Showing posts with label shame. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shame. Show all posts

Saturday, October 13, 2012

Last Minute Halloween Costumes, 2012 Style


I decided to help you out again this year, slacker. 

PSY, Gangnam Style Music Video
Duh. I have a feeling PSY look-alikes are going to be riding their imaginary steeds all over the country this year. So you're not going to stand out in your blue tuxedo jacket and bowtie and shades, but you at least know in ten years you can look back on the pictures you took this holiday and wonder what the fuck you were supposed to be. For the pros: Get one of your friends to dress as the guy in the yellow suit, and your other friend to dress as humpy-humpy guy in the elevator. You could also ask someone to precede you with a giant fan and spray trash in your face all night.

Maddie The Coonhound, Maddie on Things
To truly capture the essence of Maddie the Coonhound, you're going to have to focus more on your energy and state of mind than your physical props.  You can make a quick dog costume by cutting out some floppy dog ears (you can use felt or brown paper or even a paper bag!) and tape them to a headband, and paint a dog nose on your human nose, and make a tail and wear a collar. Then all night, be very patient, and polite, and climb up to very high, precarious, unexpected places and just stay there. For the pros: This would work really well if you have lots of sunspots on your skin. 

 Brandon, Shame
Dress really sharply, comb your hair neatly, speak with just the barest hint of an Irish accent. Also get a huge fake dong and hang it out of your open fly. The girls will love it. For the pros: FUCK EVERYTHING. 

Hannah Horvath, Girls
Strip on down to your birthday suit and be kind of awful to everyone. Don't forget your cupcake! For the pros: Do not, I repeat, DO NOT go to the bathroom alone or let your bffs go to the bathroom alone! This includes doing number ones and number twos and also bathing. Don't forget your cupcake!

The Higgs Boson, The Beginning of Space and Time
Pipecleaners. For the pros: More pipecleaners. 

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Overheard in the ladies room after seeing "Shame"

Lady 1: That was so good! Oh my god I loved it. Did you love it?

Lady 2: I loved it!

L1: You know who would really love it?

L2: Who?

L1: Matthew!

L2: Oh yeah, he would just love it.

L1: You know who that guy reminded me of? John Hamm.

L2: Huh?

L1: You know, the guy from Mad Men? Don Draper? Can you pass me some toilet paper, this stall is all out.

L2: Sure, hon.... I don't know, I don't really see it. He is very handsome, though.

L1: Oh yes, he's VERY handsome.

L2: VERY handsome! I probably would have had sex with him too, ha ha!

L1: Nooo. You wouldn't!!!

L2: No, I wouldn't. He looks pretty old, though. He's supposed to be like 37 but he looks 47!

L1: Still, he's very good-looking.

L2: Oh yes, VERY good-looking!

Me: Is his penis huge or what?!

L2 & L2: [Silence. Then toilets flushing. Then quick footsteps.]

Me: You forgot to wash your haaaaaands!!

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Shame's my name

I would like to see Shame, a film about a sex addict played by Michael Fassbender. This is what Michael Fassbender looks like, in case you were wondering:

Eeew! Well, I guess I will endure it for the sake of cinema.

 But here's my true dilemma: how do I do it without looking like a creep/feeling extremely awkward?


  • If I go with a friend it will be uncomfortable because it's an NC-17 film about a sex addict. 
  • If I go by myself I am going to be the person who is sitting alone in a dark theatre, watching an NC-17 film about a sex addict and eating Junior Mints. Actually, maybe I could make this one work for me and go in and zero in on a couple in the (probably) sparsely populated theatre and sit right next to them. Without even a seat between us. Then I could offer them a candy like that girl at the end of Ferris Bueller: "They've been in my pocket. They're real warm and soft."
So, what should I do? I already feel self-conscious because I tried to watch the red band trailer via Fox Searchlight's facebook page, and it wasn't working. I clicked on the link like 15 times before I thought What if they are sending an email to my mom, notifying her every time I click on this?

Or what if it is showing up on my profile: 


Brooke likes Shame. 



 Brooke likes Shame.


 Brooke likes Shame.


 Brooke likes Shame.


Brooke likes Shame.


Brooke likes Shame.




I'll tell you what. I WOULD PROBABLY MAYBE FEEL SHAME. 

Oh yeah, P.S. I am 28 years old and I'm fretting over this. And I just posted it on my blog so everyone knows I want to see a movie about a sex addict!