October 2008
13 posts
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Oct 31st
Election obsession: example 546
Trish: “Barack Obama is gonna be on Rachel Maddow tomorrow night.” Me: OH. MY. GOD!! (said in a completely overexcited/anxiety-ridden/dramatic fashion) Trish: This election needs to happen (said like Dara, annoyed by my obsessivness) I sorta hope Rachel Maddow never runs for office. I’d probably have a stroke. Xanax, anyone?
Oct 30th
This makes me sad  →
Radar magazine has folded—again. (I’ve lost count, I think that’s four?) I’m bummed, as it’s one of my faves, but not surprised considering they published most of the same stuff online—for people to read for free. Bummer!
Oct 29th
This makes me happy →
I just RSVPd to the Obama election night party in Grant Park. Apparently, guests have to have tickets, to prevent it from getting out of control. I wasn’t expecting that. It’ll be like Lollapalooza, only freezing, with worse music (please, Pearl Jam, don’t play), but hopefully historical. However, I will never understand these polls. No one ever asked me, or anyone I know, for...
Oct 29th
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Oct 16th
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Oct 14th
Chain gang →
Miranda July’s “video chain letters” for women filmmakers get some respect at the Siskel.
Oct 9th
Sarah Palin is your new bicycle's flat tire →
I’m probably way behind on this, as it just occured to me that this could actually exist (I don’t know how many hours—at least half— I spent refreshing Barack Obama is Your New Bicycle). Maybe this one wasn’t so popular because people don’t need more reasons to dislike the woman. But yeah, downloading Creed on my iTunes account would totally be a deal-breaker.
Oct 9th
Obama And McCain Debate In Words: Issues V. "My... →
Oct 8th
The Organ get revived by 'Thieves' →
Oct 7th
Gmail prevents drunken emails you may later regret →
amandalynferri: When you enable Mail Goggles, it will check that you’re really sure you want to send that late night Friday email. And what better way to check than by making you solve a few simple math problems after you click send to verify you’re in the right state of mind? I can’t even remember life before Google.
Oct 7th
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“How long have I been at this, like five weeks? So there hasn’t been a...”
– Sarah Palin, dumb enough to point these things out herself.
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