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Presidents Day comes every 4 or 5 weeks.

JFK, Hyannis Port: JFKLibrary.org

I feel like Fred Willard making light of his “shaggy” hair in Spinal Tap, but after getting used to keeping the coiffe in short and proper order, going a tad longer between haircuts this last go has left me feeling “moppish” up top. Taken to the classic Kennedy cut, it was slightly apropos this past weekend when I picked up the John F. Kennedy Handbook at Barnes & Noble after a quaint salad bar lunch with mom. Suburban life: I can see how some people could get used to it…so long as it’s not the “Got married to my HS sweetheart after graduation, popped out a few kids, and got stuck doing this…” scenario. That’s just not for me, is all. I’m not judging. I’ll take a yacht/campaign trail cut, dreams of Hyannis Port, and JFK Handbook and be sound as a pound, until I meet my own Jackie O.

It’s worth it to see you smile. And it’s a guarantee if you read Labs with Abs.

LabsWithAbsI have to get better about reading. It’s hard, though, given the Fall TV schedule. I am enjoying the hell out of it. How I Met Your Mother? Possibly the worst-named show but funny as all get out. I can feel my brain slowly melting away, however, with each press of the laugh-track button. Perhaps tonight, after the conclusion of Hell’s Kitchen, I can finally release myself from the tethers of the tube and immerse myself in the pages of a good book. It took me three months to finish my last one (Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers is amazing), which is unacceptable.

LabwithAbs1Not that I consider Labs With Abs a proper book book, it definitely got me laughing out loud (LOLing if you may) at my friends’ housewarming party a few weeks back. Talk about the perfect gift. It’s reason enough to go over to their house time and time again. That, and the two have a big TV. Wait, oh hell.

Will

Mama always said: A Gentleman is as a Gentleman Does.

gentlemanI woke up a touch too early, as is custom for me, on Saturday eager to start my weekend off on the right foot. Following my tradition of watching my Netflix movies in the morning hours, I threw on “Sex Drive,” an overlooked, underrated, and extremely hilarious flick starring a cast of semi-nobodies but featuring cameos from Seth Green, Fall Out Boy, and David Koechner (Champ Kind, WHAMMY!). It was, shall we say, a delightful teen romp. My favorite character was the slightly chubby but quite debonair, Lance, played by a charming Clark Duke.

clarkdukeHis wardrobes throughout the entire flick were beyond amazing. “Sharp” is a good word to describe them/his look. It got me reevaluating my duds and actually prompted a trip to Brook Brothers, where I acquired a copy of “How to be a Gentleman.” I tried on a bunch of shirts as well, but that’s the problem with the outlet stores: nothing really fits as it should, which is why it is there. Still, the Labor Day sales were pretty insane.

marcjacobsThough I wasn’t able to find anything at the Outlets, I did have the chance to swing by Nordstrom Rack for a brief second. And while the shoe selection continues to disappoint, I found, buried among tragically ugly pairs of sunglasses, a set of Marc by Marc Jacobs Aviators. Being mainly a Wayfarer wearer, I decided it was time to switch up the look. Perhaps I was inspired by Mr. Duke’s character, or because the specs were $35 marked down from $200, but when I put them on, I sorta wanted to make out with myself. But I thought that would be weird to do in front of the other Ed Hardy-loving patrons devouring the racks of bedazzled (horrifying) jeans.

Will (@MomentumFailure)

Terry and Deaner’s Book. Just Give’r

giverFUBAR is perhaps the most undiscovered flick I’ve seen in years. EEEEEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOO! If you’ve seen it, you’d get it. Well, unbeknownst to me, Terry and the Deaner keep on given’r via a survival-type book, chock full of info every liver-destroyin, Merlin believer needs. Merlin, that guy was real. That’s what a fable is.

The Young and the Banging – NYC Yearbook

236a1cb798968ee1e11ef2e5fccd7e7eWhen I was in 6th grade, my friend Paul wrote, “Have a shit-kickin’ summer” in my little yearbook-style thing they gave us… it was only the 6th grade. I thought that was the coolest phrase ever. Shit-kickin’. Boss. I must’ve written it in everyone’s year book from then until senior year, high school. If someone wrote it in my copy of The Young and the Banging ($37), a downtown NYC yearbook that provides a look at almost 200 new faces of todays creative youth through polaroid photography, I’d be less than enthused.