Yes, this girl should totally start a clothing line.
Apparently book publishers don’t look for significant, extensive fashion experience when deciding who should write fashion books. Well, at least that’s what it looks like considering Lauren Conrad will write Lauren Conrad Style for Harper Collins, the company announced this week. The blond reality star doesn’t exactly qualify as a fashion expert and her writing abilities are questionable (people wonder if LA Candy was ghostwritten), so how did she do it? Here’s what I’ve learned from Conrad on how to land a fashion book deal (without going through the Newhouse Fashion Communications Milestone):
1.Star in reality T.V. shows. Come on, we all know Conrad wouldn’t be as successful as she is today if she didn’t lust after Kristin’s Stephen on Laguna Beach. (more…)
Won't do any good to say this isn't what I planned
First of all, an explanation: There was no post last week because I was buried under a pile of work. I still am, but I needed a little breather. A chance to write something a little less news-y or academic. So I return.
I’m still muscling through Robert Bolano’s The Savage Detectives slowly. (more…)
Two dark forces came head to head on the O’Reilly Factor. Billo said he’s concerned about the young juggalos. “You two are telling them to smoke dope, do sex stuff…”
And Bill O’Reilly knows that sex stuff leads to bad stuff. After all (more…)
You know you want to cozy up in a tauntaun sleeping bag too...
Originally an April Fools joke from ThinkGeek, there was so much demand for the real thing that they actually made it. I doubt it was hard to get permission from George Lucas’s people considering they’ll make just about anything it seems.
Oh yeah, and for anyone who doesn’t pay attention to all things awesome, a tauntaun is a native creature on Hoth. If you still don’t understand, watch The Empire Strikes Back: (more…)
I hate when that happens. 
Glad to see this is a “resolved question.” 
