downtown

2008-05-22T00:22:00.000-07:00

2008-05-20T07:33:00.000-07:00

Street scenes from 5/19/08. I'm getting better at using the camera.

2008-05-18T09:51:00.000-07:00

Promenade Park across the Heralt River, and a little market near my house. Highlights of today were the two old fishermen who made me hold an eel they'd caught, a kitten trying to crawl in my bedroom window to steal some salami, and a seagull in my bathroom window who apparently wanted to take a shower. Oh, and I've been mistaken for Russian twice. (Or at least I think so...they rattled off in Russian first, then looked confused and switched to French.) Kids are synonymous with bicycles here, everyone plays soccer, locals stores are closed most of the day, there are cats everywhere and its always sunny.

Agde 5/17/08 - My neighborhood

2008-05-17T10:50:00.001-07:00

Hi all,
This is a movie I made from the photos that I took in Agde yesterday. They're mostly of my neighborhood. I'm still getting used to the camera and figuring out the flash, so some of the photos (esp St Sever church across the street from me) aren't fabulous, but I'm working on it.

More later, xoxo D

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

2007-12-30T16:03:00.001-08:00

In the September 6, 2000 edition of The Onion A.V. Club titled "Is There A God?", celebrities were asked the question. Jolie was among those asked.

She reportedly replied: "Hmm... For some people. I hope so, for them. For the people who believe in it, I hope so. There doesn't need to be a God for me. There's something in people that's spiritual, that's godlike. I don't feel like doing things just because people say things, but I also don't really know if it's better to just not believe in anything, either."

Serendipity Obituary

2007-11-18T14:04:00.000-08:00

Jonathan Trager, prominent television producer for ESPN, died last night from complications of losing his soul mate and his fiancee. He was 35 years old. Soft-spoken and obsessive, Trager never looked the part of a hopeless romantic. But, in the final days of his life, he revealed an unknown side of his psyche. This hidden quasi-Jungian persona surfaced during the Agatha Christie-like pursuit of his long reputed soul mate, a woman whom he only spent a few precious hours with. Sadly, the protracted search ended late Saturday night in complete and utter failure. Yet even in certain defeat, the courageous Trager secretly clung to the belief that life is not merely a series of meaningless accidents or coincidences. Uh-uh. But rather, its a tapestry of events that culminate in an exquisite, sublime plan. Asked about the loss of his dear friend, Dean Kansky, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and executive editor of the New York Times, described Jonathan as a changed man in the last days of his life. "Things were clearer for him," Kansky noted. Ultimately Jonathan concluded that if we are to live life in harmony with the universe, we must all possess a powerful faith in what the ancients used to call "fatum", what we currently refer to as destiny.

2007-10-14T21:33:00.000-07:00

2007-09-13T19:16:00.001-07:00

Grissom: The bellows.
Hodges: I'm sorry?
Grissom: James Tilly Mathews. Early 19th century London. Mathews was in Bedlam hospital awaiting trial. Doctors were trying to determine his sanity. Several interviewed him. Half thought he was sane, half insane. Turns out he was perfectly normal, except when someone mentioned politics. At that point, he'd go into a rage about the little men who lived underground and used a bellows to push thoughts into his mind, as well as the minds of Parliament, and the Queen. A specific object or word triggers the urge to kill. That's a form of delusional psychosis. Rare, but it does exist.

We rock

2007-09-10T07:31:00.001-07:00

Dear Colleagues,

NSF recently released its information on the top 100 Psychology Departments for FY2004. Once again, UW-Madison is ranked #1 and brought in approximately twice as much funding as the #2 ranked department (Penn State - all campuses). Other Big Ten departments in the top ten include Illinois (#5), Minnesota (#8), and Indiana (#9). Congratulations!

Joe

2007-08-30T11:15:00.000-07:00

She Spent an Hour in Her Driveway This Morning Telling Her Car to Go

Clerk to woman trying to use debit card: You have to confirm.
Woman: How I do that?
Clerk: With the keypad you're holding.
Woman, using keypad as cell phone: I confirm!

--Electronic store, Times Square

Overheard by: French dude

Source: overheardinnewyork.com

BBC E-mail: US cat 'predicts patient deaths'

2007-08-29T20:48:00.000-07:00

A cat that appears to be able to predict when residents at a US care home are about to die baffles experts CLICK HERE to read

Oscar meows in protest if removed from the room of a dying patient

My vote is for biochemical, but fascinating nonetheless.

M A R Q U E C O R N B L A T T

2007-08-29T20:44:00.000-07:00

M A R Q U E C O R N B L A T T

Art of Sculpture and Robotics

About the Artist

Marque Cornblatt was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1966 and now lives in San Francisco where he is currently an MFA candidate in the Conceptual Information Arts Program at SFSU. He has a diploma in theater technology from the Baltimore School of the Arts and a B.F.A. in film and video production from New York University.

Source

Nine Inch Nails to become TV stars

2007-08-28T23:17:00.000-07:00

'Year Zero' turned into show

Nine Inch Nails are reportedly getting ready to turn their album 'Year Zero' in a television programme.

The futuristic show is said to centre around a time when the US is ruled by a right wing, religious dictatorship, reflecting the record's themes.

Frontman Trent Reznor said: "We've got a producer on board and have met with writers. We're about to pitch it to the network, so we're a couple of weeks away from meeting all of the main people, and we'll see what happens."

According to Blabbermouth, Reznor said he was also interested in turning the project into a film.

article link: http://www.nme.com/news/nine-inch-nails/30370

SJ works with the Yeah Yeahs

2007-08-28T23:09:00.000-07:00

Scarlett Johansson is working on a new album featuring the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Karen O. So it's gonna be f*&king fantabulous.

Source

I heart Amy Winehouse

2007-08-28T23:03:00.000-07:00

Amy Wino carrying around a bottle of Jack Daniels. Precious. Just precious.

Sossamon interview "Chakushin Ari" (2003)

2007-08-28T22:59:00.000-07:00

In this remake of the Japanese horror film "Chakushin Ari" (2003), several people start receiving voice-mails from their future selves -- messages which include the date, time, and some of the details of their deaths.

VIDEO INTERVIEW

Source

Depp Duo

2007-08-28T22:51:00.000-07:00

The first official shot of Johnny Depp as Sweeney Todd from the upcoming Tim Burton-directed adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim musical.

also...

Depp to vamp it up Barnabas-style
Warner Bros. is teaming with Depp's Infinitum-Nihil and Graham King's GK Films to develop a feature based on the '60s daytime supernatural sudser "Dark Shadows."

Depp has said in interviews that he has always been obsessed with "Dark Shadows" and had, as a child, wanted to be Barnabas Collins, the vampire patriarch of the series. The role was originated by Jonathan Frid.

A rights deal just closed with the estate of Dan Curtis, the producer/director who created the soap that aired weekdays on ABC, from 1966 to 1971. Depp and King will produce with David Kennedy, who ran Dan Curtis Prods. until Curtis died last year of a brain tumor. Infinitum-Nihil's Christi Dembrowski served as the point person on the deal.

Over 1,225 episodes, "Dark Shadows" was a highly atmospheric, spooky soap that featured gothic horror staples like vampires, monsters, witches, werewolves, ghosts and zombies. The show has a continuing rabid fan base that populates Dark Shadows Festival conventions. Numerous TV revivals of the series and pic adaptations have been attempted over the years but none with as high-wattage a star as Depp.

SOURCE

Like fine wine

2007-08-28T22:49:00.000-07:00

Proof that men get better with age.

Surreal wallpaper

2007-08-27T20:27:00.000-07:00

Custom wallpaper with designs that morph around room features?

Now that's a trip.

2007-08-27T09:50:00.000-07:00

Hot Dogma

Hot dog vendor: How you like it?
Tourist: Just ketchup, please.
Hot dog vendor: You not like New York style?
Tourist: Sure, but not today.
Hot dog vendor, reluctantly handing over dog: I think you make very big mistake today, sir, and every day, too.

--Battery Park

Source: Overheard in New York

2007-08-26T20:02:00.000-07:00

Don't We All, Buddy

New Indian cashier: I don't have any change. How do I get more change?
Old Indian cashier: Call on the intercom for the manager to come to the front.
New Indian cashier, over intercom: Manager to the front, please. I need change, please. I badly need change.

--Duane Reade, 50th & Broadway

Source: Overheard in New York

Thank God I'm Pretty

2007-08-25T20:49:00.001-07:00

Trailer video for PostSecret and PostSecret.com.

2007-08-12T16:13:00.001-07:00

Trailer video for PostSecret and PostSecret.com.

Fly

2007-08-05T08:10:00.000-07:00

New Maeder

2007-08-05T08:05:00.000-07:00

Leandro Maeder modeling for DOLCE & GABBANA 2007.

Uncensored trailer for Shoot Em Up released

2007-08-03T13:36:00.000-07:00

"Violence is one of the most fun things to watch."
Clive Owen is sex.

"The Boys"

2007-07-29T14:40:00.000-07:00

Dragonette have done a killer remake of Calvin Harris‘ The Girls.

2007-07-29T14:31:00.000-07:00

that's right

2007-07-29T11:56:00.001-07:00

2007-07-29T11:53:00.001-07:00

Some English signs seen on Non-English Speaking Countries:

In a Paris hotel elevator: Please leave your values at the front.

In a hotel in Athens: Visitors are expected to complain at the office between the hours of 9 and 11 a.m. daily.

In a Yugoslavian hotel: The flattening of underwear with pleasure is the job of the chambermaid.

In a Hong Kong supermarket: For your convenience, we recommend courteous, efficient self-service.

In an East African newspaper: A new swimming pool is rapidly taking shape since the contractors have thrown in the bulk of their workers.

A sign posted in Germany's Black Forest: It is strictly forbidden on our black forest camping site that people of different sex, for instance, men and women, live together in one tent unless they are married with each other for the purpose.

In an advertisement by a Hong Kong dentist: Teeth extracted by the latest Methodists.

In a Rome laundry: Ladies, leave your clothes here and spend the afternoon having a good time.

Advertisement for donkey rides in Thailand: Would you like to ride on your own ?

Detour sign in Kyushi, Japan: Stop: Drive Sideways.

In a Swiss mountain inn: Special today - no icecream.

In a Tokyo bar: Special cocktails for the ladies with nuts.

In a Copenhagen airline ticket office: We take your bags and send them in all directions.

In a Norwegian cocktail lounge: Ladies are requested not to have children in the bar.

At a Budapest Zoo: Please do not feed the animals. If you have any suitable food, give it to the guard on duty.

In the office of a Roman doctor: Specialist in women and other diseases.

In a Tokyo Hotel: Is forbitten to steal hotel towels please. If you are not person to do such thing is please not to read notis.

In a Japanese Hotel Room: Please to bathe inside the tub.

In a Bucharest Hotel Lobby: The lift is being fixed for the next day. During that time we regret that you will be unbearable.

In a Leipzig Elevator: Do not enter the lift backwards, and only when lit up.

In a Belgrade Hotel Elevator: To move the cabin, push button for wishing floor. If the cabin should enter more persons, each one should press a number of wishing floor. Driving is then going alphabetically by national order.

In the Lobby of a Moscow Hotel Across from a Russian Orthodox Monastery: You are welcome to visit the cemetery where famous Russian and Soviet composers, artists, and writers are buried daily except Thursday.

In an Austrian hotel catering to skiers: Not to perambulate the corridors in the hours of repose in the boots of ascension.

On the Menu of a Swiss Restaurant: Our wines leave you nothing to hope for.

On the Menu of a Polish Hotel: Salad a firm's own make; limpid red beet soup" with cheesy dumplings in the form of a finger; roasted duck let loose; beef rashers beaten up in the country people's fashion.

Outside a Hong Kong tailor shop: Ladies may have a fit upstairs.

In a Bangkok dry cleaner's: Drop your trousers here for best results.

In a Rhodes tailor shop: Order your summers suit. Because is big rush we will execute customers in strict rotation.

In a Zurich hotel: Because of the impropriety of entertaining guests of the opposite sex in the bedroom, it is suggested that the lobby be used for this purpose.

In a Vienna hotel: In case of fire, do your utmost to alarm the hotel porter.

From a brochure of a car rental firm in Tokyo: When passenger of foot heave in sight, tootle the horn. Trumpet him melodiously at first, but if he still obstacles your passage then tootle him with vigor.

2007-07-20T21:57:00.000-07:00

The video for this song actually isn't original; it wasn't made for this song that is - it's an Academy Award nominated short film made almost 10 years ago, I remember watching it as a kid. It's called "More" by Mark Osborne, you can check it out on IMDB.

WATCH it. Then if you don't understand it, highlight the text under here.

The message of this video and song is that happiness comes from inside you, not material things, and that is what makes the world around you not so bleak, but when you rely on material things to make yourself happy, you lose that happiness inside of you.

Beautiful is Ageless

2007-07-20T21:54:00.000-07:00

Famed photographer Peter Lindbergh takes a look at the supermodels of the 90's & photographs them one more time for Italian Vogue July 2007.

Here

A Fine Frenzy

2007-07-20T21:45:00.000-07:00

A Fine Frenzy, consisting of Alison Sudol, came out with her debut album last week on Virgin Records. She's amazing...I love her immediately.

Reading for Prelims Continues

2007-07-17T09:21:00.001-07:00

Loneliness

2007-07-14T22:09:00.001-07:00

Loneliness has been termed the most desolate word in the English language. It is no respecter of age, race, economic status, or intelligence. Albert Einstein said, "It is strange to be known so universally, and yet to be so lonely."

When a romance doesn't work out we're often put into this state of angst, rehashing what was said, the if's, the maybe's, the goods and the bads. Perhaps the most potent of these is the "missing" we feel for that lost person. How will they remember us? How should we remember them? What could have been done differently, that may have led to a different outcome. The deeper we are able to feel in life, the harder this is. It does not get easier.

But lately, I have realized this "missing" feeling is always the same. Do I really miss him? No, I don't. I miss "it". That elusive, happy feeling we have when we begin to hope again. Different scenarios, but the same feeling, as I turn over another page in my book, and wait for "it" to arrive.

Domination

2007-07-14T19:33:00.000-07:00

Knowing yourself is important. The imperfections within yourself should be recognized, and worked on. But unless you allow them to, they are not who define you.

Similarly, I've remembered that simple concerns such as kindness, comfort, compassion, and consideration should not be the exception, rather than the rule. Just as important as knowing yourself is knowing others, and understanding that your connections with them can only grow, change and become beautiful from your flexibility in working with them. Not against them.

In reality, there is no ultimate ruler. There is only compromise.

Siouxsie Sioux - Into a Swan

2007-07-11T08:18:00.000-07:00

Siouxsie Sioux of Siouxsie and the Banshees will be releasing a new album September 10, 2007 (World) and September 18th in the States.

2007-07-10T08:53:00.000-07:00

"Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street; fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening."
Coco Chanel

Essential Travel Tool

2007-07-10T08:20:00.000-07:00

Click above to experience the CHOCOLATE MAP.

Today

2007-07-09T16:23:00.000-07:00

2007-07-08T19:59:00.001-07:00

I Need to Go Bathe in Urine Now

Bus driver on intercom as it starts to rain: You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy when skies are grey... C'mon, everybody!
Entire bus, singing: You'll never know, dear, how much I love you -- please don't take my sunshine away.
Chick: I think that was the least-New York moment of my entire life.

--M79 bus

A billion neurons, a thousand regions...

2007-07-07T22:31:00.000-07:00

a million functions, animal models, human circuitry, emotion regulation, reductionism, individual differences, genetics and environment, vulnerability, stress inoculation, HPA axis, neurogenesis, atrophy, affective style, resilience and plasticity, glucocorticoids D-cycolserine benzodiazapines Sapolsky Ledoux McEwen Caspi Kendler primates neurocognitive models resonance imaging diffusion tensor white matter connectivity gray matter atrophy Eosinophil granulocytes, commonly referred to as eosinophils (or less commonly as acidophils), are white blood cells of the immune system that are responsible for combating infection so little time....

SPINAL TAP play Live Earth

2007-07-07T14:46:00.000-07:00

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Spinal Tap[a] staged a special 'bass off' as they reformed especially for [a]Live Earth at Wembley Stadium today (July 7).

The spoof band - stars of Christopher Gest's seminal rock'n'roll satire 'This Is Spinal Tap' - staged the one-off show for Al Gore's environmental benefit.

Comdeian and Tap fan Ricky Gervais echoed his controversial comments from Live 8 two years ago, saying of today's event, "If this doesn't save the Earth, I don't know what will", and making references to the number of private jets that had been used to bring artists to and from the event.

Gervais then welcomed to the stage director Rob Reiner, posing as band manager Marty DiBurghi, who introduced the band as "the loudest and most punctual band on Earth, this is Spinal Tap!".

The veteran rockers then ploughed through three of their 'hits' beginning with 'Stonehenge', as model pieces of Stonehenge itself were wheeled and dangled on and off the stage on wires.

However the real centrepiece of the performance came before the closing 'Big Bottom', before which 'David St Hubbins' introduced "every bass player in the known universe...".

Joining the band were Foo Fighters' Nate Mendell, Metallica's Kirk Hammett, Bloc Party's Gordon Moakes and Madonna's bass player and producer Stuart Price.

However, Metallica frontman James Hetfield and the entire Beastie Boys also made it onto the stage to join in the fun.

Spinal Tap played:

'Stonehenge'
'Warmer Than Hell'
'Big Bottom'

Live Earth continues in London with James Blunt on next, and performances coming from Beastie Boys and Madonna among others.

source

Safe Sex

2007-07-04T21:09:00.001-07:00

“Later, I got thinking about safe sex. Odd how only when our physical life is at risk, do we follow certain guidelines to protect ourselves. What about our emotional lives? Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a little pamphlet to warn us what behavior might be high risk to ourselves or our relationships? Even if you take all the precautions and emotionally try to protect yourself, when you crawl in bed with someone, is sex ever safe?”

Carrie Bradshaw’s column (Sex and the City)

Double Dior

2007-07-03T17:54:00.000-07:00

Dior Haute Couture Fall 2007 - Backstage

This is art...gorgeous photography

Christian Dior - Haute Couture Fall 2007

2007-07-03T06:40:00.000-07:00

Dior Haute Couture
My Favorites ~ Fall 2007

Raquel Zimmerman

Mariacarla Boscono

Magdalena Frackowiack

Olga Sherer

Molly Sims

Tatyana Usuova

Erin O'Connor

Flavia De Oliveira

Linda Evangilista

Shalom Harlow

Baby seal sucking on it's own fin-pacifier

2007-06-29T13:38:00.000-07:00

This video is an explosion of cuteness. Even Alice Cooper and Trent Reznor would start coo-ing in baby voices. Aaawwwhhhhh

Daily Candy - Strap On

2007-06-27T07:09:00.000-07:00

June 27, 2007

Strap On

You rarely enjoy a spat. You say things you regret (to hell with you — and your minuscule member!) and get a terrible night’s sleep (sofa city serves you very, very wrong).

But here’s a spat you can get on board with: Posso.

An updated version of the over-the-shoe accessory popular in the late 1800s, this spat is made of high-end Italian leather with a bendable internal wire structure, which means you can transform your simple sandals, ho-hum heels, and boring boots into runway-worthy chaussures.

There’s a stellar selection to choose from: Fold the black croc-skin spat over to create silver wings for a spacey couture look. Crumple a cream spat down for a feminine ruffle. Or wear the short gold as is for minimalist chic.

At $240 to $290 a spat, they’re not exactly cheap, but look at it as an alternative to buying an expensive pair of shoes.

Which should prevent any sort of spat.

Available online at satineboutique.com. To see styles, go to possothespat.com.

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Mmmmmm...momma likes.

Best "Out of Office" Automatic e-mail Replies:

2007-06-27T06:59:00.000-07:00

Best "Out of Office" Automatic e-mail Replies:

1. I am currently out at a job interview and will reply to you if I

fail to get the position. Be prepared for my mood.

2 . You are receiving this automatic notification because I am out of

the office. If I was in, chances are you wouldn't have received anything at all.

3. Sorry to have missed you, but I am at the doctor's having my brain

and heart removed so I can be promoted to our management team.

4. I will be unable to delete all the unread, worthless emails you

send me until I return from vacation. Please be patient, and your mail

will be deleted in the order it was received.

5. Thank you for your email. Your credit card has been charged $5.99

for the first 10 words and $1.99 for each additional word in your message.

6. The e-mail server is unable to verify your server connection and is

unable to deliver this message. Please restart your computer and try sending again.

(The beauty of this is that when you return, you can see how many

in-duh-viduals did this over and over.)

7. Thank you for your message, which has been added to a queuing

system. You are currently in 352nd place, and can expect to receive a reply

in approximately 19 weeks.

8. Hi, I'm thinking about what you've just sent me.

Please wait by your PC for my response.

9. I've run away to join a different circus.

10. I will be out of the office for the next 2 weeks for medical reasons.

When I return, please refer to me as 'Lucille' instead of Steve.

A picture is a thousand words

2007-06-26T10:22:00.000-07:00

Source

The Anatomy of Grey's Anatomy

2007-06-23T21:22:00.000-07:00

Oh yes...excellent shower scene.

Fact

2007-06-23T08:43:00.000-07:00

Fact: HAPPY PEOPLE AGE SLOWER

Happiness causes blood flow at the surface of the skin, maintaining the ideal circulation for healthy, youthful skin.

New phone

2007-06-22T20:21:00.000-07:00

My new Razor has voice recognition software that actually can text and send pictures, in addition to dialing.

This is bordering on pre-cognition.

Soon the machines will rule us.

Yes, EET is Real

2007-06-18T15:45:00.000-07:00

Pasted from Source

Chipmonk: Try dees delicious salted peanut. I foraged eet just for you. [Places tempting peanut on lips]

The Raccoon, she will bring dee Chardonnay—it complimaynts the peanut so nicely. I get you another peanut, non?

Wine just shot out my nose looking at this pic. Cheers, Cristen L.

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OINY this week

2007-06-17T12:03:00.000-07:00

Airplane!

United Airlines employee on PA: Okay, ladies and gentlemen, we're going to use the last-one-on-is-a-rotten-egg method of boarding here.

--LaGuardia

Overheard by: Hour-and-a-Half Delayed

Pilot, as the seatbelt sign goes off: All rise.

--Airtran flight from Atlanta to LaGuardia

Overheard by: Debbie Kate

Smart Stays with You, Sweetie

Mother: You're so pretty.
Four-year-old daughter, stomping: Don't call me pretty! I need to be smart and pretty!
Mother: Okay, you're smart.
Four-year-old daughter, crying: Nooo! Mom! Don't just say 'smart.' Say 'smart and pretty.' It needs to be both! I can't just be smart! Smart and pretty, together!

--Park Ave South

Overheard in New York

We Could Always Put on Miniskirts, Go to Times Square, and Test My Theory

European girl: My mother is from Norway and my father is from Ireland.
Chinese girl: I'm purebred. If humans sold like puppies, I'd sell for way more than you.

--Chelsea

Overheard in New York

Which Probably Means I'm Your Biological Father after All

Five-year-old boy: Daddy, why is Mommy crying?
Unemotional father: Son, your mother is crying because you are an asshole.

--1 train

Overheard in New York

partially censored

2007-06-14T19:54:00.000-07:00

Gmail Chat

me: so you know i am still sick from last night

Jessica: what happened?
me: [omitted text]

Jessica: i did not think you were capable of such shenanigans!

me: me neither

apparently i wasn't living up to my full potential

Jessica: i wish i was there, miss you guys

so allie came down for the one night? are you back now?

me: no she didnt

i did this all by myself

Jessica: ha!

LOL

and i hate that acronym

Jessica: hopefully you didn't have nipple slips and panty flashes

me: ohhhhh lets say [omitted text]

Jessica: you were naked in [omitted text]????

HAHAHAHA

me: it was fabulous

Jessica: you are awesome!

Jessica: i wish i had been there to chaperone

me: or cheer

Options

Pop-in

Star this chat

Go off the record

Block Jessica

Murder on the Dance Floor - Sophie Ellis-Bextor

2007-06-14T19:08:00.000-07:00

Cousin Caitlin's photos from Paris

2007-06-09T23:30:00.000-07:00

Caitlin Kerr (Journalism) - Photos from Paris
My talent is with a brush, hers with a lens. Stunning collection.

Exactly like my dad

2007-06-09T23:25:00.000-07:00

12-year-old skater kid: Dad, is there such a thing as a friendly kiss?
Dad: I will neither confirm nor deny the veracity of that statement at this time.
12-year-old skater kid: What a nerd. Mom?
Mom: Depends where it was, honey.
12-year-old skater kid, into cell: Dude, where did she kiss you?

--Toys "R" Us

Something

2007-06-09T23:23:00.002-07:00

www.postsecret.com

Jealous

2007-06-09T23:23:00.001-07:00

www.postsecret.com

Fútbol!

2007-06-04T21:12:00.000-07:00

Here's to the Euro 2008 qualifiers. Fútbol. The only sport worth watching outside of American Hockey IMO. (Vera y Carlito your teams are under the cut)

David Albelda; 29; Spain; Club: Valencia.

MORE

Betony Vernon

2007-06-04T18:39:00.000-07:00

Betony Vernon
Erotic Jewerly
Milan Italy

Angelina wearing a piece designed by Betony is this months Esquire.

Sexy Time!

2007-06-04T18:09:00.000-07:00

Kevin Spacey, Susan Sarandon and Matt Dillon appaear in a fake PSA at the MTV Movie Awards last night for "Boratitis".

And incase you missed it...Will and Sasha's lip lock, "High 5-ah!"

VIDEO

I heart Bjork

2007-06-02T20:13:00.000-07:00

Bjork in this month's SPIN

Q & A this way...

I'm Not There - Release TBA

2007-06-02T12:01:00.000-07:00

Ruminations on the life of Bob Dylan, where seven characters embody a different aspect of the musician's life and work.

Cate Blanchette
Christian Bale
Heath Ledger
Richard Gere
MORE

2007-05-27T23:08:00.001-07:00

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[placeholder for Caitlin's photos from Paris]

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Chip CMT

2007-05-27T21:58:00.000-07:00

Chip (middle) on the CMT red carpet pretending to be cool (good job)!

Giving up

2007-05-27T18:18:00.001-07:00

when painting
there is a point
you must step away from the canvas
as the work
is done
any more would take away.

LIttle girl

2007-05-27T18:03:00.001-07:00

Postsecret.com

Counting Crows - Colorblind

2007-05-26T14:59:00.001-07:00

I am folded
and unfolded
and unfolding
I am ready
I am ready
I am

Rose McGowan for Italian Vogue

2007-05-25T14:39:00.000-07:00

Rose McGowan for Italian Vogue by Ellen von Unwerth

Rose McGowan for Italian Vogue by Ellen von Unwerth
View @ Rose-McGowan.com

Willem Jan Neutelings and Michiel Riedijk

2007-05-24T19:01:00.000-07:00

Conceived in collaboration with the 65-year-old artist Jaap Drupsteen, the structure’s panels are imprinted with famous images from Dutch television: the justice minister riding his bicycle, say, or Johan Cruyff scoring a goal. Using computer technology, Mr. Drupsteen ran the images together and baked them into the glass.

The effect is mesmerizing. The images are only barely discernible from certain angles, as if the building were imprinted with the faint traces of shared memories. But the exterior facades are also a sly critique of contemporary culture. The blur of images conveys the daily bombardment from the Internet, television, movies and newspapers, yet here they seem frozen in time, as if temporarily tamed.

--the New York Times

2007-05-24T16:10:00.001-07:00

Chick: When I say I'm not hungry what I mean is I just want to eat the icing off something.

--Washington Square

New hair

2007-05-20T19:28:00.001-07:00

*Fashionista*

mow

2007-05-19T16:02:00.000-07:00

"I wish my lawn were more emo so it would cut itself."
-Krista's facebook

Women - Know Your Limits!

2007-05-17T16:17:00.000-07:00

"I like kittens!"

More Harry Enfield Comedy

Air ~ Cherry Blossom Girl

2007-05-16T16:00:00.000-07:00

Thank you Thank you

2007-05-15T21:51:00.000-07:00

Thank you Max Thank you Max Thank you Max Thank you Max Thank you Max for recovering some of my artwork pictures, lost during my harddrive crash. Here are two, a sketch and an oil, that were done most recently. May post more later

Nathan, oil

Emmanuel, picture sketch

Paris, watercolor

This Week's Best

2007-05-14T19:02:00.000-07:00

Some of the best quotes from this week's Overheard in New York:

Mommy's Not Done Tucking, Honey
Little girl singing in stall: It's okay that Mommy is a man, Mommy is a man, Mommy is a man! It's okay that...
Mom: Brooke! Jesus Christ!
Little girl: Oh, Mommy is a man la la la la la! Can we get tacos?

--Restroom, MoMA

They Wanted Someone Who Could Hallucinate Outside the Box
Fashionista: Yeah, one time I thought I took, like, 96 bong hits, but then I realized that I wasn't inhaling.
Boyfriend: What about the time you ate thirty mushrooms and applied to Morgan Stanley?
Fashionista: Haha, I know! Who would have thought I'd have gotten that job?!

--Bowery Bar

Through Beer Goggles, It Reads 'Fhsghg'
Dude looking at sign for Godiva store: If you look at that sign, you could read it as 'Go diva.'
Chick: Yeah, if you look at it through gay goggles.

--The Village

Wednesday One-Liners Join the UFC
Hobo to entire platform: You've seen cripple fights. You've seen hobo boxing. Now prepare yourselves for rich white assholes pushing to get on the train. [Train pulls in.] Briefcases may be used as shields. Good luck, folks.

--4/5 platform, Union Square

Paris Je T'aime

2007-05-14T18:43:00.000-07:00

Exclusive trailer premiere of "Paris Je T'aime".

Paris, Je T'aime Trailer

Six degrees

2007-05-14T13:32:00.000-07:00

AMBIGUITY

Will the boy get the girl in the end
Will it turn out the way we want it to
Will the good guys win
If you watch enough television or movies
You find yourself expecting these neat resolutions
We’ve become addicted to happy endings, to closure
But life, is all about the ambiguities
And it has been said that the only certainty there is in life
is that you never know what’s going to happen.

If only this was real...

2007-05-14T08:04:00.000-07:00

WAKEY'Z

2007-05-12T23:39:00.000-07:00

Within you I lose myself
Without you I find myself
Wanting to be lost again.
~Author Unknown

Bjork's New Album

2007-05-12T14:15:00.000-07:00

Full version of Bjork's upcoming single "Innocence"...
...on her MySpace page.

Heylerhe?

2007-05-11T09:40:00.001-07:00

From CuteOverload.com

"Um. What's taking you so long to post today?

Heylerhe!?

Is anyone there!? [tapping receiver rapidly]

All I'm getting is fuzz."

White bun "Mirah" and brown bun "Toshi" sent in by Flickr-er Mia S.!

INFIDEL

2007-05-09T20:07:00.000-07:00

INFIDEL continues to have some of the Best Hard Sound to come out of the circuit in a decade.

Fix

Blast into space
Fall down from grace
Know your place
I am the fix for you

2007-05-09T14:42:00.000-07:00

You can get desperate
for anything rapturous,
disaster or bliss.

MARCO LOVE

2007-05-09T13:20:00.000-07:00

MARCO Love.

My new hairstyle and hairstylist are a work of art.

Of NY and 12 inches

2007-05-08T20:14:00.000-07:00

Came home tonight to the most lovely smell of my Wisteria blooming on the patio. It filled my lungs and invigorated my spirit.

NY highlights:
~12" of my hair has now been donated to Locks of Love cut by Marco - celebrity stylist. It's a big change, but it's amazing.
~I've learned that I can't walk more than 5 hours in Soho with stilettos.
~I've learned that that my color chart is still in effect.
~I've learned that Fendi sunglasses are excellent at hiding eyes.
~I've learned that I'm an amazing cook.
~I also learned I really rock at science.

Box of Sunshine

2007-05-03T21:16:00.000-07:00

You say
Love forever
Your eyes
Want another

Everybody wants your sunshine
Everybody wants you, so fine
Everyone can have you, but
You're mine, mine, mine

Box of
Sunshine
Box of
Sunshine

If that's what you want
That's what you're going to get
If that's what you need
A few more
A few more than I
Desire, I
Still want you
Sharing like lovers do

Everybody wants your sunshine
Everybody wants you, so fine
Everyone can have you, but
You're mine, mine, mine

Box of
Sunshine
Box of
Sunshine

http://www.myspace.com/infidelinc

B6/5 continued

2007-05-02T11:48:00.000-07:00

Today we had a gunshot victum on the unit; failed suicide. Shotgun to the face. I hate how everyone sees this as normal. I hate how everyone writes in their notebooks. And I hate how I'm turning into them.

House, MD
"Family"

Foreman: I hate that in order to be like you as a doctor I have to be like you as a human being. I don't want to turn into you.

Foreman: You'll save more people than I will. But I'll settle for killing less.

----New 05/03
Links from Cindy and David:
http://www-personal.umich.edu/%7eaemart/noface/index.html

http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/08/06/191547.php

http://arthistory.about.com/library/artists/lists/bl_suicide.htm
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That I Would Be Good

2007-05-01T22:03:00.000-07:00

Alanis Morissette › That I Would Be Good

That I would be good even if I did nothing
That I would be good even if I got the thumbs down
That I would be good if I got and stayed sick

That I would be good if I lost my hair and my youth
That I would be great if I was no longer queen
That I would be grand if I was not all knowing

That I would be loved even when I numb myself
That I would be good even when I am overwhelmed
That I would be loved even when I was fuming

That I would be good even if I lost sanity
That I would be good
Whether with or without you
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Done!

2007-05-01T21:49:00.000-07:00

FOR THOSE OF YOU who were interested I survived my "Faculty Defense" today. Regardless of Richie 3 inches away!