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Elizabeth Bennet, the Jeffersons, and the World’s Most Downloaded Man Love to Procrastinate on This! [Friday Edition]
Okay, I’m on deadline (yes, again), so I’m going to have to make this super-quick like a bunny.
1. By most accounts, I’m a pretty happy (if insanely chatty) drunk. So while I found this explanation of what makes some people happy and some people belligerent drunks interesting, I also found it confusing. Basically their saying that the more prudent you are in real life, the less likely you are to get belligerent and angry when you’re drunk. But I’m not all that prudent in real life — in fact, all my worst, most intense bridge burningss have been rendered stone cold sober, so then how does that translate? In any case, this has me wondering what kind of drunk everyone else is. Feel free to sound off in the comments. [i09]
2. I found this video, in which a talented Brazilian photographer confronts a “the most downloaded man in the world” [pictured] — a Danish stock model who has apparently cost him a lot of work, fascinating … and really, really awkward. [Gawker]
3. I loved this “thorough analysis of television’s most ambiguously priced homes,” including Carrie Bradshaw’s SATC pad, Liz Lemon’s Upper Westside digs, and the Cosby’s brownstone. Especially interesting: apparently, the Golden Girls wouldn’t have been able to afford the place they lived in, and even though, the Jefferson’s could certainly have afforded their “dee-luxe apartment in the skyyyy,” because of racism, they most likely wouldn’t have been able to rent it. [Vanity Fair]
4. I had no idea the adverb “hopefully” was even up for debate until The Anonymous Smithie linked to this item about the AP Stylebook officially accepting its modern usage … via tweet. [The Washington Post]
5. Wondering what’s hot right now in the world of black fiction? Carleen Brice has your rundown. [White Readers Meet Black Authors]
6. What if Elizabeth Bennet from PRIDE AND PREJUDICE was a grad student, living at home, and video-blogging about her overbearing mother, sisters, and the mysterious-possibly-hot-definitely-single-and-rich neighbor who just moved in next door. I seriously could not love “The Lizzie Bennet Diaries” more. And I bet you’ll be hooked after the watching the first four videos, too. I can’t remember the last time I subscribed to a YouTube Channel this fast. [The Mary Sue]
Dood, the Golden Girls weren’t retired, except Sophia: Dorothy was a teacher, Rose worked at a counseling center, and Blanche worked at a museum. The whole point of them living together in the pilot was that Blanche couldn’t afford the house alone but they could afford it together. I think 3 incomes plus whatever alimony/social security payments from dead husbands/Sophia’s social security/etc. could pay the mortgage on a $90,000 house.
I obviously know way too much about the Golden Girls.
Apparently me and the real estate agent who sourced that article are the only ones who aren’t currently watching re-runs/don’t fully remember the original episodes of GOLDEN GIRLS. Thanks for the correction. And really, you’re amongst nerds — can you know way too much about anything? Respect.