as for me

Juice date, opera (good), wine, antibiotics, art party, trombones, zombie songs, home, antibiotic, bacon and avocado Molenberg sandwich, coffee, antibiotic, Kat, tea, smokes, several episodes of mad men, beer, Bobbie Barrett, pizza, beer, smokes, bonus mad men, antibiotic, carrot and citrus soup, chai, antibiotic, sleepover, spoon, antibiotic, toast, coffee, work, chocolate cake. 

me too

something i've never noticed before

but which is popping up all over the place around me lately...

is the way that some men have of completely naturally unbuttoning their jackets as they sit down. My boss does it, a man on the train did it, and last night Jon Hamm did it on the Daily Show (it happens about 53 seconds into that clip). I don't know why but this gesture to me exudes masculinity, confidence, and some kind of old-fashioned etiquette and charm. Like tying a tie, it seems something men should have learnt from their fathers.

Anyway thinking about this reminded me of this great photo essay from Rolling Stone, and how much I love love Mad Men. How gorgeous is that photo of Elizabeth Moss and Robert Morse aka Peggy and Bert Cooper at the top??

p.s. Jon Hamm's voice makes me weak at the knees

happy valentines! Not that it is today, obviously

I've never, ever been in a relationship for Valentines day. Wierd huh? Luckily I'm not Taylor Swift so it doesn't really bum me out. In the meantime, I will revel in John Webster's Mad Men Valentines Day cards. (An aside: of course I love Don Draper, but for some reason I can't quite pin down, I am madly in love with Pete Campbell. This probably tells buckets about my current state of mind.)



On a related note: my flatmate went to the premiere of the movie about Valentines Day last night. Apparently it tried really hard to be Love Actually but was completely without charm, "in that way American romantic comedies have of being completely without charm".

Also, she said all the characters were far too attractive to be believeably sad and alone, and Taylor Squared was the best bit. But we already knew that.