My friend, Emily

Ask Emily

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:30:52 -0500

My friend Ashlie made my week by starting a new collaborative blog for us:

It’s an advice column where I give meaningful answers to life’s most challenging questions. Follow it for free advice that will most likely change you forever.

(Untitled) This was the best movie I’ve seen this year. I...

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:48:04 -0500

(Untitled)

This was the best movie I’ve seen this year. I love the contemporary arts and I can’t wait to go to the MoMA.

Love you goodnight catz. Tonight was the most fun

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:57:46 -0500

Love you goodnight catz. Tonight was the most fun

There’s a very special place in my heart reserved for the people who call me...

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:47:21 -0500

There’s a very special place in my heart reserved for the people who call me “Emmy.”

My sentiments exactly!

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:54:15 -0500

My sentiments exactly!

Video

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:05:23 -0500

I think the feature I most admire about my apartment is the toilet paper holder. It’s just a...

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:52:08 -0500

I think the feature I most admire about my apartment is the toilet paper holder. It’s just a metal rod you slide the roll onto. It’s so easy!

And good night.

molls: ugh. I wanna take this song to a nice spaghetti...

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:32:59 -0500

molls:

ugh.

I wanna take this song to a nice spaghetti dinner, talk about our likes and dislikes over wine, tuck it into bed, stay up late reading to it from “Love: Ten Poems” by Pablo Neruda in Spanish, cuddle the shit out of it during the night and wake up early to make it French press coffee and a breakfast sandwich. xoxo

John & Mary

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:37:00 -0500

John & Mary had never met. They were like two hummingbirds who also had never met.

- from a freshman’s short story

They were like gazelles who occupied different

grassy plains, running in opposite directions

from different lions. They were like postal clerks

in different zip codes, with different vacation time,

their bosses adamant and clock-driven.

How could they get together?

They were like two people who couldn’t get together.

John was a Sufi with a love of the dervish,

Mary of course a Christian with a curfew.

They were like two dolphins in the immensity

of the Atlantic, one playful,

the other stuck in a tuna net —

two absolutely different childhoods!

There was simply no hope for them.

They would never speak in person.

When they ran across that windswept field

toward each other, they were like two freight trains,

one having left Seattle at 6:36pm

at an unknown speed, the other delayed

in Topeka for repairs.

The math indicated that they’d embrace

in another world, if at all, like parallel lines.

Or merely appear kindred and close, like stars.

- Stephen Dunn

Love and Science

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:32:20 -0500

What is a LifeGem?

The LifeGem is a certified, high-quality diamond created from the
carbon of your loved one as a memorial to their unique life, or as a symbol of your personal and precious bond with another.

LifeGem diamonds are molecularly identical to natural diamonds found at any high-end jeweler. To qualify as diamonds, they must have the exact same brilliance, fire, and hardness (the hardest substance known) as diamonds from the earth, and of course, they do!

LifeGem diamonds are created individually from your specific carbon source in our patented process.

Whether you’ve lost a loved one or simply want to celebrate your love, the LifeGem diamond provides a way to embrace your loved one’s memory day by day. The LifeGem is the most unique and timeless tribute available for creating a testimony to their unique life.

Your LifeGem memorial will offer comfort and support when and where you need it, and provide a lasting memory that endures just as a diamond does. Forever.

(via LifeGem)

You guys, look what science can do! Dead diamonds! I also read on the internet that you can turn yourself into a pencil.

"We’re in the process of adopting [A BLACK TACO]. Maybe two. I’m so pumped. I’d adopt six if I could...."

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:55:00 -0500

“We’re in the process of adopting [A BLACK TACO]. Maybe two. I’m so pumped. I’d adopt six if I could. When I was five years old—I grew up in a very rural town in Missouri, and I had never even seen a [BLACK TACO]—they asked us to draw a picture of ourselves in the future, and I drew myself holding [A DOZEN BLACK TACOS WITH EXTRA JACK SAUCE]. I’ve always wanted this.”

- “Cole Hamels”

(via Philebrity)

It’s not even Halloween yet and the best costume award...

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:12:57 -0400

It’s not even Halloween yet and the best costume award already goes to Matt Nicole.

hipstertracks: Devendra Banhart - Baby Swoon.

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:52:37 -0400

hipstertracks:

Devendra Banhart - Baby

Swoon.

One last diagram — Inspired by a Haruki Murakami quote.

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:24:40 -0400

One last diagram — Inspired by a Haruki Murakami quote.

Front row seat on the Fanwagon! GO PHILS Phillies 2009 (via...

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:45:15 -0400

Front row seat on the Fanwagon! GO PHILS

Phillies 2009 (via aurev0ir)

Charlotte Gainsbourg: IRM

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:24:49 -0400

Charlotte Gainsbourg: IRM

The half hour I just spent eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich in bed with handfuls of...

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:29:31 -0400

The half hour I just spent eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich in bed with handfuls of Pirate’s Booty while watching the season premiere of 30 Rock was probably the best half hour OF MY ENTIRE LIFE.

Something went horribly, horribly wrong at the Cute Panda Bear...

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:56:44 -0400

Something went horribly, horribly wrong at the Cute Panda Bear Mask Factory.

pumpkin ravioli, baked acorn squash, rum & apple cider, jack-o-lanterns, scary movies

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:07:07 -0400

pumpkin ravioli, baked acorn squash, rum & apple cider, jack-o-lanterns, scary movies

The Drums: I Felt Stupid Just got the 7-song Summertime! EP by...

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:26:00 -0400

The Drums: I Felt Stupid

Just got the 7-song Summertime! EP by The Drums. It might not be summer anymore, but these tunes are good enough to enjoy in colder weather.