December 2009
82 posts
Yes!
The Three of Pentacles in this position suggests that you are up to the challenge or task before you. You are involved in the physical developments you need to see tangible results either in the way of money, job, education, health, relationships, property or a project. Be assured that you have the competence, ability or talent for mastering your situation. You are off to a good start.
Why I Love Yoga
“The Yogis, however, say that human discontentment is a simple case of mistaken identity. We’re miserable because we think that we are mere individuals, alone with our fears and flaws and resentments and mortality. We wrongly believe that our limited little egos constitute our whole entire nature. We have failed to recognize our deeper divine character…Yoga is the effort to...
“Being a nerd, which is to say going too far and caring too much about a subject,...”
– sarah vowell (via hatstamp:baitandswitch)
Daily Om (Apropos for the New Year)
Knowing Better Now
When we look back at the past, knowing what we know now, we often find it difficult to understand how we made the mistakes we made. This is because once we learn new information, it is nearly impossible to reenter the headspace we were in before we learned that information. Our personal pasts are full of mistakes we can’t believe we made. We did things then that we would never...
The Perfect Book Always Seems to Come into My Life...
Finished Breakfast at Tiffany’s, which I absolutely adored, and have moved on to Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. I cannot believe it took me so long to read this book. It’s phenomenal, interesting, charming, and funny. And so relatable for me at this point in time. One of my favorite parts so far:
“I finally manage to rasp out an assurance that my distress has nothing...
I've Been Wondering
Why the failing record industry is choosing to sue their fans rather than regroup and figure out a new plan of action. I think they’d be wiser to band together to form a Media Network (for television and web). As a united front, they could produce content for a multi-media platform that included music videos (which you can’t find on TV anymore), taped concert specials, reality shows...
You Know That Feeling...
…Of looking back at pictures of people you used to find attractive and now find completely revolting? Such an odd feeling. A mix of “Ah!” and “What was I thinking?” and “Oh, no.”
Help Me, Help You.
Or really, just help me. And 12 Angry Mascots. Please click on the link to nominate us for Best Variety Show (12 Angry Mascots) and Best Host (Scott Rogowsky) for the ECNY Awards
ECNY nominations: http://www.ecnyawards.com/nomination.php
Jess, On Meeting Joel McHale.
me: so…did you meet him yet?!
jessica.agi@gmail.com: ahahah tomorrow!
me: this is so exciting!
jessica.agi@gmail.com: i am trying to prepare myself for supressing my fangirl
me: what are you going to wear?
jessica.agi@gmail.com: wedding dress
HA! Her response made me laugh. Love.
“I haven’t anything against whores. Except this: some of them may have an...”
– Holly Golightly in Truman Capote’s Breakfast At Tiffany’s, which I am reading now.
A quadruple murder around the block from me. I...
A man, his father, and his grandfather were shot and killed Thursday afternoon in their apartment in an upscale section of the Upper West Side, and the suspected killer plunged to his death off the fire escape, police said.
The youngest victim’s mother, 49-year-old Giselle Rodriguez, walked in on the violent confrontation, which may have been drug-related, and was pistol-whipped by the attacker,...
WatchHA! Pete Holmes totally nails Ray Romano in this Front Page Films video for Funny or Die. Good job, guys!
WatchThis was the final video I produced for CH. It turned out pretty cool.
WatchBoy, that Nurse sure does look familiar. Nothing like getting groped by your boss on national television.
This day in History: 1773 - Nearly 350 chests of tea were dumped into Boston Harbor off of British ships by Colonial patriots. The patriots were disguised as Indians, and the event was later nicknamed the Boston Tea Party. The act was protesting taxation without representation and the monopoly the government granted to the East India Company.
Old White Men Out of Touch? Hard to Believe. →
Most of this seems pretty obvious, though the response to the report demonstrated how desperate middle-aged media executives are to get their hands on any scraps of information about the next generation of consumers.
Finally! Gender Equality Comes For Prostitution. →
The future is so hopeful.
Best Friends Are The Best
“Our best friends are those who manage to love us through all of our transitions, as we do the same for them. We find ways to embrace and appreciate the differences that set us apart and offer love and support no matter what. We allow each other to be exactly as we are at a given moment, even as we allow each other to change over time. In this way, best friends sometimes feel like family. We...
“It isn’t the things that are happening to us that cause us to suffer, it’s what...”
– Pema Chodron (via psychotherapy) (via villagevegan) (via katespencer)
Thank you. I needed to read this today. Exhale.
I am in love with Manohla Dargis →
On why women in Hollywood aren’t faring any better: This business is really about clubby relationships. If you buy Variety or go online and look at the deals, you see one guy after another smiling in a baseball cap. It’s all guys making deals with other guys. I had a female studio chief a couple of years ago tell me point blank that she wasn’t hiring a woman to do an action movie...
You Know You've Been Watching Too Much Deadwood...
…you start having dreams that you are a tiny prostitute and it seems like a totally normal dream.
Judge Bans Jon Gosselin From TV →
Can we get the same Judge to ban Heidi and Spencer? I hate those guys.
Watchamircohen:
Justin Bieber ..::.. One Time
I love this kid. And even though It’s a struggle, love is all we got.
Yes, he’s adorable, but what happens when he hits puberty? It might not be so cute anymore. OMG he’s 10.
“These stock photos of Native Americans don’t look very Native American. Can we...”
– (via clientsfromhell)
I just discovered this blog, and MAN, do I feel for them. I dealt with clients’ inability to make smart, articulate decisions at my last job and know exactly how frustrating that is. This blog is a constant reminder of exactly why I wasn’t happy for the past few...
WatchNEW NFL Writer’s Room. Everyone loves a good case of mistaken identity.
