eating cake before dinner is so necessary.

yes yes. this song. rulesformyunbornson: REQUIRED LISTENING:...

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:25:19 -0500

yes yes. this song.

REQUIRED LISTENING: Rufus Wainwright, “Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk”

(for Amy and memories of the old Gramercy Park Hotel)

dead sea! second time’s the charm!

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:03:26 -0500

dead sea! second time’s the charm!

best last day in israel EVER.

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:02:06 -0500

best last day in israel EVER.

just the two of us, me and mary.

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:39:54 -0500

just the two of us, me and mary.

everyone’s best impressions of beached whales. mine wins,...

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:56:01 -0500

everyone’s best impressions of beached whales. mine wins, yeah?

my newest world race blogggg. read it.

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:05:29 -0500

my newest world race blogggg. read it.

dear skype, you are THE BEST. thanks to you i got to spend an...

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:00:44 -0500

dear skype,

you are THE BEST. thanks to you i got to spend an hour and a half of today with my family. i can’t believe it.

love, me.

family. +shan&alzzzz.

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:30:01 -0500

family. +shan&alzzzz.

i’m here to testify: this really happened. hope4u: My new...

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:44:27 -0500

i’m here to testify: this really happened.

hope4u:

My new facebook profile picture

my second favorite thing about life right now:

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:26:24 -0500

we had two showings of new moon tonight at the apartment. one was for the serious twilight fans. the other was for the others (me, hope, em) who just wanted to watch it to be able to make fun of it. the thing is that we didn’t even make it to the halfway point because we were so bored.

my favorite thing about life right now:

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:07:40 -0500

hope is trying to learn how to laugh out loud.

Shane Claiborne in Esquire

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:02:46 -0500

Shane Claiborne in Esquire:

shannadipaolo:

Shane writes an open letter to non-believers, as published in Esquire Magazine.

SHOOTY, hope! you made me miss xanga. i just went back and read all these entries. and i miss those fun early college days.

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:29:56 -0500

i googled goldfish crackers today. because i miss them.

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:55:16 -0500

i googled goldfish crackers today. because i miss them.

"i dont know you too well at all but i def do see you as someone that can look past the chaos of the..."

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:40:00 -0500

“i dont know you too well at all but i def do see you as someone that can look past the chaos of the world around us and see the beauty that the madness maybe has glazed over a little. realize that you are in a place that has impacted all of the world and all of time and then look back at the crappy city that it may be and know that what once was can still and will forever change us all.”

- my best facebook friend. in response to me being disappointed that nazareth was a pretty run down, dirty city.

dear jason derulo, i hate your skull belt buckle. but i love...

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:36:34 -0500

dear jason derulo,

i hate your skull belt buckle. but i love your song “whatcha say.” you’re so smart because everyone was supposed to be sick of that imogen heap song, but everyone still secretly liked it, and you made it cool to like it again. at least i think so. i mean, is this song popular in the united states? because we love it here in rama, israel.

much love!

me.

MUSKRATS! shannadipaolo: last night i was kind of tricked into seeing new moon. i mean, i dunno,...

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:34:07 -0500

MUSKRATS!

shannadipaolo:

last night i was kind of tricked into seeing new moon. i mean, i dunno, that’s probably giving myself too much credit. some friends of ours wanted to see it and for about 20 minutes the ak and i were swept away in some kind of weird twilight hysteria. by the time we came to our senses, we were sitting in the theater waiting for the previews to start.

i intermittently laughed and cringed at the overwrought dialogue, adolescent moping and sparkly-vampire drama. i’ve never read any of the books or seen the first movie, so i’ll admit: i don’t get it. that being said, i hope everyone out there who is a fan of this saga realizes that edward and bella aren’t in love. they’re in a co-dependent, borderline emotionally abusive relationship, and if my teenage daughter found herself mired in the kind of angst and depression that bella experienced, i wouldn’t let her stare out the window for four months straight. i’d send her to counseling.

the only remotely cool things about this movie were jacob’s hair before he cut it, and the volturi. honestly, i would have had more fun watching 130 minutes of footage that cut between jacob’s hair blowing in the wind and the volturi acting superior and creepy. oh yeah, and the other good part was the bon iver/ st. vincent song.

in conclusion, let me leave you with some quotes from different reviews of this movie:

I can’t comment on the acting because I didn’t catch Pattinson, Stewart and Lautner doing any. They basically primp and pose through the same humdrum motions they did before.—Peter Travers (Rolling Stone)

All three lovers are so joyless, it’s hard to imagine why any of them would want to spend eternity together.—David Germain (AP)

The Twilight Saga: New Moon takes the tepid achievement of Twilight, guts it, and leaves it for undead.—Robert Ebert (Chicago Tribune)

As Edward, Pattinson is all pale passion and tortured restraint; his eyebrows, like muskrats determined to mate, hunch together in the middle of his sunken face; the few times he smiles, it looks as if it hurts, and he still seems reluctant to move his mouth when he talks.—Nancy Gibbs (Time Magazine) (muskrats! omg!)

here’s the thing. real life confession: I have...

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:57:18 -0500

here’s the thing. real life confession: I have OCD…the other night I sharpened so many colored pencils that I gave myself a blister.

eudemonista:

3141592:

tubaz:

sem07it:

marekoromo:

(via kidskidskids)

crookedtooth: autumnfringes: this has made my day so much...

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:53:56 -0500

crookedtooth:

autumnfringes:

this has made my day so much better. us canadians rock.

reblogging because I want to listen to this...

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:51:58 -0500

reblogging because I want to listen to this later

coffeeandacasio:

down (ft. lil wayne) - jay sean

i love this song. do people in the states like this song? i feel so out of touch.