May 2010
“Traditional readings pit a passive audience against an active author who has...”
– Coming & Crying: in person
You should click on that link and go read the whole thing on Melissa’s blog, but one of our Kickstarter backer levels was a ticket to this event that Nikola and Melissa have— pulled into being. Or will.
I have a feeling this is going to be so fucking...
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Ladies and ladies:ea
ingoodtaste:
If you read Michael Chabon on public transportation and in parks, you will get hit on. This, apparently, is an author that men of a certain and appropriate age want to talk about, an author who makes these men say things like, ‘Wow, good looking and good taste’ (srsly, I was given that line on the L this Saturday)—things that make you blush while vomiting in your mouth a little....
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My MASH categories tonight:
what famous mumblecore author blurbs my first novel.
degree of Jewishness my future husband will inhabit.
style of psychotherapy I will pursue in middle age.
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Creative types with an idea and a dream collect... →
BREAKING: This Kind Of Makes Us Want To Die But Okay That Was Probably Inevitable.
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fuck you, pay me. or something.
The NYT seems to be running quite a few of these “Is it worth it?” types of stories about higher ed. lately and it has been good to see.
I am ultimately ambivalent about it— all of these choices of mine are in the past and who am I to be ungrateful for the opportunity to even make those decisions (ill-informed or no)?— but I think talking about this shit more honestly...
“She recently received a raise and now makes $22 an hour working for a...”
– Oof.
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“So now Publishing’s at death’s door. Major houses stand on their last legs, no...”
– turbine: Publishing’s dying again?
I could not agree more.
I'm the worst millenial here.
Guy next to me: yeah I'm in the masters in publishing program at NYU.
Me: LOLWUT you're getting a graduate degree in a dying industry?
Guy: yeah it was probably the biggest mistake of my entire life.
Me: HA WHOOPS!
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The Apiary: Inside With: Halle Kiefer →
mustanghalle:
luckypaperstars:
My second interview, this time with the wonderful Halle Kiefer. Yes, I have interviewed two Glee recappers; yes, I have chosen both of my subjects. The apple doesn’t fall far from the interviewer when it comes to TV taste or whatever. Is that the saying? This is my wheelhouse. Read it please, readers!
I want to put my head between my legs and take deep breaths...
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the euphemism treadmill →
This is a fascinating name for a concept we intuitively know that I found while researching the origins of various names people have called me on the internet recently.
:D
The Mixtape of Crowdsourced Devastation →
Last night on twitter I probably drove everyone nuts by retweeting everyone’s “songs to get sad to,” but as promised here is the internet mixtape. maybe next time we can make a happy one.
Any additions?
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Why The New Project Frightens Jonathan Coulton
My old boss is working on a new album and I am excited for him. He is terrified and I find his terror comforting in its honesty. Sometimes I wish people talked about this stuff more (this stuff being change, regrets, robots):
1. I barely know anything about playing the electric guitar. For instance, what is an “amplifier?” 2. I’m not sure I can write good songs anymore, and suspect that my best...
stuffiluv:
This is so true. I rarely cross my legs because when you’re not quite 5’1”, it’s not a very comfortable way to sit. It’s also not exactly flattering when you have short legs.
It’s true! I’m really glad we are having this talk.
Robin Givhan, the Washington Post, and Why On...
newsweek:
equalitymyth:
Well hot damn, Robin Givhan. We know you won a Pulitzer and all, but my jaw straight-up dropped when I read this headline, from Sunday’s Washington Post Style section: “Elena Kagan goes on Supreme Court confirmation offensive in drab D.C. clothes.” Wow! (And is there such a thing as non-drab DC clothes?) But then, there’s the caption, showing Kagan looking perfectly...
I think Kagan doesn’t cross her legs because she is short. I barely ever cross my legs, either. It is because you need a certain leverage— that bottom leg needs to be firmly planted with its thigh jutting up at the right angle to properly catch your other leg. I’m telling you. So if The News ever needs me to go on television and share this with the world, please shoot me an...
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“My sense is that it has a lot more to do with the ways that someone is naturally...”
– George Saunders on Bad Writing (the concept as well as the documentary).
You have to hand it to him
Guy on the street: what's up cutie?
Me: hi!
Guy: what're you doin tonight, you wanna come home-less with me? I gotta nice spot under a streetlamp.
Hahahahahahaha
Landlord: okay, 4 o'clock, I'll meet you. How will I know you?
Me: I'm short?
Landlord: You're short? Okay, I am medium.
Question.
I regularly harp (connotations of “harp” are humbly conceded) on a human being who uses ten dollar words somewhat a lot-iously BUT today he was telling me I used too many semicolons (eyeroll) and has just claimed that, “coup de grace,” (his most recently recalled violation [i mean who says the de grace part?]), “is no worse than semicolons.” To which I yelled,...
a just-visible gloss of love.
melissa:
“In the little bit of editing I’ve done I don’t think I’d ever suggest these sorts of “edits.” This looks more like you’re work-shopping pieces than you are editing them. (I assume there’s a distinction, possibly just one in my head, and not one at all in your case. If so, Ignore all of the following as the hand-wringing of another foolish person on the internet.) Giving advice and...
“Washington is believed to be the first black Notre Dame graduate to be named...”
– ha, oh i’ll bet.
“I almost didn’t submit my story. Even as I was writing it, I’d sit in bed with...”
– Ekstasis
Ha yeah I keep having these moments, too, believe me.
I can’t wait for everyone to read your story, though. It is one of my favorites.
frakintosh:
Coming & -redacted-
In true Don...
http://has48hrmagbeenshutdown.com/ →
newyorker:
Fiction Podcast: Monica Ali reads...
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It's cat hour
irc:
nostrich: i think cats are super smart, but socially retarded nostrich: like nerds
Wanted to let you guys know that everyone at the major magazine I just presented Tumblr to got a nice LOL out of this post.
Me: okay I'm going to 155 rivington--
Cabbie: first you have to tell me why you are laughing
Me: WHAT
cabbie: why were you laughing?
Me: ohmygod dude. Because I was worried you were off duty.
Cabbie: but you are just so cute laughing back there--
Me: you are lucky it's raining.
#dying
Peter: He doesn't need a toy sized dog he has to take care of, he needs a dog to take care of HIM.
Me: HAAA, a seeing eye dog for regular people? Like an Australian shepherd to make sure he eats and nudge him if he passes out?
Peter: Yeah, like a dog that will bark when the laundry basket is full.
“Fruits of My Labor” - Lucinda Williams (via...
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“We kept telling ourselves it caught on because we have a great new plan:...”
– from The Editors of 48 Hour Magazine, which I got in the mail today, and is wonderful.
leoncrawl:
Is it socially acceptable to send an email to two people even though they don’t know each other? Like let’s say I’ve been keeping two people, one from work and one not from work, updated on a situation. Can I email them together when that situation is resolved?
I did this once and lived to regret it. I think the two parties feel a lot of pressure to reply all and be exceptionally...
Old man: (singing, clutching chest) Ohhh my lorrrd!
Me: Ha.
Old man: You love me, I know it.