September 1999 Archives

Today's Clue is: Wanderlust. Today's Secret Hollywood Square is: Michael Palin.

No
Shitting in the Toilet.

I'm completely fascinated with the Lonely Planet show on the Travel Channel. (secret #923: my dream job is to be a travel writer, i.e. travel places and write about it. and get paid for it.)

and my favorite place on earth: Cyprus.

my snowglobe collection is getting too big. I need to find some kind of display case. on a completely unrelated note, I've had a burning desire for about a year to cover my TV stand (boring Target thinger) in shag carpet material. yes indeed, Architectural Digest should be knocking on my door any day now.

perpetual bubble wrap from the fabulous URBAN75.

from McSweeney's: I Am a Concerned Chilled Orange Juice Drinker.

and Feed comes through with its LOOK SEE FEEL BE: The FEED Art Issue.

today I asked my childhood literary hero, Judy Blume, a question in a CNN-sponsored chat room. and she answered me!! only on the web. which is
probably a good thing. ooo - her site suffers badly from Geocities-itis in its design though. I even had the Judy Blume Diary growing up - and sprinkled throughout it were photos of strange people and quotes from her books. I had a high-security system on this diary too: a series of rubber bands, each color-coded and positioned at particular spots along the plastic binder. with that security background, I should be qualified to work at Hotmail.

the only food you need for Y2K. who knew?

I did not know that people were cruel to David Duchovny, but there is a Society for Prevention of Cruelty to David Duchovny, also known as SPCDD. beeeeeefcake.

there's something intrinsically funny about cows. and accordions.

Today's Clue is: Squeeze. Today's Secret Hollywood Square is: Judy Tenuta.

Tatu. Tatu lives in Iceland and plays his accordion.
"So strap on your squeezebox and brace for the thrill/The crowd's gonna love you, you know that they will."
I'm not sure how I feel about this.
I'm a little scared by the fact that the official
instrument of St. Paul, Minnesota, is the accordion.
Polkahontas!

Today's Clue is: Peanut Butter. Today's Secret Hollywood Square is Marc Price.

oy! the Jewish Internet Fund.
on a related topic: peanut butter and homosexuality. the man has a good point about Thai food and peanut butter.
Choosy Moms Choose Supermarionation.
Dammit, man, it's GIF!!
it's GIF!!
oh how scary is this?? Tina Yothers (Jennifer on Family Ties) is now a punk rocker??
about 1 in every 10
peanuts grown in the U.S. for food use ends up in a jar of Jif.

I didn't know Bath and Body Works and Victoria's Secret were owned by the same company. (this explains a lot, actually. both places rely heavily on scentsibility. hahahaha. plus a heavy emphasis on curly fonts and artificial colors.) I went into a Bath and Body Works last night, on a frou-frou shopping adventure, and I think I felt my olfactory bulbs explode. they're doing some amazing things with candles, these people are. they're selling these mock Mason jars filled with wax "fruit" covered in a "pectin" and selling for $22 a pop. and they're making Halloween candles that have REAL candy corn in them. the sales girl told us she actually ate one and yes! it was a real candy corn.

I don't think I could *ever* work
retail.

oh! I love this: a study of the effects of celery on loose elastic.

oh sweet Buddha! the nubbin is back. she took a break for a while, decompressed from her old job, painted a few walls, went a few places, danced a little, had some beverages, talked to the animals. glory be.

things:

• High Fidelity. if you're alive, read it.
• Teaching a Stone to Talk. see above.
• scented lotion. why not smell good?
• even I am a little befuddled by Network Solutions' massive security blunder (thanks Jason).
• Cartoon Networks' site offers downloadable Power Puff Girls icons. "My Computer" is now Buttercup. and be sure to vote for Blossom for President. (sure as hell beats Pat Buchanan. why does he still try? same for Steve Forbes. all the charisma of a roto-tiller.)