What up, Fug Nation! First and foremost, Heather and I are about to embark on our very first mini-book tour in support of our new YA novel, MESSY! We are very excited. Please come out and see us if we’re going to be in your city. Behold, the details:
Tuesday, July 17th: We’re having a pizza party (really!) at Books & Greetings in Northvale, New Jersey at 6pm! Questions? Want to make sure they’ll hold a copy for you?The book store is at (201) 784-2665.
Wednesday, July 18th: We will be at WORD Brooklyn in Brooklyn, NY, at 7pm. You can RSVP here — although you can also just show up.
Friday, July 20th: We’re popping over to Brookline Booksmith in Boston! The fun starts at 7pm, so please come on by.
As always, if you have questions, please ask and we shall answer!
Until then:
– YES. The Coveteur covers Clueless. As if! (The Coveteur)
– You need to see Chris Hemsworth carrying around his tiny little baby. (Lainey Gossip)
– I’ve posted about Albrecht Muth and Viola Drath before, but the New York Times does their story justice. It’s got everything: murder, marriage, and madness. (NYT)
– Behold the twenty most beautiful museums in the world. These are AMAZING. 4 down, 16 to go. (Flavorwire)
– THE HISTORY OF PANTS. (The Atlantic)
– The Awl asks the question of our generation: Angela Lansbury, or Betty White? (The Awl)
– ALLEGEDLY, Solange doesn’t think Kim Kardashian is good enough for Beyonce. I take tabloid reports with a grain of salt, but I totally decided to believe this. (Celebitchy)
– This is a really great piece about Olympic moments — Mary Lou Retton (my girlhood idol) in particular. Read it. (The Hairpin)
– Speaking of, I have my doubts about the US Olympic team’s uniforms on many levels. The berets feel a little…off-message. (Time)
– Teens protest the Photoshopping at Teen Vogue; Teen Vogue‘s response maybe isn’t so great. (Buzzfeed)
– Melrose Place began 20 years ago. A) I’m old. B) I LOVE YOU AMANDA WOODWARD! (Vulture)
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Derek Redmond will always be THE Olympic moment for me. That still makes me so teary when you see coverage of it.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2007/jan/07/athletics.features1
I can’t even tell people about Derek without tearing up. Barcelona also had the simplest yet coolest lighting ceremony with the flaming arrow.
I gave up on Melrose Place after Michael married Kimblerly just after she tried to kill him for like the third time!
Now, see? That’s what pulled me right back IN.
I worked in a bar a block away from Georgetown University (The Tombs, for those of you who know DC) and served Muth a beer on a number of occasions. He was always dressed in the khaki outfit they describe in that interview, often smelled like he hadn’t showered in days, and happily began discussing Iraq for 15+ minutes with any Georgetown foreign service student that made the mistake of commenting on the Arabic on his uniform. We all knew he was crazy, but we didn’t know he was murder his wife crazy!
The Tombs! I snuck in there several times. Love.
For all those Joshua Jackson/Pacey/Peter and Diane Kruger lovers Pop Sugar does a great retrospective (they have been together since 2006! and the still look in love)http://www.popsugar.com/Diane-Kruger-Joshua-Jackson-Pictures-23946739
Those pics of Chris Hemsworth with his baby make my ovaries hurt.
That NYT story about the “General” Albrecht Muth is seriously bonkers. Never trust a german in a bowtie.
Thumbs up to the SPARK girls, thumbs down to Teen Vogue.
Am I alone in thinking that it is funny if Beyonce looks down on KK for being too “flashy”? While I appreciate that Beyonce has worked damn hard for her fame and has actual talent (and no groady tapes), their respective aesthetics seem quite similar. In terms of how they dress, I mean.
**ducks behind couch and hides from flying eggs**
I have a tall, thin-but-athletic, conventionally pretty, white 15 year old girl. She hates teen vogue not only for some of the images but for the insane prices on the fashion. I’m so glad she’s smart as well as beautiful.
@FugGirls, I’m coming to see you at WORD… Please, reserve me a copy of Messy and 2 seats! And, I really enjoyed the article about the museums, since I’m a Museology student; but, I can’t believe that out of the ones on that list, I’ve only been to the Louvre! I’ve been to soooo many gorgeus museums around the world and none of the others I’ve been to made it into the list? Shame!
Well, we can’t ACTUALLY save you a seat, but RSVP on Facebook, and we can’t wait to meet you!
Awww, thank you, Jessica! I know about the reservations… It was a joke, but I can’t RSVP because I’m not on Facebook! I can call WORD and tell them I’m coming instead! See you soon!
that picture of Chris and Baby India is so heart-warmingly cute and awesome..and oh God, now i want my own Baby Hemsworth
You have a great article.
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Sure, you go to where I used to live in Massachusetts (so what if I moved in 1983?) but you aren’t coming to where I live NOW – North Central Florida. Come visit! We still have a bookstore or two left!
“Although the Old World meals could be quite elaborate — venison paté, duck in bitter orange — they were prepared and served entirely by the host, a stickler for protocol named Albrecht Muth.” — I especially like that these folks named their own protocol. Or perhaps a comma is missing?
Team Solange. Because to me, watching Kimyashian trying to hang with Beyonce is like watching Sheena Easton attempt to buddy up to Tina Turner. The answer to both is a hearty “Bitch, PLEASE.”