I liked the name of my old MySpace blog: Yanquidemierda. I decided to resurrect it for my new Vlog experiment. Here’s the first installment.
Technology is fun! I promise to be more glamourous in future episodes.
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I liked the name of my old MySpace blog: Yanquidemierda. I decided to resurrect it for my new Vlog experiment. Here’s the first installment. Technology is fun! I promise to be more glamourous in future episodes.
I never would have guessed that my one-sentence post on Justin Bieber would provoke so many comments about the little fellow! Since it’s obvious that Popular 1 readers are such big fans of his, I thought you would enjoy more Bieber-related entertainment! And then the follow-up on the Jimmy Kimmel show: Ben Stein with the young Jimmy [...] Year 1928. An all-girl band called “The Ingenues” plays “Shakin’ the Blues Away”. Christ, when I watch this video, listen to this music, I want to jump up and dance! I want to sing! I want to smile and laugh. I feel like I just woke up… and feel so happy that I’m awake! Then, when I [...] So I have this section, “Guilty Pleasures”, which I haven’t updated since the first installation, though I have many. You might think Billy Joel would be a guilty pleasure, but actually: no. I am not ashamed of liking Billy Joel — the early Billy Joel. Though it’s hard to forgive him for songs like “We Didn’t [...] I made a photo-blog about adventures in Milwaukee that’s way too long to be a post. You can check it out here.
My favorite show as a child, Sesame Street, is 40 years old this year. Hands down, Sesame Street was the king. No other children’s program — not even The Electric Company — could even come close. Sesame Street was that perfect combination: fun, silly, and entertaining, but also smart and hip. The measure of its brilliance [...]
He was almost young enough to be my son in this photo. He joined the army to pay for his college education because there was no money in the family. They sent him down South — Biloxi, I think? — to learn the soldier stuff. It was weird being a Jew in the South. [...]
While in NY, I visited my old neighborhood of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. I remember it being a pretty boring neighborhood whose main attraction was that it was just one stop from Manhattan across the East River, and a lot cheaper. Now it’s become a trendy haven for hipper-than-thou indie music venues, high-priced glassy condos, [...]
Just re-posted an old story from my old blog. It’s my favorite. Check it out: http://popular1.com/rachelarieff/stories/i-blame-music/ If you’ve already read it, I plan to have something else up later today.
He used to do this all the time: break into song, from out of nowhere. A spontaneous injection of happy-go-lucky showtunes to spice up any dull moment. I was trying to get a marathon going here, but he was kind of tired and petered out after a few minutes. I would give my pinky finger to [...] |
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