I Love You, Man

OMG, I want to see this movie so bad! Also I want to marry Paul Rudd AND be his best friend!

Dream A Little Dream Of Me

So I re-watched my favorite movie ever – Waking Life – last week and decided that I am going to learn how to lucid dream and become an oneironaut.

I’ve actually been obsessed with the idea of lucid dreaming and being an oneironaut (even when I didn't know that word) for a long time. In college, when my then-boyfriend and I would go home for winter break and over the summer, we tried to astral project and have out-of-body experiences so we could see each other. It never worked, but we never stopped trying.

I’ve started doing some research and it seems the first step is to become aware of and remember your dreams. I’ve actually had some pretty spectacularly weird ones lately, including an awesome one last night with Henry Rollins, on whom I have had a HUGE crush for like a hundred years. Unfortunately, I didn’t realize it was a dream in time, otherwise I’d have been having some lucid fun with Henry. Damn.

Anyhow, another aspect of learning to lucid dream is knowing when you are dreaming (of course) and when you are awake. So I do reality tests pretty frequently, even when I’m sure I’m awake, mostly so I can engrain in my mind the act and then take it into the dream world with me. I figure if I make it a habit, then I’ll be able to continue doing it even when I’m asleep.

Anyhow, I'm only at the beginning stages, but I totally feel like I can get there if I focus. And I'm jealous of all of you who can do this without trying.

I'll Be The Cake, You Be The Frosting

So I made a birthday wish, and I made it out loud, and everyone said it wouldn't come true because it was supposed to be a secret.

But they were ALL WRONG! Because apparently my pheromones are flying out into the universe and bringing men to me in droves. Take that, naysayers!

Old To Gold

God, I freaking love the Raconteurs.

Found via BoingBoing.

Yes, We WILL

Because today, as joyous and wonderful and unbelievable as it has been, is not the end of our journey - it is only the beginning.

Here's to our President-Elect Barack Obama and to all of you who made it happen. Our time for change has come at last!

No on Prop. 8

I would vote against Prop. 8 no matter what, but the most important reason is that it will give me the illusion of hope that I could someday marry Rachel Maddow.



Damn, she is a class act.

What Floor?

From 2004:



From CNN today:

'Space elevator' would take humans into orbit
By Mike Steere
For CNN

LONDON, England (CNN) -- A new space race is officially under way, and this one should have the sci-fi geeks salivating.

The project is a "space elevator," and some experts now believe that the concept is well within the bounds of possibility -- maybe even within our lifetimes.

A conference discussing developments in space elevator concepts is being held in Japan in November, and hundreds of engineers and scientists from Asia, Europe and the Americas are working to design the only lift that will take you directly to the one hundred-thousandth floor....A cable anchored to the Earth's surface, reaching tens of thousands of kilometers into space, balanced with a counterweight attached at the other end is the basic design for the elevator.

It is thought that inertia -- the physics theory stating that matter retains its velocity along a straight line so long as it is not acted upon by an external force -- will cause the cable to stay stretched taut, allowing the elevator to sit in geostationary orbit.

The cable would extend into the sky, eventually reaching a satellite docking station orbiting in space.

The response to the story from a CNN reader - and so clearly, one of those Williamsburg NIMBYs - made me laugh out loud: "I just think that it'll be a waste of time, resources, and money. It'll be a maintenance nightmare." (Italics mine.)

Um, yeah, I'm sure that's the biggest problem with this project. Also, this isn't a "new" project as CNN says...see here.

The Accidental Vegetarian

I just realized I haven't consumed any meat since Saturday night. (Of course, in a fit of protein-deficient mania that night, I ate a Wendy's hamburger [and a Krispy Kreme donut] but still, it was three whole days ago!)

I'm not on a diet or anything. I actually don't do diets, because they make me crabby and hungry and sleepy, which, come to think of it, is how I usually feel, only moreso. However, I am trying to eat healthier and have discovered I really like salads, so I'm eating them once or twice a day. I make them at home using copious amounts of baby spinach and lots of vegetables from the farmers market, plus sunflower seeds because they are the best thing ever on salads.

Without realizing it, I've actually started eating less every day and sometimes finish a salad and don't have something else for my "real" meal. (Originally, I would start with a salad and have a small portion of something else - a sandwich or some pasta.) I've also been having oatmeal for breakfast every day, mostly because my cholesterol is still higher than it should be, and eating a piece of fruit or two most days.

I haven't gone crazy with this health kick - I still have something sweet every day, even if it's just a couple of miniature chocolates - but I am excited that I've lost five pounds without trying, or even exercising. (Which is kind of sad, because I really want/need to exercise. I've been busy and admittedly lazy.)

Anyhow, it's sort of cool to realize that I am eating a lot less meat. I feel better and I think I look healthier and best of all, I'm reducing my carbon footprint. Yay, me!

It Only Makes Me Love Her More

I always suspected it, especially after reading "My Life in France," but confirmation came out today: Julia Child was a spy!



Damn, was she the coolest woman who ever lived or what?

The Hammer Is My Penis

YAY for Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog being available on MySpace! It's pretty much one of the best things EVAR, and certainly one of the best things anyone has made just for the interwebs. I love Joss Whedon and Neil Patrick Harris.

Also, how awesome is it that it's brought to us by the National Crime Prevention Council? Irony much?

Although I Also Thought There Would Be More Recess

Corazon and I had Tarantino's for dinner on Friday night. As we were eating, I mentioned that I usually have pizza once a week. (This could explain why twice-a-week sessions with Melody aren't making me any skinnier.) Corazon thought that was totally awesome, which made me realize: a) I really am awesome; b) I need more friends who admire me for having so little self-control that I eat pizza once a week; and c) along with eating dessert first, eating pizza once a week was always kind of my dream of what being a grown-up would be like.

Hello, Lover.

My new favorite thing:



So very lovely and delicate and delicious. Why can't I have this for breakfast every day?

Did I Say German? I Meant FRENCH.

My best friend Ken sent me a link to a video of Thu Tran's wild and crazy Food Party this morning. I wasn't sure at first whether I was still dreaming...it's quite loony, kind of Pee-wee's Playhouse-esque with a twist of the Muppets on drugs, or, as Ken wrote, a little Rachael Ray on LSD. So yeah, exactly my kind of thing.

Very charming, very strange, and yes, it's a total Food Party. This is the first of five YouTube videos that comprise the first episode, but the second part is my favorite, so that's what I'm posting. I especially love that she misspells hors d'oeuvres.