Around Jossip HQ, we’ve taken Stereohyped’s lead in wasting time by plugging our faces into The Face Transformer, changing our editors’ races and, in one instance, humanity (hello, manga!). Whitney at Mollygood did it over here. Below, Jossip’s own David Hauslaib transforms into West Asian, an old man, East Asian, a Manga character, and a black man.
Confession time: we’ve spent more New Year’s than we’d like to remember staying in, watching Sex and the City, pretending that we really wanted a quiet night anyway.
Of course we were lying to ourselves. Whether you like it or not, New Year’s is a barometer of your social life. Spending the evening watching a Twilight Zone marathon is sad, and now you’re sad. Break out the sad emoticon: :(
Anyway, in case you still don’t have plans, we have taken the liberty of going through some press releases to find some plans for your sorry self. CONTINUED »
It seems like only yesterday that I first set my alarm for the ungodly hour of 7am, spilled piping hot coffee all over my impractically thin sweater* and introduced myself as your brand new Jossip editor.
As expected, I was greeted by a predictable deluge of “Hello Newman” jokes, a litany of detractors and a relative minority of staunch supporters, whose generous praise – or at least intermittent approval – was only slightly undermined by their stubborn insistence on referring to me as “Corynne.”
And while I had my share of missteps – an unnatural fixation on a picture of Hillary Clinton eating a sandwich, an ill-advised confrontation with a would-be heckler, and an overzealous response to a crazed Jared Leto fan – I prefer to focus instead on the brief, shining flashes of mediocrity. CONTINUED »
• 50 Cent pulls an Amy Winehouse. Intern Whitney explains, “A tv crew had the go-ahead to go into his dressing room and when the camera walked in he and his entourage were all over a table snorting something.” Action starts around the 1:35 mark.
• Incredibly well connected daughters of politicians: they’re just like us!
• Britney Spears’ exonerated baby-daddy JR Rotem has apparently hit the internets in search of a “hot Jewish girl.”
• Jenna Bush reminds us how much more we’d like her easygoing dad, if only he weren’t sitting in the oval office.
• Oprah and Gayle fail to make People’s 2007 list of the “Cutest Celebrity Couples.” Better luck next year, girls!
• Everyone check out our boss’ glamorous big-screen debut!
Although we can’t always shake the nasty habit of writing in the royal we, occasionally one of our editors decides to shake off the cloak of anonymity to write a short, pithy statement long, rambling diatribe about a topic of their choice. Today, Debbie Newman is that editor.
With Halloween just around the corner, it’s time to start thinking about last-minute costume ideas. And this year, instead of frantically hunting through the on-sale rack at Ricky’s for that elusive half-priced garment that says “Slutty, yet sophisticated,” why not be creative? There are plenty of do-it-yourself costumes* that require minimal effort on your part and are guaranteed to please potentially capable of suiting your needs.
Moderately intrigued? Read on, anyway! After the jump, a complete rundown of the scariest media personalities around with useful tips on how to capture their “essence” without breaking the bank or sacrificing your unique rebelliousness.
Today, Jossip celebrates its fourth wonderful year of existence. In honor of this momentous occasion, each editor has come up with a list of goals/achievements he/she hopes to have accomplished by the time Jossip turns five. It’s overlord David Hauslaib’s turn.
By this time next year, I will have …
1) Trained my staff not to regard my absence from the office as an opportunity to turn their hateful chain emails about me into in-person bickering.
2) Increased Jossip’s frenemy list – which currently hovers around just a half dozen – by adding someone new every day.
3) Curtailed expenses by cutting waste, such as Internet access. That, or boosted productivity by blocking Google chat. And banning email.
4) Posted another Match.com profile of a leading blog mogul.
In this crazy, computer age we’re living in, it is now possible to share your every insipid thought and incoherent murmuring instantaneously over Google chat, something we do on an all-too-regular basis.
And, while we generally steer clear of the first person (for fear of sharing too much!) in light of certain extenuating circumstances—Paris Hilton’s recent departure from jail-slash-we’re hungover—we’ve decided to make you privvy to our meaningless im chatter for one special, glowing moment.
So, after the jump, please enjoy the following completely uncensored IM conversation between Jossip Editor (”Me”) and Jossip Publisher (”David”). It’s as though you’re all actually here with us at Jossip Headquarters…except, you know, less awkward.
Editorial Director
