JUST SO YOU KNOW...THIS IS MY "CELEBRITY" PLAYLIST

I have created my top ten list of favorite songs EVER. Well, up until now. I'm surprised how many older songs are on the list...my dad buys those and then I make memories with them... 'Tainted Love' for example could be considered a terrible song, but you've never come across a song that is this much fun to sing along to! I know I've got to! Arrrk! Arrrk! run away! I've got to! Arrrk! Arrrk! get away! TOTALLY AWESOME. Also, it's the theme song to Coneheads! Love that movie.
If you want to listen to these songs, I've made links to movies on YouTube. :D
10. IN THE MEANTIME by SPACEHOG
9. SWEET JANE by THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
8. MY BOY BUILDS COFFINS by FLORENCE + THE MACHINE
7. HEAVY CROSS by GOSSIP
6. TAINTED LOVE by SOFT CELL
5. SHE LOVES EVERYBODY by CHESTER FRENCH
4. LOVE WILL TEAR US APART by JOY DIVISION
3. THAT OLE DEVIL CALLED LOVE by BILLIE HOLIDAY
2. UNFORGETTABLE by NAT "KING" COLE
1. WHERE IS MY MIND? by PIXIES

JUST SO YOU KNOW...I'M ALL FOR PINATA DIPLOMACY

I've recently discovered a project by Demetri Martin that I was unaware of before. It's called Clearification and it is amazing- a little strange and eccentric, but amazing.
It's a little 6 episode online adventure with Demetri when he is instituted in order to become a person. You've never seen this sort of mayhem...rudimentary puzzle solving, hole avoidance maneuvers, gallons of water, and pinata aggression, this is what you have to look foreword to after clicking here. CLEARIFICATION.

JUST SO YOU KNOW...BRUCE WILLIS IS SO COOL

I have so many books to read. Some are for school, loans from friends, personal things, but they're all starting to make a pretty big stack in my room. It's intimidating- and not motivating what so ever.
My next book in the stack is questionable...do I start my summer reading list of books I know I'll hate, or do I devour a good read before entering printed hell? I think I'll read something good first- one of those educational mind chompers isn't nice on an empty stomach. How about a cyber punk novel? Sounds good right- like Bruce Willis and Billy Joe Armstrong team up threw harmonious song to defeat the alien cyber lords with the help of a young Angelina Jolie- we can toss in some Steve Carrel too for comic relief. And it's written by John Green so that it's nerdy with some sort of cross country road trip and an unpredictable yet unsatisfying ending. Or maybe I can just go read a Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy...those are good too.

JUST SO YOU KNOW...I'M A FRIGGIN MASTERMIND

I had a wonderful luncheon today with one of my besties named Madelyn, who writes a wonderful blog called Sababa: a happy wormhole. We dressed up in our favorite artsy clothes, the ones that make you feel like you were birthed from an Urban Outfitters catalogue, and went to an artsy french restaurant, and ate artsy french food. The two of us had a light conversation about the tendencies of self deception, bioethics, and how Myers Briggs personalities influence relationships. This is about the time we pulled out our phones and began to google our personality profiles.
If you don't know anything about a Myers Briggs test, it's a systematic way of organizing four traits into sixteen different personalities. Here's a link to a free online test, but google will bring up many others. MYERS BRIGGS PERSONALITY TEST.

As it turns out, I'm a Scientist/Mastermind INTJ. I have the same personality profile as Augustus Caesar, Stephen Hawking, and Sir Isaac Newton. Isn't that amazing? Madelyn is an ENTJ like Steve Jobs, Al Gore, and Patrick Stewart...I wonder if that means I could be the BFF of Patric Stewart? He's so distinguished and sexy- doesn't even have to pick up a book.

JUST SO YOU KNOW...READING IS SEXY

There is a blog called Hot Guys Reading Books- put down your pencils nerds and listen up. This blog does Gods work, and by God I mean Leonard Nimoy, by making knowledge sexy. Look at this classy man in his aviators and realise that he is hot. Then realize that without the book he is not- why? Aviators make people look like douche bags- so does the knee socks + shorts combo, but that's for another post. The book is what creates the sex appeal and therefore reading is sexy. Put that in Vogue Anna! Are you listening Karl?- I want a giant white library for your show next season. Pamela better be reading a kindle on the red carpet Rachel Zoe! This is ground breaking research people...now go read a book.

JUST SO YOU KNOW...THIS IS DISCOVERY

I've been interning at a kids science museum this month working in the microscope lab. After looking at amoebas all day you start to appreciate how organic and beautiful it all is, but then you poke yourself in the eye with a lens and kids try and drink microbe water...you should have seen the little devil trying to stab the starfish with the sea urchin in the touch tank! Anyway- here are some pretty pictures of tiny things.

JUST SO YOU KNOW...I CAN FEEL THE GLOBAL WARMING

Have you heard how much those New Yorkers are complaining about the heat lately? It's like they're surprised...Can you believe how hot it is? Yes, it's mid July and we're surrounded by steel and asphalt.

Summer does strange things to people- recently I was at a pool party with a group of friends whos conversations sounded like tanning bed commercials. I was the pale one of the bunch and when someone pointed that out I wanted to say something clever like 'We've just made different life choices. I chose to be pale now and look twenty when I'm thirty, and you chose to be tan now and look forty when your thirty.' I thought it would have been a little harsh...Although, this link I found stated that people who use tanning beds are 74 percent more likely to develop malignant melanoma. Scary right? You see those sexy, perfectly seasoned, meaty abs on some buff Guido and think 'I wonder if he'll make it to fifty?' I hear someone complaining about how expensive it is to tan all the time and remind them how expensive chemo will be later. Do people think at all? I guess not...

JUST SO YOU KNOW...M. NIGHT SHAMALAWAHTEVER SUX

I saw Avatar: The Last Airbender the other day and was disappointed. Very VERY disappointed. As a superfan of the TV show the movie was difficult to watch without cringing, wincing, and grimacing every time they mispronounced a name. And they mispronounced EVERYONE'S name! I don't know what that idiot was thinking! It's not a book, we know how everything is pronounced. Grrrrr...I'll shut up now and direct you all to some happy moments in the Avatar legacy- Chibi's anyone?

JUST SO YOU KNOW...I CAN'T PRONOUNCE HIS NAME EITHER

Have you ever wondered who's responsible for those cliché Louis Vitton bags? Prepare to became obsessed with the mastermind behind the addiction- Takashi Murakami. If he sounds familiar it's because he designed Kanye West's cover art and music video.

Cool right? He also made a video called SUPERFLAT MONOGRAM for Louis Vitton; it's about a little girl who is eaten by a... panda?

I found a new video the other day that has become my absalute favorite! It's called SUPERFLAT FIRST LOVE; the girl is also eaten by a panda thing, but she goes back in time to Paris and meets the young Louis Vitton. Oh, it's just so adorable.

JUST SO YOU KNOW...I TELL MY STORIES WITHOUT NOTES

Oral storytelling is the root of literature. Think back to your freshman year of high school when your teacher explained that The Iliad and The Odyssey were originally told orally before Homer wrote them down as epic poems. If you thought the tradition was long gone than you are mistaken my friend, for there is a podcast just for stories 'told live without notes.' It's called The Moth (also affiliated with The Moth Radio Hour and The Moth Live). These stories range from funny to tragic, but the one thing they have in common is that they are true. Although sometimes that's hard to believe. Here is a link where you may listen online.

THE MOTH PODCAST

As always, here are some of my favorites.

-Irene Pepperberg: Alex & Me

-James Braly: Oliver's pink Bicycle

-Brian Finklestein: Jewish Blood. Irish Heart

-Simon Doonan: Fear of Squat

-Mike Birbiglia: Sleepwalk with Me

-Joe Lockhart: Impeachment Day

-Johnathan Ames: From Boyhood to Fatherhood

-Tom Weiser: Alternate Ithaca Tom