Never in the history of mankind has a (heterosexual) man been so ... involved in his own wedding as Will. He has an opinion about absolutely everything, and if his opinion gets ignored or bypassed he gets butthurt. For all that that sounds passive-aggressive, it isn't that he's particularly controlling, he's just a roadblock. I guess this isn't ( Read more... )

"Buckle up, Charlize. I'll tell you what Christmas is all about.Lights, please ( Read more... )

I went veil shopping today and ended up with a tiara that feels just right. It turned out that entirely unwittingly I had picked a Disney Bridal Cinderella tiara, just like my Cinderella dress. It even matches my non-Disney jewelry. I believe this is what Walt himself would call synergy.

hot damn I love Disney princesses <3

So yesterday I was playing Apples to Apples, and my word was "awesome". I was handed "Feminists" and "The Beatles". Come on, how do you judge a round like that?

(in the end I went with "feminists", because in my opinion, feminists are slightly more awesome than the Beatles. But only slightly.)

dear retail, please shut up ( Read more... )

I used to think subway performers were one of the coolest things about New York but now that I actually live here I don't know how I make it through the day without scraping my eardrums out with a plastic spoon ( Read more... )

I love Peggy Lee like nobody's business, but god damn, the Siamese Cat Song. Epic fail, Peg.

I don't know that I can speak for every child's experience, but I remember golden-age-Disney's casual racism sailing over my head when I was a kid. Racism and drinking and smoking in animated movies didn't stay with me; I simply didn't regard what I was ( Read more... )

At nearly one year old, Nathan has hit the age at which he -- both in perambulation and overall mental state -- resembles nothing so much as a puppy: stupid, amiable, noisy, excitable, prone to peeing himself, and somehow highly trainable. I figured it was time to exercise my aunt-fu and teach him something dumb ( Read more... )

When things are going well I tend to post small, shallow, frivolous posts, and since life seems to be treating me exceedingly well lately, I'm going to natter on blithely about shopping ( Read more... )

Angry wife is first elated: Will and I are moving (yay!) in a couple of months (but I'm nesting now :( ) into an apartment that he and his family have purchased on the Lower East Side. It is quite possibly the nicest place in all of New York City in which newlyweds can start their life together, and as such I have christened it Barbie's Dream ( Read more... )