Sunday, February 28, 2010

yes please!

 
free boobin' it in the comfort of your own home on a lazy sunday. 
sometimes you just have to let the ladies keep it real too, you know?

Friday, February 26, 2010

PUPPY OF THE DAY!!!!!!!!

Today's puppy of the day is one of the most special puppies in the universe. Why? Because I said so.

Happy 2nd Birthday Dr. Tobias Fünke (or Toby to his close family and friends)!!!!!!
 
Recently, Toby had to rock the Cone of Shame due to an infection. He ended up falling in love with it and forgot how to function without it. Next week, he will rock it once again when the vet chops his testicles off. Poor Toby, he doesn't know what's coming.

 
 On hot summer days, Toby likes to cool off by napping on the kitchen floor. Oh, what's that, are you making a sandwich? Well, you better make one for him too because turns out he was fake-sleeping, just waiting for someone to give him food.
  
 Given the choice of treats, Toby likes to keep it real and chew on cardboard.

Likes: Okedoke popcorn, carrots, lunch meat, chicken, chasing cats around the house, peeing on your backpack, corn pops, having his belly scratched, playing in the snow, barking at strangers, chasing squirrels, car rides, acting like tough shit around strangers but then running away like a pansy when they get too close

Dislikes: baths, tortillas, strangers, when the devil is inside people, big dogs, when the other pets get attention, going to the vet, thunderstorms

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Reasons why stores should stay open late(r)

1. Sometimes some people just want to make nachos at midnight and need things like beans, cheese, chips, lettuce, salsa, etc. and THERE'S NOWHERE TO GO to purchase these very, very important ingredients. Just sayin'.

 2. Sometimes some people are in the middle of making delicious treats when they realize they need eggs, but oh wait, is the sun down? That means Aldi is closed and you're screwed.

3. Sometimes some people like to go out to dinner at like 7 p.m. Sometimes some people like to shop after going out to dinner. Sometimes some people's shopping plans get cockblocked because stores are like, "Oh hey, it's 6 p.m., time to close!" Yeah, we're looking at you, Williams Sonoma.

4. If you're a store located downtown in a major city, you NEED to stay open past 8 p.m. because there's literally nowhere else to go. Can't go to the Bean, bitch shuts down at 6 p.m. and then creeper cops on bikes escort you away like you're some kind of hooligan.

5. If a Subway can stay open 24 hours, then Jesus fucking Christ Steve Madden, throw us a bone and stay open till like 7 p.m. Jesus.

6. Sometimes when some people are done dining at Panera the night that the first black president is elected into office in the United States of America and those people want to hang out and the only option is to chill at the bookstore across the street because it's like 7 p.m. and everywhere else is done for the day, some people would appreciate if certain bitchy employees of the flamboyant persuasion would NOT give them attitude and be all, "WE'RE CLOSED" with a bitch, GTFO look on their face. Sorry that we don't hate black people like you obviously do. Jerk.

7. Some people would appreciate if awesome bakeries could stay open a bit longer, like maybe till 8, when some people really want a brownie and the only place in the world that has the brownie that will satisfy those people is this ONE place in the whole world. Please?

8. Some people would also appreciate it if some cute breakfast places known for their delicious cinnamon rolls could stay open through regular business hours, not grandma and grandpa early bird special hours. We're 22, we like to sleep in and start to get shit done like after 2:00. And yeah, we get that you're a breakfast place and want to close before lunch, but like Denny's is open 24 hours.

9. In America, we have a ton of national parks (Yosemite, Yellowstone) and we don't recall ever seeing any "official hours" posted. In Chicago, we have a little dock called Navy Pier, you've probably never heard of it because it's in a super obscure location where you would never in a million years see it as you're riding the bus down Lakeshore Drive at like 6. You would never see the sweet-ass ferris wheel and all its lights shining, nuh uh. So it's probably for the best that Navy Pier shuts down at like 7 p.m. WHAT THE FUCK? Some people went through multiple bus exchanges to get to the bright lights, then when they got there what did they find? Oh, that absolutely everything had gone dark and the only people hanging out where 17-year olds in shitty dresses and tuxes celebrating their shitty high school prom. Awesome. Just Awesome. (On the plus side, we did make friends with the bus driver because we're fucking awesome)

10. We're sure there's probably a really good tenth reason why stores should stay open later, but it's late and we're tired (and hungry, we seriously wanted those nachos). P.S. We totally understand that no one wants to be the person stuck working the 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. shift at Jewel, but isn't it nice to know that once in a while cool people like us would come into the store and while Cat will be all business and about nachos, Em will get distracted by something shiny and/or sugary, and then Cat will be all "Girl, come on. Self check out, the 36 is gonna stop running soon), and they'll both probably say inappropriate comments that will make you laugh and you'll have like this sweet ass memory of working the shitty late shift that you can tell your co-workers, and then when they work the shitty late night shift, they'll keep a lookout for us and we'll pretty much become Jewel late night legends.

P.p.s. There is a little place we like to call Ethan that stays open pretty late and serves nachos but more importantly serve these little things we like to call chicken tender wraps which are fucking delicious. Just sayin'. Juuuuust sayin'.


Go to bed children. If you're anything like us tonight, you're going to bed hungry.

FINALLY BED!

PUPPY OF THE DAY!!!!!!!!

Two of EmCat's favorite things:
 
PUPPIES AND BABIES*
*cute babies

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

PUPPY OF THE DAY!!!!!!!!

prepare for your ovaries to "awwwwww"

These puppies remind me of this one time when EmCat was waiting for the train and, out of nowhere, a nasty ass pigeon decides to fly a little too close for comfort, causing Cat to scream like the wuss that she is, but without even thinking, Em threw her arms over Cat to protect her from the foul fowl. It was so courageous and Cat realized, then and there, that Em would totally have her back in other life-threatening situations. Like pissing your pants in public, though that situation had been discussed many moons ago.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

PUPPY OF THE DAY!!!!!!!!

 
sweet baby jesus awwwwwww

Monday, February 22, 2010

PUPPY OF THE DAY!!!!!!!!

There are no words.

No thank you

Apparently some things are NOT common sense. 
 Tell me, DOES THAT LOOK GOOD/CUTE/FLY/NOT STUPID???
No. You look like a moron, now go put some real pants* on or a skirt/dress/tunic/whatevs that covers your ass.


*Leggings/jeggings are also NOT pants. Jesus fucking christ.

Sunday, February 21, 2010

PUPPY OF THE DAY!!!!!!!!

BONUS PUPPY VIDEO DAY



(Feel free to stop watching after 30 seconds, the editing gets super lame.)

Saturday, February 20, 2010

PUPPY OF THE DAY!!!!!!!!


To add to the cuteness, his name is Chewbacca. 
OMGGgggaggsgggagdhfask;hfsiodw8ueufhj.

Friday, February 19, 2010

PUPPY OF THE DAY!!!!!!!!

Today will be more like "PUPPIES" of the day because we feel like it. Halloween edition, 'cause we feel like it.

 

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Bangs, not as easy as you think

EmCat understands that bangs serve as a crucial part of any lady's look. Bangs, or fringe to our friends on the other side of the pond, serve as the curtain that frames the window to our soul and can either make you or break you. However, bangs are not equal opportunity. For most, the side swept bangs are an okay look. EmCat has rocked that look in the past and some of us continue to rock it. It's cool.

However, there are some bang styles that you SHOULD NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES ever wear. We will refer to this bang cut as the "blunt cut" famously rocked by Pippi Longstocking and most recently by Zooey Deschanel. But, as we are painfully reminded of every freaking time we get off the Belmont stop, try as you might, not everyone can be Zooey Deschanel. Zooey is really a freak of nature anyway, she is so adorable and cute so of course she can work any look imaginable. These rules probably don't apply to you (actually, they don't-- so forget we said 'probably') and they sure as hell don't apply to us, either.
Celebs like Kelly Osbourne, Keira Knightley, and that lady from 'Millionaire Matchmaker' have all, unsuccessfully, tried to rock the blunt bangs. These flaming failures have done little to deter many girls from thinking that just because their hair stylist can hack their bangs across their forehead, it somehow qualifies them BAMF enough to rock the blunt bangs look. I can go to American Apparel and get a neon colored unitard, that doesn't mean it's going to look good on me, you know?

Reasons why you can't rock the blunt cut bangs and should just let it go:

1. Your face is really round and they just make you look awkward (trust me, Emily had an experience like this before she left to study abroad. She spent the first half of the semester explaining to everyone that her hairdresser screwed up and that she didn't choose for her bangs to look that way. She has now gone 14 months without a haircut)

2. You'll probably look like a mom, and who wants that? (p.s. dressing in "career" clothes while out at the bars isn't doing you any favors either)

3. You have thin hair and it looks like weird stringy, gross straw. Can you say "ew"?

4. Blunt bangs are a highly technical hairstyle that requires styling. If you can't commit, don't get the cut!

We keep it real, that's why we're writing this. And that's why we haven't had those kind of bangs since we were 5. We also haven't worn windbreaker pants since then, we've learned. So should you. All too often, some misguided soul will get this haircut, look bad and STILL have people (disingenuously) be all like, "Oh my God! Your hair looks so cute! No, you can TOTALLY wear your hair like that!"

You can't. Your friends are not keeping it real with you. We are.

PUPPY OF THE DAY!!!!!!!!!

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

The bitter taste of regret

EmCat doesn't condone regrets. Even when you do stupid stuff, you should just accept that fact that you've done what you've done and move on. Don't be a little bitch about it. But if there is one thing, and one thing only, that EmCat really, truly and deeply regrets, it would be that one time we were riding the L and didn't buy poems from a homeless man.

Let us break it down:

EmCat was coming home late one night from another of our favorite places to eat when all of a sudden a homeless dude walked into the car and announced that he needed money and, get this, was selling poems. Now, EmCat has had plenty of run-ins with the homeless on public transportation in the past. Who could forget the Sophomore year French Toast fiasco? (Long story short, laminated resumes with head shots won't get you places).

Normally we just avoid looking at each other and smirk shamelessly during these homeless people's tirades and this particular time it was no different. Oh, how foolish we were! For the low, low price of $1, we could have bought a poem! But that's not it. For $5 we could have bought a WHOLE BOOK of one-of-a-kind poems! That's right, for the price of a foot-long sub at Subway, we could have purchased a (potentially invaluable) book of original poetry.

Also, unlike the sub, which would have only satisfied us for that one moment, this book of poems could STILL be giving us joy and happiness to this very night. And, of course, since life is unfair, we've seen pretty much every weird, smelly homeless guy on L EXCEPT for poetry man. Hundreds of nights have gone by and still, no poetry for sale.

Moral of the story: when a man offers to sell you a piece of his soul in the form of poetry that looks kinda sketch cause it's on wrinkled paper and it's kinda dirty, BUY IT!! Ask him if he takes debit, whatever, JUST BUY IT!


xoxo

Sidenote: To that old hag sitting across from us during Poetry Man's relentless sales pitch, we saw you judging us with your beady little eyes as we bit our lips and tried with all our might NOT to laugh in Poetry Man's face. We saw you judging us when Poetry Man begged for just one person on that train to buy one little poem for one little dollar. We saw you judging us when Poetry Man finally exited the train, defeated, and we could finally let out those giggles we had struggled so hard to contain. We saw the judgment in your eyes, thinking to yourself "What terrible human beings those girls are! Do they not care about the rising homelessness epidemic in the US?!" But you know what, we didn't see you exactly diving into your purse and shelling out a goold ol' Lincoln to buy some priceless poetry either. So you can take all that judgment and stick it up your butt. You're just as bad as the rest of us. 

PUPPY OF THE DAY!!!!!!!!


BONUS BARACK

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Welcome to the world of EmCat

Oh hey. So I guess we should take a moment to officially explain the purpose of our blog since our first post was kind of an emergency because some people really needed to chill out.

So we're going to break it down for you, ten reasons why this could be one of the greatest blogs you will ever read. EVER:

1. We're hilarious and probably the most sarcastic people that you will ever know in your entire life. Seriously, we are.

2. We will point you to the best $5 deals this town has to offer. And by "this town" we mean Chicago. Sorry Boston, you're on your own.

3. We pretty much know how to keep it real like you wouldn't believe.  And our gaydar is impeccable!

4. As long as you read us everyday, your browser will never thirst for a picture of a cute puppy. Trust us, we know all the good search terms.

5. We will keep you updated about our sweet adventures. I mean, have you ever been escorted away from The Bean at midnight by a cop on a bike? Visited the Walgreens where Shia LeBeouf got arrested with a giraffe pinata? Gone to Jewel at 10pm because you wanted to make nachos? We get up to some crazy shit, you'll see.

6. You will come to realize that scrubs are an awesome lounging outfit that you need to own ASAP

7. You will probably start having inappropriate fantasies involving a young JFK Jr

8. Have you ever started to daydream about what it would be like if your grandpa was Joe Biden and he took you to Home Depot to buy some plywood to build you a treehouse and then offered to buy you a candy bar at the register if you promised not to tell that he had one too? You know, 'cause he's got diabetes. Well, you will now!

9. Ever wanted to learn how to frost Abe Lincoln's face in profile on a cake with a ziploc bag? Keep reading and learn how!

10. Have you ever mused about what Ted Bundy was up to in prison? US TOO!!!!


Because we don't take ourselves too seriously, here are ten reasons why you may not think this blog is all that and a bag of barbeque baked Lays:

1. We're two 22 year olds with negligible life experience

2. Everything we do and say is based on judgments derived from a complex bubble of bitchy sarcasm that you will never be able to penetrate.

3. Words like "penetrate" make us giggle. "Vibrate" too. And "moist". Which, coincidentally, is one of Erik Erikson's lost stages of development. The more you know!

4. We like to make up crazy words like "deceit"

5. We're very territorial about our ideas and catchphrases. For example, if you're in our close circle of friends and/or people we have to somehow associate with on a regular basis against our will and you use the phrase "I would not be opposed to that" and/or "hetero lifemate," we will bitch you out because everyone knows those are our catchphrases. And yeah, we're not crazy and delusional because we totally understand that we're not the first people on Earth to use these phrases, but in our social circle we were so go to hell.

6. If you're going to say "some magic is real," you better pray to baby jesus that you know who said it and to whom. You've been warned.

7. If you're easily offended by "zombie jesus weekend" then it is best you just GTFO because political correctness dies at our front door

8. We have a zero tolerance policy against Nickelback fans. Seriously, Emily almost threw up once. It was gross. But not as gross as that dude's hair. Ew.

9. We have no sympathy for little emo girls who cry because they failed a test or their friends didn't text them back quickly enough or they didn't get their 8 precious hours of sleep last night. Shit happens, get over it.

10. You don't understand why we love Billy Zane.
 

Alright, I believe we've made our case. If you have no sense of humor, we feel bad for you. If you know what's up, bookmark this bitch so you don't miss out on the good times!


peace!

Yes please!

 
JFK Jr.

PUPPY OF THE DAY!!!!!!!!

Monday, February 15, 2010

Pissy McGee

Hello, world! Wasssssup?

This is EmCat, the brillantly dynamic duo that is Catalina and Emily. We are seniors in college sometimes, general badasses most of the time and sarcastically awesome all day, everyday. This is our blog about keepin' it real. Here are some guidelines to keepin' it real:

1. People who keep it real generally do not wear tights as pants

2. Or Ed Hardy

3. Or use Moleskines

4. They aren't women's studies majors (sorry, but it's true. Or Black world studies either)

5. For that matter, you don't got to a school that doesn't require you to audition for a fine arts program degree and major in music, art, dance or theatre

6. As a general rule, if you live in Indiana and/or have visited and aren't repulsed by the sights and sounds and smells that include, but are not limited to:
a. Bass Pro Shop and/or NRA bumper stickers
b. toothless men at truck stops who leer as you wait in line to buy Swedish Fish
c. that weird musty odor that envelopes the state
then you are NOT keepin it real.

Today's inaugural post will be dedicated to those special snowflakes we like to call "Pissy McGees." Pissy McGees generally, as a rule, are those people who get all emo on Valentine's Day--even if they're with someone. They get mad if you don't text back within five minutes and they will spend hours sulking alone and being rude to people who, despite GREAT internal misgivings, offer to be their shoulder to lean on.

These people are never happy unless they've pissed off everyone around them. If you think that you might have Pissy McGee tendencies have no fear, admitting the problem is the first step. You can become like EmCat and always be Chill McAwesome. People who are chill:

1. Recognize that their shitty day is not EVERYONE'S shitty day

2. They realize that bad days are a part of life and you need them to see the good days

3. Even though they may not have a significant other on Valentine's Day, they understand that they don't need someone to validate who they are because they have so many more awesome things/people/shit going in their life that really, when you think about, having someone to get all ooey-gooey mushy disgusting with in public really isn't that important. (And let's face it, eventually they're just going to piss you off sometime during the day because:

a. Guys generally don't give a shit about Valentine's Day
b. Girls generally have high, unrealistic expectations)

4. Are grateful to friends who reach out and offer to help them with their life's problems and they reward them with food (An ice cream cone here or there never killed anyone... just sayin')

5. They DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES clog your newsfeed, your twitter feed or any other type of social media feed with emo, passive-agressive notes/song lyrics/links to emo blog posts. They understand that the internet was made for more important types of communication, like LOST spoilers or pictures of puppies
ADORABLE

So, even if you're worried that you've become a Pissy McGee, don't worry we still like you, otherwise we wouldn't have put the effort into writing all this. You just need to stop and think about who you want to be, Pissy McGee or Chill McAwesome? We believe you have it in you to change.

So stop being a little bitch.


xoxo

People more awesome than Gossip Girl