the highly scientific cultural shame report

first of all, thanks to everyone who commented on friday’s post and was willing to shame themselves cinematically as well as literally (LITERALLY).
i had a great time compiling the results via a spreadsheet, cos i am a nerd. seriously, though, organizing data can be fun!! esp. when it means you get to analyze the cultural [...]

the posh deluxe reading club, meeting #2

hallo, club members!
it’s time once again to gather together within the cozy walls of this blog, under the flickering lights of ye olde internet, and discuss what we’ve been reading!
in case you haven’t noticed, i’ve compiled a list from our first meeting and posted it under the “book club” tab, which you can see above. [...]

book club meeting, reconvened!

ok guys. even though we just had our first meeting yesterday, we’re reconvening for two reasons.
1) i was going to write about my indiana jones “experience,” which included zip lines and a brush with death in the form of a rattlesnake (SRSLY), but the pictures aren’t ready yet. so that will be a post for [...]

welcome to the poshdeluxe book club

so yesterday’s post (and the subsequent comments) got me really excited about summer reading.
like, REEELAAAY.
in fact, i got SO excited that i have decided to start a book club!!!!!
it’s called the poshdeluxe book club!!
cos it’s on this blog!!
here is the logo, because it can’t be official unless there is a logo:

look how fun that is!! [...]

i guess i’m just a sucker for a good vampire love story

the posh deluxe reading rainbow report
today, i’m going to talk about a series of YA books that, as a teenager, i would have read and re-read and sighed over and dreamed about until my binders were covered with “i heart edward” and my journal filled with fervent thoughts of loving a vampire.

i read the first [...]

why slash is the most rocking rocker pants on earth, part 1

guns & roses: mr. brownstone 
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the posh deluxe reading rainbow report
as i *casually* mentioned in a blog post a few months back, i was RATHER ENTHUSED when i heard that slash, otherwise known as Rock God, was publishing his autobiography.
well, about two weeks ago, i FINALLY picked it up (thank [...]

please don’t tell me it all adds up in the end

it’s MLK day, and i’m thankful for civil rights and a day off.
i’ve been reading poetry, which i never take the time to do, even though it makes my heart breathe deeper and my mind feel clean. but it’s raining, and i’m waiting on laundry, so i have nothing else to do but luxuriate in [...]

the last pants on earth

andrew bird: yawny at the apocalypse
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over the weekend, i saw “i am legend,” which is a movie about a virus, created by scientists, that kills a lot of people and turns other people into really fugly vampires. the result is that new york is only populated by one person, [...]

what i learned about food from children’s books: a scientific exploration by posh d.

(side note: in light of yesterday’s comments, i WILL be writing an entry about “love, actually” in the near future. if my public demands it, then it shall be so)
the other night, my friend erin gave me a great blog idea. she said, “you should totally write an entry about illustrated food.”
folks, that’s all the [...]

sweet slash o’ mine

guns & roses: nightrain
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move over, harry potter!
suck it, alice sebold!
there’s a new kid in booktown, and his name is SLASH!
yes, slash. top hat-wearin’, chain-smokin’, nasty long hair growin’, guitar soloin’, GOD OF ROCKIN’ SLASH!
he FINALLY wrote his autobiography (with a little help, obvs. he wields the mighty guitar, [...]