Can you believe that there is only one recipe in the world wide web for creme brulee doughnuts? I didn’t use the one I found, however, and sort of just wing it. The result is a crusty doughnut with a doughy inside and smooth vanilla custard filling, with a rather failed attempt at making…
When I think about my birthday, this is what plays in my head…
Cartman Birthday Song (by rabbid10)
Before yesterday’s Krewe du Vieux parade, I saw a cat enter a bar (Molly’s), plop itself up on a barstool and get served a drink. And that wasn’t even the strangest thing I saw last night.
Dude, my friend Angela is so sweet. She wrote this about me…
CRISTINA
I don’t know anyone as fiercely independent as Cristina. She’s 100% her own woman. By trade she writes and keeps her finger on the pulse of trends in all realms. Her own style is only slightly informed by what she observes. Most of it comes from her, reflecting her unique sense of self and what she choose to express.
For someone so fashion-forward, she isn’t concerned with cool. Call her a hipster and you just might get decked, if not by a fist than with a look. She likes what she likes, regardless of where it sits in current popular favor. High heels, Elvis, mead, Miss Piggy, pub food, Crowded House, Kirchner, fart jokes, Liberace, hockey, fancy dresses just for the hell of it. Actually, most of what makes Cristina so awesome is just for the hell of it.
She’s unapologetic. She’s tough. She’s quick to speak her mind and unafraid of the consequences. But there is a sensitivity she keeps well protected. An insistence on basic human decency and treating people with respect when they’ve made an effort to do the same. She’s harsh with the world, but kind to those in her world. She doesn’t aim to please. She lives life on her terms, changing and growing but never departing from who she is.
We’re different, her and me. My approach to life involves a fair bit more cowering and worrying if I’ve offended anyone. Yet in so many ways we see life the same way. I look at Cristina and wish I had the guts to be more like her. Like everyone, she may have regrets or insecurities or fears, but they don’t define her. Bravery like that isn’t easy to find.
Our lifestyles take us in different directions, but she’s a person I wish I could spent more time with. I miss working with her, where I could be sure of seeing her all the time. I’m so bad at keeping up with people, but I hope to a better friend to her. For purely selfish reasons!
Happy Birthday Wonderful You!
A handsome man with a handsome family, daguerreotype, c. 1850.
Submitted by J.B.
Oh, John Hawkes… I <3 you.
Character actor portrait from Vanity Fair. We spy Fox Searchlight players JK Simmons, Judy Greer and John Hawkes!
Client: We need some kind of epic music. Put the Star Wars theme in there. People will know that.
Me: Uhh, you can’t do that due to copyright.
Client: Indiana Jones it is then.
(via popsushi)
Demonstrating: The EXTREME marshmallow cannon!
(Pro tip: Want to be invited to the White House? Be a 14 year old who clearly designed the best invention ever).
