phantasmagoria, gloria

Is it Saturday, yet? Can I go to the beach? No. Not yet. I’m trying to lose weight and I have a total block on it and I figured the other day, “oh I can eat a filling lunch and I’ll make it up at dinner” but that turns into two surprise dinners and with stuff that’s not exactly track-able via Weight Watchers, SO. And then tonight I got home at 8 and I wanted more than just a stupid turkey burger, so… sweet potato fries, basically. 

  And I’m trying to figure out what to do for my birthday, and mad at myself for putting the weight on, and I’m still pissed at Dante DiLoreto’s bullshit from ComicCon and oh the Emmy noms are tomorrow, which means a (probable) parade of righteous indignation even though I should be over it by now. 

  It’s all fine though, really, because I am psyched to have health insurance again and this easy commute and to work with lovely people who I am not intimidated by. 

Cute, divorced doctor on New York Med = yes please. Tonight also featured Super WASP Doctor and Doctor Who Looks Like Rankin Bass’s Burl Ives Snowman. 

  Also, the music on this show is horrible. The theme sounds like something from the early ’90s, and there are several moments of “warbling ovaries” as Sars & Wing Chun used to say. 

Normally, I fantasize about being Kate Bush. Lately, it’s been Sharon Van Etten. What an angular beauty she is. 

There’s a little bird icon underneath the tags box now instead of a ticky box. But it no longer automatically copies over the text content. It’s very irritating.

I don’t even see the bird icon! I see it only when I use tumblr on my iPad, which is the pits. Is it a missing e thing?

I like that you still use the phrase “punch babies” now that you actually have one. This is a tweet from you about 1.5 yrs ago: i guess i have to go to the store. i’d punch a baby for a cookie/cupcake/brownie rn, & there’s none in the house. (luckily also no babies.) I was back-reading my favorited tweets the other day and was all “LOL now there actually IS a baby in the house.” 

icedwhitemocha:

i’ve reached this really grouchy point in my life where i get super fucking annoyed over shows being deliberately all bait-y about fanon slash ships that will never be canon

like that video going around with the dudes from teen wolf who i assume play straight characters derek and stiles is very cute and makes me want to punch babies

But I did get a really cute bag for 50% off, so it’s not all bad. I got enchiladas for dinner, too, which was an excellent decision. 

I seem to have lost the option to check “post to twitter” or not (in tumblr). Anyone else? I’m using Chrome, but that shouldn’t make a difference. 

Meep, I know that feel. What was he on there for?

I don’t even know. Maybe he’s pals with Joel, somehow? 

Seriously just went “Urugggh!” out loud. 

But why are the Vans house party shows on Thursdays this year? Some of have to work on Fridays. Some of us have no vacation days. But, but Cursive is playing on 8/16?! So very tempted by that one. That’s a big old nostalgia trip right there. I wonder if they still make the t-shirt that I bought in 2003 and finally had to give up and still miss…

-I like it, and it sounds pretty good when shuffled in with Nostalgia, Ultra.
-“Pyramids” is pretty groovy. I thought more of the album would be in that vein.
-I really wish the organ at the opening of “Bad Religion” didn’t remind me so much of “Fix You.”
-What would an entire album of Frank Ocean/ Andre3000 collaborations sound like? It could work.
-“Super Rich Kids” referencing “Bennie and the Jets” *and* “Real Love”.
-“brash as fuck/ breaching all these aqueducts”

bonanzajellybean:

the strings

no

crying

so much crying

“i could never make him love me”

FULL ON SOBBING

Strings. Strings, guys. I wasn’t expecting that.

I love the idea of Butch and Nora Walker double dating with Ryan and Mandy (Moore) Adams so, so much.

Where do I go today - Brooklyn Bridge Park or Highline?

B+. This stupid, short haircut is finally growing out. My mother’s hairdresser was right - the hair stays in the braid when the hair has gunk/styling stuff in it, which means that my normal hair is too soft and silky for a braid. Yay!

My friend made a pretty decent disco playlist, and I just want to have dance parties EVERYWHERE, guys. Even in the laundry room. 

Guess who failed to make the connection between “hudson river park” and “fireworks set-up?”

Have managed to spill lunch, dinner, and dessert on myself.

Oh, darling, you certainly went out with a bang, didn’t you? And quite a body count! And revelations! Unexpected revelations! I don’t think I’ve ever read a book *this* cinematic before. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll be on the proverbial edge of your seat. 

Aly Raisman and I share a first name, and therefore I am rooting for her. Also, she does her floor routine to Hava Nagila, and it is bouncy and wonderful. Nastia Liukin? Oh, girl. 

  Also, because Raisman is using her full first name, it means that the scoreboard cuts off part of her last name. I know how that goes!

YEAH YEAH YEAH!

thestaticinhersmile:

Today we watch sports and eat BBQ. I feel so American.

We picked out my healthcare plan over drinks, and then we proceeded to eat dinner with a scale under the table. Hey, mom thought it was her shoes! Her sister didn’t say what *kind* of package she was bringing in…

I didn’t put in “Jewish” and “in my neighborhood” but I seem to be getting a lot of Jewish guys! Lotta Brooklyn Jewish guys!

Welp - match.com partial profile is in effect. I am shit at writing about myself, what I’m looking for, etc. (can I just write “I’m looking for Rich Sommer?” [no]) My original plan was to do this with my friend DK, in a drunken haze, but who knows when that’s going to happen, and I’m so fed up at this point. 

  I am not of the opinion that having a boyfriend is essential/everything/etc, but there comes a point in one’s life when it would really do one good to actually, you know, go on some dates. 

I just… I have crushes on so many of them. Both sexes. Andrea Kremer, though? Still The Worst. 

The mosquitoes of Astoria definitely had their way with me last night. 

Remember that time I was obsessed with TV on the Radio and Brendan Benson at the same time? And I ditched TVotR after “Cookie Mountain” because I liked the Young Liars EP SO MUCH BETTER? And how the last time I had a car accident, Brendan Benson’s “Tiny Spark” was playing? 

-Andrea Kremer: ew. 

-God help me, Ryan Lochte is kind of cute. I will change my mind as soon as his stupid “grills” come out, but until then…