kid you gotta get a gimmick

i'm simone, i live in new york city & i have an rss addiction.

- books in '08
- project 365
- twitter.

here are some things i write about a lot: broadway, tv, feministing, books,
quotes, new york city, & real life

email me - gettingagimmick[at]gmail[dot]com

“ [At Phantom of the Opera] In case of rips or tears, there is a full-time stitcher on hand, and a large board resides in the wardrobe department to keep track of the whereabouts and repairs needed for each costume. ”

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Playbill News: ASK PLAYBILL.COM: Costume Care

Interesting. I really enjoy this Ask Playbill.com feature, they always have answers to things I was curious about and would never know who to ask.

I now understand why people

I now understand why people call the shake shack lifechanging. So good.
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this was seriously the most amazing thing ever. a thing of garlic hummas with pretzel chips. perfect lunch for sitting at my desk. this was seriously the most amazing thing ever. a thing of garlic hummas with pretzel chips. perfect lunch for sitting at my desk.
“ When professors Harrison and Huntington wrote a book with this title [Culture Matters], my reaction was pure puzzlement. I felt like a NASA engineer who had just been given a book called “Math: more useful than you think! ”

- This Blog Sits at the Intersection of Anthropology and Economics: Culture matters
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“ Perhaps we don’t fully recover from our first loves. Perhaps, in the extravagance of youth, we give away our devotions easily and all but arbitrarily, on the mistaken assumption that we’ll always have more to give. ”

- michael cunningham, a home at the end of the world
Monday Monty Blogging (sandy edition) - Feministing this weekend i listened to my friends mother tell me all the reasons i shouldn’t get a dog. expense, responsiblity, commitment. to which i replied - i know. those are the reasons i don’t have a dog. doesn’t mean i don’t want one.

Monday Monty Blogging (sandy edition) - Feministing

this weekend i listened to my friends mother tell me all the reasons i shouldn’t get a dog. expense, responsiblity, commitment.

to which i replied - i know. those are the reasons i don’t have a dog. doesn’t mean i don’t want one.
Megan Lea and I are waiting outside barnes and noble for breaking dawn. Typical Megan Lea and I are waiting outside barnes and noble for breaking dawn. Typical
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Is 'Hair' Just 'Cats' With Hippies?

toomuchawesome:

Whenever Julie Klausner says something about Cats, I listen attentively.

omg. this is amazing.
iammiki: aja: 58 Illustrated Monsters i feel like that should be the cartoon for the twilight series. anyone?

iammiki:

aja:

58 Illustrated Monsters

i feel like that should be the cartoon for the twilight series. anyone?
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seagull: Isabella, a golden retriever at the Safari Zoological Park, east of Caney, Kan. nurses Wednesday, July 30, 2008, three white tiger cubs she adopted after they were abandoned by their mother at the park. The cubs were born on Sunday. (AP)

seagull:

Isabella, a golden retriever at the Safari Zoological Park, east of Caney, Kan. nurses Wednesday, July 30, 2008, three white tiger cubs she adopted after they were abandoned by their mother at the park. The cubs were born on Sunday. (AP)