A Franco-American journalist, writer & life sketcher navigating the twisted rubble of American & International culture, politics, lore, and also herself with sophistication, humor, and giddy delight.
I need this for my three kids, I mean, kids don’t like having rooms or privacy or ANYTHING!! Kids just should take what we design-loving ADULTS give them and should SHUT THE HELL UP!
- amazing built-in nooks (via Man Cave With a View - NYTimes.com)
I don’t even know.
Omg!!!
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This morning I saw a woman walking down the street, digging into a giant gas station “single serving” bag of cheese puffs for breakfast. My first instinct was the usual adult disgust: “Ugh, how could she eat those for breakfast? She’s ruining her health!”
But then, there was that ever-so-tiny voice of the 10-year-old me, the me who couldn’t wait for the day she could grow up and do whatever she wanted, that’s said, “Awesome!”
Top Secret File On Women #1
WARNING: THIS MAY SOUND BITTER.
Surfing the Los Angeles Match.com profiles, I see that probably 80 or so percent of guys here are looking for Slender or Athletic body types only. Dudes, I’m about to expose a secret that you may not know about the female body. Of every very slim woman I’ve ever met, probably only about 20 percent are naturally very petite and “teensy weensy.” The other 80 percent have eating and/or exercise disorders.
Basically, guys, you’re battling a large herd of men for a very, very small percentage of the female population, when there are plenty of healthy, average, able-bodied chicks around. The site DOES give you the option to select Average body type. I once saw a profile where the guy wrote: “Ladies, if your ‘curves’ go into double-digit sizes, forget it.”
For my part, I’ve discovered the sad fact that I’m duking it out with the majority of the female population for a guy who isn’t insecure and shallow.
Doesn’t that just put the “iron” in “irony”?
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Australian researchers have figured out a way to harness the energy we use while typing to power a laptop. Using piezoelectricity, this method works in a similar way to cigarette lighters that create a spark by striking a piezoelectric crystal. To power a laptop, though, a much thinner film of…
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From earlier today:
So many people in big cities, like LA, claim to be writers. To be a writer, I think, a real one, is being your craft. Even when you’re not actually writing because daily life crap mangles your time, you’re experiencing every moment immersed in this sort of romanticized way in your mind; as though it’s being written on a page for “post-humous” interpretation.
Always a sucker for art for a good cause!
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Now this blog’s on Tumblr and people are forced to read this crap. Ha ha ha. The joke’s on you. http://sollyd.tumblr.com/
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Listening to the song bumpin’ at 7 a.m. outside my window, I’m struck with the vivid realization that I can’t stand Jay-Z’s voice and lazy intonation when he raps.
I do feel guilty on so many levels that I dig this “oldie”:
P.S. He DOES deliver this rap gem: “I been spendin’ hundreds since they had small faces.” —just gets better with age. Nice one, Jay.
Rec’d Rec For You!
Been listening the heck out of this album by El Ten Eleven, “It’s Still Like a Secret”. I downloaded and forgot about it, my hyper life and obsession with rock-tronica fusions taking a frontrow. But *facepalm* THIS is good. Their best yet.
Obituary
R.I.P. “ThaRevRob” Northrup— turntablist, father, friend to many, and someone you don’t easily forget. Damnit. I’m regretting not seeing you the last time you were here. But maybe it was better that way, to continue missing you the same way, not having seen you in ages. Either way, it was too soon, buddy.
This is a reminder to reach out to your friends, just to say, “Hey, how are ya?” Time is watery, it pulls the sand from under our feet.
