Thank you to everyone who sent in clips of themselves lip-synching to “You Don’t Own Me” for this PSA! You’re in good company with Mae Whitman, Justin Bond, Alia Shawkat, Carrie Brownstein, Miranda July, Tennessee Thomas, Zoe Kravitz, Leith Clark, Rachel Antonoff, Lena Dunham, Ruby Karp, Erika Spring, Alexa Chung, Karen Elson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Sarah Sophie Flicker, Rain Phoenix, Sia, Becky Stark, Natasha Lyonne, Lesley Gore herself, and many more. (Not in a LISTEN TO WHAT CELEBS TELL YOU TO DO kind of way, but in a YOU MIGHT WANNA SEE THIS PERSON’S FACE IF YOU ALREADY LIKE THEM? kinda way.) (Also, Lesley Gore=<3333.)
THANK YOU!
<3 Tavi
KUDOS to the Teen Media Elite!
It’a shame that Cajun/Creole cooking, perhaps the most authentically American cuisine of all, gets so shortchanged in American restaurants, reduced to a paprika-covered chicken breast or fish sandwich. If it were up to me, families across the country would gather around for a feast of crawfish…
uhh… this can’t be good
Honey, You Make Me Blue. Beekeepers near the French town of Ribeauville, which is home to a M&M’s processing plant, have noticed their bees turning out honey in unnatural shades — green, blue and dark brown among them.
One Thing At A Time, Revisited
I interviewed someone today that gave me something to think about. He was describing a feeling I totally and completely identify with; that feeling of having so much to do you don’t know where to start. You can make lists and outlines, but at once things can seem completely overwhelming.
Once that feeling hits, it becomes really easy to throw in the towel, do nothing on the list, and defiantly spend the next hour (or three) scrolling through blogs, Tumblr, and Facebook.
He said that he was always told “one thing at a time” and while that was a great way to think, he’s amended it to say “one thing at a time; advance the plot.”
I love this idea. I am a list maker. A procrastinator. An avoider of tasks once I feel overwhelmed, leaving them to the last possible millisecond. It’s probably why I don’t blog as much as I would like to, tweet as much as I probably should to “maintain a presence” and all those things my PR self keeps screaming in my ear.
While I might finally take the time to do one thing at a time, I’m not advancing my plot.
And as much as I would like to take a “it ends today” stance, I know I can’t change overnight. However, I’m making an effort to become more conscious of my actions. Pay attention to my lists. Advance the plot.
Bad Lip Reading does Twilight, and it’s a better love story than Twilight
> This is the one of the rare things that actually make me laugh out loud on the internet.
> That voice is more fitting for her than her own voice.
> Do they do whole movies? I’d actually consider watching Twilight if it was all like this.
How dare you…
JESUS
bahahahaha
(via thoughtlessfroth)
Yikes, it’s September!
Since I last posted anything original, I’ve celebrated a birthday, had a bash, went to see the always amazing and entertaining Michael Franti, went camping, made new friends and picked up loads of freelance work. I’ve been so busy it’s been wonderful.
Here are a few things I’ve written in the past few weeks:
For Poor Taste:
An ode to sweet summer corn, how to pickle green beans, and how to fail at making saltwater taffy.
For the Eugene Weekly:
A run down of the music lineups for the annual Eugene Celebration and a preview for the Mavis Staples show coming to Eugene with Bonnie Raitt.
For the Register Guard:
A feature on Ginger Kesey, the graphic designer behind original artwork for Kesey Enterprises and the McDonald Theater, Cuthbert Amphitheater and Eugene Celebration.
And, I think that’s all for now. There’s a ton of stuff in the works, possibly a new job opportunity and an upcoming Minnesota vacation. I think I’ll like September.
What about you?
