Chaz and I are celebrating the red, white, (black) and blue before the rooftop firework watching party in Kensington tonight!

The show was filming 5 blocks from my apartment today!



Fred Savage, Charlie Day, and Charlie's cute grandmother


filming a scene with Charlie


Fred Savage directing Rob McElhenney and Glenn Howerton


Danny Devito


Charlie Day


Rob McElhenney take 1


Rob McElhenney take 2 (with avocado)

The trip was fun, but I was in a bad mood most of the time and couldn't enjoy it as much as I had hoped. Just too many things going on to shake, unfortunately.


in Berlin

What do my top 10 most listened to artists say about me? I'm a sad bastard. BUT I've had Last.fm since 2004, so this list doesn't necessarily reflect what I currently listen to. Maybe I should erase all my logged tracks and start fresh. Anyway, I've bolded who I still obsess over. I guess it's still mostly correct.

1. Mates of State
2. Patrick Wolf
3. Bis
4. The Good Life
5. The Decemberists
6. Pedro the Lion
7. Gil Mantera's Party Dream
8. Songs:Ohia
9. The Smiths
10. Elliott Smith

I have a date tonight. I met this dude on OkCupid. It's like I haven't learnt my lesson by having 7 or 8 really horrible dates with people I've met on that website. I guess I'm still holding onto the hope that I will meet another really awesome person like the first guy I met on there.

It doesn't really matter. We're going to Eulogy, one of my favorite Belgian taverns, and I'm going to have one of my favorite beers, Samichlaus. Plus, I look super cute (see below). It can't be too horrible, can it? We shall see...

Thanks for everyone's help with Glasses Decision 2009. I ended up going with the clear!

What is a good gift to give on Valentine’s Day to someone you have been going out with for a few months? —Brian K.

Dear Brian,
There is a really cool service that turns photos into paintings on canvas. You should take a great photo of your dick and have it blown up into a cool painting. If you’re too much of a wuss to do that, then pretty earrings or something for her stupid cat. -Eugene Mirman

I just bought this awesome vintage Diana camera for CHEAP.



I already have three rolls of film for it (it takes 120) and it also comes with 10 more rolls! I'm hooked up for a while. I'm totally excited to use it to document parts of my family's German-Swedish vacation in May. Don't get me wrong, I love my Canon 20D, but it doesn't take photos like this -

No wonder Philadelphia is one of the fattest cities in the country!

Yesterday was my 25th birthday. This was taken on my 3rd birthday.


Fuck yeah, Bugs Bunny + cake batter + no pants!

Yes, pretty much I'm only going to be posting photos on this journal. I have nothing to talk about anymore.


GradFest08 staff

Too bad the Pop Shop is there.

My friend Rachael made me this cute hat.

I kind of hate it. It focuses on inner city libraries and I have no desire to work in one. I definitely commend those people who want to make the world a better place and help poor and homeless people, but, I'm sorry, I am not one of them. I'd like to work in a library in the suburbs where I can help kids with their homework and do reader's advisory and help people like myself. I don't want to worry about homeless people bathing in the bathroom sinks and people shooting up in the corners. This doesn't make me a heartless person - my heart definitely goes out to these people - I just can't help them. There are people who want to help them and who are good at it. Yes, I think librarians have a social responsibility, but I did not go into this field to be social worker.

All of my library school classes, except the Young Adult Resources one, have made me completely depressed and regret my decision to go into the field.

givinchycowgirl, does your program focus on inner city libraries as well?

As part of my job, I blew up these giant, inflatable things today -



The creepy gnome was all me. I almost passed out halfway through the giant shroom and decided to find our bicycle pump.

Vegan Peanut Butter Cups

These are unbelievably tasty (even if you’re not vegan, I promise - I’m not) and super easy to make. Warning: Eating more than one in a sitting is not recommended unless you want a tummy ache! They are extremely rich.

* 1/2 cup vegan margarine
* 3/4 peanut butter
* 1/4 graham cracker crumbs
* 1/4 dry sweetener
* 1 cup vegan chocolate chips
* 1/4 cup soy milk

Melt margarine over medium heat. Once liquefied, stir in peanut butter, graham cracker crumbs, and sweetener. Spoon in about 2 tablespoons of peanut butter mixture into muffin tins lined with paper liners (these are important!). Melt chocolate chips and milk over medium heat until completely melted. Spoon over top of the peanut butter mixture. Allow to set in fridge for 6-8 hours before serving. Makes 12.

Note: If you don't want to do this the vegan way, I'm sure they will taste just as delicious with butter, and regular chocolate chips and milk.

This is how I've been spending my day -


That's me at my office on the phone with FedEx.

I arrived at work (which is on the other side of town, FYI) at 9:30AM just to get a parcel from them as they typically deliver around 10:30AM. I even called them yesterday and they guaranteed someone would delivery it today...still nothing. I've been on hold for 45 minutes now.

Figures.

Let's just hope Maoz is still open by the time this parcel is delivered (or I decide to give up) because I haven't had breakfast, lunch, or caffeine yet. Needless to say, I am not very happy at the moment.

Update: I was on hold for over an hour, and I never talked to a human being. Around 2PM, I checked the FedEx website, and it said they weren't going to attempt a delivery. Fuck me. Then everyone was packed into the subway cars like sardines. I ended up getting so sick of it that I got off at 11th Street instead of 5th Street and took a long walk home. And then Maoz was closed. FAIL.

My mom and I made this rad cover for my new flat screen -

I love this picture my friend Steve took of himself in my apartment.