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my name is celeste.

i live in New York City.

 i write  sketch comedy  for the Upright Citizens Brigade Maude Team  SLOW BURN . you can send me an email at celeste dot ballard at gmail dot com, especially if you want me to write something for you. if you want to see older writing you can check out  this old thing . 


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</description><title>no one calls me celesterstallone</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @celesterstallone)</generator><link>http://www.celesterstallone.com/</link><item><title>Kid Cudi - Pursuit Of Happiness ft. MGMT (via KidCudiVEVO)</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="251"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7xzU9Qqdqww&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7xzU9Qqdqww&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="251" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xzU9Qqdqww&amp;ob=av2e"&gt;Kid Cudi - Pursuit Of Happiness ft. MGMT&lt;/a&gt; (via &lt;a href="http://youtube.com/user/KidCudiVEVO"&gt;KidCudiVEVO&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.celesterstallone.com/post/1053302875</link><guid>http://www.celesterstallone.com/post/1053302875</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:41:44 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Lauren and Twitch Hip Hop 

and here’s why the show does...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/M62fHGxibeE&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/M62fHGxibeE&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M62fHGxibeE&amp;feature=related"&gt;Lauren and Twitch Hip Hop&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;and here’s why the show does amazing in the ratings. love this too. also this song might be downloaded onto my computer in the near future. &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.celesterstallone.com/post/1012605810</link><guid>http://www.celesterstallone.com/post/1012605810</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:34:18 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>kent and neil 
and this one by Travis Wall who was discovered on...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/m-BcpJ-9a40&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/m-BcpJ-9a40&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-BcpJ-9a40&amp;feature=related"&gt;kent and neil&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;and this one by Travis Wall who was discovered on SYTYCD as a contestant on Season 2 but who has grown to become one of the best choreographers the show uses. so so cool. &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.celesterstallone.com/post/1012599096</link><guid>http://www.celesterstallone.com/post/1012599096</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:32:45 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>That Home - Contemporary 
So You Think You Can Dance is doing...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1wl4_4Q-eAM&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1wl4_4Q-eAM&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wl4_4Q-eAM"&gt;That Home - Contemporary&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So You Think You Can Dance is doing amazing thing for my favorite contemporary choreographers.  This dance by Dee Caspary is unreal.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.celesterstallone.com/post/1012581834</link><guid>http://www.celesterstallone.com/post/1012581834</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:28:54 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>no i'm not a jonas / brother, i'm a grown up: For the record, my general stance on reading YA novels is that you...</title><description>&lt;a href="http://zanopticon.tumblr.com/post/1011288018"&gt;no i'm not a jonas / brother, i'm a grown up: For the record, my general stance on reading YA novels is that you...&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theawl.com/2010/08/mockingjay-is-it-ya-that-makes-you-stupider-or-smarter"&gt; For the record, my general stance on reading YA novels is that you should do it, and not bother being ashamed.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;Gossip Girl&lt;/em&gt; is dumber and trashier; so, on many nights, is &lt;em&gt;True Blood&lt;/em&gt;. The themes tend to be pretty basic (misunderstood girl discovers secret power, does good, finds love; it turns…&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;LOVE DAT YA&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Also just bought Mockingjay. Paired it off with a highly on sale Lush Life. &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.celesterstallone.com/post/1011773582</link><guid>http://www.celesterstallone.com/post/1011773582</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:32:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>betterbooktitles:

Virginia Woolf: Mrs. Dalloway

Nailed it....</title><description>&lt;img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6omvsGOT61qczxc6o1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://betterbooktitles.com/post/907729581/dalloway"&gt;betterbooktitles&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Virginia Woolf: Mrs. Dalloway&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Nailed it. Also this is probably my favorite book. &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.celesterstallone.com/post/1010005161</link><guid>http://www.celesterstallone.com/post/1010005161</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:54:49 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>(via the-front-row)
This is my life. I’m not even joking.</title><description>&lt;img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7nweqbIVO1qzffago1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;(via &lt;a href="http://the-front-row.tumblr.com/"&gt;the-front-row&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is my life. I’m not even joking.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.celesterstallone.com/post/1003889208</link><guid>http://www.celesterstallone.com/post/1003889208</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:47:01 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>The woman hosting ON STAGE (the theater segment) on New York 1 just pronounced Waiting for Godot as...</title><description>&lt;p&gt;The woman hosting ON STAGE (the theater segment) on New York 1 just pronounced Waiting for Godot as Waiting for GOD-o.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;New York 1 can do no wrong at 12:41 am!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.celesterstallone.com/post/1001777391</link><guid>http://www.celesterstallone.com/post/1001777391</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:42:10 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>tallwhitney:

imremembering:

Mark Weiner’s Weinerville


ZOMG</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4dchot6wM1qb3mmfo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://tallwhitney.tumblr.com/post/1001424612/imremembering-mark-weiners-weinerville"&gt;tallwhitney&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://imremembering.com/post/999482408/mark-weiners-weinerville-remembered-by-ashley"&gt;imremembering&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-lYDVhSzn8"&gt;Mark Weiner’s Weinerville&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;ZOMG&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.celesterstallone.com/post/1001611037</link><guid>http://www.celesterstallone.com/post/1001611037</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:04:50 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>well this is the best thing i’ve seen all day. thanks...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="325"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MCow4ZBQhZQ&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MCow4ZBQhZQ&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="325" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;well this is the best thing i’ve seen all day. thanks dave. &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.celesterstallone.com/post/1001601107</link><guid>http://www.celesterstallone.com/post/1001601107</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:02:42 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>"Franzen works in a rented office that he has stripped of all distractions. He uses a heavy, obsolete..."</title><description>“Franzen works in a rented office that he has stripped of all distractions. He uses a heavy, obsolete Dell laptop from which he has scoured any trace of hearts and solitaire, down to the level of the operating system. Because Franzen believes you can’t write serious fiction on a computer that’s connected to the Internet, he not only removed the Dell’s wireless card but also permanently blocked its Ethernet port. “What you have to do,” he explains, “is you plug in an Ethernet cable with superglue, and then you saw off the little head of it.””&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;same profile of Franzen&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://www.celesterstallone.com/post/999951936</link><guid>http://www.celesterstallone.com/post/999951936</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:58:40 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>"Reading, in its quietness and sustained concentration, is the opposite of busyness. “We are so..."</title><description>“Reading, in its quietness and sustained concentration, is the opposite of busyness. “We are so distracted by and engulfed by the technologies we’ve created, and by the constant barraged of so-called information that comes our way, that more than ever to immerse yourself in an involving book seems socially useful,” Franzen says. “The place of stillness that you have to go to to write, but also to read seriously, is the point where you can actually make responsible decisions, where you can actively engage productively with an otherwise scary and unmanageable world.””&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Profile of Jonathan Franzen in Time &lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://www.celesterstallone.com/post/999942049</link><guid>http://www.celesterstallone.com/post/999942049</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:56:30 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>thedailywhat:

This Is Hilarious, You Should Watch It of the...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="254"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SPEBZOt4br4&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SPEBZOt4br4&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="254" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://thedailywh.at/post/999687980/this-is-hilarious-you-should-watch-it-of-the-day"&gt;thedailywhat&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This Is Hilarious, You Should Watch It of the Day:&lt;/strong&gt; The a-maze-ing pun-filled dialogue of Guillermo del Toro’s &lt;em&gt;Pan’s Labyrinth&lt;/em&gt;, properly translated for the first time.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;[&lt;em&gt;thanks charlie!&lt;/em&gt;]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is high brow and brilliant. &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.celesterstallone.com/post/999789384</link><guid>http://www.celesterstallone.com/post/999789384</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:21:47 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>taxidermychurch:

“This is all about Edie Beale-goes-to-Girl...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7m943rtd41qzp9cso1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://taxidermychurch.tumblr.com/post/999728367/this-is-all-about-edie-beale-goes-to-girl-scout"&gt;taxidermychurch&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“This is all about Edie Beale-goes-to-Girl Scout camp,” J.Crew Creative Director Jenna Lyons tells StyleList. “There’s a bit of that grandma-chic that we always draw from. There are elements borrowed from the boys, but we decided she’s at Girl Scout camp.” (via &lt;a href="http://www.stylelist.com/2010/04/02/j-crew-fall-2010-jenna-lyons-talks-new-collection/"&gt;J.Crew Fall 2010: Jenna Lyons Talks New Collection - StyleList&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks to &lt;a href="http://www.celesterstallone.com/"&gt;Celeste&lt;/a&gt; for sending me this quote.  &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Jenna Lyons must have a poster of me in her office with a bulls-eye on it.  J.Crew inspired by &lt;em&gt;Grey Gardens&lt;/em&gt;?  Am I living in a fantasy world of my own creation?!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://www.celesterstallone.com/post/999754612</link><guid>http://www.celesterstallone.com/post/999754612</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:12:41 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>bookshelfporn:

cabbagerose:

kjfromtokyo:

(via...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l00mtkbFys1qa7yizo1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://bookshelfporn.com/post/997964543/loft-library-and-office"&gt;bookshelfporn&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://cabbageroseblog.com/post/481829438/loft-library-and-office"&gt;cabbagerose&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://kjfromtokyo.tumblr.com/post/481696149/via-sombreboite"&gt;kjfromtokyo&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(via &lt;a href="http://sombreboite.tumblr.com/"&gt;sombreboite&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;ungggggggggg&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.celesterstallone.com/post/998053528</link><guid>http://www.celesterstallone.com/post/998053528</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:27:33 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>If you like THE HUNGER GAMES</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://magicmolly.tumblr.com/post/997989356/if-you-like-the-hunger-games"&gt;magicmolly&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;…try &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.alibris.com/booksearch?qwork=3000706&amp;matches=109&amp;cm_sp=works*listing*title"&gt;HOUSE OF STAIRS&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7lvtdGTKE1qzpzzv.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://www.celesterstallone.com/post/998018592</link><guid>http://www.celesterstallone.com/post/998018592</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:12:13 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>WHAS</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="251"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/p37wdcxpNt0&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/p37wdcxpNt0&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="251" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;WHAS&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.celesterstallone.com/post/982137353</link><guid>http://www.celesterstallone.com/post/982137353</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 08:11:57 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Nathan, The Mayor of Orchard Street</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.boweryboogie.com/2010/03/the-mayor-of-upper-orchard-street.html"&gt;Nathan, The Mayor of Orchard Street&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;Lower East Side required reading&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.celesterstallone.com/post/978318684</link><guid>http://www.celesterstallone.com/post/978318684</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:03:55 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>The Black Swan
Center Stage for the intellectual set. </title><description>&lt;embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1138370309" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashvars="videoId=587347696001&amp;playerId=1138370309&amp;viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://console.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway&amp;servicesURL=http://services.brightcove.com/services&amp;cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&amp;domain=embed&amp;autoStart=false&amp;" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="400" height="339" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swliveconnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Black Swan&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Center Stage for the intellectual set. &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.celesterstallone.com/post/977968858</link><guid>http://www.celesterstallone.com/post/977968858</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:32:10 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Video</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Y2spHiYOORc&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Y2spHiYOORc&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://www.celesterstallone.com/post/977966886</link><guid>http://www.celesterstallone.com/post/977966886</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:31:35 -0400</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
