February 2012
46 posts
“Judging by the dresses on display at the Bronte Museum, Charlotte Bronte was...”
– At The Millions, Margot Livesey on the Brontes.
Source Material: Breaking Down the Oscar for... →
thefeeling:
I took a look at the nominees for Best Adapted screenplay for The Millions. Enjoy.
The best part of Patty’s essay—which is very funny, btw—is that the first commenter has absolutely no sense of humor. I cannot abide humorlessness.
Questions actually worth answering.
I loved the 25 Questions trend on Facebook. I found this on zee Tumblr and I couldn't resist. It's 5 am on a Friday morning and I haven't slept at all. So here we go!
1: Apart from tumblr, what do you like to do in your spare time?
Spare time? What spare time? Okay, okay: Brush my teeth.
2: Name a favorite of each: food, drink, color.
Eggs, Coca-Cola (youth)/ Arnold Palmer (adulthood), blue
3: If you married rich and your spouse gave you $100,000 a week, what would you spend it on?
Clothes, obviously. I'd have them erect a building in Oberlin and name it Lepucki. Also, I'd get the gel nail polish at the salon.
4: Name a favorite of each: book, movie, tv show.
The Handmaid's Tale, Heavenly Creatures, Six Feet Under
5: If you were given the opportunity to spend 48 hours with absolutely anyone (living or dead), who would you spend it with and what would you do?
I would choose Patrick, and we would sleep. Maybe after 46 hours of slumber we would eat a fancy meal and have sex. Maybe.
6: Name a LEAST favorite of each: food, drink, color.
I have endeavored to like nearly all foods, drinks and colors, though, I will say that I'm not a fan of beer. I have tried many, without success. Probably for the best, though, since it's highly caloric.
7: What do you spend most of your money on?
Food and lodging. And coffee at my local coffee house.
8: What kind of underwear do you prefer wearing?
Expensive kind that is also breathable and shows off my luscious bootay.
9: Name a LEAST favorite of each: book, movie, tv show.
Let's list things that other people love that I didn't: I found Skippy Dies uneven and at times incredibly tedious. I hated Midnight in Paris, and also, Braveheart sucks, and Heat is too long. I tried and failed to get into The Sopranos.
10: If you were sat on a plane beside your favorite celebrity, what would you do?
"God, Jen, I am so glad you invited me to join you on this birthday celebration to Mexico. Want to share these five almonds I brought for lunch?"
11: What is the strangest thing you have in your room? (You are not allowed to explain why you own it.)
A 20-pound baby who will not sleep.
12: What is a weird habit you have, or people have told you have. (Weird, not bad. No nail biting or any of that nonsense.)
When I drink carbonated beverages, I have to swish them around in my mouth.
13: What would you consider to be the biggest insult to yourself?
Versus to other people? I don't get it. I hate when people say I can't keep secrets.
14: What are five things you absolutely have to have in your dream house?
My own bedroom (okay, Patrick can share it with me), a back yard, a dining room, a bath tub, and nice floors.
15: If you could be reincarnated as any animal, which would you chose and why?
A dog in a loving home because I could sleep all day, and get cuddled in front of the telly.
16: Which band (current or past) would you want to go on tour* with? (*Travel with, not preform with.)
None. That sounds awful. People in bands don't sleep, and they don't usually take care of themselves, unless they're Taylor Swift and have handlers or whatever, and that seems boring.
17: Name a favorite of each: band, album, song.
The National has been doing it for me for a long while now. I like the new Bon Iver album, even with that cheesy song near the end. "Naive Melody" by The Talking Heads always makes me want to dance, and cry.
18: Why is your favorite band your favorite?
The National helps me write. I like that dude's manly voice. And that song "Racing like a Pro" sounds like "Racing like a Pronoun," which always makes me giggle.
19: How many concerts have you attended? Which was your favorite? Least favorite? If none, who do you want to see live the most?
You want a specific number? I can't do that. I've enjoyed seeing LCD Soundsystem, My Morning Jacket, The Evens, Beirut. I saw B-52s in utero and that was pretty cool. As a girl I saw The Grateful Dead. Madonna's Blonde Ambition concert was perhaps the pinnacle of my life. I would like to have a few bands perform live for me at home.
20: What is one of your favorite song lyrics? (Who is it by?)
"I love the passage of time," Talking Heads
21: Who do you ship?
This question is blowing my mind. I send thee across the waters via USPS.
22: What band merch do you own? If any, whose is it and when did you get it? If none, whose do you wish you owned?
I own zero merch. I am an old lady, don't you know?
23: How did you learn of the band that is currently your favorite?
What is this obsession with bands? I feel like I should be a Dashboard Confessional zealot to answer these questions well.
24: What celebrity do you idolize the most?
I don't idolize celebrities, though I have a thing for Tom Colicchio (if only I was sure how to spell his name)--I find him very sexy, and I appreciate his discerning palate. I like Michelle Williams' diffident demeanor and her haircut. Like many ladies, I want to hang out with Tina Fey (even though she didn't try breastfeeding her daughter--not for realz. God, I am so judgy). I want Jen Aniston to take me to Mexico for her birthday.
25: Which member from which band would you most want to lather in nutella?
Wow, where did this question come from? I don't want to lather anything but toast in Nutella, you weirdo.
The Feeling: Thursday Thoughts →
My favorite person I don’t know this month is the man collecting recyclables on Google Maps street view photos. He’s more than one man—and yet, he feels like one archetypal figure of our modern era.
(I slept two hours last night.)
thefeeling:
Been awhile. Thoughts, anyone?
My son can stand up, and while I don’t want to brag, he is the first baby in the history of the entire...
Yes.
I finished the draft of my new book. It’s about 360 pages, and I wrote 160 of them after my son was born. I feel accomplished and light and hopeful and very tired.
Write Place, Write Time: Edan Lepucki →
Over at The Millions, the other staff writers and I shared where we write. I included a photo of my neighbor’s dog in my contribution. I write next door now, ever since my baby kicked me out of this glorious office space:
writeplacewritetime:
Since my husband and I live in a one-bedroom apartment, my desk is tucked into a corner of my living room. Although I long for an office...
I'm a professional
Wore a shirt to class with a breast milk stain under the right boob. Showed everyone. Twice.
“Is it anti-feminist to write an evil woman? I hope not, because there are some...”
– My list of vile women in literature is up at The Millions.
Alas, the love letter is no more - killed by... →
This is not true! I write Patrick a love letter every Valentine’s Day.
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Tumblr Love?
Patrick: Did you hear that [TUMBLR NAME] and [TUMBLR NAME] got engaged?
Edan: ...Gasping...
Patrick: At least his Facebook profile says so.
Edan: I am so happy!
(Seriously, if this news is true, I am thrilled!)
“Ausubel (another reason to be proud of the UC Irvine MFA Program) has written a novel in poetry, filled with things: cabbages, hammers, blankets, and combs. A collage of destroyed lives, pieced back together.”
Yes! Go, Mona!
lareviewofbooks:
Image: Strata © Stanford Kay
SUSAN SALTER REYNOLDS on Ramona Ausubel’s No One Is Here Except All Of Us, Lee Stein’s The Fallback...
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I am drinking coffee with caffeine!
My mom took the baby to the mall and I wrote my pages from my desk at home. How I have missed my desk! I wrote so quickly that now I have 10 minutes to kill before moving onto part 2 of the work day.
On the last chapter, folks. Yes!
(I wish every day were like this.)
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WatchI’m really funny.
Lit Tumblrs →
The Millions on literary Tumblrs!
Fact
At the zoo I learned that a giraffe’s heart weighs about 25 pounds.
WatchThis video is either totally boring or totally fascinating, depending on your level of interest in infant development. Here is Bean today, at nearly 7 months and 2 weeks. He’s been crawling and sitting up like this since around 6 and a half months (advanced!), but in the past week he’s gotten super agile at the sitting up from lying down thing. That Russian gymnastics coach we hired...
January 2012
37 posts
Ah, youth.
In the early 1990s I was afraid I might be lured into a gang.
“I love Los Angeles. I know a lot of people go there and they see just a huge...”
– David Lynch, Catching The Big Fish
I saw this float across my dash a few times last month, but I’m reblogging it now because I get it. In the last week, I’ve forced myself to leave my office at lunchtime, and each time, I can’t help but gasp. The light, even in smelly downtown with highrises, is so...
