Drink up
If you really love True Blood (like I do) and you want to drink some bloodlike stuff while you watch, you’re in luck! They are going to make it a real (not actually blood) beverage – the NYT says so. Sort of gross right? But how fun would it be to have a True Blood party and drink that stuff and then bite people. FUNSIES!
Ever want to know what sounds animals make in other languages?
This site has it all and in a really cool format. I always thougth that in french dogs went “wau wau,” but it’s actually “woof woof.” And Russian dogs go “guff guff.”
Weeeeeeeeeeeee!
Creepy or awesome? You decide.
ps. free coffee today in park slope
Cafe Grumpy, the beloved coffee shop below my apartment is opening a new store today in Park Slope at 7th Ave between 11th and 12th streets. If you visit today you can get a free drink or something. Also they are running a nifty promotion where if you buy a bag of coffee or finish your drink punch card, you can enter to win a drawing for a free espresso machine.
Thanks Grumpy!
Blog of the Day: Boutique of the Week
Found this blog’s author on Yelp – but it’s totally awesome and I think it will re-vamp my shopping in the city. Here she reviews one of my favorite boutiques in the city, Pippin – where I found my clocky and favorite topaz ring.
“Pippin Vintage Jewelry is like entering a flea market without the haggling patrons and piles of junk. With vintage pieces discovered mainly on the East Coast, this boutique offers a variety of affordable items from pearl strands, brass watches, turqoise rings and even clip-on earrings. Their eclectic collection spans from the pre-1900s to the 1980s, but they also have some re-worked pieces like Victorian jacket buttons made into rings (around $40). Their prices are affordable and not typical of Manhattan, with the range from $1-$200+. You can find a great necklace or ring for $25, and the higher-end diamonds and rubies are displayed inside the glass case.
Pippin has enough eccentric pieces that you can make your own creation, like antique keys that could be added to a long layering necklace, or pins that could double as barrettes. When looking through the packed store, make sure to take some time and open the shallow drawers filled with random extras that cost less than $5 and make you feel like you you’ve discovered a treasure at the bottom of the bargain bin (without the actual rummaging).
Jewelry is not their only specialty, they also have a wide variety of accessories including vintage bags, clutches, belts, scarves, gloves, hats, and more, such as a cosmetic carved mirror from a 1920s Norwegian cruise ship ($30). Also check out their vintage home goods store next door, where you can find Bauhaus vases, 1950s Coca-Cola crates, and even obscure black-and-white photos for $1.”
Now that you know my jewelry secret shopping spot (located on 17th St. between 6th & 7th) go here for more ideas from this blog.
Wearable towel, how hot!
I especially love how confusing the normal towel looks at the start of this video.
Exercise dog says ‘do some squats!’
join gym is still on my todo list.. this dog wins.
Brooklyn Renegade Craft Fair time!
I’m not the craft fair expert of CWL, but I did go to this holiday fair in December and did almost all my Christmas shopping there, so I”m totally down for this in June! Mark your calendars! More info here
What do you know about Tally Hall?
1. Tally Hall is this band. 2. The band is full of cute boys (which one is your favorite I don’t even know who can pick just one?). 3. These cute boys sing awesome songs that are pop-like and fun. 4. They have a hilarious-super-internet show that Drew briefly participated in dressed as Waldo and he animated some stuffs.
Actually, I saw Tally Hall TWICE this weekend, yeah, really I did – once at the Mercury Lounge in New York and once in Westport, CT. Here they are:
and this might be my favorite new song of theirs, but I love the last CD too.
Do I sound like a fan girl? Pshhhh I’m okay with that. Also these guys are nice and I’ve met them so YEAH i’m THAT COOL. hehe.
Frank Lloyd Wright via Lego
I love me some Frank Lloyd Wright. And I love me some Lego. I mean, who doesn’t? People who don’t love Lego suck.
Anywho, Lego has a new Architecture series, and they’ve got two Frank Lloyd Wright sets on the way. Just a reminder that my birthday is approaching.
The two sets are Fallingwater and The Guggenheim.
New Exhibition at the City Reliquary
My favorite museum (which just happens to almost next door my favorite restaurant, Black Betty’s- see below) is having an opening reception this weekend for their new exhibition. I might try to go but I’m going to be in CT shopping for the antiques and such. I would definitely recommend visiting sometime though- I met one of the curators a couple of weekends ago and she assured me that it was going to be awesome.
Bears: Man’s best friend!
Sounds like a threatdown to me, but this guy is best friends with a bear he raised himself. A GRIZZLY BEAR.
remember when that chimp ate that lady’s face? this looks dangery. more photos here!
You: Creepy man walking cat on a leash – 26 (Upper West Side)
Me: Preppy white guy in a polo and jeans. I saw you last May in Central Park. You had curly hair, a black jacket and looked very skeezy and odd. You were walking your cat on a leash.
I didn’t talk to you, but I wish I had. Why did your cat have a leash? Why were you walking your cat in the first place? Is your cat a ferocious animal that will attack others on sight without the leash? Do you secretly want a dog but are allergic to them?
So many questions I wanted to ask. So many answers I never received. So many missed opportunities. A lifetime of regrets.
this was on craigslist.. thx liz! i belive i know the answer though : cats run away, you would have to leash them. also, i have totally wanted to walk Meetza. also, this is a long time to wait to write into craigslist.. a whole year this poor prepster has been tortured!
May Day!
From Wikipiedia…
May Day occurs on May 1 and refers to Haymarket incident or any of several public holidays.[1] In many countries, May Day is synonymous with International Workers’ Day, or Labour Day, which celebrates the social and economic achievements of the labour movement. As a day of celebration the holiday has ancient origins, and it can relate to many customs that have survived into modern times.
If you want to support worker’s rights and have some fun, there is a march from Chinatown to Union Square that starts at 2:00pm today- meet at corner of Grand & Chrystie
Best friends pig and bunny!
William and Charles are best buddies! Also, happy birthday today to Drew and Bernie Madoff. heehe.
Swine Flu PSAs from way back when
The second one is really creepy.
Crazy Cat Face Paint
this guy painted his face every day for a year.. and he’s awesome.
I wake Emily up every day
So this roundup of really annoying alarm clocks is a real FYI for her. Of course, I’m partial to Clocky, but there are some great highlights:
This one you have to “diffuse” to get it to shut up.
This one you have to hit the target.
There’s also my favorite alarm clock, which is when I call Emily when I walk to work from Dan’s house. So I guess, in that case, I’m the alarm clock.
graham crackers- not sexy
According to Wikipedia…
The graham cracker was developed in 1829 in Bound Brook, New Jersey, by Presbyterian minister Rev. Sylvester Graham. Though called a cracker, it is sweet rather than salty and so bears some resemblance to a cookie (American English) / biscuit (British English) (although the term is unheard of in the United Kingdom/Republic of Ireland – a digestive biscuit is the closest approximation). The true graham cracker is made with graham flour, which is unsifted and coarsely ground wheat flour.
It was originally conceived of as a health food as part of the Graham Diet, a regimen to suppress what he considered unhealthy carnal urges, the source of many maladies according to Graham. Reverend Graham would often lecture about the adverse effects of masturbation or “self-abuse” as he called it. One of his many theories was that one could curb their sexual appetite by eating bland foods. Another man who held this belief was Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, the inventor of the corn flakes cereal. [1]
Does anyone believe this?
learning about the plague has never been so much fun (or cute)!
from the Science Museum of London- take a quick quiz about the Black Death and learn about how strange people in the 14th century were while enjoying funny little animations.
Did you know this guy is the voice of Elmo?
I didn’t. He’s cute! How adorable is that? I thought it was a lady! This Ricky Gervais vid has made the rounds but it’s pretty great if you haven’t watched it.
If I ever tell you I want to watch Gossip Girl…
shoot me in the face please. Because this show is terrible. Seriously. It’s a brain abortion.
Athlete Life Fail
This article was really interesting and sad. Reason number 385983 to to use condoms: you don’t want to be paying child support on nine different kids. I’ve been posting a lot about the need to use protection lately, huh?
Happy Birthday CrapWeLike!
Today is CWL’s 1 year anniversary! In celebration, here are our top three posts most trafficked posts of all time (sorry, definitely not our BEST posts..)
#3: NSFW, unless you’re on someone else’s work computer
aka – the post about the Verizon guy looking up kind of dirty vids on my work computer including Man With World’s Biggest Penis and this:
#2: Suri Cruise is so cute my eyes can’t compute
#1 – For Liz
Honorable mention goes to this dog is better than michael phelps.
Top search engine referral terms for the year: ed westwick, bulldog puppies, michael phelps, suri cruise, the hills, nom nom nom
in conclusion: Gossip Girl, Suri Cruise and penis vids are the way to go. Here’s to another year of CWL and maybe actually moving over to crapwelike.com.. somedayy, I promise.
Very Weird Phil Collins News
Anne Marie sent me this. I’ll admit it, I don’t even really know what the Alamo is.
When you’re just having one of those days
Post something here: http://www.fmylife.com/. I might have to write them about my commute to work on Monday when it was really snowy.
Gossip Girl spinoff?! holyshit!
look here… (from New York Mag online)
plus
Brittany Snow To Play Young Lily Van Der Woodsen?
News! Brittany Snow, the actress best known for her compelling portrait of a mischievous teen in the film John Tucker Must Die, has reportedly been Chosen by the gods Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage for the Role of the Century: According to Star, Snow will play the young Lily Van Der Woodsen in the Gossip Girl spinoff series about Rufus and Lily’s time together in Los Angeles in the 1980s.
We’re conflicted about this. One the one hand, we’re pleased that Snow seems to be aware that this is a role that will test her mettle as a thespian and is duly preparing for it, hopefully using the Method (We actually did this ourselves one weekend and it turns out all it really takes to become Lily Van Der Woodsen is four gin martinis and one viewing of The Poseideon Adventure). On the other hand, we’re confused that elegant, patrician Lily is being played by someone so … how do we say? Downmarket. We’re sorry, but her name is Brittany! Plus, she doesn’t even look like Lily— her cheeks are rounder and her nose is thicker than Kelly Rutherford’s.
Oh. We guess they’re thinking that this is what she looked like before the surgeries?
MacArthur grant goes to basketmaker
Y’know those genius grants where you get a ridiculous amount of money over a couple of years (it’s actually $500,000 over 5 years). We’ll one of this year’s recipients makes baskets. How rad is that? Congrats Mary Jackson. Read more here.
Mary Jackson is a fiber artist whose intricately coiled vessels preserve the centuries-old craft of sweetgrass basketry and push the tradition in stunning new directions. A descendant of the Gullah community of coastal South Carolina, Jackson learned to make baskets at the age of four from her mother and grandmother, who passed on skills brought to the United States by their West African ancestors. Developed originally as domestic and agricultural tools for cotton and rice production, sweetgrass baskets have traditionally taken such utilitarian shapes as storage containers and rice fanners. With masterful technique, Jackson translates these practical designs into finely detailed, sculptural forms.
I’m mostly just fascinated by this because occasionally archaeologists get the grants and I kinda want one for myself. Do I have to apply or do they just give it to you? hmmm…. Thanks Simone because I totally snatched this from your status message.
Kenneth Parcell/Bobby Jindal Update
The resemblance is so striking that everyone else realized it too.
Kenneth Parcell and Bobby Jindal: Separated at Birth
Whooooooaaaaa….as my temporary housemate just pointed out, Bobby Jindal sounds and looks A LOT like Kenneth Parcell from 30 Rock. There aren’t any YouTube videos of his speech yet, but I will add tomorrow.
Unsure how to celebrate Valentine’s Day?
Then sign this petition in support of gay marriage by Feb. 14th. Pass it on!
Happy (late) Tamil Thai Pongal Day!
My sister sent me this e-card from Sri Lanka. They have a lot of funny holidays there.
Boo ya! My walk score is 91.
Which makes my neighborhood a Walkers’ Paradise.
Look at how pretty and walkable my neighborhood looks (as seen from my roof):
Chicken Lays Giant Egg
Well, that about sums it up. Watch it here. Thanks Alison for sending this to me.
Spoiler Alert
I know most of these, but not all.
Olly Moss‘ stuff is really amazing.
Check out some of his movie posters:
Also, I love this
The Recently Deflowered Girl
Edward Gorey is hilarious and twisted. This book from 1965 cracks me up.
Read all of it here
THIS IS THE BEST NEWS I HAVE EVER HEARD EVER IN THE WORD OH MY GOD
ORLA IS DESIGNING FOR TARGETTTTT YAY MY HEAD EXPLODE AAAAH OH MY GOD OH MY GOD IT’S LIKE CHRISTMAS AND MY BIRTHDAY HAD A BABY AND ALL MY DREAMS CAME TRUEEEEEE
FEBRUARY 1 IS THE BEST DAY EVER
Here’s some of the stuff:
I got so excited when I read this I called Dan and basically woke him up with screaming. I’m so fucking excited.
Thanks to Decor8 for this amazing news.
This is really the most popular post on Videogum of 2008?
It’s cool, I guess, and catchy, but seriously? Better than the roundup of cat videos??
also, what the fuck is alice in wonderland saying?
Another BOD for Today
My friend just started a blog. You should read and enjoy it.
