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[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]Kid Cudi (“featuring” Vampire Weekend) - Cudderisback
Kid Cudi’s new single, remixed with Vampire Weekend’s “Horchata.” Not bad! And on that note, the BlackBook Tumblr makes our glorious return, too. Gamechanging surprise, coming up…
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A friend of mine
threatened to takeinvited me to see New Moon this weekend. I said I’d go because that’s how good a friend I am, but she already saw it without me because that’s how good a friend she is. The only entertainment value I find in anything Twilight-related is in ripping on it. Therefore, I present a sampling of things that do just that.First up, the above video, in which Buffy the Vampire Slayer demonstrates the proper way to react to being stalked by a vampire, albeit one that sparkles.
This review hits the major points of all that is wrong with Twilight, not the least of which is just how irritating the protagonist, Bella, is.
For enlightenment on the leading man, Edward, click here. This commentary offers such helpful information as the number of times the author, Stephenie Meyer, praises Edward’s breath, handwriting, and driving skills, among other attributes.
Cracked’s insightfully crude (and I do mean crude) commentary on all four books draws out several poignant lessons, such as this one:
It is perfectly cool to string along innocent but decent guys who are crushing on you and then dump them immediately as soon as your ex-boyfriend reappears, and totally normal if said ex-boyfriend forbids you from seeing your old friend. After all, your love for your ex must be far stronger, because he makes you feel ‘alive’ and ‘dangerous’ since he’s always on the verge of killing you. And stalking you. We can’t really mention that enough.
This site explains “How to Write a Bestseller Just like Twilight.” Alternative title, “How to Join the Twilight-generated Acceleration of the Decline of Civilization.”
The author of the guide also offers hope that, despite the hideous blot on the canon of English literature she has created, Stephenie Meyer has taken one small step to cap the abomination.
Even Robert Pattinson thinks Twilight is ridiculous, and he’s right in the thick of the craze.
…there’s some things about Edward that are just so specific that it’s like, I was just convinced that, that this woman [Stephenie Meyer] is mad, she’s completely mad, and she’s in love with her own fictional creation…
And finally, why even bother hating Twilight?
Because we know that even as a romantic fantasy, it’s a damaging one; that even for a trashy book, it’s a lousy one; and that even-or especially-as an escape for a young woman who’s longing to break out of her everyday confinements, it’s a trap.
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[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]Cater To You .:. Passion ft. Melvin and The Oners
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Jalou by Dolce & Gabbana
A Conversation Entitled My coworker invited me to take part in some Halloween carousing
- Coworker: I'm going as Nightwing! I got a black mask. You know, just a regular black mask?
- Me: Yeah.
- Coworker: I cut it so it looks like Nightwing's. I had to put it in a coffee cup so it would actually fit my face and not just stick out on the sides.
- Me: You actually prepared for this. Would I have to wear a costume? Because I can't scrape anything together by tomorrow.
- Coworker: No, you don't need a costume, but I could paint your face! I got a set of, like, 16 face paints. You could go as a zombie or the Bride of Frankenstein.
- Me: Well, I do have a wedding dress in my closet.
- Coworker: ...
- Me: I'm kidding!
- Coworker: That would have been very Liz Lemon of you.
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I hope your heart is broken many times because it means you would have loved many times.Demetri, Bored to Death: Case of the Lonely White Dove
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When You Were Young .:. covered by The Noisettes (BBC Lounge)
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