Home Ask me anything Likes Archive Random RSS Mobile Tumblr
My Name Is Reb
small town idealist writing about culture, media, nyc, and other misadventures

About.Me

gah! only a few days left to finish my sketchbook for @arthouse!

arthousecoop:

Only one week left to send us your 2012 Sketchbooks. Already we’re receiving so many cool ones in the mail each day … Keep’um comin!

If you haven’t sent yours in yet, please make sure it’s postmarked by January 31. You can send it to:

Brooklyn Art Library

c/o The Sketchbook Project

103A N 3rd St.

Brooklyn, NY 11249

Once we receive your sketchbook, we’ll scan and log it into the system … when this happens, you’ll receive an email letting you know that we have it.

Good luck to everyone wrapping up your work. We can’t wait to hold your sketchbook in our hands!

both parties should be flattered - Barack Obama Singing  Born This Way by Lady Gaga 

ARTICLES I WANTED (BUT DIDN’T GET A CHANCE) TO READ THIS WEEK  shakespeareandshoes: ARTICLES I WANTED (BUT DIDN’T GET A CHANCE) TO READ THIS WEEK: PART 26 we’re trying something new this time - i’ve found a photo to commemorate week #26 because i feel dear roundup could use a visual component. we’ll see how long it lasts. don’t you fret yourself about my procrastination and lack of commitment to ideas though, ahead are some terrific things to read into the long weekend! TO READ: are you thinking of starting an e-mail campaign? don’t. if you must (like “really really have to you’ll die if you don’t start that mailchimp account” sort of way), here’s the best time to send your spam so people actually read it  apparently mitt romney has hot sons. this is only a story because his political qualifications are zero existent in an unprecedented turn of events, the WSJ made a funny, tackling gym behavior in a very “this is why you’re fat, don’t be an asshole” type of way  the times brings us more advice regarding concerns only rich people have. like when you go to a restaurant, order something at “market price” and then choke on your $250 plate of pasta upon seeing the bill. we all do that, right? dear Jen Doll tackles yet another thing we all do because we’re urbanite assholes with hilarity and poise in runnin’ scared as we approach valentine’s day (dreaded holiday, that one), it’s nice to remember that not all celebrations are so loveydovey and sometimes you get punched in the face, time out ny this bitch dares question Meryl’s marvelousness (marvelence?), ny review of books how much Adderall did y’all take last finals season exactly?! apparently a whole effin lot cause now the whole country’s out! nytimes and the observer’s year in review. just because it’s jan. 13 doesn’t mean we can’t still be nostalgic for poor 2011 lil wayne is writing a memoir! i repeat, lil wayne is writing a fucking memoir!!! nytimes a hairpin lady wrote about charles manson and her obsession thereof was your life missing a gushy piece in the times style section about some scion of culture or another? fear not, wee ones, here’s one such “artfully cropped perma-stubble” to make it all better lady friends, stop stunting your own careers! how? just act like a man, duh somewhere in the world, people are paid insane amounts of money to race very expensive sailboats extremely fast. other people are paid to go watch them do this. new friend Ned Hepburn is one of the latter (lucky bastard) and he wrote about the experience for The Classical TO WATCH/LISTEN: here’s a discussion about private equity from the Chris Hayes show on MSNBS that Sammie says is the best thing he’s seen in a long time. i trust it TO BUY ME: these lovely pumps from Aldo, in purple suede. and they’re on sale. Natalie Joos says they’re comfortable. if only they had them in that yellow i could call off the the great bridesmaid shoe search yes, this is a weight watchers recipe. that just means i can eat the whole tray because it’s fat free, right? this turkish bath towel, which i plan to use as a scarf in winter and a beach towel/cover up in summer. cause i’m crafty like that. really Lauren Giansante is crafty like that, i’m just “repurposing” her idea since i can’t decide on a pattern, how about this one too? a gal’s gotta have options and this Filson field bag, in blue, pleases (photo via Joe Clark, Toronto)

ARTICLES I WANTED (BUT DIDN’T GET A CHANCE) TO READ THIS WEEK

 shakespeareandshoes:

ARTICLES I WANTED (BUT DIDN’T GET A CHANCE) TO READ THIS WEEK: PART 26

we’re trying something new this time - i’ve found a photo to commemorate week #26 because i feel dear roundup could use a visual component. we’ll see how long it lasts. don’t you fret yourself about my procrastination and lack of commitment to ideas though, ahead are some terrific things to read into the long weekend!

TO READ:

  1. are you thinking of starting an e-mail campaign? don’t. if you must (like “really really have to you’ll die if you don’t start that mailchimp account” sort of way), here’s the best time to send your spam so people actually read it 
  2. apparently mitt romney has hot sons. this is only a story because his political qualifications are zero existent
  3. in an unprecedented turn of events, the WSJ made a funny, tackling gym behavior in a very “this is why you’re fat, don’t be an asshole” type of way 
  4. the times brings us more advice regarding concerns only rich people have. like when you go to a restaurant, order something at “market price” and then choke on your $250 plate of pasta upon seeing the bill. we all do that, right?
  5. dear Jen Doll tackles yet another thing we all do because we’re urbanite assholes with hilarity and poise in runnin’ scared
  6. as we approach valentine’s day (dreaded holiday, that one), it’s nice to remember that not all celebrations are so loveydovey and sometimes you get punched in the face, time out ny
  7. this bitch dares question Meryl’s marvelousness (marvelence?), ny review of books
  8. how much Adderall did y’all take last finals season exactly?! apparently a whole effin lot cause now the whole country’s out! nytimes
  9. and the observer’s year in review. just because it’s jan. 13 doesn’t mean we can’t still be nostalgic for poor 2011
  10. lil wayne is writing a memoir! i repeat, lil wayne is writing a fucking memoir!!! nytimes
  11. a hairpin lady wrote about charles manson and her obsession thereof
  12. was your life missing a gushy piece in the times style section about some scion of culture or another? fear not, wee ones, here’s one such “artfully cropped perma-stubble” to make it all better
  13. lady friends, stop stunting your own careers! how? just act like a man, duh
  14. somewhere in the world, people are paid insane amounts of money to race very expensive sailboats extremely fast. other people are paid to go watch them do this. new friend Ned Hepburn is one of the latter (lucky bastard) and he wrote about the experience for The Classical

TO WATCH/LISTEN:

  1. here’s a discussion about private equity from the Chris Hayes show on MSNBS that Sammie says is the best thing he’s seen in a long time. i trust it

TO BUY ME:

  1. these lovely pumps from Aldo, in purple suede. and they’re on sale. Natalie Joos says they’re comfortable. if only they had them in that yellow i could call off the the great bridesmaid shoe search
  2. yes, this is a weight watchers recipe. that just means i can eat the whole tray because it’s fat free, right?
  3. this turkish bath towel, which i plan to use as a scarf in winter and a beach towel/cover up in summer. cause i’m crafty like that. really Lauren Giansante is crafty like that, i’m just “repurposing” her idea
  4. since i can’t decide on a pattern, how about this one too? a gal’s gotta have options
  5. and this Filson field bag, in blue, pleases

(photo via Joe Clark, Toronto)

Trailer for Wes Anderson’s “Moonrise Kingdom”

Only in New York.

How To: “Remember Every Day” 2012 Desktop Calendar

A month or so ago when I was searching for Christmas gift ideas, I found a version of a desktop calendar on Etsy. I never saved the link and trying to find it in the Etsy abyss was impossible, so …

Daruma Doll - A Japanese tradition to bring in the New Year 

Daruma Doll - A Japanese tradition to bring in the New Year 

Easy DIY 2012 Desktop Calendar in a Drawer

Easy DIY 2012 Desktop Calendar in a Drawer

great advice from Ernest Hemingway 

great advice from Ernest Hemingway 

(Source: everyday-inspiration, via monicaliane)

Buy a blank notebook. Draw a huge heart on the cover. Don’t write anything negative in here. If you need another outlet, make a separate notebook. This one is all about love, personal growth, and getting back up. Fill it with beautiful images, reaffirming thoughts, and quotes. Write in it every day, and each day write one thing you’re grateful for in your life.
Kim: Advice from a Mermaid in a Manhole (via julie911)

Perfect to kick off the new year - a Nb filled only w/ positive thoughts

(via quote-book)