May 2010
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that is from an essay by David Foster Wallace’s in Might Magazine that I found via This Recording the other day.
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On the way home, on the walk home, which is where this blog happens, I know, on the way home from work today, I say it a lot, I’m aware, but nevertheless. On the way home I was thinking all of my end of the day, end of the week walking-thinking, and happy, because...
April 2010
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Late 90s movies i made out through as a teen and...
inspired by sharingtime (who made out through Maverick, in 1994).
The Man in the Iron Mask
I (Still) Know What You Did Last Summer
Toy Story 2
“If you write about all the things you find interesting it is possible that...”
– thisrecording on Might.
BLOGA TIME
vimperi:
Bloggers + Yoga = BLOGA.
30 min. Blue Ash. Work it.
Aw! There is monthly Tumblr Yoga in Cincinnati!
3oc3 asked: First of all, you're beautiful. Secondly, are you Irish? Third and last, how do I get a job working for Tumblr?
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“He is no longer, it would appear, waiting on the world to change.”
– Juli wins.
“It’s liberating to be sixty plus and sexually active. You don’t owe anybody...”
– brainland.: The Misanthropologist: Old People Sex
shat out some kids. HAHAHA. i am dying. first the man blanket, now this? best day ever.
You still give dudes a closer look if they wear... →
this is the best.
tallahassee tumblr meetup →
via pragmatism.
Awwww, my hometown.
MOM, YOU SHOULD GO! Haha.
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ewilcox:
FUNNY FACTS ABOUT WOMEN
katiecoyle:
No. 7: Even tomboys like flowers. —Shannon McCarthy, 24, Valencia, California
No. 622: When we say we don’t want flowers, we really want you to secretly ask our friends or search our Web history to find out what our favorite kind of flower is without us knowing so we’re “surprised” when you hit the nail on the head. —Meredith Blake Matthews, 26,...
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They are not so bad y'know.
weirdwildandwicked:
I honestly I don’t get why people hate JEJEMONS. They are a little annoying and jologs but they are still humans,y’know. .. You don’t have to hate them. k? I am not pro-jejemon. I just think na may feelings …..leave them alone. kthxbai.
p.s.
jejemons, para hindi na kayo inaaway learn how to type properly.thank you.
!!!!!!!
did you know they are called JEJEMONS...
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“In between each of these sitters, Abramović looked down and closed her eyes,...”
– omfg now I’M crying what the hell is that the guy she walked along the wall of china to break up with? damn, beats gchat.
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I was in the gifted program up until I was 10 or 11 or whatever age it is when children can still be deemed extraordinary without having to prove themselves too much. A few times a week they’d bus me to a little school on the bad side of town where our teacher would do wonderful little useless projects with us, like puppet shows, or pinhole cameras. We learned to count to 10 in German and...
“In fact, that’s the whole point of this space; its mission is to be the place...”
– Newsweek: Where We’re Calling From
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Google street view sentimentalism.
I was reading back a few pages into Hannahmight’s blog tonight, because she is great and it’s Saturday night, ladies, after all. I found this wonderful post of hers about the autobiographical video game that you can play in Google Street View:
This is also what makes google street view dangerous if you’re prone to fits of nostalgia. Then it becomes something out of a dystopian sci-fi...
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Belles lettres
langer: it has been brought to my attention that "the national" is synonymous with "girlfriends".
langer: is this correct [y/n]
meaghano: you mean like, the national gets you gfs?
langer: the national gets you gfs [y/n]
meaghano: if you like them it belies some sort of melancholic depth accompanied by a refusal to change, etc. so yeah a sort of familiar problematic brooklynite ennui-ish bs. white boy problems, etc.
meaghano: it's very attractive.
langer: so what you're saying is they're my new favorite band.
langer: and that i'm hot.
meaghano: if:then
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“That the record industry was collapsing helped them. Because there were no...”
– boom!
“The National had decided, in the end, to call their record “High Violet,” a...”
– exactly!
Anonymous asked: In a previous post, you said JoCo basically hired you in the hopes that you'd know how to make a .zip file. Therefore, my question is: How do you make a .zip file?
supernovasidra asked: This isn't a question, and you don't have an anonymous option, but I'm just going to do it.
A couple weeks ago, I had this dream that I was in NYC and my sister and I were lost somewhere on Rector St. (?) And the train guy was like, weird and didn't know how to talk (like that episode of House where his tongue is swollen...Do you watch House? [there's your...
A couple weeks ago, I had this dream that I was in NYC and my sister and I were lost somewhere on Rector St. (?) And the train guy was like, weird and didn't know how to talk (like that episode of House where his tongue is swollen...Do you watch House? [there's your...
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this is the kind of nagging i get.
mom: You know, you guys should go on Oprah. Because she told everyone to get on Twitter, and then that Ashton Kutcher guy got on-- and now SO MANY people are on Twitter.
me: I know, I know.
“Mr. Sreenivasan gave each student a “short tweet guide” the size of a business...”
– LOL OMG i’m screaming, this guy taught a $450 class to #olds at Columbia j-school.
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“I tell media that they must become collaborative, because the public knows much,...”
– Jeff Jarvis, via Journalism as a Conversation: Our creative audience
Glee: The Transformation of Average-People Losers →
jennabee:
“And, then…we cut to Kurt and Mercedes headlining the pep rally for the Cheer-ios, dueting to “Four Minutes” and just DOING THE DAMN THING. They should replace Glee with a show where due to a bus accident and a will written while drunk, Kurt and Mercedes are sent to live with Sue Sylvester, where they have to learn about life and love, and also they transfer to a new school so I...
“Now even though I unconditionally love every guy I’ve ever worked with, startup...”
– Matt Langer: Where the ladies at?
I, too, could use less bro in my life.
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“David is the only guy rash enough ever to get my name tattooed on his bicep- in...”
– Mary Karr, Lit (someone transcribed that section here)
“I’m in love with Wallace’s relationship with Mary Karr. He tattooed her name on...”
– stephen elliott on the rumpus.
I finished the although of course you end up becoming yourself last night and found myself similarly in love, which is how i found this anyway.
All ND alumnae are invited to the inaugural launch of the New York Region Notre Dame Women Connect honoring Father Hesburgh for the gift of co-education and to kick off the ND Women Connect Initiative! Wives of alumni, others with an “ND connection,” and Saint Mary’s alumnae are also invited.
I hate my school.
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Afraid Of Everyone, The National
WARNING: I drank...
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“An Australian publisher has had to pulp and reprint a cookbook after one recipe...”
– BBC News - Cook-book misprint costs Australian publishers dear (via housingworksbookstore)
High Violet Streaming - This Friday April 23rd on...
tntl:
As you may have heard, there is a low quality leak of our new album, High Violet, spreading across the Internet as we speak. We wanted to let you know the New York Times - http://www.nytimes.com - will be streaming the real thing starting Friday April 23rd. We hope you’ll take the time to hear the album at its intended level of quality.
High Violet will be released by 4AD worldwide on May...
“Cipriani’s was packed for what presenter Mary Karr called the “prom...”
– omg
tylercoates:
I’m looking over the edits and comments from Meaghan and Melissa on my Coming & Crying story, and this a great way to start the week:
ha, I love a good Zima motif.
I’m glad that is such a UNIVERSAL SENTIMENT.
Ha!! I am kind of terrified by how much I have loved editing this book. It is the scariest, most intimate, exhilarating thing ever; right after writing.
So Ashley-mopsis and I went to the same coffee...
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Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes on their...