Pretty Lady. Leah Giberson
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In case you’re wondering, the working city is going crazy right now on a high five fever buzz. Why? Because weather dot com says that tomorrow’s high will be climbing to {wait for it} .86°F. Uhh, excuse me? Oh, you’re serious. Well in that case, yes for me. So in light of this development, I’ve decided to time machine it to Saturday @ 2pm by putting together a 9-5 Friday mixtape. Wanna join me? I’d love a buddy. Oh! If you have any track suggestions in the spirit of later, day job. i got some awesome shit to do, leave me a comment yo.
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I’ll add them mad quick.
Month: April 2010
birthday gifts for freud, clooney, & me.
My Birthday is May 6. Supermarket Favorites
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Sad News: ..My sister had to remind me that my birthday is next week.
Rad News: ..I discovered Supermarket and picked out a TON of presents.
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Seriously, for the past two days I’ve been cruising this place HARD. It’s like a male-friendly, inside voice Etsy that even discerning dudeblogs like Werd can get behind. So simple yet so super, their mission statement reads:
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“Hi, we’re Supermarket.
We’re here to connect you
directly with designers and
the great things they make.”
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{big smile, blushing}
trust thyself, larry.
Drugs. Oh, Joy
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Larry, a bro-tastic spinning instructor @ my gym: ..So, ..{.huff huff.}.. I was teaching this class the other day and ..{.huff huff.}.. one of my students was all ..{.huff huff.}.., ..“Larry, you gotta play some more gay music!” ..Gay music?! ..{.B I G huff huff.}.. I don’t even know what that means.
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Then Larry put on a giant mid-90s dance remix of Don’t Cry For Me Argentina . . .
oooooohhhhhh no.
gchat status: emoticons off.
Emoticon <3. Rachel E Foster
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How to make me love an emoticon.
amy wants 382,000 new pairs of shoes.
Day 114. A Collection a Day, 2010
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Mega Millions is up to $191 million.
i wanna be made.
Venice Skatepark. Slippy Jenkins
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MADE + Real World + Lunch with Jesse + Road Rules + TRL with Carson Daly + My So-Called Life + Undressed +FANatic + Say What? Karaoke + Singled Out + Daria + Clone High USA + The Blame Game + Loveline = RIP Sick Days (1993 – 2004)
sweet jeans by moonroof.
Elle Interiör / Ikea. Marcus Lawett
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so
let’s
get some food
and
go
somewhere cool
but you’re, like, really pretty.
Jenny Sheriff Earrings. Dear Fieldbinder,
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I let my pierced ears close up at 13.
I was a pretty reckless 7th grader.
once again, i’m from indiana not india.
Horse & Farmer. worldreceiver
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Grabbing a cup of coffee around 7pm last night :
Dude: ..What are you up to tonight?
Me: ..I’m seeing Owen Pallett at Webster Hall.
Dude: ..Owen Pallett? Who’s that? What’s his music like?
Me: ..I guess he’s kinda like a super lovely electronic fairytale.
Dude: ..Soooo something you should be tripping out to?
Me: ..Yeah, but only one of those really airy, easy, whimsical trips.
Dude: ..{doesn’t understand what I’m saying at all}
Me: ..You know, with horses . . . and farmers.
are people laughing with you, or at you?
(found via Nerve)
stop looking so smeg.
Ilustraciónes. rojo & garabato
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Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about space.
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Giving more space.
Needing more space.
Installing more space.
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Maybe it’s because I need to find a new roommate and though I still go weak from all the crazylove I have for my place, it’s teeny tiny and I keep having to defend its completely ridiculous floor plan over and over and over. Be mine? Or maybe it’s because it’s that time of year and I really like alliterations. Spring has sprung . . . into space? Whatevs. At least all these crazythoughts (and a S.M.E.G refrigerator flickr search) led me to Rojo & Garabato. They’re two wild and spacey graphic designers based in Coruña, Spain who put out a super sweet monthly polyglot magazine about art, design, illustration, and photography.
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Hello, Rojo. Domo arigato, Mr. Mrs. Garabato.
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PS (embarrassing) – I had to look up polyglot. It’s something (or someone) that uses many languages aptly and with a high level of fluency. {big sigh}
better than you at everything.
Present & Correct. Black Eiffel
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boss@amysjob: ..i need tabs 151-160 for my binder.
boss@amysjob: ..pls leave them on my desk.
boss@amysjob: ..TYVM
Amy predicts the future and leaves tabs 151-175 on her boss’ desk.
3 hours later her extrasensory paralegal perception is confirmed:
boss@amysjob: ..can you make that up through tab 170 pls?
Amy knows she should really buy a fucking lottery ticket.
She also knows her internet friends need some tabs too:
The Alot is Better Than You at Everything
Christina Hendricks: A Letter to Men
Present & Correct: Geometry Post Its
are you alone?
So, You Need a Typeface. swissmiss
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okay then,
come with me
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happy nyc ladies day.
You Are The Best. Hayley & Lucas
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Thank You NYC Ladies – m4w – 30 (Manhattan)
Ok I just want to say that I’ve been working out (at the gym etc), do yoga, eat right, keeping up with my hygiene, keeping up with my smarts, etc so that I can be a good product for you NYC ladies. I’m still single but that’s another story (do you want to grab a drink?). I say this because I want to thank all the NYC ladies that take such great care of themselves, you all are so beautiful! Thank you for going to the gym, thank you for eating right, thank you for doing yoga (thank you x1000), thank you for wearing those incredibly sexy boots, or stockings(?), skirts, pants, I guess for that matter dressing so beautifully. Thank you for being so smart too and have that quick wit that is necessary to survive in NYC, and especially to the ladies that don’t take shit from anyone but still look so stunning in putting a jerk in his/her place. I know it seems shallow and I’m not assuming all the beautiful ladies are also beautiful on the inside (there are some mean bitches out there) but great fucking job looking good ladies!
Thank you for holding up your end of the bargain, I take care of myself to keep up with my NYC counterparts (obviously for my own health too) and you NYC ladies do such a fantastic fantastic fantastic job looking and being the hottest women in the states.
– Some 30 Year Old Dude
a haiku on follow through.
G40 Clear Globe String Set. One of Mine
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yo, con edison!
how you doin? you look good.
(please turn the gas on)
hoodie boys by atherton lin.
can you ever just be whelmed?
Thanks. Tamara Shopsin
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underwhelmed: ..by the Missed Connections documentary
overwhelmed: …..by the film’s shout out to Tamara Shopsin
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TWIST! Tamara Shopsin is also the daughter of that Shopsin.
good credits.
- 826 Valencia. One of Mine
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dartboard: ..dear molls, i am a famous dating coach. if you would implore me. what is the best way for a dude to approach a girl in your run of the mill dance-y pub or club?
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molls: ..just be like, “yo, i got good credit and you look mad beautiful. what’s up? what can i buy you? i feel like you’re probably hilarious, so i’m just going to shut up and you do all the talking. let me know if you need anything.”
new yorkers brace for doorman strike.
mad [wo]men magazine.
1959 Perky Pretty Aprons, Family Circle Magazine. clotho98
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1. ..Betty Draper hates this town
2. ..Joan Harris doesn’t tolerate a dull moment
3. ..Peggy Olson would like to smoke some marijuana
4. ..Trudy Campbell stands by her man
5. ..Joan Holloway doesn’t allow crying in the break room
6. ..Betty Draper doesn’t kiss boys
if you’re selling crazy, i’m not buying.
Elli Rose’s Shoes Don’t Suck. The Selby
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Last night, I went to Olive & Bette’s one-day sample sale in the West Village and purchased an office/opera appropriate Trina Turk dress for 75% off. This dress, mind you, is the exact same dress I had on my Hanukkah List this past December. Score! Seriously, thanks to Sir Timothy Berners-Lee, the internet exists today so city folk (ie ambitious transplants) who like to shop and wear nice things never have to pay retail again. If your internet access is limited or non-existent, no whining. Instead, head directly to your local nypl or apple store posthaste. Eh hem, and now it is time to announce the nominees for best sample sale resource:
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1. ..NY Magazine’s Sales & Bargains
2. ..Refinery29’s NYC Sales
3. ..Gilt Groupe (online only)
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And the winner is. . . . .being stacked and super fly.
how’s your day going?
W Collection. Retrosuperfuture
translate this [ ] , son.
From Laundry to a Home in Berlin. Andreas Meichsner
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I tried to research (stalk) illustrator and designer Bobby Breidholt through his blog this morning and quickly realized that I couldn’t because he blogs in his native language, Icelandic (he’s from Reykjavik, Iceland obvs). Since I don’t currently speak Icelandic, I used google translate and discovered that, oh my gosh, it’s such a gem! With just a copy here and a click there, Bobby’s blog was suddenly converted into mildly broken English and my quest to read the entire internet was . . . back on!
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Sidebar (twirls finger, jury out!):
I think if I were ever to launch my own translation site, there would have to be slightly more obscure language options. For example, a user could ask amy translate to translate ilikeyoulikeyou from English into Personal Space and it might produce the photo above. Mmm. Yesss. That’s much better!
fleetwood’s just resting his eyes.
Rumours 1977. mclgreenville
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Never Going Back Again
by Fleetwood Mac
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She broke down and let me in
Made me see where I’ve been
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Been down one time
Been down two times
I’m never going back again
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You don’t know what it means to win
Come down and see me again
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Been down one time
Been down two times
I’m never going back again
ixnay on wishing for more wishes.
Spongebob. C8H10N4O2-nin
I wish I had remembered to put on pants this morning . . .
you know about the lol?
YSL & Chanel Lipstick. Emma Kisstina
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While checking out my so called blahg this morning, I stumbled onto her 10 Cures for the Winter Blues post and quickly realized that I’ve been unknowingly practicing every single one except:
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#3 Wear Bright Lipstick.
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Since I know absolutely NOTHING about the Land of Lipstick (the LOL) and you’re probably thinking, Amy, I know SO MUCH about the LOL, I would like to offer you a trade. I will give you one of these if you can give me an über-comprehensive, non-condescending guide to buying and wearing bright lipstick.
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Thoughts?
always rock to the east.
Tutti Frutti. Hand & Eye
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“I couldn’t talk back to my boss man. He would bring all these pots back for me to wash and one day I said, ‘I’ve got to do something to stop this man bringing back all these pots to me to wash and I said, ‘awopbopaloobopawopbamboom, take ’em out!'”
Little Richard, 1969
pursuit of happiness by kid cudi.
On Cassette and 45. Cari Ann Wayman
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There are so many things in this song that make me go yessss:
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2am summer night
screaming out fuck that
the pursuit of happiness
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But then I saw the video. Let’s just say you’re having one of those Mondays. You know, the kind where you had to throw some bows on your morning commute and now you’re being all surly and shit. If so, I highly suggest you slow your road and click the link.
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cause you’ll be fine
once you get it
you’ll be gooo–ood.
tell me the sweet lies.
La Dolce Vita. Banter Banner
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In case you missed it, this week’s Talking to Strangers was totally epic. Wade, a 65 year old who once told a hot Italian fox his name was Marcello Mastroianni, made me cry a little bit from laughing so hard:
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What do you do for a living?
I’m a photographer.
Does that get you dates?
I can’t hear you.
open tabs.
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@ 4:00pm Eastern Standard Time:
You the Fucking Best Lyrics by Google
Home Page by Kitsune Noir
Probate by Wikipedia
well, color me mine.
new boots and pantones. peet-astn
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Time Out New York’s website is truly unbearable. It’s super slow, completely incoherent, and not pretty to look at whatsoever. It’s as if two customer service reps from any Verizon store got inexplicably horny and decided to name their first mistake, “The TONY Website.” Seriously, I try to brace myself for the inevitable awfulness every time I click over there, but by the time 10 seconds have passed and still no photos have loaded, I’m already nursing what appears to be a mild internet headache.
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So why did I go there yet again despite my sassy, better judgment? Because the “Now Do This Today” email lured me back with a promise of colorful wonders to add to my summer wardrobe! And with over 60 images of perfectly awesome pieces I would be honored to rock all over town, I found myself not totally loathing The TONY Website for once. I might be inclined to add these Pantone Universe Mugs into the mix, but overall I think this is a really superb list.
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Way to go, buddy! Oh, and be sure to tell your mom and dad that I’ll stop by for my new every 2 whenever I feel like spending several hours in wireless hell. Thanks.
and then i built a chair tea latte.
Spicy Chai Latte by Sprouted Kitchen
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My sister is the reason I have fondness for chai tea lattes. When was 13 years old, I visited her in the fall of her freshman year of college. One afternoon, while showing me how to get from her dorm to the theater (awesome sister alert!) so I could do some supervised set construction with her cute friend Kevin, we stopped at a Starbucks and she ordered one. I had no idea what a chai tea latte was at the time, but it sounded lovely and smelled even lovelier, so I asked her for a taste. Obviously, it was mind blowingly delicious and these babies have been in my good drink graces ever since. Point of this story = I love my sister. A lot. I hope she knows that.
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PS – Every time I try to type chai tea latte, it comes out chair tea latte.
me too, technically [& tactilely].
“Felt and wire are used in papermaking to absorb excess water and smooth the forming sheet. Felt can also allude to softness and emotion; wire also refers to intelligence and connectivity. Felt & Wire explores both sides of the inspiration equation — the tactile and the technical.”
does klaus ever get bost around?
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April 1, 2009 @ 3:02 pm
me: ..okay, aesthetically what looks better – ilikeyoulikeyou.com or ilikelikeyou.com?
Dan: .i think i like, ilikeyoulikeyou.com cause the likes are broken up.
me: ..great.
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2 minutes later
Dan: .i just want you to know before you commit that there’s a line from avenue q where kate monster sings, “but does he like me like me like i like him.”
me: ..I ALREADY COMMITTED! I DON’T WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH AVENUE Q!
Dan: .i tried to tell you before it happened.
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8 minutes later
me: ..okay, so here’s what i got so far.
Dan: .loves it.
me: ..sweet. man, blogs are super work intensive.
Dan: .ya, they are.
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. . . and so it began.
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Happy Birthday, ilikeyoulikeyou!
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Love,
Mamo