Life is hard. Here is someone.

ohmeohyou: Even the librarians at my high school love COMING...

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:54:49 -0400

Even the librarians at my high school love COMING AND CRYING!

You guys. This was the best thing that happened today. You know Peter, right? He is a wonderfully precocious and insightful and talented writer and filmmaker and I am so excited that his parents approve and we have his story in the book.

Bust reviewed the book, hooray!

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:10:00 -0400

Bust reviewed the book, hooray!:

Coming & Crying got its funding through a platform for artists called Kickstarter, which makes the book sort of a full-circle of helping. People helping people have popular blogs, people helping people have sexy times to write about in said blogs, and people helping people to get books made so that people who don’t have the Internet (can you imagine?) can read about them. I’m into it.

yesssssssssssss

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:27:31 -0400

muttinmall:

Literature: Deal With It.

I asked Foster to sign my copy of this week’s Voice, but...

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:22:00 -0400

I asked Foster to sign my copy of this week’s Voice, but in his—cough—celebratory state, I think he just scribbled a little and wrote <3 JUSTIN BIEBER

pub day surprise gchats

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:20:00 -0400

him: I probably come off like a total sleaze, huh?
me: um. it's nuanced.
him: uh oh

comingandcrying: Your copy of Coming & Crying will be...

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:12:33 -0400

comingandcrying:

Your copy of Coming & Crying will be hardcover, 168 pages, containing 24 stories by 24 people, sent directly from a box in Melissa’s apartment and carried in a series of bins by Meaghan and Melissa to the general post office in Manhattan, where a woman named Estelle Lee will release it — that’s the word — to you. It will come in a white envelope.

$28 ($24 + $4 shipping/handling/Estelle, which will ship in 2-3 weeks)

hey look! you can click that button!

a glimpse into my soul.

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:41:57 -0400

a glimpse into my soul.

nightmarebrunette: At least now they’ll know what section it...

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:57:00 -0400

nightmarebrunette:

At least now they’ll know what section it should be in.

DEAR INTERNET I’M SORRY ABOUT ALL THE BIG DICKS. ALTHOUGH IT SEEMS GLARING NOW, I DIDN’T EVEN NOTICE TIL AFTER. ALL DICKS ARE GREAT! TRULY! LADYPARTS, TOO! WE LOVE THEM ALL.

Jacob: “That’s like your blog!”

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:17:26 -0400

Jacob: “That’s like your blog!”

I had a lunch meeting around the corner. On the way to the train...

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:43:00 -0400

I had a lunch meeting around the corner. On the way to the train I walked by, caught my breath, debated and debated, walked by and came back, stood outside on the sidewalk for a few minutes, too afraid to go in.

Then I was like YOU ARE AN IDIOT and went in and saw it, everywhere.

SAMMMMMMMM!

And yes, I totally totally cried.

Also jen just asked me if I put it there. (No!)

Anyway, go buy it! It’s the only way to get it today and the only store it’s in (McNally Jackson!) and there are not many.

"i’ve always said that the dividing line between internet natives and their elder generations is..."

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:51:54 -0400

“i’ve always said that the dividing line between internet natives and their elder generations is whether or not you had sex or the internet first.”

- fred-wilson

TEAM INTERNET.

Also at first I thought this said, “Whether or not you had sex on the Internet first,” and I kind of freaked out.

Well this is one argument in favor of traditional...

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 20:58:02 -0400

Well this is one argument in favor of traditional publishing.

We’ve been here 3 hours guys. Thy gave us the wrong sacks. We had to resack.

O, and then I found those George Saunders haikus. BOOM!

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:40:47 -0400

mustanghalle:

Well-played, Myspace! I will see you again in 3 years (haha, jk, 2012)

George, I turn to you
When the world has taken a
Crap in my oatmeal

But, seriously
I don’t want to point fingers
Who took this crap, George?

George and the Sasquatch:
Both bearded, both elusive
Coincidence? Hmm

AMERICA.

Peter, looking way cooler than he should.

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:59:13 -0400

Peter, looking way cooler than he should.

"What about the bringers? One of my co-workers brings his lunch. He waits until all of us come back,..."

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:45:39 -0400

“

What about the bringers?

One of my co-workers brings his lunch. He waits until all of us come back, and then we eat together. We admire him for bringing his lunch. It’s one of those things you should just do to save money, like making coffee and making dinner.

”

- Meaghan, in an interview, refering to my fisco-culinary habits. I think I’ll start describing myself as an “admired bringer.” (via matthew)

I really do admire you for this. HAH.

"Success is nice because then you don’t have to worry so much about having been unfairly robbed..."

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:15:00 -0400

“Success is nice because then you don’t have to worry so much about having been unfairly robbed of your very richly deserved success. Success is bad because momentary good fortune can temporarily hide the fact that you are still, despite your success, full of shit.”

- George Saunders in a wonderful, wonderful interview.

fun fact: a few years ago Halle won the George Saunders haiku contest, and then met him at a party and told him. He loved it.

#meredithyouareamazing.

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:54:32 -0400

#meredithyouareamazing.

"We talked about Vooks and iBook extras like photographs and outtakes. My feeling is that none of..."

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:57:00 -0400

“

We talked about Vooks and iBook extras like photographs and outtakes. My feeling is that none of that will matter. Nobody buys a DVD for the extras unless they’re already a fan. It’s not about embedding videos within the pages of text and it’s not about looking up the Oxford definition of a word.

It’s about community. And I don’t know why we ever thought any different.

”

- stephen elliott, laying out some truth in the daily rumpus.

This is Jen Snow’s house, obviously.

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:58:00 -0400

This is Jen Snow’s house, obviously.

2/28/08, "it's this blog program"

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:10:25 -0400

me: jen snow texted me last night to tell me i should get a tumblr.
me: so i am!
Halle: whats that?
Halle: Im so out of the loop today
me: its this blog program. ha!
Halle: ooooo.
Halle: o meg
me: o meg?
me: i know you hate blogs.
me: its fun though.
me: it has ways to put in little dialogues
me: and its really easy to use
me: this is all i have so far: http://meaghano.tumblr.com/
Halle: I guess I just dont see the motivation
me: to me at least, its like shit you would normally put on facebook
me: like the way i am moved to update my fbook acct daily
me: but its a better outlet
me: just to put quotes and links and shit
Halle: but its like, the people who will read it are the people who u would just tell these things into in real life
me: yeah well
me: who cares
me: its fun
Halle: i guess so
Halle: well, I know Ill read it
me: ha. plus like all the shit i would normally IM everyone or fwd or something (not that i do that a lot, but in theory), it will all be saved in one space
me: so its nice, just for me, to go back to.
Halle: ok, as long as you arent like, I have a funny link, go to my tumblr to see it
me: oh no haha
me: i will assume no one ever sees it
Halle: yeah right, you want to be the next Julia Allison
me: haha puleez
Halle: you puleez
me: hahaha i will laugh all teh way to a timeout ny cover