YOU WANT LOW-BROW? YOU GOT IT

you poop-loving masses.

so i've managed to hide away from my nearest and dearest friends my all-consuming obsession with the proenza schouler designed line from target. i've been drooling and staring at the promotional photos at target's PR site (not working as of today) for months, ever since it was first announced. and finally, finally the day was here.

or so i thought. i dragged steve to tanforan mall with me today at 9 am. i had made an actual list that i was too embarrassed to bring, so supplanted it with a mental list of things i wanted to get. i skipped into target and - (record scratch) WHAT? it won't be sold in stores until TUESDAY? WTF?

apparently it was sold online starting at midnight last night, and will be in stores starting tuesday. now you know where i'll be tuesday at 8 am.

BUT this story has a secret happy ending. i found a way (through my obsessively checked fashion blogs) to find the items online before they went on sale through the target site. it's a convoluted and strength-defying trek through the innards of the internet, and i will shield you all from what it really took to get my mitts on these. but yes, frodo, i was able to get the goods.

if you care, i got this, this, this skirt, and this.

finally, continuing with the low-brow theme of this post, we followed our target trip with a totally unsatisfying breakfast at IHOP. i've been having a belgian waffles craving, and it was the only place we could think of. now we know why we stick to our favorite breakfast spots. everywhere else sucks, is expensive, and you have to sit next to noisy little kids. steve ordered the 'rooty tooty fresh n fruity,' and by fruity, they meant blueberries from a can in blueberry syrup.

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ok one more (still low-brow) thing, prompted by the min (or shall i say, DA MIN) - i TOTES agree with you guys - harry potter looks tres hot - or shall i say - perry hotter! - with the horses. and yes, he DID have the best week ever.

also, just remembered this (also low-brow-ish) - i had the worst hangover i've had in months on saturday. what happens when you roll with six dudes is thus: 1) they endlessly buy rounds 2) you are never sure if they are as drunk as you are by the end (steve says they have to keep their cool to zero in on the ladies), so you're trying really hard to keep it together and not be 'that drunk chick' 3) you're totally drunk and YET you still are passed a totally unnecessary margarita (guess who) at 1:15 am, followed by two hefeweizens to 'sober up' 4) they never drink water (WTF) 5) they walk super fast cuz they're not wearing heels. perhaps this marks a return of the mission. by the way, you know you're old when you keep saying 'i knew that bar when it was called...[cama/rawhide/blue triangle].'

FOR YOU POOR NON-TIMES SELECT BASTARDS

Readers Respond With a Library of Ideas
By Naka Nathaniel

Last week, Nick wrote that we should go the classics to find better analogies than Vietnam for the situation in Iraq. This blog asked readers what other classics beyond Moby-Dick or the Aeneid that they thought would be appropriate analogies for President Bush and Iraq.

Almost 400 posts were made, obliterating prior marks for TimesSelect blogs. Macbeth (11) was the most popular suggestion and the Bard’s works (9) were most cited. Rounding out the top five are the Bible, Anabasis, The March to Folly and 1984.

god, how sad. people think we are in a shakespearean play in iraq - but the question is - comedy or drama?

FLIPPIN AWESOME

HEAD, SHOULDERS

me + biff, NYE

me + chai, NYE
also -

me + steve, NYE

more from pa's NYE pics

i left out three things in my raves:

1) the white rapper show
2) i love ny
3) fashionista.com - answering life's great questions, such as - what's up with white converses?

best costume at biff's russia party:





birthday biff

RANTS AND RAVES

RAVES:

-trader joe's white cheddar soy crisps
-trader joe's multigrain crackers
-$3.80 lunch at d & a cafe (on broadway, not clement) - cod in garlic sauce with rice AND with HK milk tea
-ben and jerry's cookies and cream on haight street on a sunny sunday THEN mcdonald's fries THEN napping on steve's couch while watching the office (US) dvds
-finally getting to the point where i actually want to work out NOT to lose weight or because of guilt
-this american life podcast while working out (one hour long, perfect length for two half hour workouts)
-hard knox cafe blackened catfish leftovers
-lily allen at GAMH feb. 6
-to new york with steve for a weekend in march

RANTS:
-3 hour long editorial meetings (hardboiled redux!!)
-feeling obligated to go to parties for lack of better alternatives
-people who are stalking robot who find her through my blog
-robot leaving next week :( - TEAR
-broken flash drive
-too much work at work (i thought this job was supposed to be easy!)
-losing this post and having to rewrite it!!!

good crit piece from cjr on that bullshit ny times single women story

NanPel MY LOVE FOR YOU GROWS EVERY DAY



or with each times article. how awesome is she? AND she's my congresswoman.

thanks gawker

HOLLYWOOD MINUTE
for woody allen fans, from the onion - by the by, did anyone else see scoop? no match point, but not unenjoyable.

speaking of, i watched 13 going on 30 last night on FX, per jason's recommendation. wow, seriously, not a bad movie! and i HATE jennifer garner.

golden globes - wasted an embarrassing number of hours watching that shit, and again regretting it - i will say that i used to hate on penelope cruz for not being able to speak english, but now i am a big fan - she was great in volver, has a hot body, is allegedly dating orlando bloom, AND, this killed me, when asked who she was wearing on the red carpet, she said: "chanel couture. my friend karl lagerfeld made this for me." I ALMOST DIED. how lucky can she be?!? jesu cristo. everyone, including mamabasco, was all into brangelina, but does angelina have couture designers making dresses for her??? sorry - brad is no karl lagerfeld!!!

DRESSES + TIGHTS
20 degrees in SF don't stop us!



aka hellen + Y-H's birthday pre-show



our friends had a pork + ice cream themed party - here is the pork - FUCKIN AWESOME LET ME TELL YOU - WITH veggie options! - you can't see but on the far left plate, the sign says "white people bacon" at the top haha


one of the best pics of robot ever

I JUST GOT ASIANWEEKED

my boss just said: "you're more of a liberal. i'm more of a radical."

5 health issues affecting Asian American women (Audrey): on feministing and angry asian man (1.10.07)

pics from kamikaze theory performance at jet



more nye pics



damn, you know what that looks like?

yes, that is my phone in my bra, cuz that's how classy i am, bitch, what?

GOTH NERD SLUT

great picture that sums up SF in three backs

from metroblogging sf

jesu cristo - WORST MOVIE EVER spawns WORST REMAKE EVER

MORE NEW YEAR'S PICS
new year's day - mimosas at intern alex's

me + drunken angela (AW editor)


with intern alex, after he was shot in the face with a huge sponge-y missile thing



angela then forced me take photos with everyone




TOO MANY PHOTOS. AND MIMOSAS.

post-midnight NYE at dragon lounge (23rd and taraval - big ups sunset!)

me, to chai + philana: "you guys are so cute! i would totally hit on you if i were a white guy!"



frooty with too much henney. fin.

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FRINGALE
bday dinner 12/18

bowl of clams


it's from topshop


men: adding a scarf to your outfit can change the WHOLE LOOK

KING'S NEW YEAR'S EVE AT DAVE AND BUSTER'S
hitting on 22-year-olds:

new year's eve pics

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THE VERY BLUSTERY DAY

one day last week it was so windy that laurie and i both couldn't sleep for fear that the windows would blow in on us. there is a huge tree right behind our house, and the whole night it sounded as if a large group of people was standing in our backyard rustling grocery bags back and forth. the wind blew the shingles off the little playhouse my dad built for us when we were kids. he repaired it the next afternoon, and i took this upon papabasco's triumphant descent -


whitebeard caught redhanded

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birthday pics here and here