Elite -ist Is Getting Old

This contributor turns twenty-three today. She's not fishing for birthday wishes, she's just sayin'. Although twenty-three is still reasonably young, she has a sister still in high school and cousins who haven't even matriculated to grammar school. None of them will ever know a time before the internet. How scary is that?

Parisist is down at the time of this writing, but we're linking to them anyway because we wanted to have a complete set. You know. As a birthday present.

Austinist: Elite -ist's hometown is in the news. And it ain't pretty.

SFist: Everyone should read this before setting foot in a kitchen, ever.

Bostonist: The story makes us sad. The photo? Well that's just disturbing.

Sampaist: We don't know what the story's about, but we're fairly certain that this is what Jesus would drive.

Chicagoist: Pretty...

Seattlest: That's exactly how we act anytime we get into fights with our significant others. Maybe that's why we're still single...

Houstonist: Baby elephants are some of the cutest things ever, so this makes us happy.

Shanghaiist: Also on the list of things that make us happy? This photo.

Londonist: The tag for this movie sounds like the opening to a joke.

Torontoist: If all it takes to reach our full genetic potential is stacking some rocks, count us in!

LAist: Some people have way, way too much time on their hands.

DCist: This, however? Not making us so happy.

Gothamist: Industrial ornithologist? How could we miss our calling so completely?!

Photo of Elite -ist, approximately twenty-two years ago to the day, probably taken by her father.