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Or the better question is, do Gossip Girls get special treatment when they vote?

No word yet if Blake Lively got to skip the line when she voted this morning in the West Village (I waited two and a half hours to cast my ballot this morning in Brooklyn).

But at least she’s following through on her You Vote promise (remember that celeb-who-shall-remain-nameless featured in GOTV ads in 2004 who was later revealed to have never voted?).

Have you voted already?

Arielle Schiff sent us this cake from California -

Her mom made it for a dinner party tonight.

We think the Oreos look a little more like headphones than ears, but whatever -

Not only is this cake awfully funny, but it portends a sweet victory tonight.

We hope, anyway.

And by the way, did you stick out the lines and vote today?

Of course you did.

If you woke up this morning mad at the world, then you’ll probably love UK illustrator Carolyn Alexander’s book, Haughty Bitches. Keep it handy if your candidate loses on Tuesday–you’re gonna need it.

The only thing better than this drawing by Allyson Mellberg (she’s got a solo show at Cinders Gallery right now) is the title: “Perhaps I Deserve This”. Happy Monday!

Even puppies get suited up for Halloween tonight!

Check out Stewie, the super-cute bulldog of photographer Harper Smith.

Too bad dogs can’t have candy, because if this guy showed up at our door, well…

All of our Peanut Butter Cups would be gone.

We won’t hurt Stewie’s feelings by telling him he doesn’t look scary.

Awwwww.

Tell Harper her dog is adorable at www.harpersmithphotography.com

xoxo.

I’m obsessed with vintage clothes, old rock albums, and antique furniture.

But ancient vaudeville theater?

I didn’t think I’d like it.

Still, I went dragging to The 39 Steps, a Broadway play based on Hitchcock’s 30’s thriller (which was - don’t laugh - reworked as a Ducktale’s episode in the ’80s, which I still remember).

And despite the excellent Jenny-Humphrey-as-hipster that we saw on this week’s episode of Gossip Girl, I have to say, The 39 Steps is the best thing I’ve seen all month.

First of all, there’s only four people in the show - playing about a hundred people altogether.  They throw around wigs, coats, and glasses to change character, and they are amazingly funny - imagine Monty Python trying to make a film noir.

Second of all, the show lasted an hour and a half - shorter, even, than the Project Runway finale - so I couldn’t get antsy or bored.

And third, omigod, it was just so brilliant and funny.

Here’s the website; if you’re in Manhattan and looking for a good show (or if your parents / grandparents / siblings are and they’re making you come), this is the one to see.

Yesterday, we showed you a trend called the RSVPoster, an invitation so gigantic we could literally wear them.

Today, we present the alternate side of the spectrum:

The teeny tiny invite.

Witness this confetti pill bottle, as sent to Shruti by the DJ and party promoter Oxy Cottontail.

Inside, rolled up, is an invitation to a new club night in midtown.

Of course, as soon as we saw the word “midtown,” we needed an actual pill, but perhaps that was the point.

I do not like the name Retard Riot, but I really like their stuff:

The art and design collective had a table full of crazy posters, stickers, and graphic experiments at Saturday’s New York Art Book fair, and I fell a little in love.

My favorite piece was the silkscreened Mr. Tee - otherwise known as an American Apparel t-shirt decked with the face of ’80s television’s most beloved icon.

You can order it on RR’s website, but if you do, please promise you’ll also ask them for a future shirt with Punky Brewster.

I don’t know if they take requests, but I’d so love that.  xoxo faran

NYLON model Nathalie Rock writes in from her dorm room in Florida with this news:

“Matt Damon came to University of Miami to promote early voting and Barack Obama… I’m a geek and part of the Young Democrats there, so I got to help out.”

And stand next to him onstage during his political rally, we might add.

Maybe we’re particularly jealous because TBS was showing Good Will Hunting this weekend, but anyway:

Even Jason Bourne wants you to vote, and we do, too.  Make sure you know where your polling place is at RockTheVote.org

And you can see Natalie in Sue Stemp’s fashion show right here.  She’s voting, too!

To all the kids who’ve grabbed someone else’s iPhone by mistake:

There is another way.

You can cover your iPhone in stickers (like Faran). You can have it custom painted (like Shruti). Or, you can buy a really, really crazy case that covers it up.

For those that favor the third option, I present the Parra Sleeve by In Case.

Done by the Dutch artist Parra (who’s also done work for ALife and Nike), the case protects your iPhone without disguising it, so if you’re tired / busy / wasted and seeing double, you can still keep your iFriends and iLovers safe and sound, and not stealing off with someone else.

Click here to get it.