I totally regret ever starting this weekly feature … wah! I don’t wanna hate stuff no mo’!!! Sniffle. Snurgle. Meep. But I know there’s about a dozen of you who LIVE for this weekly dosage of vitriol, so I’ll try not to disappoint. I’m about to embark on some epic traveling (LA! Oahu! Milan! NYC!) broken up [...]

Oooooooh my god. This is a video of live-action My Little Ponies performing Broadway classics, including “You’re Gonna Love Me” from Dreamgirls and “Defying Gravity” from Wicked. There are no words. Just watch: (Image via Media Herald Dispatch)

Ooh, gushy buckets of muuuuush — it’s time for Things I Love Thursday! { Fairy Tale Teacup Rainforest Weddings. Whether or not you’re planning a wedding — I certainly ain’t! – Offbeat Bride is a marvelous source of stylistic inspiration. Romantic voyagers, take heed! } { The cubicle countdown. In exactly 28 days, I bid adieu to the [...]

Today’s outfit is brought to you by the letter “S.” As in, “Sophisticated Side Ponytail.” But I’m not talking about demure sideswept locks. Oh no. Hardly. I’m talking about this music video by Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head: You dig, amigos? I reckoned you might. Everything I’m wearing was accumulated from various thrift shops and / or my sister’s [...]

I love it when a fresh month starts out on a Monday … but today is not about love. It’s about HATE. Vile, black loathing. Frothy disdain. Bubbling misery. Spewing, fomenting fountains of RAGE! Oh, and have a swell day! Things I Hate Monday ~ 3.1.10: { Needing to pee really, really badly when you’re halfway through a [...]

‘Sup, chickadees! Today’s Things I Love Thursday will be somewhat truncated — but not for lack of love. Merely for lack of time. Quality, not quantity, right? Here goes! { Girls with blue hair. Love, love, love. Never stop. Keep it comin’. Stick it to the man. And so forth. } { Getting a mix CD from my little sister [...]

One of my primary goals for 2010 is to overcome my (slightly-irrational) fear of having photos of me on the Internet. To that end, I’ve decided to start posting Outfit Of The Day pics. Not every day, mind you — but whenever I’m rocking particularly snazzy duds. Like today, por ejemplo! I am wearing: { Bootcut TAG Jeans. They [...]

This Monday, every volumetric ounce of hatred coursing through my veins is directed towards one thing: SPORTS. With one exception, of course. Since I’m secretly a 15-year old girl / 25-year old effeminate gay man / mystical unicorn trapped in a lesbian’s body, I looooooove figure skating. Oh, how I love it. With a frozen, icy [...]

Sometimes, in the dead of night, I hear the dulcet tones of Suze Orman bellowing in my eardrums: “Are you paying off your credit card balance in full each and every month?” “Do you have 6 months of living expenses set aside for emergencies?” “How’s your retirement investment portfolio?” “You’re not thinking of cashing out your 403(b) to finance [...]

Holy buckets of sunshine, this has been a HIGH-ENERGY week for Old Man Franzen. I LOVE MY LIFE SO FRIGGIN’ MUCH RIGHT NOW. Sorry for the caps. But it’s true. My imminent freelance adventure is piecing together … my house is cozy and gorgeous … my body is bangin’ (thanks, Lifetime Fitness!) … my life [...]