N.E.R.D.- Hot-N-Fun

I'm clocking in at work right now. Welcome backs, Mollz.

A League of Their Own

"You have to go where things happen."

prettyyoungthings

Portlandia

Hipster enough for me to watch? Well, yea. But, funny enough? I'll be the judge of that. I was 73% sold with, "We put birds on things!"

So Long, Las Vegas

I had quite the religious experience listening to this song while driving past downtown Las Vegas last night. This moment was brought to me by, Riley Mcilveen. Thanks. And in case anyone was unaware, Brandon Flowers is a native Las Vegan/Hendersonian, and his new album, Flamingo, is based off his various memories of our city. It brings a whole new meaning to my seriously(?) constantly saying, "This song is totally, just like, written about my life."

I Really Don't Know Love At All

Being back home, I had the privilege of revisiting the one love letter I wrote in my life. It ended with, "And you owe me a religion talk! Happy Birthday!" When you're sixteen, you think you know a lot about a lot. In this case, I knew I was in love. This closing statement staggeringly proves otherwise.

kissssing

New Post From Mybiggestregret.com:

Not Seeing Fall Out Boy Live When I Had the Chance

And you think you've got problems. Well,think again.

F.A.G. (appropriate usage)

The holiday marathon of Freaks and Geeks was too good to be true. Two whole days of solidly knowing there would ALWAYS be something to watch on television? Really? Thanks Santee Clause.

Mariah Carey- Oh Santa!

You know what I hope for you this holiday season? I hope you get to dance uncontrollably to the newest of Christmas gem-tunes courtesy of Mariah Carey...in public...at your local bar. I'm not admitting to the fact that I did that and enjoyed it A LOT. I'm just saying, I hope that you might get to partake in such a display of joyous spirit!

(You know what's real cute? Who's Mariah Carey? She looks straight like Mariah Clause in this video...maybe she'll recieve a Christmas miracle of twin deliveries? LEGENDARY.)

Beast Franz 4 Ever

Riley is my beast fran because he gave me a pair of these earrings for Christmas along with the greeting:

"I figured it's always nice to get jewelry from a man."

Sweetest, Muffin.

Billy Joel- Summer Highland Falls

Hands down, my favorite Billy Joel song...and for that matter, one of my top 10 favorite songs period.



They say that these are not the best of times
But they're the only times I've ever known
And I believe there is a time for meditation
In cathedrals of our own

Now, I have seen that sad surrender in my lover's eyes
And I can only stand apart and sympathize
For we are always what our situations hand us
It's either sadness or euphoria

So we'll argue and we'll compromise
And realize that nothing's ever changed
For all our mutual experience,
Our separate conclusions are the same

Now we are forced to recognize our inhumanity
Our reason coexists with our insanity
And though we choose between reality and madness
It's either sadness or euphoria

How thoughtlessly we dissipate our energies
Perhaps we don't fulfill each others fantasies
And as we stand upon the ledges of our lives,
With our respective similarities
It's either sadness or euphoria.

Robyn- Call Your Girlfriend

Today, I play danced without abandon to this song with both of my dogs. Though I was just playing, I'm seriously serious about these lyrics. Here's where I could be shamelessly direct...but that wouldn't be any fun!

I Have No Place or Time

I drove to the California state line today. Home for less than 24 hours, I still had an undying itch to skip town quick. This freedom train was not stoppin for no one, and God, was I listening to terrible radio songs along the way. It was a perfect time.
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I Feel Dat

I just saw a little person flying a remote-control miniature helicopter in the Brookstone store. It was...neat.

Hot T'Molly Hiatus

My computer broke the eff down this past week...I'll be sporadically posting...from the break room at Anthropologie Rockefeller Center. A touch of class for the holiday, I know. See youz guyz on the regular when the dell is all fixed up.

I thought of this! Shoulda Got It Patented.

I'm buying everyone and anyone these hip huggers for Christmas. Also, is that Helen Mirren in the infomercial enjoying a good read while wearing her pajama jeans? BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR PAJAMA JEANS.

Cool Fort

Down with this get down.

Na nights.

via Wildfox

If You're Alone Tonight Too

HELLO KITTEH

For the Win?

BANDSLAM

VS

COOTERSLAM (demonstration by: Brooke Hogan)

MidnightTalkz Part 2

Riley: "We're gonna do it all when you get home."

Me: "Lolz"

Riley: "Like, when people ask you what you did over break you're gonna say, 'ALL OF IT'."

Okay World, do not let me down.

Baby On Board

Everything smells like baked beans and I want to cry a good portion of the time...I think I'm prego.

MidnightTalkz

"You're a fresh of breath air."- Riley McLovin

"I'm All Jacked Up On Mountain Dew!"

You know what's funny? Generic sayings/quotes that you would yell out to a person that may be doing something characteristically strenuous like, let's say, climbing a mountain. I'll give you an example:

"When the goin' gets tough, the tough gets goin!"

It's extra funny you yell like generic sayings/quotes at a person that may be doing something characteristically non-strenuous like, let's say, putting on a coat. I'll give you an example:

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent!"

I partook in this activity today quite a lot. So to you, browsing your computer, I yell with vigour, "There's no I in Team, but there is in WIN!"

Oopsay-what?!

Broadway World captioned this picture, "Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jamie Kennedy attend the opening night of 'West Side Story' at the Pantages Theatre on December 1, 2010 in Hollywood, California."

Too bad this guy's name is Alex Beh, and not Jamie Kennedy. It's also too bad that Alex Beh is her current boyfriend and Jamie Kennedy is her ex. ZOINKS, lazy reporters! THANK GOD, I'm here to clarify.

Love and Other Drugs

Yep, I like this picture. They're not talking.

My Holiday Nightmare

...RIBBED TURTLENECKS. They are just so binding. It's scary. It's like being stuck in an elevator but even more invasive! However, I don't mind this picture of The Situation and Co. But, can't you just see in that little girl's eyes that SHE WANTS OUT!?

Love Actually

"...and my wasted heart will love you..."

The Apple Doesn't Fall Far...

My mom used to be in some sort of pseudo bandy-singy performance group in high school. She's the first lady on the left, standing, in the navy jumpsuit. DIVA. While the aesthetic of this group is already a dream come true, my only other hope is that Moms was great good friends with the guy smokin a pipe and wielding a trumpet down front.

En Vogue- Love You Crazy

You BET this is my fav holiday song...It's a tinge of Christmas without any of the related themes. Perfect for this Jew-ISH girl.

All I Want for Chrismukkah...

Alexis Canter "Lucky Half" necklace in silver...just because I'm always lookin' to feel/get lucky:

Large rolling/matching medium duffle which will, falanges crossed, inspire me to make money to travel. Plus, my XL yellow L.L. Bean purchased when I was, yay, nine (?) is gettin' tired and gives me calf bruises when I use it. Who wants to go anywhere with that kinda baggage?!:


Chloe Perfume. This needs no explanation. Oh yea, except that I'm FANCY:

Reebok Run/Easytones. I'm going to say they have to be metallic because again, I'm FANCY (and it's going to take a little bit of sparkle to pump up the class of an easytone):

And, last but not least, a simple computer. Now that all sound has officially departed from this Dell gem, I think it's time to call it quits. Though, I will miss the inspirational witty rapport that we share from time to time (not saying I'm getting a new computer, but I'm just sayin' there's a chance):

Tourist Quotes Part 2

I guess this doesn't have to be tourist specific, but I'd like to think the woman I had this exchange with wasn't even from planet earth:

Woman: (holding up an item in the home department, with bewilderment she speaks) WHAT IS THIS?!

Me: That's a dress for a little girl (said while thinking, "I wish I woulda told her it was a giant potholder")

Tourist Quotes Part 1

A lady standing in the middle of the 6 train along with two children and another mother accomplice:

Mother accomplice: "Hey, do you wanna sit down?"

Lady: "I like the challenge of trying to stand up. It's like surfin'!"

Get Fit Quick

I'm officially going back to the gym today...I better get there before my anxiety turns into a full blown attack.

Charity Work

Conversation between myself and my eighteen-year-old coworker, Chelsea:

Chelsea: Girl, we should go out tonight instead of being lame as hell.

Me: What? Where am I supposed to take you? You're eighteen.

Chelsea: How am I supposed to know? You figure it out. We could go to Dave and Busters...

Me: The only way we're doing that is if I can tell everyone that you're my little sister, I'm your big sister, and we're with the program.

Glow Pups

What? Glow-in-the-dark puppies are a scientific breakthrough?! They are, indeed. My dogs don't light up. I'm returning them. That ain't right.
So, this would be a cool gene to inject into Guide Dogs...Not only would the dogs be extremely identifiable, but the owner's could officially call them their Guiding Lights, and that's altogether a win-win. This is contingent upon them being exposed to infrared light a good portion of the time.

ZOINKS

I got up for an audition today...and all I wanted to do was cry.

Shellfish Thoughts...

I haven't gotten to do a lot of things that I want to do for a while. I'm not sure if living in New York City constitutes for me missing out on these things...that's what Mom always says. I'm always like, "I want to do this...", and she's always like, "Yea, but you live in New York City." That's not an answer. That's a true statement (GOD, MOM). Some of these things include:

Going to Disneyland (hey...everyone deserves to be at the happiest place on earth at least once every, eh, two years. The happiness probably extends that length of time.)

Seeing my family (I haven't been home in 9 months. I could have been impregnated, had the child, and no one would have known...too long.)

Going to Coachella OR Sasquatch OR Lolla OR Bonnaroo (everyone deserves a little skin on skin contact, expensive water, and lots of good music)

Visiting the brosef in California for a bit (now that we're older, he's a lot cooler ,and I want to kick it, have some beers, and go to a PACIFIC OCEAN beach)

ETC.

Essentially, I get that whole "I'm takin' a year off from college" thing, but the truly upsetting part is that essentially I AM TAKING A YEAR OFF FROM COLLEGE, EXCEPT I'M NOT TAKING THE YEAR TO DO ANYTHING COOL. My girl Ariel said that after she graduated from college she went to Southeast Asia for six months just to screw around, and I was like, "EXACTLY." There will be some changes made in Hot T'Molly Land...OH, there will be some changes made.

Shallow Hal's Got Me Thinkin...

So, remember how zexy Jack Black was in Airborne? Yea, Airborne. Now that was a classy film that I am excited to have resurfaced for you...let it invade your thoughts. GO AHEAD.

OH MAH GAH.

I love The Selby. It's essentiallylike, don't mind if I do creep in on the spaces where people reside. That means I can't wait to purchase the book for myself for the holidays. And then, he teams up with ASOS?! Reader's Digest: The project is defined as shooting the models in their own environment. Of course you can "shop the look" on the ASOS website in order to promote their clothing sales, but I just like the pretty thangs in their spaces. Who knew models had time to be interior designers? Can I has shop homes, pwease?

Meet Codi...

She is one of my co-workers at Anthropologie.

She has a great head of hair.

She is on the home team with me.

We like boys.

She has a sort of old-soul kind of peace about her.

She is awesome.

Please, try to tell me I'm wrong after reading her blog:

.codi does pirouettes.

Gregory and the Hawk- Bad Habit

Na nights.

Passion Pit- Dreams (Cranberries Cover)

And people are always confused by how the nerds get the girls...they cover songs by The Cranberries. That's all.

Maria Mena- It Must Have Been Love (Roxette Cover)

Ooooo...this is lovely.

GET WITH THIS PROGRAM!

How have I not put this on here yet? It's high time you see this one, people. This brings me back to the days of when I was a young hip-hop enthusiast. I dilligently attended hip-hop class every Friday night before Shabbat Services...WORD. Anyway, I wonder if this woman is still alive. I know that's awful, and we can all hope for the best, but let's be real, she more than likely got herself in a whole mess of trouble at one of those clubs where nobody was wearing baggy pants...or sneakers.

The Crazies

Well, this is one of the weirdest blogs I've read in a while:

http://www.mybiggestregretever.com/

It's like...whoa, whoa, whoa, guys.

November Renovations

Last night, the loft bed came down. I'm not trying to bag on anybody who has a loft bed (or am I?), as sometimes it's a necessary component to living in a walk-in-closet that NYC tries to pass off as a bedroom. My issue was simply that the last time I had a "loft" bed was when I was six-years-old, and it had a fort (WITH DOUBLE DOORS!) down below where I used to watch countless hours of Bobby's World and Shining Time Station before headin' off to day camp. So, let's be real, everytime I climbed into it, I felt like I was that six-year-old girl again, and I'm not...though, I do wish Bobby's World was still a relevant past time. Anyway, I bought a bed frame, and I currently reside very near to the ground...it's possibly a metaphor for how I've recently been trying to live my life.

(I don't remember where this picture is from, but I do want my room to give off an air like this.)

Jamie Lidell- Your Sweet Boom

WARNING: I'll probably be posting every song from the Compass album in the next couple weeks...it's something I've been quite infatuated with as of late. This song starts upping the sexy halfway through. Enjoy that sexy.

Love and Other Drugs

She's gonna die, isn't she?...but he's just so cute.

Wii Wins

Johnny Napolitano just posted this video on the facebook, and I could not stop laughing. The comment section underneath reads:

Ryan: Wait...is this a game?

Johnny: "Only if you have downs syndrome"

Ryan: "lol"

Me: "I make sparkle sounds when I dance too"

About my comment? It's sadly a bold faced lie. However, I regularly dream about a magical place where there are sparkle sound induced dance movements. That's real talk.

Mumford & Sons- White Blank Page

Mmmmm Monday morning rips your heart out, doesn't it?

Joshua Radin- You Got What I Need

Joshua Radin's new album The Rock and the Tide came out this week. I heard a few songs...sounds a little James Morrison-y. I didn't really love Simple Times, but I did love We Were Here...so I always keep comin back for more.


(I was this close to him at a show in Tucson...before Grey's Anatomy tampered with his low budge rep)

Fake It Till You Make It

How la sexy does Zach Galafianakis look here? It's like he pulled a Jack Osbourne on us, became a tae-bo warrior (or whatever), and out popped a gorgeous lumberjacky man. This is just too good to be true. As far as I know, the media hasn't released any breaking news on a ZG hottie transformation. Here's the thing, Zach, regardless, I love you just the way you are.

What Can I Say- Carrie Underwood

We listened to one of our manager's break-up playlists during closing last night. It's like, what can get an entire group of young ladies crying faster than a Carrie Underwood ballad? Not a thing.

Bob Dylan- Like a Rolling Stone

Live at Newport Folk Festival (1965)

Kurupt- It's Over

Remember this song?! A girl at my work started singing it today (I can't really comment on others' sanity now, can I?), and I had to grab hold of my knees and breathe deep because I was so excited.

Happy Birthday, DADDY!!!

Our Birthday phone convo went a lot like this:

M: Happy Birthday, Papa!!! Are you doing anything?

D: I'm watching Idina Menzel sing "Defying Gravity" right now.

It's like...all I do is win.

Ah, Skeet Skeet Situation

Oh, oh, oh...most definitely a winning observation.

Blue Valentine

I foresee a Revolutionary Road ending where it all goes to shit...not that I have a problem with that, especially since Michelle Williams is an excellent crier. However, no matter how good Michelle Williams' cry face may be, it will never beat Farrah's cry face.

...More Like Hottoween!!!

Welp, that settles that. I know I'll be carving myself a "biebkin" this upcoming holiday. It will rest next to my johnkrasinskin and my tomhankskin. Three generations of extra sexy pumpkins. Also note, carved into a pumpkin, Justin Bieber looks a little Jewy.

It's All About the Wordplay, Biotch

Riley and I have known each other so long that we are able to comprehend text conversations like this between one another on my way home from work:

M: (referring to Due Date, the upcoming movie starring Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis) You're right. It's a dog in a cone (on the poster)...not a baby.

R: I know I'm right!

M: I think I was just thinking that "due date" coincides with "baby"

R: It does.

R (again): It does. Robert Downey Jr. is trying to get to his wife who is having a baby.

M: Katy Perry has a lyric that goes, "You don't have to be a shell."

M (again): Ohhhhhh...that makes sense. Dog and baby.

R: Rihanna has a lyric that says, "I wanna love you like hot pie." I win.

M: You don't win! That's a vote off, for sure. "You don't have to be a shell"?!?!! Why don't I?!

R: Why would I want someone to love me like a hot pie??!!!

M: Because...hot pies are de-effing-licious if that's what you like.

R: Well, you can't be loved like one if you're being a shell.

Aaaaaaand...that's what happens when you know someone all too well. Actually, just before this particular conversation was had, I was listening to a couple of weird guys on the train talk about how their friend "Scott" was being crazy for "insulting ghosts." I guess Riley and I are just as weird as those guys. Well, maybe not, as we chose to say no to purchasing and wearing World of Warcraft tees in public.

GI JOE

There are plenty more lip dubs of these old G.I. Joe public service announcements where this one came from. Let's be real though...though there are plenty of these videos to choose from, I appreciate the execution of a good lisp. I also like this one about body massages because I appreciate the execution of a good, well, you know.

Look at My F*cking Hipster Post

The topic/concept of "hipsters" is one of general confusion for me. I can't quite wrap my head around a certain definition, though I do know it has something to do with wearing fake glasses, a "style" which I was extremely fond of in middle school! However, what does not confuse me is the laughter that is garnered within me every time I stumble across material based upon the specified lifestyle. Recently, my friend Rachel and I were having a conversation through text during one of my breaks at work about just this subject:

R: "How many hipsters does it take to screw in a light bulb?"

M: "Well, how tight are their girl jeans"?

R: "Does it matter?"

M: "Well, where I work we sell a lot of wide leg styles, so in that case, I don't know if I can properly make an educated assumption about how many hipsters it takes to screw in a light bulb."

R: "Just say how many!"

M: "Fine, but I'm just saying...How many?"

R: "Oh, it's some obscure number. You've probably never heard of it."

Well played, Rachel. Enjoy more hipster dinosaurs here!

The Proud Family

My brother recently did an acoustic show in Long Beach showcasing his newest project, Look for the Signals. CHIZZECK IT OUT. While he also is still rocking out like a champ with The Prisoner's Dilemma, he is furthermore pimping out and interdazzling my new website. My big brother is cooler than your big brother.

It's Kind of a Funny Story

Tonight I took myself on a solo date to see It's Kind of a Funny Story. While the official trailer pegs the movie as a teen angsty romantic comedy, as I said to Riley on the phone tonight, with much chagrin, "IT'S SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT!" Truly, it was a very inspiring film based on the novel of the same title by Ned Vizzini. While it's a young adult read, the film revealed much darker adult undertones as displayed shockingly well by Zach Galafianakis. Galifianakis plays Bobby, a fellow psychiatric patient who immediately aids suicidal sixteen-year-old Craig Gilner, played by Keir Gilchrist, in adapting to his new in-patient lifestyle. I don't want to give anything away because I think everyone should see this movie ASAP. Cheaters can click here for a little more info than I am willing to distribute freely.
For the serious (hipster) moviegoers out there I will warn you of the couple sappy cliche moments (of which I didn't mind AT ALL), however, the brief moments are blanketed by strong, genuine performances, beautiful cinematography underscored by the music of Broken Social Scene and the like, and most importantly, simple and enlightening truths about life for you to pocket and retrieve whenever you find you've lost your way.

Owen- The Sad Waltzes of Pietro Crespi

"Could you love someone enough
after all you've had and you've lost?
It's a simple question.
I'm only asking 'cause I don't want to die alone."
I need to revisit One Hundred Years of Solitude, maybe, and what Owen has been doing for the past two years, definitely.

Skechers Be Real Sketch

OKAY, Skechers...First, you embarrassed yourself with Shape-Ups for reasons I can't begin to discuss without getting startlingly baffled by the audacity of real humans to actually purchase these things. Now, as if your desperation hadn't hit a peak high with the Shape-Ups, you've taken it upon yourself to introduce the world to BOBS. BOBS are TOMS but called BOBS. What a doozy! Is this even legal? I'm done.

Sugar- Stevie Wonder

We have a playlist at Anthropologie that runs continuously throughout the day. It's like I'm always just biding my time till I hear this gem. Stevie sure knows how to make this girl smile.

Sweet Lorraine- Patty Griffin

"And it gets harder and harder Lorraine, to believe in magic
When what came before you is so very tragic"

New Big Girl Bed

I'm moving into a new apartment at the end of the month (frequent updates until the actual move-in-date should be expected), and what am I most excited about? Well, having my own bed again for the first time in three months, OF COURSE! My excitement was yet again sparked anew when reading this fun blog post:

Big

I think about this movie scene from 1988s Big quite often. Nothing in particular really sparks the thought, it's just a recurring moment that I can't help but revisit. Beside the fact that I am in love with everything that is Tom Hanks, I think I just overall appreciate the movie's reminder to always retain your sense of innocence. Things can get really tough. Trust me, up till last week I had been homeless and jobless for over a month, but I think when it comes down to it every problem that arises is so much simpler to fix than we sometimes allow it to be. Though things won't always be okay, I think if we always maintain a sense of play and flexibility, things can be better. A lot of you have probably read this poem, but see here for what I mean. Before the characters of Josh and Susan fall asleep in separate bunk beds he leans down to give her a gift. "It's a glow-in-the-dark compass ring. So you don't get lost."

NEW JEW (Jimmy Eat World)

Though the official launch date is next week, you can listen to the full stream of Jimmy Eat World's new album Invented here. From the initial listen it may just be a bit better than Chase this Light, but what isn't going to be better than that piece of shit. These boys needs to grow back the balls they use to have. I just think they hit a fork in the road somewhere and chose to go the lighter, lamer direction. I really hope that this album is going in more of a Futures direction...that was the right choice.

Kelly Rowland- Rose Colored Glasses

Who had a dance party last night? This girl. What did she dance to? This song. Go on, and let dem tittaes go, girl!

I Can't Help It

Sometimes I get on kicks where I just watch choreography for hours at a time. Let's just start with the fact that I think Travis Wall is a brilliant dancer/CHOREOGRAPHER (maybe a little cocky...but his work speaks for itself), and Allison Holker has been touched by an angel with dance talent. That was my geek speak of the day. This is super great.

ARREST MILEY!!!!!!!!

I came across an article this morning about a certain song by Hannah Montana, the alter ego of Miley Cyrus, triggers seizures in a Florida teen. Thing is, I feel her. My body has a similar reaction whenever I hear the tweeny-bopper pop star. Only, my condition isn't so medically labeled.

L.L. Bean Signature

When did L.L. Bean get all kinds of precious (and legit wearable)?! Oh my, the new L.L. Bean Signature Line is very reminiscent of J. Crew for Fall. Disclaimer: Seriously, just because I'm promoting L.L. Bean in no way affiliates me with either lumberjacks or lesbians, despite the rumors going around.