I'm really jealous of John Green's AMAZINGLY ADORABLE new puppy, Willy, although I am prevented from kidnapping because A.) Willy lives with John Green and his wife the Yeti in Indianapolis, B.) as John explains, Willy smells a little bit like his own pee, C.) I cannot have a dog in my apartment (I have to keep reminding myself of this, as it is hard to resist all the adorable dogs running around Manhattan), and D.) I remember what a chore it was to raise Val, so no puppies for me. Also, I'm pretty sure that puppynapping is at the very least frowned upon by the police and the populace in general. If you know of a legal loophole to that, let me know.
If you get bored easily like me, here are some fun things I dug up on the blogosphere to help you get through the day:
Nerdfighters @ the Ning: This social networking site is a spin-off from Hank and John Green's Brotherhood 2.0 experiment. Last year, these two brothers (one of which is a Printz Award-winning author...that'd be John) decided not to communicate textually for an entire year, instead communicating only by phone, in person, or via vlog. They put the videos up on their YouTube channel for all to see and it sort of created this Internet phenomenon so now it's expanded to the Ning. I haven't really explored all of the Ning's features yet, but it all sort of sounds like something we would probably invent if we had the time or energy or weren't so damn lazy (the Nerdfighter motto, "DFTBA - Don't Forget to Be Awesome" reminds me a lot of "Did you know that I'm cool?"). The vlogs are pretty amazing, too, so just watching them via the YouTube channel is also great. Below is one of my recent favorites:
I LOSE! I LOSE YOUR PEEP-EATING CONTEST!
Videogum: Like Stereogum, but for trashy TV, so Cambria will like it. This site is written by the same guy who told us that WHEN A TIGER WALKS INTO A ROOM, PEOPLE SHUT THE FUCK UP (and this other girl).
Muxtape: Create your own online playlist! Quick, before somebody shuts this site down for copyright infringement!
Sorry, I thought I had more, and I still think I'm forgetting something, but whatever, that's how life is sometimes. Early onset memory loss! Also, y'all should ALL be reading Jezebel--it's your femiladyist duty (except you, Scott, if you still read this, but it's still really funny and informative)!
Laterz. I miss you.
(OMG, who thought I'd ever use the Peep label again?!)
ETA: Oh, Lord, I do have early onset memory loss. This is what I came up with this entire blog post to tell you about in the first place:
Postcards from Yo Momma: This is a Tumblr run by ex-Gawker Doree Shafrir and some other girl. They are real emails from real moms, and they are almost always hilarious. A quick excerpt:
My new glasses are still sht…. They tried to cover up by saying wireless frames need to be a little thicker due to the string that holds them on. Bull poop
Everything's just incredibly fierce (when it's not being a hot tranny mess up in here)
Item A:
You are ayza in or you ah outz...vis ze sparklink.
Item B:
So as many of you may know, I wrote a book. Um, so I got an agent yesterday. Woohoo! We're doing edits on the book and then maybe we'll get to sell it to a publisher! That's all.
Not that anyone really cares about this, because the kid in question has been met by, oh, three of you, and, like, once, but my sister made this pretty awesome video for my cousin Matthew's birthday and I wanted to put it somewhere so I don't forget it. Maybe watch it if you have the time, because she does some interesting stuff with it that I want her to teach me how to do. It kind of puts my 4S videos below to shame. Enjoy.
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