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What’s In My Pocket, Friday? The best of…. something.

This was meant for Friday, but I did not have the will to finish it on Friday. Today I decided I needed it.

While I’ve not posted here or in my other blog in a rather embarrassing amount of time, it suddenly seemed important to me to put something out into the world that wasn’t… dark. I’m overwhelmingly sickened by the state of the world right now and if you thought I was laughing before, I’m downright hysterical now.

So here are things I’ve saved in my “pocket” that, hopefully, will make us all feel a little better — even if only for a short while.

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If you don’t know who Justin Tranter is, you probably know his music. He’s responsible for Gwen Stefani’s new album, most of Selena Gomez’s, a lot of Britney, a lot of Bieber… I know Justin because we share a mutual friend dating back to college when we saw him play with his band, Semi Precious Weapons, at the coffee shop at the Virgin Megastore in Union Square. (His former bassist, Cole Whittle, now plays for DNCE.)

Anyway, the day after a gunman killed 49 people and wounded 53 at Pulse in Orlando last month, Justin got on a plane. He lent a hand wherever he could but he wanted to do more. The result is “Hands,” a track released earlier this week that features Selena Gomez, Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez, Gwen Stefani, Mary J. Blige, Pink, Juanes, Kacey Musgraves, Adam Lambert and many more. Proceeds from the song, available exclusively on iTunes, will benefit Equality Florida, the GLBT Community Center of Central Florida and Glaad.

Similarly, the Broadway community came together on an episode of “Maya and Marty” to sing their iTunes single for charity. It’s rather beautiful:

Music brings me a lot of peace and joy. So do puppies. My friend Lisa got a new puppy and I love each and every photo she shares of her on Instagram. And since I absolutely refuse to sit on the internet all day reading the news at this point, I choose to have the puppy cam on.

This post on Facebook made me laugh:

 And I thought this video Rufus Wainwright posted on Facebook was beautiful:

If you just need a good, great, gut-busting laugh? Well then you should click over to Buzzfeed for some hilarious tweets about kids!

 

This quote also struck me as rather serene and I wanted to conclude with it:

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What’s In My Pocket Friday? Well, I’ll be honest with you. I’m turning 37 on Sunday and I’m not feeling particularly great about it. But all of that is offset by the fact that “Captain America: Civil War” is out this weekend. It’s pretty hard to be bummed out when you get to sit in a dark room and watch Chris Evans in high definition 3D for two and a half hours.

So basically, I’m calling it a draw and declaring that my life doesn’t suck. And on that note, here are some things that also do not suck…. (I AM THE MASTER OF SEGUES!)

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  • First, and most important, this post from Donald Trump brought me so, so much joy. I think I giggled to myself for a good 90 minutes. Surely now that Trump has eaten a taco bowl, EVERYTHING IS OKAY AGAIN. (Even his food has a wall. Who do you think paid for it?)

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  • Heather posted a very easy-to-follow “Chocolate Chip Cannoli Cones” recipe! Looks yummy!
  • Carolyn sent me a Golden Girls coloring page. I LOVE IT SO MUCH. I will be doing this in my office today, no doubt.
  • I saw a couple of great posts about Mother’s Day gift ideas. Here’s one from Chris, and one at Forces of Geek.
  • I’ve been rewatching “West Wing” on Netflix. I still love that show so much. So I was excited when Allison Janney and Bradley Whitford appeared on the same episode of The Late Late Show — AND did this:

  • Jimmy Kimmel also made me chuckle this week — with this video about Sarah Palin and her theories on climate change:

That seems like a good place to stop. With laughter.

Have a lovely weekend! 

What’s in my Pocket Friday – In the year 2000!

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Sort of a metaphorical “pocket” I’m exploring today….

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I was organizing some drawers in my bedroom last night (isn’t that what everyone does at 12:30 when they can’t sleep?) and found a very old diary. And then I was up til 2 AM reading through it. (I am a genius at curing insomnia, apparently.) I purchased it in 2000 in the gift shop of “Il Duomo di Firenze” (The Cathedral of Florence) when I lived there for a semester and documented my life in it for many years afterward (the last post in it is dates 1.3.09).

On one page, I created and filled out my own survey of, well, myself. I wrote: “It will be so fun to look at this in 10 or 15 years to see if I still like the same things.” And it was. In the year 2000, this is what I wrote:

  • Favorite Color: Purple
  • Favorite Meal: Caesar Salad w/ grilled shrimp, side of fries
  • Favorite Music: Counting Crows, Blink 182, Eminem, *NSYNC, Garth Brooks, The Who
  • Favorite Actors: Tim Robbins, Kevin Spacey, Christian Bale, Allison Janney, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Ed Norton, Al Pacino, John Cusack, Joan Allen, Diane Keaton
  • Favorite Movies: Grosse Pointe Blank, The Usual Suspects, Playing by Heart, American Beauty, The Godfather, High Fidelity, Tombstone, Mallrats
  • Favorite Sports Teams: NY Yankees, LA Kings
  • Current Favorite TV Shows: The X-Files, Boston Public, Sex & the City, Will & Grace, ER, Friends, The Practice, The West Wing, Law & Order, Six Feet Under, Ally McBeal
  • Favorite Books: To Kill a Mockingbird, American Psycho, HIgh Fidelity, About a Boy, Fight Club
  • Random Obsessions: The Brat Pack, Michael J. Fox, Tigger, the Internet, Awards Shows, Puppies
  • Hobbies: Collages, building websites, postcard collecting, writing, scrapbooks
  • Celebrity Nemesis: Kate Hudson

And now? Well, much of this we know but just to sync up….

  • Favorite Color: Purple
  • Favorite Meal: Sushi or a great burger with a side of fries
  • Favorite Music: Boy Bands, Garth Brooks, The Who, Sam Hunt, Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran
  • Favorite Actors: Kevin Spacey, Allison Janney,  John Cusack, Diane Keaton, Meryl Streep, Tom Hiddleston, Benedict Cumberbatch, Sam Rockwell, Patrick Stewart, Matt Bomer, Tom Hardy
  • Favorite Movies: Grosse Pointe Blank, The Usual Suspects, Tombstone, Charade
  • Favorite Sports Teams: NY Yankees, LA Kings
  • Current Favorite TV Shows: Law & Order SVU, @Midnight, Outlander, The Flash, Arrow, The Blacklist
  • Favorite Books: To Kill a Mockingbird, American Psycho, High Fidelity, Yes Please
  • Random Obsessions: Boy Bands, Brunch, Tigger, Awards Shows, Puppies
  • Hobbies: Blogging, postcard collecting, writing, cleaning out my drawers in the middle of the night (apparently)
  • Celebrity Nemeses: Kate Hudson, LL Cool J

I am both delighted and appalled that not much has changed. 😉

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What’s in my Pocket Friday

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What’s in my pocket this Friday? Well, a myriad of things, my friends. I am just so happy to be here!

Seven movies in six weeks, y’all. And I SURVIVED. I am tired but I SURVIVED. And I hope I have more energy to blog moving forward because I miss you guys!

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  • BRUNCHCON, guys. It is coming. I was one of the first people to know about it but I love that everyone posted it on my Facebook wall, tweeted it to me, emailed it to me, etc. You bet yer sweet arse I’ll be there.
  • Social Media Club is hosting a funeral for blogging. Is blogging actually dead? No, I don’t think so but it’s certainly not what it used to be and the discussion should be riveting.

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  • Here are 16 perfect places to get pie in Los Angeles. I have been to many but I will certainly aim to go to all. #LifeGoals
  • ModCloth has signed an Anti-Photoshop pledge and I think that’s so fantastic. I love their brand already and now I just want to hug them.
  • Someone laid down Warren G and Nate Dogg’s “Regulate” as if Bert and Ernie are singing it and it is AH-MA-ZING.

  • I covered a PaleyFest  event for Forces of Geek and was reminded of the piece I wrote about Fan Q&As being THE WORST.
  • I discovered the most wonderful independent movie theater in Phoenix. If you are ever there, you absolutely have to go to FilmBar.
  • Hanson’s “MMMBop” turned 20 YEARS OLD! OMG! They did a great interview but you know I have to post the video:

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Work has been crazy-busy this week and when I’m not working, all I wanna do is sit and stare at the TV. And eat. Luckily I have a bag of carrot sticks otherwise my emotions would taste like Milano cookies this week.

I’ve been going to bed at crazy hours — and by “crazy” I mean 9:30 and 10:00. A chronic night owl, I’m usually lucky to be asleep by midnight.

But it’s Friday and I love Fridays because it’s “Shark Tank” night! And I have time to do this:

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  • Speaking of Oscars, they were pretty lousy in my opinion. That whole Stacy Dash thing? HORRIBLE.
  • But I did enjoy Tom & Leo. Leo & Tom. They are my new favorite bromance.

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  • Is it weird to include someone else’s Friday post in my own Friday post? I really liked Chris’.
  • Anne has been especially crafty these days. You should be following her.
  • Do you Snap? I love Snapchat. I’ve really found my groove with it — especially during the GOP debates where the candidates are essentially bickering children. I’ve been adding filters and funny accessories to the candidates. Add me and here’s a lil’ demo:

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Hooray! Happy Friday! And it’s OSCAR WEEKEND! It’s like my Christmas. I know a lot of people in my industry are jaded by awards season — it’s true that a lot of politics and pandering come into play — but it still takes me back to being a little girl and wishing it were me in the Armani Privé. I love the glamour and the fashion, the host schtick and (some of) the speeches.

I do not, for the record, like the “mani cam” or anything uttered by Giuliana Rancic.

If anyone would like to fill out their own ballot, this is the one I’m using this year; the bloggers at Sugar and Charm have a cute one.

And here’s what’s been amusing me this week.

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  • First of all, priorities. Here are some new, delicious brunch spots in Los Angeles.
  • I liked this piece from LifeHacker: “A Simple Plan To Start Reading More.”
  • As I drive a fairly long distance to and from work, Podcasts really get me through. Here’s one a couple of my good friends started and our friendships aside, I really am enjoying it! They have good nerd banter and talk about all the nerd things in Hollywood and beyond I so enjoy. Click here for the Hollywood Picture News.

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  • The former head of the KKK has endorsed Donald Trump, which is all I needed to read this article about moving to Canada.
  • The Simpsons even made a 2:30 short about the nightmare elections.
  • On my favorite show, @Midnight With Chris Hardwick,Hardwick cannot mention Donald Trump without giving him a fantastic nickname. And as I was chuckling over a recent one, I wondered if anyone had made a video compilation… Well, of COURSE:
  • I thought this was interesting — YouTube is now allowing users to blur parts of their videos. Smart.
  • Funko is releasing Golden Girls figures and I’ve really never known joy like this before!!!

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  • I posted a sweet little giveaway.
  • The trailer for a new doc I’m working on, “Fastball,” premiered. If you love baseball, watch.
  • I finished “Ready Player One” and it really may be one of my all-time favorite books.

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How is everybody? I’m trying and trying to blog more frequently but sometimes life’s a bitch that gets in your way. I guess I need to shove that bitch to the side, y’all….

But! I’ve continued to save things in my pocket daily because I do look forward to sharing the best of the web with you on Fridays (when I can)!

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  • New hero. Hannah Keyser for Racked writes about the challenges of dress shopping when you’re busty. I love her.
  • For my fellow bloggers, Rafflecopter put out a pretty solid blog post on common blogging mistakes.
  • Remember when I posted a glossary of millennial vocabulary? Someone put some kind elderly people to the test and it’s AMAZING!

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  • Apparently Instagram is rolling out a multiple accounts user feature. I’ll just be sitting here. WAITING. GIVE IT TO ME, INSTAGRAM!
  • That time the New York Times named one of my company’s movies as a “Critic’s Pick” in a review I pitched.
  • I must confess, this performance from Taylor Swift of “Wildest Dreams” – a song I previously I did not care for – is beautiful.

COMING SOON…

  • A very delicious giveaway
  • A delicious brunch spot review
  • And, hopefully, like 18 hours of sleep because I AM TIRED.

I’ve been MIA, so what’s new?

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18 days into the new year, I’m already “this close” to throwing my arms up in the air in defeat. I HAVE ALL OF THE TIRED, y’all. I am having the time of my life at work but my body is paying for it. This past week, in New York for business, I contracted a massive head and chest cold almost the moment I got off the plane. I’ve been home for a couple hours now and am just sitting on the sofa, trying to simply catch my breath.

While I’ve not had time to draft a “Pocket Friday” post in a while,  I’ve still been bookmarking fun bits here and there and wanted to touch base with this channel to share some goodies. What's New?

  • Blogger and good friend Anne is a Pinterest wizard. She has made an incredible packet of Pinterest advertising tips available. Go get it.
  • David Bowie died and I wept. And then I made a playlist.
  • Alan Rickman died and I was devastated. From Mic: “10 Things About Alan Rickman That Will Make You Love and Miss Him Even More.”
  • This. This Vine will melt your heart:

  • On this recent trip, I slept remarkably well, albeit a little sweaty, under a weighted blanket at my hotel. And so I found this article about weighted blankets reducing anxiety. Interesting stuff.
  • Two of my very talented writer/producer friends have started a blog. We are like-minded ladies. I love it.
  • I am absolutely in love with Star Wars envisioned as Winnie the Pooh characters.

What's New?

And what is going on at work that has kept me so busy?

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I save things in my pocket all week long and look forward to sharing the best of the web with you every Friday! Even on a holiday. I am that dedicated.

Pocket enables users to save something they find online for later. I find it especially handy as a Google Chrome extension — I only have to click a button to immediately save something to my pocket. Once something is saved, the content is visible on any device — phone, tablet, computer, and even offline.
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  • I’ve used Blue Apron for the latter half of 2015 but have recently been thinking I should try some of their competitors. Then Chris, the “Sustainable Dad,” published this amazing review of six food delivery services – I love it!
  • My friend Chris of “What I Run Into” fame tipped me off to this addicting little online shop for dog fanatics like me. MUST HAVE ALL THE THINGS.

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  • Speaking of dogs, how about this list of all the cutest Golden Retrievers ever?!
  • A friend posted this New York Times piece on Facebook — about wearing headphones on the workplace. If you know me, you know I love a good pair of headphones and this article totally reveals one of the reasons why. 😉
  • This recipe for HOT. CHOCOLATE. CAKE.

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  • I had an inexplicable aversion to John Mulaney but somehow found myself watching his Netflix special and OMG it’s great. Please watch it.
  • Here are the Bill Nye reaction GIFs you didn’t know you needed.
  • I must share DJ Earworm’s annual pop mash-up:

  • Also loved the YouTube 2015 Rewind:

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!

What’s In My Pocket Friday

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I’m trying to get some of my blogging mojo back. You know it’s the end of the year when…. But here’s what’s been burning a hole in my pocket these last few weeks.

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  • Influencers vs. Ambassadors vs. Advocates (Oh my!) – Know the difference.
  • In the UK, over 200 celebrities have backed the push for mental health to be treated as seriously as other illnesses. An amazing effort.
  • Star Wars holiday decor? I’m in.
  • I mean, let’s be clear. I CANNOT WAIT FOR NEW STAR WARS.

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