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Vox Hunt: That's The Ticket

Photo: Show us a ticket.

I'll do you one better by showing you not just one ticket, but a whole bulletin board filled with tickets and other Catherine ephemera! Muhahaha! Click on the photo to see my Flickr photo with all my little notes.

Jan 29, 2007 1:38:36 PM

QotD: Rubbing Elbows

Have you ever met any celebrities? Any interesting stories?
Submitted by Tasha.

I ruined this man's evening.

Oh God.

I once met James Lipton, of "Inside the Actors' Studio" fame, and ruined his evening. I was interning at Dissent, a political journal, in the winter of 2003, and went to the New School to help set up their holiday party. Dissent's office manager, B, and I were organizing hor d'oeuvres when James Lipton strolled in, examined the buffet table, grabbed a mini-eggroll, nodded at us, and strolled back out.

A few minutes later, B and I were standing in the hallway when B asked me if I watched "Inside the Actors' Studio." I snapped that I most certainly do not, and "that it's the dumbest show ever, with the silliest guests. They had the entire cast of 'Will and Grace' on the other night. Stupid!"

Then guess who rounded the corner? Yup, James Lipton, looking a little hurt. He evidentally hadn't gone back down the floors where the New School's theatre program is located, and had heard everything I said. Oops.

A couple years ago, Lipton appeared on "Arrested Development," mocking himself. That kind of made me feel bad, because anyone who appears on a show that great making fun of their own self-image can't possibly be that bad.

[small voice] I'm sorry, James Lipton.

Jan 29, 2007 5:10:53 AM

QotD: Forward My Mail

In which fictional world/universe/land/city would you most like to live?
Submitted by glenn is the new chuck.

Probably Oz as it is presented in the film of "Return to Oz," because of the lunch bucket tree. Oh man, that lunch bucket tree was fierce.

Jan 18, 2007 12:06:28 PM

Vox Hunt: Personal Best

Show us the best picture you took in 2006.
Submitted by Captured Moments.

Kistler in Montauk

I took this photo of my FruPru Kistler in Montauk, Long Island this summer. It's the same beach as the one that was featured in "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" (well, maybe not the exact same one, but very close!), and I ordered the hoodie from kiki84 on TIB especially for this photoshoot. I'm extremely pleased with how the photo turned out not just because it wasn't a waste of a dollar for the Polaroid film (I hate it when a photo turns out bad or just so-so because its so expensive), but because I think it manages to convey everything I love about Blythe. I'd love to take some Polaroids again with my bulky vintage-1982 Spectra. If only the sun would come out again...

Jan 17, 2007 1:04:41 PM

Overheard at work

In the restroom:

Person A: A box of tampons was missing from my desk. And a fork.
Person A and B: Hahahahahahahaha!
Person B: I figure when someone takes something from my desk, it's because they really need them.
Person A: Yup.

Jan 10, 2007 3:58:20 AM

Vox Hunt: Heartwarming

Show us something that warms your heart.

Silly cat

This photo of my family's resident blob, DeeDee, just warms my little heart. He lives across the country from me in California with my parents. Sniff. We also have another kitty, MeiMei, who is as neurotic as DeeDee is fat. She's always under some piece of furniture. But though I don't see her often, MeiMei also warms my heart.

I miss my kitties.

Jan 6, 2007 6:50:27 AM