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aruanTis the season to support the economy, after all. I braved the crowds and went all-out shopping today, pausing only to develop the last of my NY film, chat with George the Borders vagrant, and grab a scoop of Vanilla Sorbet at the Hurricane Food Court. I was *on* today, too, all confident stride and don't fuck with me attitude. Good for dealing with zealous shoppers and achieving that satisfying driving experience, all in the name of patriotic duty. Have I mentioned how much I love this country?
Proudest Moment (by far):
The Infamous Lip Gloss
-found them! Technically called lip balm, it is made by a company called Famous Fixins and boasts 5 outrageous flavors on the snazzy packaging that features jumping boys on the happiest blue-hued background ever
-when first opened, there emanated a surprisingly strong waft of fruity flavor
-the contents, however, proved less than scandalous, as we're still left wondering the eternal question: Will TPTB ever succeed at making something that truly tastes like them?
-the flavors:
Lance: Blue Raspberry (best smelling, for those keeping track)
Justin: Vanilla (*snerk*)
Joey: Green Apple
JC: Watermelon
Chris: Strawberry
-the verdict? While exponentially better than the MTV lip stuff I scored in Times Square, it's nothing that will replace my medicated Chapstick. Mad props to whomever thought to associate Justin with the straight-up white boy flavor he'll woefully forever be though.
Biggest Eyeroll-Inducing:
*NSYNC Foil Valentines and *NSYNC Deluxe Foil Valentines
-I kid you not, these people have jumped the gun. Two different styles, the former early Celebrity-era while the latter appears to be mid-NSA, their creators having had vastly varying amounts of good fun making them.
-both come with a sheet of heart stickers and the requisite tacky messages. Worthy of note:
-The Former:
Lance: It's Valentine's Day! Bring the house down! (someone else take this one, I can't do it justice)
Chris: Happy Valentine's Day to a really cool cat! (in his flamey leather jacket!)
Group (though they've done an admirable job of keeping them from climbing all over each other for the pics): You're a star, Valentine! / Hope your Valentine's Day rocks! / Hope your Valentine's Day is a BIG HIT! (annoying caps all courtesy of Winterland)
-The Latter:
Justin: Hope you have a ball on Valentines Day! (someone did their homework!)
JC: Hope you're hav'n a happy Valentine's Day! (gotta love the SoCal slang from the DC native)
Joey: Hope you have a Super Valentine's Day! (heh. People who know their stuff are sexy. End of story.)
Chris: U drive me crazy, Valentine! (noticeable difference, anyone? Takers?)
Group: Here We Go - Have a happy Valentine's Day! / Happy Valentine's Day - No Strings Attached! (complete with group!slut pic if I've ever seen one)
-these should compel me to go out and make lots of Valentine-worthy new friends by February 14th, but they don't. Mmm, shiny pretty [2].
Best Deal:
assorted 2003 *NSYNC boy calendars at half price courtesy of B&N
-proving irrefutably that there is indeed no justice in this world, Joey and Chris do not get their own.
-quite frankly? I bought Justin's for the cover picture, Lance's because it had all the tantalizing promise of a swimsuit edition, and JC because hello, pretty [3].
-as a result, my year has been divvied to optimize:
January: Group (the most adorable pic of Justin evah)
February: Group (backstage door)
March: Group (Joweee!)
April: Justin (this one *screamed* Too Many People Out Of Love mental imagery)
May: Lance (smiling faintly in the blue jean jacket with those *eyes*)
June: JC (the most soulful, pink-flower-sportin' pretty [4] boy)
July: JC (yellow longsleeves with the conspicuous bracelets, waah!)
August: Group (rollercoaster, though my Lord JC came in close with that white Elvis-looking ensemble plus reflective jacket and flowers up the cuffs of his pants and oversized sunglasses)
September: Lance (though it looks as if it was Justin's shirt from this month that they tore the sleeves off of and had Lance pose in fo June...)
October: Group (headshots)
November: Lance (making the bubbles work, thanks for that quote!)
December: Group (performance montage)
-it's gonna be a happy New Year, a happy New Year...
Magazines:
-because I've been slacking, 'binge' wouldn't ever begin to appropriately describe the magnitude of this
Newsweek: The Who's Next Issue - year in review plus feature article on The Matrix sequels.
Twist: He looks all 'come over here and make me, baby' on the cover. Plus he does that writing in his answers thing inside! He cried during The Lion King! The biggest understatement ever: "We all wore some weird stuff." More 'junk in the trunk' references! And we call Lance the Southern boy.
Jane: The pictures were lackluster, the interview rocked - very snarky and cultural reference-happy. Plus, Justin's 'golf is a sex game' analogy - "it's all about the shaft." Makes me wonder if he gets it all from his books or if he's writing a Philosophy on Life thing as he goes.
Life Story: Justin: You know, I swore I wasn't going to buy this on principle. But the pictures! From abominable to adorable and some hotness in-between, solo as well as plenty group stuff, and as a nice surprise, individual feature articles on all the boys. All in all, I can still stand to look at myself in the mirror.
Vibe: The boy's arrived, haven't you heard? He's officially an honorary black man in all but his incurable whiteness. The blue-eyed soul man is *NSYNC with urban music, all right. Source of my newest icon, too - see above [5].
I-D: With all the jaded!innocence-licious pictures and mmmmmmm, British magazine goodness.
Developed Pictures:
-Joey looked so tired in those pics of Saturday's performance.
-Sunday's shirt was vintage and did half the work for him.
-Lovely skyline at 42nd and 6th.
-Hey, them's us hot chicks outside the Nederlander!
-Must say that seeing Broadway closed off like that for the street fair was damn cool, though I saw the insanity outside TRL when Eminem was there on the 11th of December and the traffic flowing through was reduced to two lanes, so everything being relative.
-And alas, still not a single one of Diana.
"Isn't that something?"
Proudest Moment (by far):
The Infamous Lip Gloss
-found them! Technically called lip balm, it is made by a company called Famous Fixins and boasts 5 outrageous flavors on the snazzy packaging that features jumping boys on the happiest blue-hued background ever
-when first opened, there emanated a surprisingly strong waft of fruity flavor
-the contents, however, proved less than scandalous, as we're still left wondering the eternal question: Will TPTB ever succeed at making something that truly tastes like them?
-the flavors:
Lance: Blue Raspberry (best smelling, for those keeping track)
Justin: Vanilla (*snerk*)
Joey: Green Apple
JC: Watermelon
Chris: Strawberry
-the verdict? While exponentially better than the MTV lip stuff I scored in Times Square, it's nothing that will replace my medicated Chapstick. Mad props to whomever thought to associate Justin with the straight-up white boy flavor he'll woefully forever be though.
Biggest Eyeroll-Inducing:
*NSYNC Foil Valentines and *NSYNC Deluxe Foil Valentines
-I kid you not, these people have jumped the gun. Two different styles, the former early Celebrity-era while the latter appears to be mid-NSA, their creators having had vastly varying amounts of good fun making them.
-both come with a sheet of heart stickers and the requisite tacky messages. Worthy of note:
-The Former:
Lance: It's Valentine's Day! Bring the house down! (someone else take this one, I can't do it justice)
Chris: Happy Valentine's Day to a really cool cat! (in his flamey leather jacket!)
Group (though they've done an admirable job of keeping them from climbing all over each other for the pics): You're a star, Valentine! / Hope your Valentine's Day rocks! / Hope your Valentine's Day is a BIG HIT! (annoying caps all courtesy of Winterland)
-The Latter:
Justin: Hope you have a ball on Valentines Day! (someone did their homework!)
JC: Hope you're hav'n a happy Valentine's Day! (gotta love the SoCal slang from the DC native)
Joey: Hope you have a Super Valentine's Day! (heh. People who know their stuff are sexy. End of story.)
Chris: U drive me crazy, Valentine! (noticeable difference, anyone? Takers?)
Group: Here We Go - Have a happy Valentine's Day! / Happy Valentine's Day - No Strings Attached! (complete with group!slut pic if I've ever seen one)
-these should compel me to go out and make lots of Valentine-worthy new friends by February 14th, but they don't. Mmm, shiny pretty [2].
Best Deal:
assorted 2003 *NSYNC boy calendars at half price courtesy of B&N
-proving irrefutably that there is indeed no justice in this world, Joey and Chris do not get their own.
-quite frankly? I bought Justin's for the cover picture, Lance's because it had all the tantalizing promise of a swimsuit edition, and JC because hello, pretty [3].
-as a result, my year has been divvied to optimize:
January: Group (the most adorable pic of Justin evah)
February: Group (backstage door)
March: Group (Joweee!)
April: Justin (this one *screamed* Too Many People Out Of Love mental imagery)
May: Lance (smiling faintly in the blue jean jacket with those *eyes*)
June: JC (the most soulful, pink-flower-sportin' pretty [4] boy)
July: JC (yellow longsleeves with the conspicuous bracelets, waah!)
August: Group (rollercoaster, though my Lord JC came in close with that white Elvis-looking ensemble plus reflective jacket and flowers up the cuffs of his pants and oversized sunglasses)
September: Lance (though it looks as if it was Justin's shirt from this month that they tore the sleeves off of and had Lance pose in fo June...)
October: Group (headshots)
November: Lance (making the bubbles work, thanks for that quote!)
December: Group (performance montage)
-it's gonna be a happy New Year, a happy New Year...
Magazines:
-because I've been slacking, 'binge' wouldn't ever begin to appropriately describe the magnitude of this
Newsweek: The Who's Next Issue - year in review plus feature article on The Matrix sequels.
Twist: He looks all 'come over here and make me, baby' on the cover. Plus he does that writing in his answers thing inside! He cried during The Lion King! The biggest understatement ever: "We all wore some weird stuff." More 'junk in the trunk' references! And we call Lance the Southern boy.
Jane: The pictures were lackluster, the interview rocked - very snarky and cultural reference-happy. Plus, Justin's 'golf is a sex game' analogy - "it's all about the shaft." Makes me wonder if he gets it all from his books or if he's writing a Philosophy on Life thing as he goes.
Life Story: Justin: You know, I swore I wasn't going to buy this on principle. But the pictures! From abominable to adorable and some hotness in-between, solo as well as plenty group stuff, and as a nice surprise, individual feature articles on all the boys. All in all, I can still stand to look at myself in the mirror.
Vibe: The boy's arrived, haven't you heard? He's officially an honorary black man in all but his incurable whiteness. The blue-eyed soul man is *NSYNC with urban music, all right. Source of my newest icon, too - see above [5].
I-D: With all the jaded!innocence-licious pictures and mmmmmmm, British magazine goodness.
Developed Pictures:
-Joey looked so tired in those pics of Saturday's performance.
-Sunday's shirt was vintage and did half the work for him.
-Lovely skyline at 42nd and 6th.
-Hey, them's us hot chicks outside the Nederlander!
-Must say that seeing Broadway closed off like that for the street fair was damn cool, though I saw the insanity outside TRL when Eminem was there on the 11th of December and the traffic flowing through was reduced to two lanes, so everything being relative.
-And alas, still not a single one of Diana.
"Isn't that something?"
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