I’ve got a crush on you!

I spend an inordinate amount of time on the internet and I am always coming across new, amazing people out there in the blog world. So here’s where I’d like to give thanks (and a little adoration) to some of my new-found favorite blogs. I am loving their sites and I’m sure you will to! Check ‘em out!

If being hot were a crime…

these two would get life. No doubt about it. I mean, really! Sheesh.

via Amy Grindhouse

More celebrity eye candy

I got scolded yesterday by one of my girlfriends for my post on Adrien Brody. She definitely saw the ugly but was unable to find anything that even closely resembled the cute. In the end, we agreed to disagree. Still, however, I feel the need to redeem myself, so here’s some photos of one of my other hundreds of ridiculous celebrity crushes, Scott Speedman.

I dare you to find something ugly about this man. DARE you! Because if you were ever a fan of the show Felicity, I’m pretty sure it was a requirement to lust after him as Ben Covington. Is anyone beginning to see a pattern here? Messy hair, big nose…

Celebrity eye candy

I have a big heart. Big enough to share my love for Robert Pattinson with Adrien Brody. Some think he’s one of those guys who’s so ugly he’s cute. I don’t see it. I don’t get the ugly part. Non-traditionally handsome, yes. But ugly? No, I don’t think so. But then again I’m weird and freely admit I have a thing for noses. Big ones! Hey Adrien, call me!

photos via Peter Lindbergh for Vogue Italy

Ah, yes. Because one still photo just isn’t enough.

LOTS of shirtless photos of Rob Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, neatly arranged into a You Tube montage. Once again, thank you E!Online!

Eye candy

Oh my word! Thank you very much, E!Online…

Fuck Yeah! Ryan Gosling

It’s no secret that I have a majorly inappropriate cougar crush on Robert Pattinson. But I think I could be tempted to share the love with Ryan Gosling. Especially after this site.

via design boner

How To Be

Next up for my boyfriend, Rob Pattinson, is the new movie, How to Be. This is so completely different than we’ve seen him previously as Edward (swoon) or even Cedric Diggory (right. who?). He is quirky and awkward and self-conscious and uncomfortable. And I’m not even going to mention the enormous disaster of his usually amazing hair. But I love him THAT much more for all of these things and can’t wait to see this movie! I have a feeling it’s gonna be a good one.

Unemployed and Awesome

Not only is it the name of one of my newest favorite blogs, but it’s also quite an accurate description of the site’s authors, Aldous and Sarah Marshall. In a nutshell they describe themselves as two kids in their 20s, on the wrong side of 25, with cushy jobs we hated in NYC. Living the good life not taking anything too seriously, when this alleged recession we had been ignoring and laughing about hit us. So we got laid off, and now we’re trying to figure out what to do with our lives and how to find jobs that we actually like. Basically, they’re Unemployed & Awesome!

Sarah and Aldous seem to have made a seamless transition into the unchartered territory we (okay, me) call unemployment and I figured they would be a good resource to tap into on what the whole experience is really like. They are pretty logical about the whole thing without having had massive freak-outs (that I’m aware of) or losing their sense of humor. So I decided to ask them a few pointed questions for a little insight (and perhaps preparedness techniques) on being laid off.

Truth be told, I have a little bit of a crush on these two and like to think of my little interview as an actual conversation, so please note my inserted comments in orange. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!

1) Clearly you were not expecting to be one of the many who has succumb to the “economic downturn” – what are a couple things you have learned and could share with others who have also recently lost their jobs?

Well I wouldn’t say we were surprised, we had always joked we’d be fired at some point and we knew it would happen to both of us at the same time. Towards the end we had given up trying to mask our unhappiness and spent our days Facebooking and finding reality TV shows to audition for (color me jealous). What we were surprised by was the timing. We had both recently gotten raises and received great reviews so after three rounds of layoffs we thought we were safe. What we did learn was that a billion factors go into laying people off. It’s not just about performance, it’s about what you make, what pieces of business you’re on, who likes you, who thinks you’re hot….So never take it personal (even though it is a little bit). It’s easy to take a blow to the ego, but move on, you weren’t meant to be there anyway. Did you really want to be sitting in some lame cubicle and be mediocre forever?

2) In regards to staying afloat and budgeting your life and finances, what are some things that you have deemed “unnecessary” and eliminated? What things were you not willing to give up?

Eating out is a big one. Especially avoid group dinners, where your employed asshole friends get steaks and booze while you’re having the side salad and still have to split the bill evenly. (Right!? SO lame!) Living in New York you also have to cut back on cabs, especially if you’re going to keep up the $11 a pack cigarette habit. (ouch.) Don’t be tempted by all the sales going on either, you don’t really need any new clothes… sweatpants are always acceptable for the unemployed, especially to hang out on the couch in (WORD!). Never eliminate having fun. Do the things you like but just get creative with making them less expensive, like walking around the bar with just a straw and asking your friends for sips of their drinks. Don’t give up your gym membership either, you can’t be unemployed and fat (HaHa!).

3) You have mentioned on your blog that you are going to start a couple of companies – are you really doing that or do you plan to rejoin the working stiff world at some point?

We plan on avoiding corporate hell for as long as humanly possible. Once you step outside of that world the thought of hearing ‘parallel paths’, ‘manage up’ and ‘Monday morning quarterback’ ever again will be enough motivation to find something else. Between the two of us we are working on a t-shirt line, dessert line (yummy) and a movie script. Even if none of those work out (and let’s be honest, they probably won’t) it’s a great learning experience and at least you have an answer when people ask “what do you do?”. We’ll have to be living in a box before we go back to what we used to do. (somehow I doubt the box thing will ever happen)

4) Aside from not having to deal with all the corporate B.S., what have you been really surprised to love about being unemployed? What’s the worst thing?

Going to the gym at 10am is pretty awesome (again…jealous). Cooking your own meals when it’s not 9pm is also a good time. We’re also writing this at an outdoor cafe while everyone else is eating their $5 footlong at their desk. You also can’t put a price on enjoying your Sundays instead of dreading ever second as Monday approaches. (I am altogether too familiar with that one!)

The worst thing about being unemployed is people asking what you’re doing everyday, silently judging you (bitches). That and the boredom that occasionally sets in.5) You have found some pretty good reads and cheap resources for things to do in your area – have you considered taking Unemployed & Awesome on the road to other states for those similarly unemployed?

We’re taking it one step at a time, but once we hit the 100,000 hit mark we’re going international…

But seriously, when are you coming to California so I can quit my job…

More hilarity ensues at Unemployed & Awesome.
Thanks Sarah! Thanks Aldous! You guys rock!

image via Toothpaste for Dinner

Keep your panties on!

And I mean that quite literally because my first thought when I saw these images of Rob Pattinson (a.k.a. my boyfriend) was to throw my panties at the computer screen. Not exactly the “proper” thing to do in an open work environment. And while I absolutely detest cigarettes (I can cuz I used to be a smoker myself), it doesn’t bother me in the least that he’s smoking. In fact, I find it incredibly sexy! I find him so intriguing that I really can’t take my eyes off him. He’s a man (can I call him that? he’s really more of a boy. which would make me a cougar, so let’s go with man.) who can look both so ugly and so pretty it’s almost weird. And not the kind of so ugly he is pretty, but he can actually be both.

My boyfriend dons the cover of next months GQ magazine (out March 17) and reveals a bit more to us adoring fans in a nice little interview as well. Here’s some new info I learned and find quite interesting: he’s a bit of a narcissist and loves reading all the internet gossip about himself; he was so nervous for his Twilight interview that he popped a Valium beforehand; he had to do a bunch of “naked stuff” for his next movie, Little Ashes (which, as of now, I am SO in on!); he’s never owned a microwave before coming to LA; he worships Jack Nicholson; two of his songs appear on the Twilight soundtrack; and he says he has few friends and no one ever calls him. Clearly, he’s lost my number because I would call him all the time…

And in case you hadn’t heard, New Moon comes out in November!

via E! Online and GQ