January 2011
wandering-stranger asked: I read in one of your posts that... you're an attorney :) Anyway, do you find lawyer dramas, i.e., Boston Legal, to be factual or fatuous portrayals of your profession? I can't, for some reason, see a judge and attorney surfacing their sex history during a sidebar :/ You're awesome! I love your blog ♥
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“It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.”
– Abraham Lincoln.
Due to forces outside of my control, this week will be about virtues. But this weekend, I will make up for it in vices.
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In Which I Have a Serious Beef with Animal Planet
I have to say, you guys, that I have a really big problem with the fact that Animal Planet airs their annual Puppy Bowl at the same time as the Super Bowl. I get why Animal Planet does this; Animal Planet executives wanted to create an adorable, popular, and, most importantly, profitable alternative to the Super Bowl, for that ever so important marketing group known as “people who...
Last night was for...
Rushing out of the office as soon as I heard the thundersnow…
Being immediately seated at a restaurant that always has a wait…
Trudging across the East Village to keep my friend and favorite bartender company…
Getting a ride to The Dude’s apartment in a snowstorm-worthy SUV…
And dipping mint Milano cookies in hot chocolate under layers and layers of blankets.
I...
joyengel:
Joy: We should do a remake of The Wizard of Oz with Beyonce as Dorothy.
Julia: YES! And Jay-Z as the Wizard
Joy: Taylor Swift as Glinda!
Julia: I don’t think he’s all that cute, but Ryan Gosling would be the scarecrow.
Joy: Zack Effron… as Toto?
Julia: Or a flying monkey
Joy: Neil Patrick Harris as the Tin Man!
Julia: Totally. And Hugh Jackman as the Lion.
Joy: Is this what...
“You can pretty much put the word “stuffed” in front of anything and...”
– NPR’s “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me” Sandwich Monday blog post.
Do you mean to tell me that you don’t read a blog post about sandwiches every Monday? FOR SHAME.
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“As Ty Burrell, who plays the gadget-obsessed Phil, said: “I was just watching...”
– Oh, so THAT’S why I have a blog.
Quote via
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“On his way out, Marcel can’t stop talking about how everyone thinks...”
– In which Gawker’s Top Chef recap becomes really really relevant to the world at large.
Today in Idiotic Facebook Status Updates
[Redacted] I need 800$ to start a new side project. in exchange for this investment you shall receive in three months a 100% return on your investment. GAR-UN TEED!… and if all works out as planned…. i will double it….. as in you get 1600$……. and if shit goes off… you get 2400$….. who wants in??????
As much as I would like to fund your side project via...
Things That Make Me Feel Invincible
Wearing galoshes in the rain
Having exact change
Giant cuff bracelets
Finding the perfect case
Ginger kombucha
Taking a shot of Jameson LIKE A CHAMP
Making a charitable donation, even if it’s just a dollar to a homeless person on the street
Things That Make Me Feel Invincible
Wearing galoshes in the rain
Having exact change
Giant cuff bracelets
Finding the perfect case
Ginger kombucha
Taking a shot of Jameson LIKE A CHAMP
Making a charitable donation, even if it’s just a dollar to a homeless person on the street
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“To read a poem in January is as lovely as to go for a walk in June.”
– Jean-Paul Sartre
nmattea asked: i've read about your love for scotch. i love it too! my boyfriend's dad loves to do "tours of scotland" where he creates a scotch tasting complete with map and tasting notes. i'm a highland park and macallan girl myself. what's your favorite?
People Who I Would Like To Narrate My Life
Fabio from Top Chef
Sean Connery’s character in Dragon Heart
The voice that says “Finish him!” in Mortal Combat
Kojo Nnamdi
People Who I Would Not Like to Narrate My Life
Camille Grammer
Sean Connery’s character in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Tori Amos
Garrison Keillor
People Who I Would Like To Narrate My Life
Fabio from Top Chef
Sean Connery’s character in Dragon Heart
The voice that says “Finish him!” in Mortal Combat
Kojo Nnamdi
People Who I Would Not Like to Narrate My Life
Camille Grammer
Sean Connery’s character in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Tori Amos
Garrison Keillor
nmattea asked: i've read about your love for scotch. i love it too! my boyfriend's dad loves to do "tours of scotland" where he creates a scotch tasting complete with map and tasting notes. i'm a highland park and macallan girl myself. what's your favorite?
katiepiemiscellany asked: What were you like at High School?
katiepiemiscellany asked: What were you like at High School?
acdl-hig asked: Um. This is embarrassing. But, you looked smokin' hot in your loub post. How/do you keep up a workout routine with your crazy lawyer hours. What kind of workouts do you do?
94monkeys asked: What's the last food you ordered in?
acdl-hig asked: Um. This is embarrassing. But, you looked smokin' hot in your loub post. How/do you keep up a workout routine with your crazy lawyer hours. What kind of workouts do you do?
bitsofjess asked: What's the best vacation you've ever taken?
94monkeys asked: What's the last food you ordered in?
kristenfromkansas asked: how long have you and the dude been together? any plans to cohabitate?
bitsofjess asked: What's the best vacation you've ever taken?
kristenfromkansas asked: how long have you and the dude been together? any plans to cohabitate?
Bandwagon: Jumped →
I’m exhausted after working on a report all night, I’m at the office, I’m stuck here for at least the next several hours with nothing to do, and if I read anything else on the Internet about Sarah Palin, I may gouge out my eyes with a jumbo-sized binder clip.
So, ask away, and save me from myself.
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Important Observation
There are two types of people in this world: people who use Facebook chat, and people who do not.
This is basically what 75% of our conversations...
Me: I can make a really big pot of risotto for dinner one night this weekend, so we can have leftovers for everyone at the cabin. Or two pots.
The Dude: Or Pol Pots.
Me: Or neti pots.
The Dude: Or Home Depots.
Me: Or despots.
The Dude: Or out, damned spots.
Me: Or see spots (run).
The Dude: Or "Damn, we're in a tight spots."
Me: Winner.
“And I wonder if when she does that, as I do, she can’t help covering her eyes...”
– Go Fug Yourself, on what is simultaneously the most infuriating and most awesome moment in cinematic ballet history.
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“If you paint a target on someone’s head you can’t act surprised when someone...”
– Tom Baker (via azspot)
This is not the world I want to live in.
