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Haviland & Riese Vlog #35: More Advice Column, Hollywood-Style

Posted byriese

on March 13, 2009

At last! This here's Haviland & Riese Vlog #35 -- you've got feelings, we've got answers. Sometimes we have those answers about two months after you asked them, so I hope you haven't been standing in the bathroom with your tampon waiting this whole time. I've been trying to upload this thing all g-dd*mn day, I've totally lost my mind, I think Tinkerbell is a real dog, everything's out of control.

This video, filmed live in Hollywood, California, when I was visiting Haviland like in January or whenever, but not edited 'til yesterday, covers compelling topics that will change your life forevs, like "I can't sleep" and "should I tell my students that I'm a big homo" etc.

If you've missed the first 34, you can check those out on our youtube channel and vimeo -- or just jump right in.

28 responses to “Haviland & Riese Vlog #35: More Advice Column, Hollywood-Style”

Haviland
March 13, 2009 at 11:54 pm Permalink Reply
Riese, this is hot. Loves it! Keep the questions coming, kids!
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Vashti
March 13, 2009 at 11:56 pm Permalink Reply
Finally, I have been advised! Well.. Kind of.
I like sleep but 4 am and I are best friends. And let’s be honest, 4 am is kind of a bitch to break up with..
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L
March 14, 2009 at 12:33 am Permalink Reply
very cool, guys.
ps. i just saw gray’s matters -what a terrible movie! why so many gay movies have to be so bad? (this can be a question to be taken in you Q&A if you want)
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1. Leah
  March 14, 2009 at 1:45 am Permalink Reply
  Gray Matters was SO TERRIBLE. Like it needs a new word for terrible.
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  1. riese(member)
    March 14, 2009 at 7:14 pm Permalink Reply
    Agreed. I always get it mixed up with this other movie I didn’t like — Puccini for Beginners or something? There was a cute makeout scene in Grey Matters. Actually I think Haviland and I watched it together … we saw the first like twenty minutes and then we’d had about enough.
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    1. L
      March 14, 2009 at 7:58 pm Permalink Reply
      it makes total sense. after the makeout scene, nothing worth seeing. maybe only rachel shelley in a couple of scenes, but that’s all.
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autumn
March 14, 2009 at 12:33 am Permalink Reply
um SUPER YAY!!!!!!!!! this vlog makes autumn happy. she likes vlogs. you done good……
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1. riese(member)
  March 14, 2009 at 7:15 pm Permalink Reply
  Making Autumn happy is on my top ten goals in life list so SUPER YAY!!!!!!
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karmen
March 14, 2009 at 2:52 am Permalink Reply
yeah haviland seems pretty stupid and uninformed most of the time.
thank GOD shes getting a leg-up by watching CNN. phew.
anyway. loved this vlog. i felt the honesty from the last question. Gay panic is pretty painful (on the receiving end.)
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tex
March 14, 2009 at 3:04 am Permalink Reply
awesome quote haviland. I love it, and love is never wrong.
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1. Haviland
  March 14, 2009 at 8:53 am Permalink Reply
  It’s a Melissa Etheridge quote, from her song “Silent Legacy.” Which! You can hear! me! sing! LIVE! on April 23 in LA at Upright!
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Tate
March 14, 2009 at 10:29 am Permalink Reply
I had teachers with every trait you listed throughout high school. It made me LOL.
You have to pack for the day in LA or NY?
Marijuana stores.. really?- That would solve the sleep problem, by the way.
Great advice, ladies.
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1. riese(member)
  March 14, 2009 at 7:17 pm Permalink Reply
  In NYC you have to pack for the day — like bring everything with you. In LA you can just throw shit in the car, I guess?
  I may have been exaggerating slightly about the marijuana stores but I do know of two. If you walk in and don’t know anyone, you’ll just get confused and walk out, it’s only people who know what it is, know the owner etc who can come in and get what they want and then leave. Anyhow, no need to mess around with that in NYC, there’s plenty of people that deliver. If only they delivered to our insomniac advice-needer …
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  1. Vashti
    March 15, 2009 at 6:21 pm Permalink Reply
    Oh, they deliver.
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Franké
March 14, 2009 at 1:28 pm Permalink Reply
I love it! I love autostraddle, if you ever need any help i might be in NYC for an internship this summer, fingers crossed!! Thanks for always entertaining!!
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jordan
March 14, 2009 at 1:54 pm Permalink Reply
life is full of wonder. love is never wrong. thanks for that. you guys brighten my day like sunburst cookies (life with mikey… anyone?….)
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March 14, 2009 at 3:55 pm Permalink Reply
Well, I don’t know about all that Christianity business, but I, personally, worship autostraddle
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1. riese(member)
  March 14, 2009 at 7:17 pm Permalink Reply
  amen
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a;ex(member)
March 14, 2009 at 5:42 pm Permalink Reply
Riese, you’re a goddamn nut.
According to the comments seen here (which light my heart up,) I feel like The Factory is going full-speed ahead…
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1. L
  March 14, 2009 at 7:54 pm Permalink Reply
  yes, you guys have a full congregation of followers already,
  btw, happy birthday, a;ex!!
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N
March 15, 2009 at 1:41 am Permalink Reply
haviland is so right about the moving to nyc for school — i tried moving here 2yrs ago not for school – not so much on the successful side haha, now i am back – for school = semi-successful, except ive reverted back to a backpack since i have to carry EVERYTHING with me for the day.
loved the vlog
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Patrick
March 15, 2009 at 1:19 pm Permalink Reply
You two are hilarious….very entertaining…very well done…I’m still giggling.
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MoonKiller
March 15, 2009 at 2:52 pm Permalink Reply
Kudos for using Marching Bands.
And I think the best way of getting to sleep is drowsy cough syrup. Seriously, knocks you out, you feel like shit in the morning though.
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laura
March 16, 2009 at 6:42 pm Permalink Reply
i have a lot of love for this.
my cure for sleeping is a sound machine [it also blocks out the noise of the people who are always walking around my street at 3 am screaming]. when that doesn’t work, i just stay up and listen to ‘this american life.’
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Jo
March 17, 2009 at 1:16 pm Permalink Reply
Thanks for the advice Re: moving to NYC. I still don’t know if I’ve been accepted to grad school there, which is good in a way because that means I’m still being considered, but it also makes me super anxious because I graduate in early May and thus far have no plans for post-graduation. And Haviland- anything is better than living at home ion a small town with my parents. Which is my alternative to moving to NYC or Philly for grad school.
Vashti- There’s an over-the-counter sleeping aid called melatonin. You can find it at any drug store. It works good for me for a week or two, but then I have to stop for a few days because it loses it’s effectiveness. But if you’re looking for something to help you get back on a “normal” sleep schedule, or for finals week or something, it might help.
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1. laura
  March 18, 2009 at 12:26 pm Permalink Reply
  philly philly philly!
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  1. Jo
    March 19, 2009 at 10:34 pm Permalink Reply
    Where I end up is entirely up to the admissions committees… but I wouldn’t mind living in Philly for the next 6 years!
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rod
March 17, 2009 at 2:22 pm Permalink Reply
Awesome advice girls, especially ass reaming tip. I already pre-empted your tips and came out, rainbow flags ahoy etc etc. All that has changed is lots of girl pupils keep coming to ask if they can have private convos to talk about their feelings. Or asking if I watch the L Word.
It’s all good. (not the l word, just school stuff.)
btw, totes a girl.
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