Sunday Papers

[alexiscartwheel]

The past week I've mostly been reading news articles that have left me frustrated or angry, so today I've got some other stuff I found interesting in the Sunday papers.

I know some of my f-listers may be interested in the Billie Piper interview in The Observer today. She talks both about her pregnancy and the upcoming series of Secret Diary of a Call Girl, which begins this week.

This is from last week, but I didn't finish last Sunday's Washington Post until I went to throw it in the recycling yesterday. (It's such a good thing we don't get the paper delivered every day. We'd never finish anything!) Anyway, there was a nice feature editorial about Ohio and being a Midwest transplant to D.C. written by Emily Langer. She writes:

I miss Ohio most when I hear other transplanted Midwesterners belittle their parents for being intimidated by subways that they have no occasion to ride, or mock the suburbs that seemed pretty great when they were running through sprinklers in their big backyards, or dump on cornfields and cows, especially when most of them spent their childhoods not on tractors but in minivans. But of course, I too have sinned by leaving Ohio, and there are days when I feel downright traitorous for having done so.

I don't think she mentioned in the article, but Ohio has a major problem keeping college graduates in the state. I know Governor Strickland is doing some work to reverse that trend, so it'll be interesting to see how successful that is in the coming years. (Says the Ohioan turned nomad.)

And for those who like to go to Magnolia and mack on some cupcakes, Jennifer 8. Lee asks Will Cupcakes Be the Next Krispy Kreme?. We had some pretty darn good cupcakes in Montreal, but I can't remember the name of the shop. Forget Krispy Kreme, though: why is there no Timmy's near me?

Comments

[sagacious-c.livejournal.com]

Thanks for that link to the Billie Piper interview -- interesting. She seems really cool.

I thought cupcakes were a big thing like 8 years ago, so I was confused about why you were linking that article until I actually READ the thing and got the point. :P Seattle had a lot of specialty cupcake stores -- the trend was on its way out when I moved a year ago. Apprently DC has a few stores, but I haven't been to them yet.

[alexiscartwheel.livejournal.com]

She's surprisingly candid. I read an interview with Keira Knightley last week where she answered "fuck off" to anything about her personal life. Billie seems like she'd be a fun person.

I guess Seattle's ahead of New York if they're already sooo five minutes ago. Columbus isn't all that trendy though. There weren't any cupcake shops near OSU campus... we were more likely to frequent Buckeye Donuts. (Open 24 hours! Yum!) The best thing about a cupcake store, I think, is that cupcakes are pretty tedious to make at home, and then you have tons of them. But it seems like a bit of a novelty thing to me.

[alexiscartwheel.livejournal.com]

I bet Krista or Wendy remembers what it was called. I've never actually been to Magnolia, since I haven't been to New York. One of my friends just moved there, though, so hopefully I'll get a chance to visit her soon.

Hah! You're a genius! I just looked it up, and the closest one is in Wheeling, West Virginia... so, you know, only like a four and a half hour drive. No biggie. I guess that will save me from a whole bunch of sour cream glazed donuts during my classes.

[alexiscartwheel.livejournal.com]

We just have Pepsi machines. I can definitely resist the temptation of that... :/

[alexiscartwheel.livejournal.com]

Haha! I'm such a bad influence, even from 600 miles away!

I've had each of my classes at least once now, so I'll try to post about them in the next couple days. :)

[d4ni.livejournal.com]

No Timmy's!!! I mourn along with you. But there's probably one closer to you than to me.

Also, cupcakes will never catch on.

[alexiscartwheel.livejournal.com]

I think once you get to a certain point (i.e. TOO DAMN FAR) it's kind of pointless to quibble about who's farther.