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- Dec 14, 11
If my recollection serves me, the first time I ever tried peppermint bark was last year. Maybe the year before. The point is, I was in New York, and I bought the bar at a Bed, Bath and Beyond because when it’s the holidays I crave something minty, and a Ghiradelli Peppermint Bark chocolate bar [...]
- Dec 11, 11
With another weekend comes another baking endeavor, but this time I wanted to do something a light and simple to balance out the complex, heavy mallomars I made last weekend. I decided to hunt down some not-to-sweet, buttery cookies I made for a church bake sale years ago, and I found it on FoodNetwork.com (there [...]
- Dec 06, 11
One of the perks that came with moving to New York a little over two years ago was I finally got to sample the cookie that I had heard referenced in so many New York-set films and movies over the years: the mallomar. I snatched up a box the first time I saw them in [...]
- Jul 23, 11
When I came home for Christmas during my sophomore year in college my best friend from high school sat me down for a Harry Potter marathon. Her mother had recently gotten her into the books and she took it upon herself to share the love with me. We started in the morning and watched Harry [...]
- Jun 03, 11
I woke up this morning in a puddle of sweat. I say wake up as though I was every fully asleep, which I don’t think I was, however I emerged from my bed feeling like crap, wondering when I managed to take my shirt off and how long I could last without turning into a [...]
- Apr 10, 11
Tonight I saw Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark. I was expecting it to be an epic failure that was so bad it’s good. That turned out to be not the case. Allow me to elaborate: The story makes absolutely no sense. I would go into it further but I would ruin things, probably get it [...]
- Feb 27, 11
New York City school children are blessed not just with winter break and spring break, but also a mid-winter break that is, apparently, sometimes referred to as President’s Week. The great thing about working at a school is that I get the same breaks, and as such, I didn’t have to work this week. Unlike [...]
- Aug 22, 10
My brother wasn’t afraid to be a geek. He wasn’t. He quoted his favorite movies all the time, often mimicking their mannerisms and delivery. He would sit in his room making spaceship noises as he played with his toy models–this behavior continued well into his teens. He wrote things. He drew things. He chased after things. He [...]
- Aug 12, 10
Usually I pick a quote for my title that has some connection to the post I am writing. I’ll admit this one is more tenuous than most. The words were spoken by WB Network chairman Garth Ancier at the preview event for the network’s final fall season. The netlet had decided to try to pull [...]
- Jun 13, 10
Moms see the carrot juice on their daughters’ mouths. Moms know when they aren’t dressed right. Moms go shopping with them, and make sure their hair doesn’t look all spazzy. In one fell swoop, Helena has changed this girl’s life from a normal one, where she can be popular and all that, to the distinct [...]
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- My first half-day of substitute teaching begins in 4 minutes. *eek*
- I can't believe I missed this. Greatest video ever! #IheartNBC - Brotherhood of Man http://t.co/tBmuIpyg via @AddThis
- If there's anyone who needs a free car, it's the quarterback of the team that just won the super bowl.Feb 05, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- @words_by_jess I actually thought it was pretty awesome. Except for the Cee Lo. I don't know why he's suddenly everywhere.
- There's a video of @joshgroban singing Mumford & Sons?! And I'm just finding it now?! Happy Saturday!: http://t.co/2EFj0GP2 via @youtube
- I fear I don't feel emotions enough to teach kindergarten. Also, I'm too agreeable.
- I hate NYU #USCisbetter #fightonJan 31, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- I'm sorry. That was supposed to be "gurls." I've never been one to follow the popular music. Who's this Justin Beaver I keep hearing about?
- According to one of my kindergartners @katyperry is the worst person in the world. Doesn't stop him from singing California Girls at lunch.
- Obama's list of wanted endorsers is leaked (I love that Oprah doesn't have a job title): http://t.co/3VUzVWpEJan 24, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Also, @JohnKerry's beat up face is creepy, but points for it being a hockey injury!Jan 24, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Was trying to be a good American and watch the #SOTU, but got distracted learning @dannypudi had twins and @kenjeong was a doctor. #whoknew?Jan 24, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- It was 52° when I got off work. How could I not go for a run?Jan 24, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- I'm afraid. It's 20 degrees outside, and I'm about to go running. Here's hoping my hat stays on and I don't drop my phone.Jan 22, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- I forgot my head is oversized and does not fit any hats. I'm struggling to find something that will stay on my head as I run. Lame.Jan 22, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- @billprady 682Jan 20, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Just learned that "Chess" was actually performed in Swedish! Now I know how I'm going to kill the next couple of hours.Jan 20, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- In other news, I feel judged.Jan 19, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- I've never really watched "Up All Night," but this Friday Night Lights-based storyline is drawing me in.Jan 19, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- @words_by_jess love it. And using 10 year-old Leslie campaign commercials. Too cute!
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- SummaryA graduate student with an interest in all facets of broadcast media, I've had experience as an intern for a major TV show. I have also been involved with USC's television station, Trojan Vision, where I served as a senior producer for a live, student-run talk show, among other things. I'm interested in a job in television.Specialties: HTML, CSS, javascript, Dreamweaver & Flash Typing speed: 80+ wpmExperience
- Sept 2010 - PresentTeaching Assistant / New York Public SchoolsI assist with the daily activities of a kindergarten classroom.
- Sept 2010 - May 2011Roving Library Assistant / NYU Libraries
- Sept 2009 - May 2010Tutor / America ReadsI tutored and offered general assistance in a first-grade classroom. I worked one-on-one or in small groups with students on math or literacy-related assignments. I also administered spelling tests and occasionally led full-class activities.
- Aug 2008 - Jul 2009Tutor / City of Lakes AmeriCorpsCity of Lakes AmeriCorps attempts to bridge the achievement gap while raising success of all students. I worked with fourth graders in a number of areas focusing on math and literacy. I tutored students one-on-one and in small groups, and I occasionally taught lessons to the whole class. I also managed a reading incentive program and led or co-led afterschool classes.
- Oct 2004 - May 2008Student Assistant / VKC Library - University of Southern CaliforniaWorked circulation desk, checked books in and out, shelved items in their proper place, updated databases, relabeled books, processed incoming materials, assisted patrons in locating items and using online databases and catalogs, etc.
- Sept 2006 - Dec 2006Intern / Jimmy Kimmel LiveAssisted casting department: organized head shots, looked over submissions, sat in auditions, copied and filed necessary forms
Helped production office by organizing papers, making copies, running errands, and researching needed information. My first job was hunting down a Tickle-Me-Elmo doll that was thrown off the roof of the building.
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2009 - 2011New York UniversityMA in Media, Culture & Communication
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2004 - 2008University of Southern CaliforniaBA in Communication
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- Q&A: When was the intro added to "I'll Be Home For Christmas"
While talking to my cousin, we got into a disagreement about one of the words in I’ll Be Home For Christmas, so I looked up the lyrics and discovered that there’s a whole verse of the song I never remembered hearing before. Before the well-known refrain of “I’ll be home for Christmas” there is a short introduction:
I am dreaming tonight of a place I love
Even more than I usually do
And although I know it’s a long road back
I promise youLooking back I know I must have heard it before (if only in Josh Groban’s rendition), but it had never really stuck out to me until tonight, but when listening to Bing Crosby’s version (the first and most widely heard) I discovered he did not include the introduction. So I sought to discover: When was the intro added, and by whom?
I failed to find the answer. I hate to admit it, but I just can’t find it. I did, however, find some things I didn’t already know.
- The song was meant to be from the perspective of a WWII soldier fighting overseas and this sentiment, shared by soldiers and their families all across the country and abroad, is what made it so wildly popular when it was released in 1943. This makes me appreciate Josh Groban’s inclusion of messages from soldiers abroad more, as it’s in tune with the song’s original theme. It also makes the whole song way more sad.
- The BBC banned Crosby’s version of the song in the ’40s. “It was felt that it might lower the morale for troops listening overseas.” (source)
- One website said the introduction was added to the song in 1948, but a look at the original copyrighted music (thanks to the Library of Congress) shows that the intro was included in the published 1943 version. I guess that means it was someone who recorded it in 1948 that was the first to include it, but I can’t find who that might have been.
Does Matt Lewis want to play Shawn Hunter in a big screen adaptation of Boy Meets World? Because I can totally get behind that. Anton Yelchin can play Cory, Alia Shawkat can play Topanga, and Zac Efron will get a chance to stretch his comedic muscles as Cory’s older brother Eric. The film picks up where the show left off with our favorite quartet attempting to show New York City who’s boss and discover that maybe the city has some things to teach them in return.
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I compiled this cast list as a way to mildly amuse myself while watching America’s Got Talent. Basically I looked through lists on IMDB of the most famous people born in various years. While doing so I found a few interesting tidbits:
- The two most famous people born in 1989 are Daniel Radcliffe and Matthew Lewis. Radcliffe’s not that surprising, but props to Mr. Lewis for beating out Hayden Panatierre, Taylor Swift, and that guy from The Wizards of Waverly Place
- James Phelps is ranked two spots higher than Oliver Phelps, despite them having (almost) identical credit listings (James worked behind the scenes twice and Oliver has an upcoming acting gig he doesn’t share with his brother).
- Adam Lamberg, the actor who played Gordo on Lizzie Maguire attended the elementary school I work at.
- There are far more super-successful, crazy-talented celebrities that are younger than me than I ever realized. This distresses me more than it should. I can only conclude that I am not as successful or mature as I should be.
- Potter postscript: 10 great, and 10 not-so-great, things about Harry Potter
This article in the Onion AV Club is pretty spot-on. I particularly concur with this point:
Not-so-great:
The epilogue Legend has it that J.K. Rowling wrote the epilogue to Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows long before the rest of the book, and its tacked-on quality, extremely at odds with the 750 pages that precede it, seems to back up that claim. It isn’t just that the seven-page “Nineteen Years Later” reads like fan-fiction, pairing off characters and listing the names of their various offspring; it reads like badfan-fiction, stilted and vague, obligatorily hitting all the fan-service marks—Professor Longbottom, the Sorting Hat, the oh-so-unfortunately named Albus Severus Potter—without offering anything remotely as satisfying as the epic, emotional previous chapter. The bright side is, since it adds nothing to the reading experience, fans can safely stop re-reading before reaching it.
I watched this show today.
FX has really established a style. I couldn’t imagine this show on any other network.
Also, after learning this show is an American adaptation of an Australian show I’m curious if there’s anything I’m going to watch this summer that wasn’t either directly imported or adapted from something foreign. I’m fine if that’s the case.
Back to Wilfred… I enjoy the premise. Even if it’s just getting into the mind of a dog, in whatever weird way that happens on this show, it’s an interesting change of perspective. I would not be opposed to watching more episodes, and we’ll see if my Hulu-ing goes in that direction. However, it wasn’t my favorite. I tend to go for the heart-warming, cute, or zany over darker, edgier stuff. Also how long are FX seasons? This show seems like one of those that might be great in small doses but has trouble when asked to stay fresh for too long.
That said, I did laugh a few times, and it’s cool to see something completely different.
I saw this movie yesterday.
Funny, quirky, kind of sad, very artsy. My favorite moment involved some very music video-esque special effects which I won’t give away in case you ever want to see it.
It was a little hard to understand the Welsh accents. I’m not used to hearing them, but I think I figured out most of the dialogue.
I’m curious to read the book. Based on reviews of the book on Amazon there were a few changes to events and the character of Oliver that intrigue me. Also, I am always interested in how things are adapted from text to screen.
Final review: Not mind-blowing, but I could definitely see myself watching it again if I’m in the mood for something artsy but sweet and honest. Or something very mildly foreign.
Although I’m not a huge fan of the crass language used in the title, this is basically the same reaction I had upon seeing the actor on twitter when I joined up a couple of years ago.
Also, this line: “another promotional shot for the film, where he finds a comfortable balance somewhere between Stephen Fry and Hitler.”
A Ben/Leslie fan video with a Mouse Rat song.
Near the top of my B/L related wishlist for season four, hand holding.
A video I made got tumbled! (Is that the right phrasing?). Yay!
This is why I avoid scary movies, and stick mostly to the PG-13 region.” - Chuck, Ep. 4.06 “Chuck vs. the Aisle of Terror
princess diaries (via allojfa)
The best scene in the movie was cut out. I mean, it’s the only scene that gives Nicolas a modicum of personality. I think the scene got ditched because he asks Mia “how much would my allowance be if we hooked up?”
While Disney films have often included drinking, cartoony violence and hypersexualized and/or stereotypical characters, they’ve tended to steer pretty clear of prostitution.
- I look forward to the DVD...
“Do you try to evolve, or do you try to know who you are?” - Jeff, Community
Really Parents’ Television Council? Because (almost, but not really) cursing is the biggest problem on television. It’s not the materialistic/it’s-better-to-be-famous ideology eschewed on Hannah Montana every week or the string of gruesome rapes and murders on every procedural on every network.
And really? Is CBS’ “contempt for families and the public” above and beyond that of other networks. I mean, NBC gave us Age of Love or whatever that crap was and Fox has Mike Darnell (whom I don’t think has done anything for the benefit of the public ever).
Frankly, I think I’d rather live in a world where the children of the future occasionally swear in a semi-ironic fashion as opposed to one where they violently destroy each other over pretty shoes and fancy parties so they can get on a reality show to improve some network’s ratings.
Then again, I don’t have kids. When I do perhaps I’ll change my mind?
Sheldon Cooper doesn’t approve when they change his schedule.
I need to get out more. Seriously.
When I get around to remembering the Hollywood Stock Exchange I have officially lost the ability to be productive.
- The joys of DVD shopping
Around Union Square there’s a number of sketchy DVD places. Most of the stock is hand-me-downs from Blockbuster and the like. Thus, while some of the stuff is new, it’s not necessarily the most recent.
I stopped by a number of these shops today, and I have a few observations:
- Not all of the stores separate the “Adult” section. You’ve been warned.
- If you’re looking for a specific movie, shop around. One movie was being sold for $6 at one store and $1 at another. That’s a $5 difference!
- Not so much an observation but a question: if I buy the Spanish version of Iron Man I’d still be able to watch it with the original language track, right?
- These places don’t know much about the movies they’re selling. Stand By Me may star kids, but it is by no means a “children’s” movie.
This article is hilarious and dead on.
Speaking of Beat the Clock, I much prefer that show. Check out this clip (starting at about 4:55) to see a goofy little game that’s far more exciting than anything I saw on tonight’s episode of the NBC variation.
- Betty White on SNL
I much enjoyed it tonight. Highlights include:
- “Really?! with Seth & Amy (& Tina)” - I always love that segment. Always.
- CSI: Sarasota - hehe. Brilliant parody.
- All my favorite SNL ladies back for a night.
- A classic TV star being awesome (with a bunch of people watching).
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