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December 10, 2015
{Prehistoric Amber} Amber L. Carter’s Holiday Survival Kit For Man Crates
[Written for Man Crates & published December 18, 2014] Earlier this month, Man Crates (a new company that delivers crates full of gifts for guys) asked me to answer this question: What would I want in my Holiday Survival Kit? WELL… 1. Sufjan Stevens Presents Songs For Christmas Album If you’ve been following along with my Non-Lame Christmas Jams over […]
December 9, 2015
‘The Bachelor: Ben Is Sweet’ Preview + Meet The Ladies!
Hark! A new season of The Bachelor: Ben Is Sweet is neigh! With the premiere of the 20th season of The Bachelor less than a month away – January 4th! – ABC has been steadily rolling out updates on the upcoming season. First, here’s the season preview (sorry – ABC video still doesn’t play nicely with WordPress […]
December 8, 2015
Vanderpump Rules, Season 4, Ep. 6: Rap Tracks, A Back Scratch, & Schemin’ Jax!
Welcome back Vanderpets! Last week, James made out with Lala and THEN broke up with Kristen, Peter cut his ponytail off, Scheana continued to believe that the world revolved her which also includes Shay’s addiction, Kristen found out about James and Lala, Jax stirred the pot by inviting everyone out for a night of drinks […]
December 7, 2015
Vanderpump Rules, Season 4, Ep 5: You Make Me Wanna Lala
Welcome back, Vanderpets! After promising myself all week that I’d get this recap out before Monday, I’m now going to be lucky if I manage to post this mere hours before the new show! Totally on top of stuff over here, babes. Totally, totally killin’ it. Anyway! If you don’t know what happened in Episode […]
November 30, 2015
Vanderpump Rules, Season 4, Ep. 4: Group Intervention, Anal Retention, & Cheating Prevention!
Welcome back, Vanderpets! I hope everyone had an amazing Thanksgiving weekend. I spent my holiday weekend not writing recaps for reality television shows, so I’m a lil’ behind. But that’s okay, because spending time on the internet, doing totally-non-work-related stuff is exactly what Mondays are for! Last week at Sexy Unique Restaurant, Tom gave away […]
November 18, 2015
Vanderpump Rules, Season 4, Ep 3: Meanies & PUMPtinis
Welcome back Vanderpets! When we last saw The Worst People In America Who Work At a Restaurant, James was cheatin’ on ‘is girlfriend Krisss-tin and lyin’ ’bout ‘tit, Ariana was wondering why Scheana would put up with such an awful friend in Kristen, Katie and Schaena busted Lala on her “modeling” job in Venice, and […]
November 17, 2015
Vanderpump Rules, Season 4, Ep. 2: The Smoking Gun Uber
What’s up, VanderPets! (You guys like that? I literally just made that up) Sorry for the delay on this week’s recap – I’ve been super ultra busy this week with hunting down new writing opportunities (if you know of anyone looking for a copywriter with a sense of humor or a publication seeking a TV recap […]
November 15, 2015
[Affirmation Pets] Create the life you have imagined.
Marx wants you to know that you have the power to shape your own life. You want your water bowl right next to you while you hang out under the chair and stare out the window all afternoon? No one else is going to do it for you – you gotta make it happen for […]
November 12, 2015
Better Than.
Tuesday afternoon, after dropping Dave off at the airport, Larkin and I drove back to the SW Hills and had a long talk about morality and youthful regrets and starting over. I told him about how I had stumbled on the Instagram feed of a girl I know (not Alicia Way, FYI) who started going […]
November 5, 2015
{Prehistoric Amber} 11 Steps to a Fantastically Successful (& Freaking FUN) NaNoWriMo
It’s NaNoWriMo Time! It’s NaNoWriMo Time! Get Out Yer Pens Everybody, Cause Its NaNoWriMo Time! The above is a little song I made up. You know, on the fly. In like, 2 SECONDS. And yes, my songwriting skills are available for hire! In the past eight years of doing NaNoWriMo, I’ve learned a few things through trial and error. […]
