5 reasons why i can't stand andrew zimmern

1. he eats puffins. not the trader joe's cereal. the actual bird the cereal is named after.

2. i am really over people eating weird things on tv. can this trend die already?

3. anthony bourdain would knock him unconscious in a boxing ring before the starting bell finished clanging.

4. i can't stand the way he looks at the camera right before he's about to eat something disgusting. it's creepy. he looks like a pedophile.

5. i'm jealous of his cup size.

disclaimer: i don't usually write spiteful things about people on my blog and i apologize in advance if i've offended die-hard bizarre foods fans. but i am a die-hard animal fan. i did it for the puffins.

all muxed up

am i the last person on earth to find out about muxtape.com?

well, if after reading my blog, YOU are actually the last person to discover this phenomenon, then please check it out! you can make your own online mixes, which sadly are not downloadable but you can send and share links to them.

setting up an account takes all of two seconds and just think of all the joy you can spread. make someone's life better and please send me a link to your mixes. and stay tuned for a ladies and gents mix. yeah! (as if there aren't already enough things on the internet to my waste time with.)

ps: sorry about the kitty image. i love pictures of animals doing people things. i just can't resist. it's a problem. when i was a kid, my little sister and i used to collect these creepy stickers in the quarter machines at grocery stores with real kittens all dressed up at picnics, sitting in miniature school desks reading books with glasses on, or driving cars. oh man, thinking back on it... those kitties had to be drugged. we just couldn't get enough. it was sick and i am ashamed.

more m.j. booty

secured.

and with a little gem of a note from my friend nate at family that made me feel a little less homesick... thanks, nate.

ps- this zine is hands-down the best interview i've ever read with miranda july. and mike mills took that amazing b&w photo of her on the cover.

keep on keepin' on.

soon enough, rupert murdoch will own me, too

watch out! i've been listening to the kinks all morning and i'm feeling combative...

so. not only does rupert murdoch own fox business, the wall street journal, and the dow jones co., now he's fighting for yahoo! and will purchase newsday, which is home to a paper and two major tv stations in ny... in addition to that, a merger between newsday and the post is on the horizon.

is anyone paying attention to this? rupert murdoch has more power than the president... well, that's not saying much. ok, more power than oprah. wait, i think he owns her, too.

i'm sorry but has anyone at the fcc ever played monopoly? no? well, that's ok because the head of the fcc is due to leave his post in a few months here and you know what they say -- timing is everything. murdoch is probably paying for his retirement. (i love conspiracy theories.)

i will officially lose my sh*t if that old s.o.b. so much as utters the words national public radio.

honk if you love Eeee-books!

i'm literarily falling in love with tao lin (look at that word again -- it's literarily, not literally).

his style is not for everyone. he is sometimes hated on by "critics." but something about the way he writes really gets me. it's like multi-tasking in the subconscious of a sometimes abrasive and deadpan but extemely endearing person while simultaneously telling a sort of-story that resonates in reality. kind of hard to explain but if you're a.d.d. and immature and you like to be entertained (like me) you'll probably like. it's pretty and sad and you know it's been very en vogue for like ever to like those two things together...

"Our studies show that existentialists and unemployed liberal arts degree holders will probably get the most enjoyment out of these books..." (audiblemind.com) Wow, they hit the nail on the head with this one didn't they?

the work of tao lin and other writers like him can be found here at bear parade, an e-book of short stories. please visit this site. i promise you will either be enthralled or totally annoyed. the short story eat when you feel sad by zachary german has also been hated on some but i read it front to back in one sitting. um, he was born in 1990. 90's baby! aaaaaaah!

buy tao lin books here.

it's a new day. make it matter or don't.

xoxo.

a little pick-me-up

guest blogger to ny times style site today (thomas perrsons, acne paper creative director) made me wanna boogie and be young forever... er, or be young again (?)

check it out

particularly noteworthy are the videos of talking heads and a pet shop boys video for being boring by bruce weber. that song makes me feel so good. love.

so skip the sugar in your coffee today and watch these videos full of invincibility and immortality instead!

xo.

coffee with scout

my scout niblett interview went up on the la record website today. check it out!

new post, old friend

most of those who know me also know that i am a miranda july stalker. as in the kind of m.j. stalker that would never injure or kidnap, only adoringly devour every ounce of material she ever releases. on that note, i bought learning to love you more, a book based on the collaborative art project between miranda july and harrell fletcher.

the two artists set up a website ( learning to love you more.com ) on which they gave assignments for people to complete. for example:

Assignment 45: Reread your favorite book from fifth grade
i would have chosen Sideways Stories from Wayside School and it was there!

Assignment 14: Write your life story in less than a day
i am much too long-winded and neurotic to do this, i think.

Assignment 39: Take a picture of your parents kissing
this may be impossible.

they then compiled a small portion of the assignments they received back into this book. amazingly, I had never been to the site (poor excuse for a stalker.) i bet some of you already have. i do, however, remember reading about the project about two years ago and not really understanding what it was all about.

go here for a hand-picked miranda july playlist featured on the ny times blog, paper cuts. i put that quix*o*tic track on an old mix i titled "songs for lovers!" i think we would be good friends.

i also purchased this mono.kultur zine from family online earlier today... can't wait to get it.

say what you will but...

i've been watching these short films for the past few weeks called t takes on the ny times style website. they're really great and star a handful of what i would consider noteable indie actors like michael pitt, lukas haas, saffron burrows, and josh hartnett. and yes, i did just say josh hartnett is talented, in a round about sort of way, despite his big bopper-esque reputation with the ladies. c'mon, don't be a hater.



all the films take place in what looks like a pretty nondescript motel called the viking lodge in utah. not much action taking place on the surface in any of these but you really get the underlying emotional landscape in each one. some of the characters are connected and a few of the films overlap. really cool.

click here for the full line up of episodes. totally worth checking out.

maybe it's just that kind of day

stumbled upon a blog called morbid anatomy. although it can be creep out city at times, it is very interesting. warning: not for the squeamish but if you have a penchant for the macabre, you will love.

brooklyn-based photographer and graphic artist, joanna ebenstein, absolutely dissects the relationship between art, science, death, and culture. the images on the site range from shocking and curiously bizzare, to heartwarming and poetic - and all done very tastefully. anyone interested in anatomy and natural science will also appreciate and adore this site. it's truly amazing. she puts a lot of work into it.

joanna also developed a photographic exhibition called anatomical theater, which is a collection of photographs taken at medical museums all over the world.

one of her posts led me to mirror world, an archive of photographs of unknown origin. i spent way too much time on this website obsessing about the stories behind these photos. maybe you will too... hopefully.