2004-08-26

Misc.

Okay, the new Finn Brothers album came out two days ago, and you're sitting here telling me you don't have it yet? Chumps. Go out and get it RIGHT THE FUCK NOW. Really. Go right now. I'll wait.

I just chugged a full liter of vanilla-flavored seltzer. I'm not quite sure how I feel about this, the vanilla-flavored seltzer. I can't imagine what purpose this serves, even as a mixer. It tastes just like you'd imagine -- carbonated water with a splash of vanilla extract.

Today Angie and I were at the front desk, discussing the various magazines we subscribe to and/or read regularly. I rattled off my Extreme Guilty Pleasures: Glamour, CosmoGirl, (which I actually have subscriptions for) and People (which I don't subscribe to, but really should, because I buy it at the Store24 upstairs from my office the SECOND it comes out). Angie has a similar lineup, except she reads US Weekly instead of People, because the latter, she claims, "just has too much Human Interest for me."

Dave, the quiet, sensitive guy in Payroll, sat there, appalled. "I read Harper's."

"Oh, shut the fuck up, Dave, you fuckin' Snotty McSnotpants. 'I read Harper's.' Jesus."

"No, really -- I don't get why you would read that stuff. It's garbage."

"Hey - I have a Master's in literature. You come over to my house sometime and see my personal library before you get all up in my Kool-Aid about what magazines I read."

At this point, our receptionist piped in: "It's true, Dave; Lees here can discuss Proust AND Britney's love life."

"There, you SEE?! I am ALLOWED to read shitty magazines."

lisamcc at 9:16 p.m.

3 comments so far
Houseboy
2004-08-27 14:44:53
The whole trashy magazine thing is addictive. I used to read Harpers and Atlantic Monthly. Now I squeal like a schoolgirl when my Esquire shows up in the mail box, and I just blew $3.50 for GQ with Justin Timberlake on the cover. I will not, however, stoop to the level of "men's magazines" like FHM and Maxim. If I want porn, I'll by Hustler, thank you very much.
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Houseboy
2004-08-27 14:45:52
The whole trashy magazine thing is addictive. I used to read Harpers and Atlantic Monthly. Now I squeal like a schoolgirl when my Esquire shows up in the mail box, and I just blew $3.50 for GQ with Justin Timberlake on the cover. I will not, however, stoop to the level of "men's magazines" like FHM and Maxim. If I want porn, I'll buy Hustler, thank you very much.
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Danielle
2004-08-27 14:59:13
Last night I stacked up this month's collection of magazines. I arrived at a sum of fourteen before I realized there were more under the bed and stopped counting. Although I'm not going to stop buying the American versions, I am IN LOVE with the UK versions of Glamour and Cosmo. Mostly because they use the words "wanker," "come round" and "bloody." Also, there's a column in Cosmo UK called The Penis Reader (yes, it's what you think - like a palm reader only she deals in genitalia) who gives monthly penis advice. That alone is worth paying cover prices.
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