Print1. The weather: Despite the fact that I should be stressed out from all the work I have to do, I've been feeling giddily happy all week because of the occasional sunshine.
-Yin Yin Lu, books editor
2. West Side Story: I can't stop talking about it. I can't stop singing it. I can't stop watching old YouTube videos to learn the choreography. I think I am officially obsessed.
-Ruthie Fierberg, theater editor
3. Electronic lyricism: This week, my friend Pete Martin, a junior at Yale, e-mailed me his brilliant one-line poem: "All the things I thought I liked were things I liked to think."
-Raphael Pope-Sussman, deputy features editor
4. Lex Luthor needs a bailout: The latest video from funnyordie.com features Jon Hamm (aka Don Draper of Mad Men) as Superman villain Lex Luthor asking Obama for a $100 Billion bailout for his company after Superman has ruined his real estate plans, giving new meaning to the phrase toxic assets.
-Peter Labuza, film editor
5. The Topshop opening: I’m excited about it, but also terribly afraid of the potentially riot-inducing lines. Perhaps, I'll just stick to the website for a while.
-Rebecca Pattiz, music editor
6. The Cobrasnake: I could definitely spend a lot of time on Mark Hunter' photoblog. For someone who loves to people-watch it’s like going to the candy store.
-Helen Werbe, style editor
7. Governor Patterson’s all-time low approval ratings: Last week the 1 train stopped at 96th street. The conductor explained that even though the 1 wouldn’t be going any further, passengers were welcome to take the 3 to East 145th Street, where they could get a FREE bus transfer ticket in order to come back downtown. Evidently I’m not the only one who has transit official revenge fantasies.
-Carla Vass, eyesites editor
8. dayswithmyfather.com: Photographer Phillip Toledano presents a moving tribute to his not-quite-centenarian father. This may be the most beautiful Web site I have ever seen.
-Thomas Rhiel, editor-in-chief
9. North & South: Elizabeth Gaskell's excellent novel about the clash between industrial and countryside England in the 1850s, as captured in the star-crossed courtship of its main characters, is also a BBC four-part miniseries starring Richard Armitage and Daniela Denby-Ashe. Watch it on youtube, or be a good person and buy the series- it's definitely worth it.
- Melanie Jones, managing features editor
10. DJ Earworm: He is the greatest mixer ever. Who else can mash-up the top 25 songs of 2008 and make it not only bearable but enjoyable! Check him out at www.djearworm.com
-Zach Dyer, interview editor