Girls on HBO

I binge-watched both seasons of Girls this weekend. I wasn’t sure if I was going to enjoy it, because I didn’t really like Lena Dunham’s film Tiny Furniture, and since Girls was purportedly similar, I didn’t have my hopes up. But... I ended up loving it!! It’s more relatable than I thought it would be. I’m not a New York girl in my early twenties... an LA girl in her late twenties is a slightly different animal altogether! But as I watched, I found myself almost cringing at how some things hit home for me, hard.

Not knowing what you're doing with your life, trying to navigate confusing interpersonal relationships - I guess these things are all pretty universal to people in their 20s. Maybe 30s too.

Also, Shoshanna seems like she should be super annoying to me, but I found her hilarious:

“Do you know that part on your resume where they ask if you have any special skills? Well, it’s the thing where they ask you to list like, ‘yoga, Spanish, water skiing, Photoshop.’ I feel like I don’t I have any special skills."

Twitter Oddities

There’s a surprising amount of Twitter accounts dedicated to replying to tweets about movies. When I tweeted that I saw a screening of Robocop, I got a reply from Bixby Snyder (@for_a_dollar) that said “I’d buy that for a dollar!” And when I posted that we were seeing Beetlejuice (at an Oscars Outdoors screening), I got a tweet from @Betelgeuse_3 that said “IT’S SHOWTIME!”

Checking out each account shows that is literally all these accounts do. When someone tweets “Beetlejuice beetlejuice beetlejuice” (which is actually what I posted), that account replies, 99% of the time, “IT’S SHOWTIME!” How random!!!! I wonder what other accounts there are out there that do similar things!

Link Love

Check out this map of Westeros. - It's so intricate!


30 Signs You're Almost 30 - .... sigh. These are so true.


I'm really liking this Pixar Theory. It stretches a bit to make everything fit in the same universe, but it's interesting nonetheless.


The Most Important Bunny Gifs on the Internet - Essential viewing.

Link Love

How the Planets Would Look If They Were As Close as the Moon - I love anything space related, and this is a pretty awesome, and really incredibly unique look at perspective. The ones with the bigger planets looked amazing.


Here Is Today - I love this. Another perspective changing tool, this time with time!


7 Reasons Child Stars Go Crazy - A pretty insightful look at kid stars, by Mara Wilson, aka Matilda. I think she pretty much hits the nail on the head.


30 Things Only Drivers in LA Will Understand - I agree with literally basically all of these.


50 Greatest Joss Whedon Moments - ONLY 50?

Link Love

Disneyland Then Vs. Now - I love me some Disneyland memorabilia. It's pretty cool to see how much Disneyland hasn't yet has changed.

Bunnies. What can't they do? 

The Typical Day of a Teenage Girl in the Late 90s - Okay, who followed me around and wrote this about me?!?

Otter in a Tutu. OTTER IN A TUTU.

What Made The OC Great - Now I really want to rewatch The OC.

My Week in Pictures

(from left to right, top to bottom)
1. Taken in Beverly Hills, while apartment hunting (Saturday)
2. South Coast Plaza in Orange County (Sunday)
3. Wall of movie posters at the Arclight (Tuesday)
4. My pink and gray outfit (Wednesday)
5. A portrait of Leonardo DiCaprio, taken at the Arclight (Thursday)
6. Outside of the Arclight (Thursday) (I went to the Arclight twice this week!)

Things I Love Thursday!

Here are a few things I am loving this Thursday!

• working out outdoors at dusk
• when the elevator doors open right as you walk up
• my new stability ball that I'm using as a desk chair!
• listening to Kings of Leon
• being able to type better because I cut my nails!!

Pink & Gray

Today I skirted up and wore this cute outfit:

Here are some options for assembling a similar look!

First, the pink flats:

Widgeon, Nine West

Some gray tights:

Heather Opaque Full Tights, Express

A gray and white striped skirt (I love mine from Banana Republic - I also got one in navy!)

Odille, Anthropologie

A soft gray t-shirt:

Vintage-Style V-Neck Tee, Old Navy

Throw a pink cardigan over it:

H&M

And maybe some pink jewelry for good measure:

Pink Onyx Necklace

Tuesday Links!

I like sparkly things, and I like Disney, so of course I love these Rings Inspired by Disney Princesses. I really do love the Ariel one the most.

Did you read that crazy letter from the sorority girl to her sisters? You've gotta see Michael Shannon reading it in that scary-quiet and then scary-loud way that he has. Can you get an Oscar nomination from a Funny or Die video? Probably not...

BUNNY TACO.

Want to feel really really small? Or really really big? And just totally freak yourself out? This thing here: The Scale of the Universe - it's amazing.

These 8 New and Necessary Punctuation Marks need to exist, for real!

Today's Wish List!

I've been thinking lately about getting a nice pair of classic black flats. These are lovely:

Aldo, $40

And these are kind of badass:

Aldo, $39.98

A slightly less pokey version!

Aldo, $35