October 2008
We. are. joking.
Krystal: [redacted] is the man I'm going to marry.
Julia: Oh really?
Krystal: He's a polo player from Connecticut who went to Princeton.
Mary: He's paying your rent?
Krystal: No, no no. We haven't even gone on a date yet.
Julia: Paying her rent is NEXT week. God, Mary.
September 2008
The 25 Most Influential People On The Web:
Via BusinessWeek
* Steve Ballmer * Mitchell Baker * Jeff Bezos * Sergey Brin, Larry Page, and Eric Schmidt * Jeff Clavier * Paul Graham * Arianna Huffington * Joi Ito * Steve Jobs * Jonathan Kaplan * Loic Le Meur * Jack Ma * Matt Mullenweg * Rupert Murdoch * Craig Newmark * Gabe Rivera * Kevin Rose * Sheryl Sandberg * Jon Stewart * Peter Thiel * Maria Thomas * Anssi Vanjoki * Jimmy Wales *...
WatchLet’s start off your Tuesday morning with a bit o classic RuPaul, shall we?
This lipdub, adeptly shot & edited by the talented Jim Zunt, took place on the final day of Fashion Week.
I actually convinced them to let me film it in the biggest runway space in the Tents about 30 minutes before one of the last shows was about to start. I snuck around backstage, climbed up to the sound...
Meghan: But [redacted] looked SO much better before!!
Julia: Really?
Meghan: Yeah, let me show you!!
Julia: Okay.
Meghan: (Opens up video, starts playing it. On video, Meghan yells "I'm here with [redacted]!!" really loudly. *Three* times.)
Meghan: See?
Julia: Um. Meghan?
Meghan: Yeah?
Julia: That's not [redacted].
Meghan: Oh my god.
Rolling Stones’ Beast of Burden
For...
Trader: So, did you lose money in the market this week?
Me: Um ... no.
Trader: Damn! I'm impressed. How'd you do that?!
Me: Well, here's the funny thing about losing money. Usually, you have to have HAD it at one point in order to lose it. This has never been my problem.
Trader: [awkward silence] Oh.
Me: Dude, I'm a journalist. We've had 365 Black Mondays a year for the last seven years.
"He is NOT my boyfriend!!" Explaining Female... →
Was sorting through my old Time Out columns to gather topics for a dating show, and I stumbled across this one, about my odd fear of the word “boyfriend.” I wrote it at the end of June, when I was dealing with fairly intense confusion about my persistent inability to commit.
Read the unedited, longer version I pasted (it’s better than the shortened column on TONY’s...
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Awkward.com
When your mom’s friends friend you on Facebook.
Never thought I’d see the day.
Listen to the Rhythm of the Falling Rain
A little...
WatchSam Reich over at College Humor is a fucking genius.
Excuse my language, but there’s just no other way to put it.
“Death doesn’t exactly hand you a sheet which says Pick Your Terms.”
– my mom, who flew out to LA this morning to see my grandmother, who is dying.
This is her response to my anger over the general unfairness of bodies not doing what you want them to, namely: staying healthy. forever.
FIVE GOLD NONSOCIETY STARS FOR THIS ONE!
From: Kim [redacted] Date: September 26, 2008 4:19:14 PM EDT To: <julia@nonsociety.com> Subject: Halloween Costumes Hi Julia - Happy Friday. So, I’m right there with you on the Halloween Countdown. I used to live in NYC , so I understand the magnitude and statement that needs to be made. Here are a few ideas that could perhaps work for you gals. Hope they inspire. Good luck and can’t...
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EMERGENCY: T MINUS APPROX 30 DAYS UNTIL HALLOWEEN!...
My regular readers know I take Halloween VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY.
This year I am forcing Meghan & Mary to dress up with me, in some sort of collective. However, I am stuck for SUPER AWESOME ideas.
So far, this is all I’ve come up with …
Three (slutty) blind mice
Three (slutty) little pigs
See No (slutty) Evil, Hear No (Slutty) Evil, Speak No (Slutty) Evil
(Slutty) Snow White...
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PAGE SIX MAGAZINE DEBATE: Has NYC slipped as the...
THE UNEDITED ANSWER
Most New Yorkers’ reaction to Forbes ranking us #8 best city for singles was more or less universal bafflement. Were there even seven other cities in the US?? With, uh, singles, that is? Don’t get us wrong, we love Rankings. Rankings mean there are Winners and, more importantly, Losers who are Not Us! But we’re clearly the best city to be single in - so...
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OMFG: Is this guy REALLY single???? →
I can see him with Mary.
Anyone know his email?
Unsolicited matchmaking is my latest hobby.
Julia: Have you kissed him yet?
Meghan: No.
Julia: Um ... did he *know* it was a date?
M: I don't date, I just have boyfriends.
Meghan: Yeah, she doesn't slut it up is what she's trying to say.
M the Assistant: You must have gone on a date last night.
Julia: Um.
M the Assistant: I always know when you go on dates.
Julia: How?
M the Assistant: There are no emails at 4 am from you.
Meghan: Yeah! I woke up at 7 am and there were ONLY EMAILS FROM MARY.
Julia: I'm sorry. This will not happen again. I've let you down! No more dates, ever.
M the Assistant & Meghan: Noooooooooooooo!