May 2010
1 post
Back at it
So it’s the summer and I’m going back to the tumblr. I was thinking of starting a new one, but this is already here and I figured I shouldn’t waste a URL. This summer I’m working at the New York Observer. I start there June 7, but not before I trot over to Italy with my family for a short vacation. I’m an art history major who has never been to Florence. That needed...
July 2009
1 post
OMG
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June 2009
17 posts
This was just a golden party lines
Does President Obama remind you of a Shakespeare character? “Obama is Prospero.” —SUZAN LORI-PARKS “That’s good! Because he’s magical and he makes things happen.” —TONY KUSHNER
I love him
You have mutton chops for the play. Do you like them? “I just can’t wait to shave them. At first they seemed very seventies and cool, but now people think I’m some sort of downtown hipster, which couldn’t be further from the truth. I am so Upper West Side it’s not even funny.” —RAÚL ESPARZA
Bradley Cooper's dogs byline →
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two chickens crossing the road
I just saw two roosters crossing petit (sp?) in Encino on the north side of Ventura Boulevard. Strange.
"if you can't sleep it isn't the coffee, it's the...
I have two cinematic and pop culture projects this summer. One is watching the original episodes of Star Trek (don’t mock) and the other is watching the entire Preston Sturges movie collection.
Sturges was a writer/director who worked primarily in the 40s. His comedies were satire and they often dealt with class differences, the importance of money, and the haves and have-nots. So far...
Obama’s speech at the Radio and TV Correspondents dinner was great tonight, but John Hodgman slightly upstaged the president (Obama’s now traditional Rahm Emmanuel joke was a little stale this time). Hodgman tried to test whether Barack is a true nerd. He asked him questions about comic books and Dune. A personal favorite was when Hodgman described the president as having a...
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“an extraordinary, madly funny horror film” - Scorsese on Sunset Boulevard
Tonight I went to a press screening on the Fox Lot. There’s something eerily beautiful about a movie studio at night. There’s New York street on your left as you are driving out, a street that perfectly replicates a city street, but one that is silent. No one really lives in those brownstones, it’s all a facade.
It reminded me of that scene in Sunset Boulevard, one of my...
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"mother wanted me to come out in a kimono so we...
Lately, I have become obsessed with Big and Little Edie Beale of Grey Gardens. Reading Gail Sheehy’s original article from New York Magazine got me hooked, then I watched parts of the documentary (I still haven’t had time to buy the whole thing…shameful, I know) and watched the new HBO movie, which was surprisingly quite good. Drew Barrymore who knew.
The myth of Grey Gardens,...
I'm back
I’ve decided to do this again or summer 2009. I know I will be mocked incessantly by some people if they find out I’m at this again, but really, whatever. It’s a good way to keep on writing over the summer when I actually might have time.
September 2008
3 posts
In 67 years we will not be crying. But today we still are.
No way. Rachel Maddow is fabulous as is. →
“Dan writes in a Moleskine (Plus 1) by a campfire (Plus 1) with a pen he stole...”
– Daily Intel on “Gossip Girl.” Spot on.
August 2008
13 posts
Yale
Yale was it. Always. Everything I dreamed about. I put aside so much else in my life for Yale (in many cases, well all, that was a social life). And now I’m here. And it’s fabulous. And it’s everything I’ve ever hoped.
Cry no. 3
We’re ferklempt.
We hit new haven. Mother is crying again.
On the way
Mother sees first sign for New Haven and starts to cry.
Leaving
I was talking to ariane about the fact that home isn’t totally “home” anymore. It’s a strange thing. There’s a great quote from “Garden State” about it. Tomorrow I leave.
Olympics
I wish I had blogged more about the Olympics. So, here are some parting shots.
1. Ryan Lochte is still cuter than Michael Phelps, despite Phelps’ medals (see bumper stickers Gabby gave me on facebook).
2. The Chinese are magical divers.
3. Despite all the love, I still think Nastia was pissed when Shawn won the gold in balance beam.
4. Alicia Sacramone got screwed.
5. I’d say...
Vicky Cristina Barcelona...
Made me want to go to Spain really badly…and was a great movie. It’s a pleasure to have a Woody Allen film that actually feels like a Woody Allen film. At first I was a little nervous. Some of the dialogue felt stilted, but as the story progressed, I came to embrace it and the voiceover narration that I wasn’t sure I liked at first.
Scarlett Johanssen was less annoying to me...
“CHRISTAL: From far away, it’s like his body is one of those long balloons...”
– NY Mag on Michael Phelps.
I hate to say this, but to quote Jeanne Huybrechts circa last year (and like a million other people), “just because you can doesn’t mean you should.”
When I saw this post on Daily Intel this morning, I was disgusted. Three burgeoning young artists have daddy buy them a temporary gallery space instead of interning? Utterly ridiculous and unnecessary.
First of all, I doubt...
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L.A.
I haven’t written since I’ve been back in L.A. Strange. Maybe the NY atmosphere was just more conducive. I’m tired though and don’t feel like posting more.
So long.
July 2008
28 posts
Hamlet (Facebook News Feed edition). →
peterkjackson:
Brilliant is an understatement. This trumps McSweeney’s “Lit 101 Classics in three lines or less.”
“But who are the Ramones of 2008? What contemporary band is capable of inspiring...”
– - NY Mag on “Rock ‘n’ Roll High School.”
Hah. AP-credit-seeking. Hah.
Books
Aperture could have paid me in books. I just bought about my paycheck’s worth of books while working at the front desk. Oh me…
“The below writings were unpublished writings were published in:”
– Artist Robert Smithson’s Website
Sad...
Is it sad that I still use Harvard Westlake’s JSTOR account?
What puts the ape in apricot...
Courage.
I’m watching the Wizard Of Oz. It typically comes on this time of year and is repeated about four or five times on TNT. It never gets old.
What is it about this movie, more than any other movie in the history of cinema I might argue, that draws both the young and old. I honestly don’t know anyone who dislikes the Wizard of Oz. Is it the majestic use of technicolor? Is it...
Counterpoint
This article in the Sunday Times arts and leisure section bothered me. Sensitive male characters have been all over Broadway history. Really, who are we kidding, it’s nothing new. The article failed to mention that, not just hair, but other major revivals this season feature men with souls and consciences. Emile de Beque and Lt. Joseph Cable of South Pacific deal with emotional trials,...
Old habits die hard when you've got a sentimental...
Last night was in one word: amazing.
Sydney and I ventured into Hell’s Kitchen to see She & Him (Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward’s musical project) and everything worked out perfectly.
We first ate at Kyotofu, a small restaurant on 48th and 9th. We chose this of all places after reading about their soymilk ice cream on New York Magazine. This ice cream is in fact dairy-free and,...
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Gonzo
Last night I finally got to see Gonzo (after failing to get a cancellation ticket at South Pacific). It was, as many reviews said, a little long but I quite enjoyed it, especially when they had original footage of Thompson himself.
Hunter S. Thompson was a completely oxymoronic character. He was a peacenik when it came to the Vietnam War and, yet, he was obsessed with guns. He was a journalist...
Beckett and Entourage (?)
Last night I went (with Sydney) to see two one man shows by Samuel Beckett produced by the Gate Theater in Dublin. They were part of the Lincoln Center Festival. Strangely enough all three plays being done (I didn’t get to see the first) were not originally written for the stage.
First Love with Ralph Fiennes was great. Very Beckett. Very Strange. But great. In it a man illustrated his...
This made me laugh so hard...
Anderson Pooper.
little did she know
In the (completely underrated, in my opinion) movie “Stranger than Fiction,” the phrase “little did he know” plays an important role. The knowledge that Harold Crick heard the phrase “little did he know,” leads an English professor (played by Dustin Hoffman) to realize that Harold is not crazy and is indeed having his life narrated by an author....
Love, love, love
Okay. New York Magazine is just like me. I fell in love with him after seeing the History Boys too, although I probably can’t bring myself to see Mamma Mia! But the Duchess, that I’ll be there for. And whatever Nick Hornby thing he’s doing.
Please read this... →