catalog living & unhappy hipsters

Thanks to V over at a few things from my life [a fabulous blog btw if you haven't visited it yet] I've discovered Catalog Living which seems to be a different approach to Unhappy Hipsters, spoofing catalogs instead of Dwell and other modern design mags.  Either way - entirely entertaining.

Catalog Living

"On a cold winter night, nothing pleases Gary and Elaine more than snuggling up

in their comfy metal chairs and tossing around the decorative polyhedron."

"Gary and Elaine are having a hard time adjusting to their new vegetarian lifestyle,

partially because their dinner consists of a bowl of lettuce and two tomatoes,

but more so because their plates offer a constant reminder of what they’re missing."

 "With Elaine out of town, Gary couldn’t even enjoy his favorite dinner of brie and tree branch."

 "At 10:30 every morning, when Gary’s rolled up all his beige paper and put away his giant compasses,

he takes a moment for himself to sit in his favorite chair and do a quick “Mork calling Orson” monologue."

Unhappy Hipsters

"Someday he’d remember which pod contained his sister;

until then, her piercing cries cut into his practice time."

"A brief whine of metal and then a thud; the bickering Jags were silenced."

"Little Sister was a ball of nerves ever since he’d learned to hover between dimensions."

"With the retractable wall on the fritz, their days consisted of silent blame,
forced small talk, and shooing squirrels."