Jay E. Tria
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Jay E. Tria

  • Book Review

    5 Books on My Reading List

    The holy week holiday is usually the perfect time for me to catch up on my reading. Alas, this year I have other less fun (but more important) things on my to-do list. The most I can do is look at my growing unread pile and lovingly dust off the covers. Here is my short list, just so I don’t forget: 1. Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald 2. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte 3. Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling (the Mexican standoff persists) 4. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden 5. I am Number Four: The Lost Files by…

  • Book Review

    Google ‘Modern Poetry for Emo Moments’

    It is baffling to me why friends somehow remember me in their emo moments. I can literally be one of the most emotionally dead people they know, and that’s on a regular day. But I guess in any case I can always appreciate good poetry. So thanks Jeris for sending this poem to me in one of your lyrical days. To me this poem basically sums up the things we want to hear said to us in world where we exhale pretension like air. The last few lines are my favorite. What’s yours? The Invitation by Oriah http://www.oriahmountaindreamer.com/ It doesn’t…

  • Previews

    The Cutest Elvis Has Ever Looked

    After last week’s episode of Quick Hardening Caulk, endangered fish with perfectly round breasts, and magnificent sexy times, the geniuses behind New Girl have decided to pour cold water above our heads with a funeral episode. Good thinking, I believe. Viewers are on the point of combustion and we need a moment to fan ourselves. This week it looks like we will be entertained with a Jessica Day version of the King himself as she, Schmidt and Winston go on a trip to Chicago. Nick Miller is not complaining. Photo and video credits to their owners

  • Makeup and Skincare

    Review: Favorite Makeup Finds from Japan

    If you are someone like me who has gone through enough beauty brands and product reviews, you would have by now inferred two important things about Japanese beauty products: 1. they are potently awesome, and 2. they are unapologetically expensive. Which ups their covetousness factor, obviously. Now not all gold-tagged things from the Land of the Rising Sun perform as outstandingly as promised. Also–an important corollary–I have by no means tried all the Holy Grail Japanese finds, but I have tried enough to make a short list. Herewith are a handful of Japanese beauty products worth skipping a Green Tea…