August 2010
18 posts
French Words With No English Equivalent →
danielextra:
Of this list below, my favorite is “retrouvailles,” which should follow the Portuguese word “saudade”, that is, the longing, nostalgia, desire, melancholy, and hope for someone who is left and you are uncertain if s/he will ever return.
Dépaysement: The sensation of being in another country.
La douleur exquise: The heart-wrenching pain of wanting someone you can’t have. Even a...
July 2010
29 posts
“i can’t keep track… one day feels like ten years.”
– one of the besties, Sean Finan.
i love how busy days make time go so fast and yesterday feels so far in the past. (ew did i really just rhyme that?….)
wow →
“OK, recently I watched every episode of Jersey Shore’s first season. I...”
– Marc Jacobs to InStyle magazine on his guilty pleasures
Funny Facts about Women that TOTALLY ring true
Don’t you love when you think getting ready is going to take two hours (ya know because you have to shave the pits and the legs, wash/blowdry/flatiron the hair, make-up, etc) but it ends up maybe taking 45 minutes? In the hour and fifteen minutes remaining before I go to Taco Tuesday for a friend’s birthday and then bowling, I found this great article on Esquire about women in relation...
hot tub time machine is one of the dumbest movies i have ever wasted 99 minutes of my life on. what happened to you john cusack? you used to be hot and ironic.
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Imagine that, in a faustian kind of moment, the Devil comes to you. “Here’s the deal”, he’d say with the usual Jack Nicholson leer, “I’ll make sure you paint like a Picasso, design like a Paul Rand, write like a Shakespeare or play like a Beethoven - choose whatever makes you tick - but in exchange you’ll never be able to see a single picture, read a single line or listen to a single song made by...
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I had such an exhilarating day today! This morning I had dance test practice with my Maccabi girls and I am having the best time being their coach. Sure it’s a lot more work than I anticipated because I have to choreograph a whole new dance plus organize all the costumes and scheduling logistics but the girls are great, I get to be creative, and I am dancing again. It’s very...
what the heck
why did i come home to find that a crapload of people from my high school graduating class are engaged or married? i was looking at a friend from high school’s engagement photos and ALL of her friends are married— now i can only assume they too are close in age to me.
why do people feel the need to get married like right this second? i figure i have at least seven more years before...
life changing →
“Plenty of fish! said your friends. True. But why is it that when you don’t...”
– Sloane Crosley from How did you get this Number
great way to start the day
Oh HELLS to the YES!
Ryan Murphy has confirmed that our beloved Britney Jean Spears WILL be getting a tribute episode during the next season of his smash series, Glee, and he’s currently in the middle of writing it!
YAY!
No word yet on whether or not our gurl will make an appearance herself during the show, but if she did, it would be EPIC!
Do it, Brit Brit!
dear ALW- you suck at life.
During the opening night party for Love Never Dies, it’s rumored that Andrew Lloyd Webber was going to ask Hal Prince to help revamp the show before it heads to New York - and he was denied!
“Most producers say, ‘No! You can’t do that — it costs too much,’” claims a source. “Andrew says, ‘Let’s hire more acrobats!’”
But Prince...
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Crap
I admit it. I think I am in love with Edward Cullen. Crap crap crap…. How have i become that girl? My amazing friend Jen and I went to see Eclipse on Thursday and I totally swooned at all the dreamy Edward Cullen lines and was definitely all ready to throw in my own life to become a vampire to live happily ever after with Edward Cullen (or any of the Cullen men for that matter-i would...
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Watchvintage real housewives of new jersey.
in heaven.
