Eleaish

Balance

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:22:20 -0800

How do people balance the desire to be open with the need to be discreet? Most of the time I like my name, but increasingly, I hesitate before posting anything because there are certain people who

Stumbled across this beautiful series of typography-inspired...

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:46:39 -0700

Stumbled across this beautiful series of typography-inspired photographs and am absolutely in love.

A little note to the driver with road rage this morning

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:10:24 -0700

A little note to the driver with road rage this morning:

Dear Angry Driver,

I understand you’re not a Morning Person, but perhaps you should get in your early dose of hugs or something (though maybe not caffeine, judging by the way you were about to…

“Do you want to date my avatar / She’s a star / And...

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:12:00 -0700

“Do you want to date my avatar / She’s a star / And she’s hotter than reality by far”

How come nobody’s linked me to this earlier?! It’s cheesy and over-the-top, but also sadly way too true in other respects.

Presenting…the Anti-Theft Lunch Bag

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:55:29 -0700

Presenting…the Anti-Theft Lunch Bag

Review in Haiku

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:08:00 -0700

Review in Haiku:

Dark times at Hogwarts
And puberty continues
But no Voldemort?

from the review of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

I can’t even ‘like’ this because it’s...

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:04:16 -0700

I can’t even ‘like’ this because it’s too painful.

aynne:

oh yeah…. It would be funny if it wasn’t so true it hurts.

courtney:

Um, I think Jesse and I are doing enough work together lately to feel the physical pain that this comic evokes.

turkeydinner:

“Ok, but the webpage isn’t going to really say ‘lorem ipsum’ right?”

Business Guys on Business Trips

Cornered

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:44:00 -0700

Cornered:

For the longest time, I have been struggling with whether or not to post this, because the last thing I want to do with an obsessive online stalker is to give him more attention…

My musical tastes tend to be a bit all over the place, and...

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:42:05 -0700

My musical tastes tend to be a bit all over the place, and although I should probably be embarrassed to admit it, I can’t listen to this leaked track (Body Control) by Leighton Meester (yes, of Gossip Girl fame) without wanting to dance.

Florence + The Machine just came out with their debut album...

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:10:59 -0700

Florence + The Machine just came out with their debut album Lungs and I’ve been completely hooked onto their unique and lush sound. This is their cover of Beirut’s Postcards of Italy, which is a lot simpler than their usual fare, but allows you to focus on Florence’s soaring vocals.

What’s up with the super chick-flicky trailer?? [SPOILERY...

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:04:34 -0700

What’s up with the super chick-flicky trailer??

[SPOILERY rant if you haven’t read the book]

I wouldn’t say The Time Traveler’s Wife was a masterpiece, but I liked it because it was about a very complicated sort of love — deeply flawed, steeped with obstacles, and simultaneously everlasting yet doomed. The ending was messy and a bit heartbreaking, much like the way real life often goes. Yet in the trailer, it looks like the promo monkeys have decided to sell it as a magical sort of fairy tale, which I feel cheapens the whole thing.

Then again, my area’s not marketing, so hey, maybe this is just the kind of thing that gets people to want to see a movie.

pilnick:

The Time Traveler’s Wife - Official Trailer

This looks like it should be really good. Despite being a rookie effort, the book is definitely worth reading.

The Gossip is finally coming out with a new album next week,...

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:09:10 -0700

The Gossip is finally coming out with a new album next week, titled Music for Men, and I’m quite in love with this track right now (“For Keeps”), which starts off a bit slow and then soon picks up thanks to Beth Ditto’s powerful vocals.

It’s…Hammertime! Just has to be watched…

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 02:55:00 -0700

It’s…Hammertime! Just has to be watched…

Terrible WordPress Pickup Lines (WordCamp 2009)

Sat, 30 May 2009 16:18:29 -0700

Terrible WordPress Pickup Lines (WordCamp 2009):

Because Matt joked earlier that the (now annual) WordCamp Genius Bar would be available for dating advice throughout the day, I decided to run with the idea and compile a list of terrible…

HAH! Merlin Mann, how I adore your wit.

Mon, 25 May 2009 21:53:06 -0700

HAH! Merlin Mann, how I adore your wit.

I just stumbled onto this Nina Persson (The Cardigans) cover of...

Mon, 18 May 2009 07:51:39 -0700

I just stumbled onto this Nina Persson (The Cardigans) cover of the White Stripes recently and despite the arrangement not being significantly different, there’s something about her singing “Dead Leaves on the Dirty Ground” that I quite enjoy.

Story of my life

Sun, 17 May 2009 12:59:40 -0700

Me: do you ever find that going back to [chat] logs
Me: you sound much less witty than you recall?
J: yeah
J: totally
Me: because that's how i often feel upon reading what i said

Showed this to my mother and she couldn’t stop laughing at...

Sun, 10 May 2009 23:01:06 -0700

Showed this to my mother and she couldn’t stop laughing at the uncanniness.

New artist discovery of the day: Victoria Hesketh, aka Little...

Thu, 07 May 2009 14:41:12 -0700

New artist discovery of the day: Victoria Hesketh, aka Little Boots, featured here doing a neat cover of Hot Chip’s “Ready for the Floor.”

"No cellphone?” Houston cannot fathom a relationship like this. He would never, for example,..."

Wed, 06 May 2009 03:58:34 -0700

““No cellphone?” Houston cannot fathom a relationship like this. He would never, for example, date someone who refused to text. And someone who was still on MySpace instead of Facebook? “Oh, that would be an automatic reject,” Houston says. “It’s kind of like a unibrow.” He pauses. “Maybe that’s why I’m single.””

- Getting Their (Wireless) Lines Crossed, Washington Post