Dream Boy

James Franco's videoJames Franco on WhoSay

for fun.

CH's i'm getting married party

So, I'm thinking All Star Weekend would be the perfect theme.  Choose your sport and dress the part.

see below for some inspiration:


the.LIFE Files Goes Shopping With The 'Basketball Wives' Jennifer Williams! from the.LIFE Files on Vimeo.

Chet Haze

I know this is old news but I just found out about it... pretty hilarious commentary from Howard and Robin.

I miss IFC

Tucker Blair Belts (my new obsession)

So, I am kind of obsessing about these belts.  I just want one of every kind and to pair them with the most ridiculous outfits. http://store.tuckerblair.com/product-belts.html 

Kate Moss for Balmain

How cool is this?!

NicK Kroll as Bobby Bottleservice, amazing!

The Ed Hardy Boyz 2: The Case of When That Hot Filipina Girl Lost Her Tramp Stamp At Mini-Golf from Jon Daly

I could talk about Rajat Parr all day

Secrets of the Sommeliers: How to Think and Drink Like the World's Top Wine Professionals by Rajat Parr
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I am officially obsessed with Rajat Parr.  (I even follow him on twitter.) This book has a great balance of details of his career, how to think like a wine expert and then some solid and innovative wine instruction. He is clearly a good teacher even though he doesn't think of his self as an instructor the same way Kevin Zraly does.

I also really enjoy hard cover books that don't have a separate paper jacket. It's the little things in life.


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Fahrenheit 451 by ray Bradbury - Brief Review

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury


Dude, now I totally know why I never wanted to read this book in school.  1. because it was never assigned 2. because it's heavy handed and kind of boring.

Sometimes I wish I had a 3 walled TV parlor. That would be amazing for sports games - but seriously, they should be making those instead of 3-D TVs.


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Boozehound By Jason Wilson - brief review

Boozehound: On the Trail of the Rare, the Obscure, and the Overrated in Spirits by Jason Wilson


I liked this book - I found Jason Wilson's writing to be witty and spirited (pun intended) but i still don't feel like I understand any of the beverages that he described.  That criticism noted, I really enjoyed the first chapter about the lameness of vodka and quote from it on a regular basics in my everyday life.



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NYTimes says Melisma is dead, but I don't know...

"Melisma may have also run its cultural course. Ms. Carey, Ms. Houston and Ms. Aguilera, to name its three main champions, are most associated with the period from the late ’80s through the late ’90s: an era now largely associated with money, ostentation and American power, especially during the latter half of the ’90s. Their brawny vocal approach and lush, widescreen records reflected their times as much as the Clinton-era Wall Street boom."  I guess we are stuck with Kei$ha... but atleast we have this guy: 

The Rundown says ART!

Check out these awesome exhibits while they are still here!!

Street Style:

Japan Fashion Now

Japan's youth culture has so many subgenres, it makes our old high school equation of jock/nerd/stoner look prehistoric. Established menswear designer Yohji Yamamoto gets served up next to gothic babydolls and futuristic get-ups suitable for Comic Con.
Thru Apr 2, 2011. The Museum at FIT, 227 W. 27th St. (212-217-4558)

The Rundown

this is silly but i really like it

keeping time, ryan adams, and high fidelity

Have you ever kept time on your bed?  I guess that sounds pretty weird and sexual – not my intension. I was just lying in bed listening to whiney music attempting to go to sleep and distracted myself by tapping the beat on the mattress.  People definitely do this, right? Rob Gordon in High Fidelity definitely kept time on his bed. His bed, his head, with his fingers while his thumbs hook into the belt loops of his black skinny jeans…

The idea of laying awake listening to music unable to sleep isn’t a novelty.  Although there was something interesting about the hollow sound the mattress made that made me take note.  Heck! It made me sit up and turn on my compute. Perhaps I am being too reflective and making every casual observance have some significance I can ponder over. (I am into that sort of thing. You could even say I get off on it.)  Perhaps the hollow sound speaks the hollow crevasses of my callus heart.  I am such a B! Or maybe what A said to me the other day about not having people in his life stuck with me.  Do I not really have people in my ‘life’? I have people around me but who do  I share my life with?? Is my existence hollow in that way?  Ehhhh whatever. I hate that crap.  No more sharing. Jokes? 

i am such a pansy

I am working on the lusty pop sensibilities of John Mayer and the pathetic angst of Syvila Plath.

A blushing sun-dress
Testing it out by the water
I need a new life
____

An experiment in word association and of a similar vein and tone:

Spring sun dress
Warm warn jeans
shorts with heel, the sydney uniform
basketball sneakers... Adidas flip flops?
I don't remember...
Thresthold!
Fingers.
Gasp... high five!
"I need to get a new life."

Outside of Boston

"I was sleeping the sleep of death..." - Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

Forever in Carlyle 

Intense physical memory
A cold fleshy cheek and a hug with half your body
Empty, a klonk of our heads.
Love? Doubt. Loneliness.
Him calling my name.
Strain.
We have to go.
"I'll carry you in my dreams."
He alone understood. (Along with one other person.)
Why?
Love!

new fav magazine.

This website is so great. Tons of info - gotta love the FAQs and all the beards. http://beeradvocate.com/

The James Franco Project

The James Franco Project

But seriously, is James Franco for real?!

Murakami

I'm reading Norwegian Wood and I am obsessed.  I have been looking for an new something to be a fan girl about.  So I guess this works out nicely.  Why is the Japanese erotism so surprising?