Dear North Shore Lifeguard

I'm only putting this up because I suspect you're too checked out to have any blog perusing know-how, much less internet access...

So, Mahalo for the fun times...

Hilarious...

I'd take vomiting anyday...

I was telling a friend recently that whenever I'm around someone who I'm potentially interested in, (which does not happen very often at all because I am extremely picky as well as 'really intimidating'), I am serially shy until the awkwardness phase turns into a comfortable one.

Probably stems from all my former self-conscious days. Which is annoying, because it only makes the situation more awkward when I cannot contribute. I think I've learned to subconsciously counteract this habit by being a semi-good question asker. But then inevitably the ball gets placed in my court and then it's all over.

Awesome.

But then my friend argued that being a word vomit-er with a potential interest is more dangerous, because then they have material they can use in their case "against" you.

But no cool guy wants a boring girl!!! I'm convinced being a word vomiter would be more attractive.

Or one of my friends confesses that her inner-most secrets are more often made known to airplane seatmates, not her friends. Whereas instead of talking miles a minute at miles-high altitudes, my interaction with plane strangers consists of head-nodding yes or no if I or they need to get up past me.


So what are you?

a word vomiter

or

serially shy?

I'm curious...please footnote your thoughts and stories



PS: I can't think of "word vomit" without thinking of Mean Girls (ah such a classic!)...

On going cold turkey

Quitting Facebook gives you more time to devote to more relevant issues, like a fetish for good-looking Jewish boys.

Case in point: the engagement of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump.


Scandal and shady business dealings aside, don't they make such a pretty pair?

Since Mormonism is basically Judaism + Christ (you know, to encapsulate how world wars, financial crises, and moral downfall over the last few millenia can be explained)...I want to see if I can somehow rig this for myself.

It's really all about relevancy these days...xo

The Bible of Fierce?

Okay, I was at first embarrassed that I was reading this book...but now I can honestly say it could be a bible of how to be a fierce, confident woman in relationships.



Maybe you could learn more reading Twelfth Night...or Song of Solomon...or some Dr. Phil material du jour...

But author Argov will spit it to you blunt, straight, just the way I most appreciate (at least, most of the time).

I recommend it to all my gal friends out there, because it's not feminist nor old-fashioned: in short, it simply shows you how to let men be men and yourself be fabulous. And in turn, weed out anything short of an upright man worthy of your trust and respect.


Por ejemplo: No need to nag because men respond to contact.
If you are too accessible, it will drive them crazy...
One of my favorite quotes from a man was
"If you rescue a damsel in distress, you'll only be left with a distressed damsel."

After a particularly hard stumble recently, Chantelle- who had recommended I read it and, upon returning it to her- said, "I am going to fall asleep to its wisdom and wake up even more of a tigress."

Now, go out there and be the fierce, fabulous beeeeeeyotttchhhh you are!

(yes, especially you Raquel)

Down the Rabbit Hole

Above from Vogue's 2007 Alice in Wonderland fashion shoot featuring Natalia Vodianova, shot by Annie Leibovitz.

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First look at Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland movie!

(coming 2010)

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A 4th Grader questions Condi Rice about waterboarding.
Wow.
I think in 4th grade I was most consumed with beating boys at recess games.

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Vanity Fair slideshow of actors and directors:
"Something Just Clicked"

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Swine Flu count at 1,000 and counting: via Al Jazeera. Yikes.

Mexicans finding that (masked) laughter is the best medicine.

Full NYT story here: "Viral Humor Helps Mexicans Cope"

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Also funny: Vanity Fair's Frank DiGiacomo's The WASHMEN!

parody of "The Watchmen"

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Oh, wait, this too:

NY Mag's "analysis" of last week's Gossip Girl.


and last, but not least...
Have we swooned enough over the 6'5" actor Armie Hammer yet (aka Gabriel on GG)?

No, not enough, methinks....


XOXO, Gossip Girl