Kristen Bartlett is an NYC-based shoulder-to-cry-on and Barefoot Contessa watcher. var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-21532456-1’]); _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); (function() { var ga = document.createElement(‘script’); ga.type = ‘text/javascript’; ga.async = true; ga.src = (‘https:’ == document.location.protocol ? ‘https://ssl’ : ‘http://www’) + ‘.google-analytics.com/ga.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();Tumblr (3.0; @mytickettofameandfortune)http://mytickettofameandfortune.com/<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/UsJf9NwTFhw?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Science is so adorable! My favorite part is when “skeptics and cat people” are grouped together in the same breath. </p> <p>What is your dog thinking? Brain scans give glimpse (by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsJf9NwTFhw&feature=share" target="_blank">EmoryUniversity</a>)</p>http://mytickettofameandfortune.com/post/22787504184http://mytickettofameandfortune.com/post/22787504184Thu, 10 May 2012 14:04:18 -0400dogs<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3jyb0TqJD1qzico9o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Starlets: When accessorizing with a dog, make sure he’s 16 pounds and prone to motion sickness.</p>http://mytickettofameandfortune.com/post/22444288020http://mytickettofameandfortune.com/post/22444288020Sat, 05 May 2012 09:47:24 -0400hans<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1ju4ePju71qzico9o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Oh no big deal. It’s just Meryl Streep sending me a letter through the US Postal Service again.</p> <p>She’d like me to take part in the opening of a women’s history museum. Of course she’d think of me for this project. I care deeply about women, history, and Meryl Streep.</p> <p>Oh Meryl and our great friendship via letters. So traditional. So us.</p>http://mytickettofameandfortune.com/post/20009704234http://mytickettofameandfortune.com/post/20009704234Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:09:49 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m03fs6MKnQ1qjqzoeo1_r1_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m03fs6MKnQ1qjqzoeo2_r1_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thatmorganchick.tumblr.com/post/18498200594/rick-santorum-is-the-devil-edit-hey-rick-i" target="_blank">thatmorganchick</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>rick santorum is the devil.</p> <p>edit: hey rick, i went to a private baptist college with very conservative professors and i still voted for obama in the last election. i’m pretty sure that has nothing to do with being ‘indoctrinated’.</p> <p>also, growing up and making decisions for yourself that may be different from how you were raised does NOT equate to indoctrination.</p> </blockquote> <p>To be fair, I remember working really, really, really hard to indoctrinate Morgan that semester.</p>http://mytickettofameandfortune.com/post/18510621872http://mytickettofameandfortune.com/post/18510621872Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:34:26 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzvpoonmcN1qzgghfo1_400.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzvpoonmcN1qzgghfo2_400.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzvpoonmcN1qzgghfo3_400.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzvpoonmcN1qzgghfo4_400.png"/><br/> <br/>http://mytickettofameandfortune.com/post/18190375528http://mytickettofameandfortune.com/post/18190375528Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:42:04 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzsymwoIlT1qzico9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://mytickettofameandfortune.com/post/18073786465http://mytickettofameandfortune.com/post/18073786465Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:18:32 -0500bread<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzr7huJchM1qzico9o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Turns out that Hans is the big spoon and his elephant is the little spoon. Good to know.</p>http://mytickettofameandfortune.com/post/18016351148http://mytickettofameandfortune.com/post/18016351148Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:34:42 -0500<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://www.sonicdork.com/post/17441285307/my-indie-improv-team-admiral-goodbar-shall-be" target="_blank">sonicdork</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>My indie improv team, Admiral Goodbar, shall be performing tonight at Triple Crown on 8th Avenue (NYC) at 9:30pm TONIGHT! Come on out!!</p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz8v9rv7Hg1qz4gpp.jpg"/></p> </blockquote>http://mytickettofameandfortune.com/post/17452455970http://mytickettofameandfortune.com/post/17452455970Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:12:49 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz74pubNkY1qzico9o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>US TIME Magazine gets me, and I appreciate this very much.</p>http://mytickettofameandfortune.com/post/17386305005http://mytickettofameandfortune.com/post/17386305005Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:22:42 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyxii6sgXs1qzico9o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>This wig is made out of real human Ronald McDonalds.</p>http://mytickettofameandfortune.com/post/17096917952http://mytickettofameandfortune.com/post/17096917952Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:44:30 -0500<p>Dear Rihanna,</p> <p>Please watch the Designing Women episode: &#8220;The Rowdy Girls&#8221; in which Charlene Frazier Stillfield helps her cousin Mavis break free from an abusive marriage. Rihanna, if Mavis can get out, so can you. You are a Rowdy Girl. <br/><br/>Sincerely,<br/><br/>Kristen Bartlett</p> <p>   <iframe frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/XskBvtiz3Xk" width="420"></iframe></p>http://mytickettofameandfortune.com/post/16071167012http://mytickettofameandfortune.com/post/16071167012Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:22:44 -0500designing women<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly07padyol1qzico9o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Of course Adele has a dachshund.</p> <p>Hot bitch.</p>http://mytickettofameandfortune.com/post/16066428195http://mytickettofameandfortune.com/post/16066428195Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:10:22 -0500wiener dogs<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/XCvXcBWkas0?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>This gets me out of bed every morning.</p>http://mytickettofameandfortune.com/post/15779561934http://mytickettofameandfortune.com/post/15779561934Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:59:48 -0500redheads<a href="http://www.thegloc.net/2012/01/11/dealing-with-rejection/">Dealing With Rejection | G.L.O.C.</a>: <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://julieklausner.tumblr.com/post/15707497087/dealing-with-rejection-g-l-o-c" target="_blank">julieklausner</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>I’m quoted in this piece, alongside Lennon Parham and Caitlin Bitzegaio! You should read it, it is great.</p> </blockquote> <p>I wrote this story, and I am so happy to see people responding well to it!</p> <p>I wish I had the time and wordcount to share all of the brilliant advice that Julie Klausner gave me during our interview. If we could all manage to be even a fraction as talented, hard-working, and kind as she is, we’d be doing extremely well for ourselves/the world would explode and blot out the sun, because there’s no fucking way.</p>http://mytickettofameandfortune.com/post/15732111533http://mytickettofameandfortune.com/post/15732111533Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:30:04 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxbzjvG9la1qc63l3o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://senorcorazon.org/post/15346553204/my-pal-came-up-with-this-joke-i-want-to-see-this" target="_blank">senorcorazon</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>My pal came up with this joke. I want to see this movie. </p> </blockquote>http://mytickettofameandfortune.com/post/15347638055http://mytickettofameandfortune.com/post/15347638055Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:51:24 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lx1u0oBPnw1qz4gppo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://www.sonicdork.com/post/15062192077/seems-that-tivo-grabbed-a-new-show-for-me-to" target="_blank">sonicdork</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Seems that TiVo grabbed a new show for me to watch. I love new adventures!</p> </blockquote>http://mytickettofameandfortune.com/post/15065398680http://mytickettofameandfortune.com/post/15065398680Fri, 30 Dec 2011 23:41:16 -0500<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Z0ddTNsv6R4?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>I can only watch this ad through a small hole poked at the end of a shoebox.</p> <p>When is my future thin self going to come sing with me? We’ll sing “Don’t Go Breakin’ My Heart,” because at least that’s a real duet.</p>http://mytickettofameandfortune.com/post/14905495353http://mytickettofameandfortune.com/post/14905495353Wed, 28 Dec 2011 01:09:04 -0500“When someone tells me “no,” it doesn’t mean I can’t do it, it simply means I can’t do it with them.”<br/><br/> - <em><p>Karen E. Quinones Miller (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://myquotelibrary.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">myquotelibrary</a>)</p> <p>That makes sense</p> (via <a href="http://johneveretttrowbridge.tumblr.com/" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">johneveretttrowbridge</a>)</em>http://mytickettofameandfortune.com/post/14699602014http://mytickettofameandfortune.com/post/14699602014Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:00:35 -0500<iframe src="http://www.funnyordie.com/embed/85ed635c0b" width="400" height="250" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>This is a video that I wrote starring <a href="http://siobhancomedy.tumblr.com/" title="Siobhan Beasley" target="_blank">Siobhan Beasley</a> and <a href="http://www.sonicdork.com" title="Jason Gore" target="_blank">Jason Gore</a>. I had a lot of fun doing this, and my goal for 2012 is to try to do many more.</p>http://mytickettofameandfortune.com/post/13784784523http://mytickettofameandfortune.com/post/13784784523Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:01:42 -0500human rights<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luz40yHdPP1qzv8wvo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://janaynay.tumblr.com/post/13071809477/silliness-around-mile-7" target="_blank">janaynay</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Silliness around mile 7.</p> </blockquote> <p>This mile was dedicated to Jason and me! Boom.</p>http://mytickettofameandfortune.com/post/13075649075http://mytickettofameandfortune.com/post/13075649075Sun, 20 Nov 2011 15:31:33 -0500