xofood

I'm Not Andrew Zimmern, Okay? I Ate Some Bugs For You Guys And I Did Not Love It.

Because my ego is disproportionate to my worth, I felt like I couldn't disappoint “my public.” I Googled “edible bugs” and ordered some from Thailand in a manner that was most cavalier.
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Healthy, xoFood, food, bugs, gross, gross food, Andrew Zimmern, i'll try anything once

Jun 10, 2013 at 2:00pm | 101 comments

love is art

I'll Try Anything Once: SEX ART

Basically, you lay out the plastic sheet, then the canvas, squirt on some paint, and have sex on top of it all, creating an abstract design on the canvas.
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Sex, Sex, Sex ... and Love, love is art, art, i'll try anything once, experiments

Mar 11, 2013 at 11:00am | 34 comments

vegan

I'll Try Anything Once: Going Vegan for a Week

I would like to thank olives, bread, hummus and alcohol. You guys are the real heroes here.
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Healthy, vegan, food, diet, i'll try anything once

Feb 5, 2013 at 3:00pm | 246 comments

standing

I'll Try Anything Once: Standing 8-14 Hours a Day For Health

Prolonged sitting is linked to increased rates in breast cancer, colon cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and stroke. So I decided to devote the month of October to standing on my own two feet.
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Healthy, standing, exercise, i'll try anything once

Nov 5, 2012 at 12:00pm | 103 comments

diet food

I'll Try Anything Once: Weird Diet Noodles From The Internet Edition

I am no stranger to incomprehensible foodstuffs, so why not try these gelatinous diet noodles?
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Healthy, diet food, shirataki, miracle noodle, diets, recipes, i'll try anything once

Oct 23, 2012 at 5:00pm | 161 comments

books

New Diet Book Promises You Will "Get Skinnier Than All Your Friends"

OMG! It's another fad diet!
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Healthy, books, bullshit, diets, fad diets, health, i'll try anything once

Jul 19, 2012 at 10:00am | 106 comments

i'll try anything once

I'LL TRY ANYTHING ONCE: Pale-Girl-Goes-Tan Edition

I've decided to ditch being blindingly pale for awhile.
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Beauty, i'll try anything once, paleness, self tanners, shoppables, summer beauty, tanning

Jun 25, 2012 at 9:00am | 167 comments

clothes

I'll Try Anything Once: Stripper Shoes

If you don't believe me that being a stripper is super hard work, why don't you WALK A MILE IN THEIR SHOES. Get it? 'Cause that's what I did literally, but it's also a metaphor.
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Fun, clothes, i'll try anything once, shoes, strippers

Jun 14, 2012 at 2:00pm | 151 comments

bathroom talk

I'll Try Anything Once: Getting a Colonic

I'll never joke about anal sex again.
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Healthy, bathroom talk, colonic, i'll try anything once, let's never talk of this again, mortified, poop

Jun 11, 2012 at 1:00pm | 171 comments

bumble and bumble

I'll Try Anything Once: Redhead Edition

Great redheads in history include: Joan Harris, Ariel the mermaid, April from the Ninja Turtles and Peg mothereffin' Bundy.
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Beauty, bumble and bumble, hair, i'll try anything once, red hair, redhead, zoe wiepert

Jun 7, 2012 at 11:00am | 282 comments

as seen on tv

I'LL TRY ANYTHING ONCE: In Defense of the Pajama Jean

In which a total idiot (moi!) plunks down her hard earned money on something stupid for your entertainment.
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Clothes, as seen on tv, fashion, fashion experiments, i'll try anything once, jeans, pajamas, shoppables

May 25, 2012 at 11:00am | 0 comments

fashion

I'LL TRY ANYTHING ONCE: Short Shorts

I'm not necessarily in love with my legs, but I decided to grin and bare 'em for the sake of Internet journalism.
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Clothes, clothes, fashion, i'll try anything once, short shorts, shorts

May 7, 2012 at 9:00am | 62 comments

blondes

I'll Try Anything Once: Going Blonde

Never say I don't commit to a story.
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Beauty, Blondes, hair, hair color, i'll try anything once

May 4, 2012 at 1:00pm | 302 comments

cigarette girl

I'll Try Anything Once: My Night As a Candy Girl

I thought I wouldn’t be able to keep a straight face playing an overly sexed woman selling her goods. Turns out, I’ve been in rehearsal my whole life.
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It Happened To Me, cigarette girl, i'll try anything once, jobs, work

May 2, 2012 at 3:21pm | 34 comments

bad cook

I'll Try Anything Once: Cooking

You thought you wanted me to make dinner, but you had no idea.
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Relationships, bad cook, cooking, food, i'll try anything once

Apr 25, 2012 at 2:00pm | 165 comments

1955

I'll Try Anything Once: Living Like It's 1955

I cut myself off from technology for 24 hours as a way to get a few questions answered. The answers were not at all what I expected.
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Relationships, 1955, being alone, entertainment, i'll try anything once, maple and vine, retro, tech, theater

Apr 10, 2012 at 9:00am | 85 comments

art is for everyone

Am I An Artist?

What is the definition of an artist, and do I qualify? Also: Come see me perform at the SFMOMA TODAY!
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Fun, art is for everyone, artists, i'll try anything once, on the same spectrum as art modeling, public performance

Mar 15, 2012 at 5:29pm | 17 comments

cats

I'll Try Anything Once: Drugging My Cats for Peace in Our Times

I have never had this much trouble bringing in a new cat and all my friends aren’t helping by saying things like “Oh...she’s a girl? Yeah, girl cats are bitches. Good luck with that!”
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Family Drama, cats, i'll try anything once, this will work out GREAT I'm sure, weird products

Feb 3, 2012 at 1:00pm | 0 comments

bruises

I'll Try Anything Once: DIY Moxibustion

I did not burn the house down in the name of traditional Chinese medicine, though I kept my neighborhood-crazy-lady rep by waving what looked like an enormous joint around my knee for 15 minutes.
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New Agey, bruises, Chinese medicine, DIY, healing, healthy, i'll try anything once, moxibustion

Jan 17, 2012 at 3:00pm | 0 comments

i'll try anything once

I'll Try Anything Once: The Mooncup

The Mooncup is a silicone cup that you insert into your hoo-ha whilst menstruating and instead of pulling it out and tossing it away when you're done, you actually empty the cup and reinsert it.
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Healthy, i'll try anything once, menstruation, mooncup, periods

Jan 5, 2012 at 6:00pm | 0 comments

freerunning

I'll Try Anything Once: Parkour

In case it’s not obvious, let’s get this out of the way: Parkour, freerunning, and related pursuits do not have a sizable female base.
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Healthy, freerunning, i'll try anything once, parkour, physical fitness, urban gymnastics, weird public behavior

Jan 3, 2012 at 9:00am | 0 comments

floatation therapy

I’ll Try Anything Once: Sensory Deprivation Flotation Therapy

Would you lie in a giant pitch-black tank full of tepid salt water for an hour? I did!
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New Agey, floatation therapy, healthy, hippie shit, i'll try anything once, relaxation

Dec 28, 2011 at 1:00pm | 0 comments