Art:
from jekyll-et-hyde:
« Quand on mélange les feutres de ton petit frère, un univers jeux vidéo 0.1 et sûrement beaucoup de patience ça donne Arnaud Loumeau. Ce trentenaire Toulousain m’a fait halluciner lorsque je suis tombé sur son site internet. Il n’y a pas d’autre mot, c’est complexe, funky, galactique et obscure… »
Music:
via jeffmradio:
“Exclusive First Listen: M. Ward’s ‘Hold Time’ : Hold Time won’t be released until Feb. 17, but listeners can hear the entire album here on NPR Music as an exclusive preview.” Stream M. Ward’s new album, courtesy of NPR.
Travel/ NYC:
This website is wonderful. Created by Andy Whitlock (creative strategist at Poke): I Feel NYC. (also featuring London and Toronto) Pick your mood on the sidebar (naughty, energetic, manly…etc.) and - voila - plenty of recommendations for things to do/places to go. Read their blog.
News:
I’m trying really hard to wrap my head around this “virginity auction” business. Can anyone explain to me how on earth that is not illegal? I mean…online prostitution? No? Hey, I really don’t care what this girl does with her body, but like…seriously how is this legal?
Film: A sad day for cinema . “Sorry to break it to you, but Jurassic Park IV won’t be happening. Producers Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy told ComingSoon yesterday that there have not been any new developments and that ‘when [Michael] Crichton passed away, I sorta felt maybe that’s it. Maybe that’s a sign that we don’t mess with it.’” Jusassic Park III was one of the worst moments in cinematic history. I’m glad they won’t be making this film, because I would probably have gone to see it.
Food & Beverage:
Oh, crap. Last night I ate a slice of pizza, a danish pastry, a doughnut, and a jaffa cake. Not literally, but I did drink their caloric equivalent in booze ($2 sake night at Utage). Use with caution: the BBC’s alcohol-to-calorie converter. It might make you cry.
Film:
- An update on the new Tarzan movie
According to an interview, the film will be a “1930’s-set romp with a hefty helping of romance” meets parkour. Yuck - I’m afraid. Tarzan is like my favorite thing in the world. The interview leaves me unsettled.
The weekend before Thanksgiving break is almost frighteningly quiet here in Athens. Normally I would love this, but since I’m earning money based on tips it kind of kills the mood. I have two shifts at the bar and at least one uHAPS event to get through, after which I will head back home for a few days to take in some much needed relaxation and to say bye bye to my puppy (she’s old, it’s sad). Ok my life is boring, treasure time.
News:
I want to take a moment to tell you all that it brings joy to my heart to see non-fictional pirates back in the news. I don’t care if they have bad intentions, it’s still romantic. I mean, do you really want to say you live in a world without pirates? Not me.
Here’s the latest Pirate News.
Around Athens Terrapin now offers you a free drinking glass on your birthday! Whether or not that includes free beer tasting remains unclear.
Television: Pushing Daisies has been cancelled :( . I never watched the show much, but it was pretty adorable. Sorry, L. Also thank goodness they finally got rid of Eli Stone, I can’t wait until all shows that first aired during the writer’s strike finally get cut. And I’ve never even heard of Dirty Sexy.
I wish everyone safe travels this week, wherever you are heading. As for me, I’m heading downtown to get paid to take pictures of the drunks. Not in the mood. Love.
Ranting: Life post-Korea acceptance has been somewhat bizarre. I’ve just been doing a lot of mental re-arranging, as anyone might expect. For some reason my mind has decided to live in early 2009, and it has been throwing me off. February 28th seriously can not come soon enough. My current work situation has been driving me insane recently. I’m still having a hard time accepting that, even though I have a degree, I’m still working as an unpaid intern (and as a paid intern) and as a bartender. Oh well. Three and a half more months. Jeeze that seems like forever. Picture time.
uHAPS :
Last night we had a work party :
Right now I’m at the studio with Blake (he’s finishing up his exit show) :
Everyone knows Tanqueray is my favorite. Now a little bit of history:
6. Tanqueray -
When he was a young boy, Charles Tanqueray’s path through life seemed pretty clear. He was the product of three straight generations of Bedfordshire clergymen, so it must have seemed natural to assume that he would take up the cloth himself. Wrong. Instead, he started distilling gin in 1830 in a little plant in London’s Bloomsbury district. By 1847, he was shipping his gin to colonies around the British Empire, where many plantation owners and troops had developed a taste for Tanqueray and tonic.
Because I can not stop thinking about Christmas and New Year’s because I think it is almost 2009…
I found an adorably affordable project for my Christmas gifts this year (you all know how broke I am). Since some readers will be lucky enough to receive one, I won’t give away the surprise. But I’ll post pictures after New Year’s (which, again, I seem to think is like next week). Anyway, I can’t wait to get started on those – it’s going to be a really fun project. For those of you who are feeling less crafty, check out the savings below:
But the most exciting deals by far are on the Criterion Collection’s website. They are moving their warehouse, and consequentially everything is 40% off!! That’s right, everything. You’re welcome for the tip.
Monday nights, I love you. Time for a new Gossip Girl, more new Jon and Kate Plus 8 wedding month wonderfulness, and to top it all off, last night I rented Ninotchka (A Lubitsch/Wilder production). And beer + Little Italy subs. Basically complete bliss, minus the commercial interruptions.
I hope everyone and a safe and fabulous Halloween! visit uHAPSathens.com to see what I was up to. (and make lots of comments while you’re at it)
I’m currently nursing my headache with some mac n’ cheese and getting ready to drink beer all day and watch the game in a perfectly blissful state. Let’s just hope the game itself is conducive to such peacefulness. Yikes.
There’s one hour left before the game starts, so I’m going to try and cast some protection charms and send good karma waves to my dawgs down in Jacksonville (still in Halloween mode).
Ahh…Halloween is deliciously close, I can practically smell the chippie cupcakes with black and orange bat-shaped sprinkles that I’m going to make. But wait - there’s another strange aroma entering my kitchen, what could it be?…..oh….it’s just the satisfying scent of roasting gator meat. Mmm.
I mailed in my absentee ballot today, eee. I hope they send me a sticker, I mean, hello, isn’t that the whole point??
Treasures! (It’s been a while, and I don’t even have that many, sigh)
Television:
XOXO, my new favorite Gossip Girl literature, IamChuckBass.com, is dedicated to all you boys out there who have the good common sense to appreciate the show. Thanks for the tip, M.
Why has it taken 50 Cent so long to get his own TV show?? I can’t wait to watch.
News:
The Big Money has created a series of posts called Depression Diary. This online transcription of Benjamin Roth’s diary (beginning in 1931) highlights perceptions and experiences during the Great Depression. Kind of neat.
Cute Things:
Ok, ps - I know you all need more facebook friends, so please add ‘uHAPS Athens’ to your friends…it will make me look like I can do my job. Seriously, they will not send you messages or anything annoying. If they do you cande-friend them, and I will post a picture apology of myself on uhapsathens.com. And if you’re really bored and a really great friend, you will also go to uhapsathens.com and comment on the photos or nominate them for “best…” photo. I would also encourage you to enter the raffle to win 2nd row tickets to see UGA @ Kentucky, but apparently there is some weird clause about “robots”…(sorry for the lame plug)
You guys. I committed fan suicide last night. I FORGOT TO WEAR MY LUCKY SHIRT AND UNDERWEAR TO BED. I feel awful. Georgia would have had those field goals if it hadn’t been for me. I’m so sorry, everyone. But hey - it could have been MUCH worse.
Today was a strange sort of day in Athens…the usually overcrowded north campus was eerily sparse when I headed out to take photos for uHAPS. On top of that, the law school owned half of my regular stomping ground! Some alumni tailgate thing was spanning from the library all the way to old college, where my best and drunkest fans typically hang out. Uhaps hates old people, so it was awful for me. Ok, so everyone assumes that people offer me free food and beer from their tailgates all the time, and sadly that is not at all the case. But FINALLY someone offered me beer today! Two people actually. And I didn’t even drink them - whoever says I’m an alcoholic can consider this evidence towards the contrary. My uHAPS job has turned me into somewhat of a character (frighteningly similar to a townie). Today I was beckoned from across the quad as “Terrapin Girl.” Then later I walked up to a tent to take some pictures, only to be met with a guy holding his camera displaying a picture of me from the week before (wearing my moustache from the Stache Out - don’t ask). Some couple at Last Resort also recognized me as their photographer from earlier, even though I had changed clothes. Apparently I (read: my very noticeable glasses) make quite the lasting impression.
Oh my gosh, I’m watching the LSU @ S. Carolina game right now, and i am l-o-v-i-n-g it.
Onto my dawgs!
- Thoughts on the first half:
Reshad Jones and AJ Green had a spectacular game. Green really needed this to boost his confidence after last week.
The Georgia defense is really giving up too many yards. With the way UGA has played thus far during this game, Vandy should not have those seven points.
Sadly, penalties are still an issue for the bulldogs. I hope we can manage to come out of last place this week.
Stafford has been gradually, well…sucking…over the past few games. What is that all about?
So happy to see Moreno making plays again!
- Thoughts on the second half:
Pass Interference seems to be our new favorite thing. That’s going to destroy us in Florida and LSU games if we don’t get it under control.
Caleb King is doing so wonderfully. Still he doesn’t get the recognition he deserves.
Vandy did a nice job of screwing with the Georgia offense in high pressure plays.
Asher Allen is just frighteningly dependable.
CJ Byrd had a great game, too.
The bulldogs have been way too inconsistent with red zone conversions. You can’t win games with field goals. Ok you can, but it’s kind of boring!
Poor Blair Walsh! Please don’t feel bad, it’s not your fault. I will never forget my lucky ritual again!!
All right, that’s all I’ve really got for today. Not exactly sage or unique, but if I don’t type my thoughts out then my brain will explode into a thousand mini footballs. Off topic, I’m thinking about re-organizing my “treasures” so that certain days of the week are equivalent to specific treasure topics (Television Tuesday, etc.). I’ll keep you POSTED. HAHA GET IT?! *cap*
Good evening readers. I hope you all had a much better Wednesday morning than I did. Upon my arrival at work, I discovered that our hot water (including everything hooked up to it) broke the night before, so I spent a good few hours washing a massive pile of sticky, jäger-scented dishes in cold dirty water. I’m consoling myself with a nice cold Sol and a new episode of Jon and Kate Plus 8.
I am thinking about hosting an online Halloween contest for both best costume and best decorations. I haven’t decided what the prize will be yet. It will probably depend upon the location of the winner. Please comment if you are interested!
News:
So I feel like this is old news by now, but some shark got preggers on her very own. Now, there is no actual evidence that she was a “virgin,” but her baby has no paternal DNA.
Apparently someone thought it would be cool to make Paris ugly, so they are building these.
Film:
Yet another horror movie trailer, The Unborn.
Please take this very lightly, as it comes from the National Enquirer, but they are reporting that Jamie Lynn Spears is pregnant again! As the article points out, they were right about it the first time…
Film: City of Ember comes out tomorrow! This film is based on the first of three novels in the Ember trilogy by Jeanne Duprau. I am pretty bummed that Tom Hanks got his hands on the rights before I could - I totally wanted to make this movie. I hope it at least lives up to my vision.
Television:
You guys, this is a truly sad post for me. Hef and Holly broke up. I just hope for the best for both of them. To console myself I’m ordering thai take-out and renting a scary movie.
I can’t believe I havn’t mentioned “Paris Hilton’s My new BFF” - I am SO addicted. It’s worth checking out for sure. Just trust me. And I hope you all have caught up on the premiere of Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team Season 3. If not, you need to get on that ASAP.
Food & Beverage, Blog Edition:
David Bordwell’s cute Vancouver sightings:
crepes!
China town mango pudding
Ever since Dorie Greenspan posted this image I have been drooling…
Laduree
Ok I am kind of newly obsessed with Secret Lives of Women on WeTV, Tuesdays at 10pm EST. The best episode I have seen thus far is on polygamy, but that might just be due to my Big Love binge I went on last summer.
And I am also into Locked Up Abroad on National Geographic, Mondays at 9:00pm EST. It’s like Broke Down Palace in documentary form.
New Restaurants in Athens:
- Cozy Yum Yum
179 Jackson St.
Located in the ex-Flying Squirrel Outfitters underground space, Cozy Yum Yum serves a wide range of Thai dishes and offers a full bar. They have not been open for very long, and are still working out the kinks. Eventually they plan to offer sushi and drink specials. Possibly the best aspect of this restaurant, aside from its very “cozy” New York style environment, is the fact that they are open until 2:00am. Late night coconutchicken soup…mmm…
Environment =☻☻☻☻
Service = ☻☻☻☻
Food = ☻☻ ½ (try back in a month or so)
- Pauley’s
134 E. Clayton
Finally, someone realized my dream of opening a crêpe place in Athens. I realized I am glad I didn’t open one myself, I think I would go completely insane hearing the word “cr-ape” all day. What is so hard about “cr-hep,” honestly…Anyways, this bar has a selection of 110 different beers, 28 of which are on tap. They specialize in tasty beers from micro breweries nation-wide. They will start offering sandwiches and salads next week, and eventually plan to offer biscuits along similar lines of the tasty Flying Biscuit recipe. The kitchen closes at 10:00pm, but the bar stays open until 2:00am. It is a great place for watching games on their HD flat screens, or for Sunday brunch. And I’m just saying, if you aren’t doing anything tomorrow from 11:00am - 10:00pm, you should probably stop by. Closed Mondays.
Environment =☻☻☻☻☻
Service = ☻☻☻☻
Food = ☻☻☻☻
My next stop: Tu Metapan, Baxter
Most Underappreciated: Just Pho, Baxter where Tuscan Market used to be - Pho + Bubble Tea = heaven
Coming Soon:
The Bank (where Chapel was on College), Lansdowne Road Irish Pub (corner of College and Washington, owned by UGA Rugby alumni), Moae (Broad, where Tavern used to be), and Square One (Thomas between Hancock and Dougherty, owned by two New York Sicilian party boys) Reader reviews welcome!♥
Bulldog Report:
I decided to put this at the end because I know most of you don’t care :D
Happy to see we are back in the top ten where we belong. USC’s ranking still kind of boggles my mind. Oh well. Injuries are the second largest concern of mine, after penalties, of course.
INJURIES:
Linebackers:
- Ellerbe: might play Saturday, but still wearing green; won’t play on special teams for punts and kickoffs
- Dowtin: freshman backup, also green
- Hebron: green jersey
- Washington: out for season - shoulder
- White: out for season - knee
Gamble and Curran will start
Quintin Banks (Safety) will hopefully play Saturday - he has missed all games so far with a sprained knee. Rod Battle’s return this week is still up in the air, but he was also wearing a green jersey. Sophomore flanker Tony Wilson’s left ankle was heavily wrapped, and he was on crutches Monday - he is contemplating season-ending surgery.
No recent update on Figgins or Moreno. Last I heard, Moreno was determined to play. Figgins is debating whether or not to play this weekend before his surgery, but he is leaning towards playing.
Players to watch:
WR Michael Moore #82
Prince Miller #23
Ok last but not least, my baby Kelin Johnson (we lived across from him and Thomas Brown and used to bake them cakes before game days) has his own online webcast called “Kelin’s Keys to the Game.” The video can be sort of tricky, but be patient and it should start working :
Kelin’s Keys
Old News:
- Durham sprained his ankle and is out “indefinitely”
- …as is Tavarres King’s, as far as I can tell
- Southerland still slated to return as fullback on the 11th
- Word on the street is that one of the tight ends is also out for the season (Chandler, perhaps?)
VBS.tv is kind of the online broascast version of vice magazine, whose creative director is Spike Jonze. I was going to work for them in New York, alas…they weren’t going to pay me.
Around Athens:
Also, on Sunday Oct. 5th, Kingpin’s Bowl & Brew hosts “Night of the Living Lebowski”
Movie screening and trivia, costume contest, white russian and sarsaparilla specials and the entire soundtrack to The Big Lebowski performed by The Little Lebowski Urban Achievers.
The silent Chinese film, RED HEROINE (1929, Wen Yimin) will be shown Monday night (Oct. 6th) at CINE, 7PM & 9:30 PM. The live accompaniment is by Devil Music Ensemble; $10 for students.
And every Friday morning on a home game week, the Melting Point hosts “Breakfast with the Dawgs.” Join us for an intimate breakfast with a member of the UGA Football teams’ coaching staff, former players or current administrators as they discuss the Georgia Bulldogs. Presented by SunTrust and special guests The UGA Alumni Association. Seating is limited to only 200 for this event and is first come first serve so get there early! This week’s (the week of the Tennessee game) speaker is former UGA standout kicker Kevin Butler. $12. 7:30am.
