29th

I have a problem with doing my top 5 albums of the year because i'm very clearly feeling favoritism towards the things i've listened to a lot recently, but here are some albums and their categories:

five albums that came out that i really liked:






three "culturally relevant" artists in 2008 that i only like 1-3 songs from but i like them a whole fucking lot:




the three albums i've been listening to a lot this month:




my favorite album of 2008 hands down:

26th

i think in 2009 i need a new strategy.

24th

"it's a warped tour thing."
-demar of plain white t's fame, on why there are baby wipes in his bathroom.
gross/awkward.
12/24/08

23rd

i'm in chicago. it was one degree (11 below windchill). my mom got me a coat. i went to five star and ak with nick and de'mar. my mom was impressed that i know someone in the plain white t's. what? lol. went to pick me up. ate buffalo tofu. stomach hurt too bad to sleep more than an hour and a half. still does. took a walk at 7am. walked by places i have been a skrillion times in my life. salty shoes.

now i'm in oak brook and it's snowing and there's a cute baby and we are listening to the new karaoke songs without singing them.

"whoa, dance moves"- me to my dad.


my computer was the only means i had to capture this sweet little dude at the time, and it figures that kathy was watching fuse and the "i don't care" video was on.

i brought the joy of hipsterrunoff.com to kimber, and no one else in the world could ever appreciate it as much as he does. that's really all i got.

18th

i hate to be this predictable, but, honestly.....
if you liked it then you should've put a ring on it.

figuratively speaking of course. whoa-o-o!

17th

this is what unemployment looks like:

and it looks totally awesome.


tell you what. you show me someone who isn't a complete disappointment, and i will show you my impressed face.

14th

i will not ever, ever be a secret again.


and neither should you.

13th

ghost town christmas party last night.
tiny dress+ red wine+ dancing to kanye west= immodest attention whore.
it's ok though. i earned it.
where i wanna go, i don't need you.


dnr. do not remember.

personal cheerleader.

favorite fools.

plié, relevé.

and that's how that ends.


i keep your love locked down, your love locked down, you lose.


you lose.

12th

jesus, jared. i like you, but i don't like like you.

-me
professional freelancer, jared enthusiast (but not in that way)
12/12/08

11th

i do not like to admit that i occasionally read the blogs of people who are internet-famous for blogging, but sarah morrison's blog had this on it after vague stories about boys she's known, from kind of a long time ago, and i read it this week as it made sense in conjunction with a lot of things that have been going on in my head simultaneously:

.....Some of these boys come back in and out of the above scenarios. Some do not speak to me for years, months, days, or ever again. Some move back in. Some leave for good. I am simply there. I am really not a part of any of these stories. These are not really my stories. They are theirs. I could be anyone. I could be anything. I am simply their mistake.

People will yell at the person at the flight counter because they missed their flight.

They will yell at the parking ticket attendant for issuing the ticket on his windshield.

They will insist it was their alarm clock not them that made them late to work.

They will blame you because they could not have you back.

They will blame you because they loved you too much.

They will blame you because they let you down.

They will blame you because they still love you.

They will blame you because you are easier than blaming themselves.

They will blame you for being their mistake.


mostly this week i learned that you can stop being angry at someone without actually forgiving them. it's a relief to know. this means that if you earn it, i never have to forgive you, but we can peacefully coexist and still get to laugh at each other's jokes.

the person i learned this from is not who it's the most useful to apply it to.

this means that there is someone else i don't feel i have to forgive. but don't worry. i'm not mad.

8th

so this morning when i arrived at my car, it looked tampered with and i wondered if i was enough of an idiot to leave my car unlocked. sure enough, no ipod in my middle console. the other things they took, as of right now, include: a coat from old navy, a paper shopping bag, and a kind of weird jacket. they left a marc jacobs purse, some boots, and a cashmere sweater. wtf? they also took the ipod accoutrements, including the cord to the tape adapter, but not the tape since you have to turn the car on to eject it. way to go, genius. they broke in through the smaller part of my back passenger window and left everything half open, including my trunk and gas tank, because um, people keep money in there sometimes? not sure.

but at least i'm not lindsay lohan, who looks, at best, like a hot 40 year old, on the reals.

5th

other than anteaters, this is possibly my favorite internet picture theme:

3rd

good looking dudes are boring in the sack. they just lay there and look pretty like they are doing you a favor.

-isabelle davis
kid robot employee, journalist, sexual philosopher
12/1/08

new thangs

so for all 20-give-or-take people who read this, i'm just heads-upping that i've reworked some labels for different posts and i'm going to start writing more things that are relevant to people other than my friends and people who like to listen to me complain. this includes: hilarious things that people say (/im/text/etc) (i will do my best to quote myself infrequently), movies/bands/music videos/internet phenomenons/clothing/websites i like (see "things i like"), bars/restaurants/places in la ("los annelise", duh). this doesn't mean there will be any shortage of ex-bf shittalk, pictures of animals from the internet, or pictures/stories about me being drunk. don't worry.

i love talking to an audience i don't have. how do internet celebrities live with themselves?

2nd

i'm anticipating this heavily. it's like the cutest of all animal pictures on the internet come to life.

1st

just got these shoes


and the best fitting hoodie i've ever owned during post-thanksgiving sales. love them.


waiting for these to come.

really into keepcompany.com right now.