Uh, what is basically most everything, according to this hilarious blog that Cho sent to me. Plutonium, McDonalds, Alaska and Hawaii, Spam, even freakin' Dick Cheney...all younger than McCain! I realize that everything in the Wündercabinet is a wee youngin' compared to Johnny boy too. Could that be a marketing gimmick; including a certificate of authenticity that says, "Though vintage, this product is indeed younger than John McCain"?!?
Stuff White People Like
"This blog is devoted to stuff that white people like."
You've probably seen SWPL, even so, the site is always worth a check-in, as new features are added weekly, like White Problems ("Should children drink wine?"), White People in the News, and of course, White Spots ("This is a new feature where we try to find the locations around the world that are beloved and frequented by white people.")
Feeling a little attention deficit-y today? Go straight to the full list of Stuff White People Like and feel your porcelain shame.
Genius...but maybe I only think that because I'm clearly a modern furniture-owning, Arrested Development-loving, Target-shopping, dinner party-having white person?
Heh.
...is probably easier than walking in 'em!
An excited "welcome, come right in, and sit down" to The Dairy Queen as she joins the blogosphere with her own site, Skydiving in Stilettos! It's about "a girl, a blog, a life list of to-do's... and the silliness and sassiness that ensues".
I've been in awe of her LifeList for at least a year, and now everyone can check it out (with mouths agape, no doubt.)
With modest fanfare, I present: the one thousandth Blogorelli post.
It's hard to believe I've posted 999 times since September of 2003. Exhausted by insomnia, work, family, emotional situations, and needing a creative outlet, I wrote the first entry on a lunch break, using a new weblog service -- Typedpad -- that I'd read in the morning's Metro subway paper. (Did I ever think I was some techie hot shit back then or what? Heh.) Proudly, I even got the "panties" persnickety-ness out of the way immediately.
I've procrastinated on writing this 1000th entry for weeks, trying to figure out the perfect tone or fun "something" I could do to mark the event. In the end, I decided to keep things simple (new mindframe, perhaps?) with a classic device: the transformation montage.
So where have almost 5 (!) years gone...and how am I still living in The Bean?
[cue montage and voiceover]
“ You know the way the story goes...
girl graduates from design school
moves to the big city
...for her Mary Tyler Moore moment...
she has lots of adventures
and posts them in this blog!
sometimes up, sometimes down, but never without:
hand clap music via the iPhone
Baby Kitty Princess Sophia:
All "my" crazy marrieds and their addictively fun nuptials:
Blogorelli Baby Boom Batches of 2006 , 2007 , and 2008:
Bubblicious raspberry bubble gum (yes, still)
LOTS of vintage typewriters
The usual suspects (cho cho, bobby crocker, jeffé, swiss miss, p-natty, lil' k, half pint, mr. car, the nachos, the polish princess + mad hungarian, jiminy cricket, and le junglecat):
The dance party
A toothbrush + whitening paste
Juicy gossip, a good strong drink and
last but never least, my Supercalifragiltastic live-in lover (tee hee):
So stick around, k?
Heartfelt thanks to everyone who's read, commented, or emailed over the past 4.5 (!, once again) years. Writing Blogorelli has been and is such a part of, um, me, and gives me more kicks than the Inter-net might (or should) ever know. Now onward and upward -- to more frequent (probably shorter) posts, some weekly features perhaps, the return of photo albums (huzzah!) and lots more quirky adventures. Hope you like the new look, too.
With a haircut, nip of whiskey, some quality tambourine -- and LOVIES (I couldn't resist),
Blogorelli
(ps: Inter-net, if the screen was a two-way mirror, here's what you'd likely see -- if you caught me between sips!)
Hi everyone,
Just a note that I'm actually over at The Prof's blog today; he asked me to guest host since he's away. If you check out the post, you'll notice that I am still obsessing about buying a Wii...and there's even a sneak peak at the slightly embarrassing Netflix queue I've cobbled together for watching in his absence.
Would you call that telecommuting?
Catch you on Monday,
Blogorelli
Since I vowed a few weeks ago to be more positive and pro-active about all things in my life (including this blog,) I registered for the Boston Blogtoberfest, "a chance to put down the mouse, step away from the keyboard, and meet some of your favorite Boston bloggers face to face in a casual setting."
There's gonna be alcohol, prizes, AND Bostonist Jon is attending. Did I hear someone mention optional costumes ?
Boston Blogtoberfest 2007
Thursday October 25, 2007
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
– at–
The Pour House (downstairs!)
907 Boylston Street | Boston,MA
OOMPA!
Today, I woke up feeling pretty 'eh.' Then I opened my email and read this:
"Dear Christi,
As I had hoped to make clear, we are not 'bloggers' and were unaware of your web site when the domain was purchased a few days ago. We’re sorry you feel it is necessary to personalize matters to the extent that you have. You’ve sadly chosen to deliberately mischaracterize matters with your viciously worded public attacks and email messages directed to individuals who meant no harm to anyone. Clearly this means a lot to you, and in that spirit we’ve decided to give the domain to you (registration paid in full for two years) as a gift.
Albeit for the kindness of strangers, as they say … certainly, you would have been so kind to us if our roles had been reversed.
You’re welcome to post this message to your web site, of course.
I miei rispetti e distinti saluti, gentilissima’mica.
-T"
I am shocked (!)...but also deliriously giddy with happiness. Admittedly, Thomas Morelli is a bigger person than I might have been in similar circumstances, and now rightfully the patron saint of blogorelli.com, I suppose. I wish him and Heather Gore the best at their blog's new address. (And I shouldn't have put a link to his email on yesterday's post; it's gone now.)
So seek me out, world...because I owe a HUGE karmic debt and anyone could be the lucky person.
Happy Thursday!!!
Last night, I was just about to leave work at 8 pm, after finishing two hours of prematurely aging BoNE Show tasks when I checked the comment section and saw that someone bought the blogorelli.com domain name. I was actually a little shocked, because I happen to KNOW that Bobby Crocker came up with the "Blogorelli" moniker and it's been mine since inception.
Now, I've been writing this Unisex Salon of Popular Culture for almost five years and so one might ask: "Blogorelli, in this age of Web 2.0-dom, in which anyone can and will easily steal a clever idea-r and market said idea-r as his own, why would you not have just bought blogorelli.com long ago?" The answer is this: I was and am too lazy to learn how to use Moveable Type, and as such, had no use for a .com address (which needed programming.) Typepad, though not without its issues, is a much easier and convenient platform for someone like me.
I know that I should have bought the domain name years ago. But now I especially wish I'd plunked down the cybercash, after seeing today that blogorelli.com is being used not even as something interesting, or new, or funny, like a GoFugYourself or a JustJared; no, my poor namesake URL exists as a mere BLOG...yes, that's right, a BLOG (coincidence?) And not only that, but a BLOG with vanilla design, free hosting courtesy of GoDaddy (yes, that GoDaddy) and writing like this:
"Thanks to Web 2.0, the wranglers in the Valley are back in the saddle again these days.
Yet, brand marketers still struggle to understand the imperative that Web 2.0 brings to branding.
One thing is certain. When the "Corporate Cowboy" meets "Web 2.0," the brand marketer is expected to climb into the saddle, too ... Are you ready?
In the coming weeks join Heather Gore and Thomas Morelli as they blog on the topic of Web 2.0 and the brand imperative."
<Dry heave + single tear>
No mention of Damian Kulash, ketchup potato chips, devil's underpants, Angel, laptops, or any of the things near and dear to my blogging heart since day one? Le sigh. What a disappointment you are, my Inter-net progeny.
Anywho, I DID write the responsible opportunist, Thomas MORelli, an email (BLOGORELLI NOTE: link removed), and I'd encourage everyone reading to do so as well if ya want, telling him that he's a poopey poker, a chicken choker, a Ono Yoker, and a velvet coker.
In the meantime, I take heart in the fact that NotMartha had this exact problem and her blog lives happily at NotMartha.org ...she's totally popular and tons of people read her. Meanwhile, NotMartha.com was and continues to be greedily inhabited by a band that I've never heard of, and when I listened to some sound clips on their site, wish I hadn't...
So glasses up to the pioneers -- and boots up (the ass) to the Web 2.0 Cowboys.
Well, Hello there Blogorelli Afficionados,
How are you? Uh, having a good start to your week? Erm, enjoying the weather in your corner of the world?
Ack! Ok, you're right, I'm stalling. Go ahead, ask the question...WHERE THE HELL HAVE I BEEN?
You're all correct; I've been ducking the blogosphere, and my little space in it particularly, during these past two weeks. First the reason was the tremendous amount of BoNE Show work and a wicked cold/sinus condition. Then last Wednesday, there I was, all ready to go "online" again when I woke up in the middle of the night...heart racing, forehead on fire, knot in my stomach. If I led a more exciting life, I might have been in an Irvine Welsh-esque scenerio involving withdrawal. Wait, did I have all of my teeth? Was my life in Boston all one big dream sequence? Had I eaten some bad feta with dinner?
Then....YAAAAACK!
That sound trumpeted the arrival of a horrible stomach virus which ravaged my system for nearly two days. By the time the last toilet flushed sounded, Friday had come and gone. I wrote no blog posts. I ate no solid foods. The BKP refused to come near me.
So, there is the explanation for my absence this past week. I'm back in fairly normal health today (Sunday) and ready for a fresh week...in blog. A few things to look forward to:
- a spanking new, "How To" segment
- some Hype that I discovered, and will probably believe, in the BoNE Show submission pile
- new photo albums! (yes, really.)
Don't call it a comeback,
Blogorelli
ps: The most loving and special welcome to **Lydia Willis Pynn**! She is Sir Ivan's new baby sister, whose birth we prepared for with mom Roxanne's 'sprinkle' a few weeks back. Just born today, weighing a little over 8 pounds! (In lieu of any actual photos, I offer the below adorable picture of a lamb wearing a sweater...!)
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