Tafadhali: Archive

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I don’t even…know what to do with this. His voice. What voice is he even doing? And the shoes and the lying down and Jon Stewart is clearly flummoxed and kind of charmed but mostly wants to give him detention or something. This is hilarious, and it makes me kind of glad no televised interviews of myself at 18 exist. (Actually, one does. I was on local TV in Maine talking about...

Jan 31st

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My Father Attempts French

 For context, every time we go skiing in Wyoming with our friend Jamie, he yells "Oh my God, it's a bear!" as we go over the children's ski area in the gondola. My father, seeing a picture I took of a French children's ski area that had similar bear decorations, attempted to make a bilingual joke.
Dad: OMG, it's a BASSIER!!
Me: ...a baissier is a financial bear. Like a "bear market." This like when you told me "Je tres comme toi" instead of "Je t'aime beaucoup."

Jan 31st

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US Map by Surname →

Unsurprisingly, my surname is within (to my best reckoning) two cm of both the city where I was born and the city where I grew up. (Though it’s nearly a whole inch away from where I went to college. What is that, Cincinnati?)

Jan 31st

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English Pronunciation Test →

I find this incredibly fun to read aloud, but maybe shouldn’t have done it when I have a sore throat.

Jan 30th

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All of these videos of kids acting out this year’s Oscar nominees are pretty awesome, but this might actually be the CUTEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN. Now I really want to see The King’s Speech. (The Social Network one is pretty great, too.)

Jan 30th

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A Clarification

Dear World (especially you, Glamour magazine, since it was you who gave me the aneurysm this morning), This is babysitting: “Hey, Jessica! I’m so glad you could take Tillie and Quentin on such short notice! Does fifteen dollars an hour work for you?” “No problem, Mrs. J! This is all going to my prom dress fund!” This is not babysitting: “Hey, sweetie!...

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“Pour ce qui concerne ma vie sexuelle, la thèse importante est bien: ‘Nous...”

– Haruki Murakami, La course au mouton sauvage

Jan 29th

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New Aaron Sorkin Show Exactly Like Every Other... →

And yet I still look forward to it and seeing where his latest character named Danny and “What Kind of Day Has It Been/It Has Been” place in my Sorkin rankings. I wonder who Joshua Malina will be this time! (Obviously the current standings are: Rydell, Concannon, Tripp trailing waaaay behind for stalkerish behavior; WW, SN, S60.)

Jan 28th

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A Guide to Houses No Gentleman Would Dare to... →

Jan 28th

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“Obama’s Reagan Bromance”

– An actual headline from Time fucking magazine

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W Magazine: Best Performances →

This is a pretty awesome photoshoot, and I’m pretty sure Annette Bening has never looked better. (Mark Ruffalo on the other hand, has never looked more LOLARIOUS.)

Jan 28th

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