September 2010
1 post
March 2010
1 post
February 2010
1 post
January 2010
3 posts
Things I Find Annoying About Being an Adult
1. It seems so hard to enjoy something without getting all ego-engaged about it. Kinda kills the joy, and I think it wasn’t like that in childhood. Admittedly, it’s hard to remember once that capacity is gone…
December 2009
5 posts
The Wilderness Matthew Ryan
I don’t...
You wanna feel like you've been productive when...
missworld:
Get up, take a shower, put clean PJs on and get back in bed.
Works EVERY time.
yeah, but, some days getting up, taking a shower, and putting on clean PJs is an accomplishment!
Speaking of things it's not cool to dislike (in...
melanyouth:
So yesterday I was momentarily sitting on Main St, texting a friend, when I felt something in front of me and looked up to find a rather large dog that was still a puppy, on a leash, about to nudge me.
I looked up at the guy holding the leash, as he said, “Oh, you’re afraid of dogs” and pulled the puppy back a couple of feet, ordering it to sit. I just kind of stared at him as he...
August 2009
1 post
Some wisdom before school starts
missworld:
davidfosterwallace:
nickzed:
Q:
“How do you remember Amherst? What are the experiences—in and out of the classroom—that shape those memories? Similarly, what aspects of your Amherst education served you best? And what are the things about Amherst that, in hindsight, disappoint you?”
A:
“I don’t know that many would remember me at all… I was cripplingly shy at Amherst. I...
March 2009
3 posts
Obama Tells Geithner to Block A.I.G. Bonuses →
msbadkittie:
soupsoup:
President Obama has instructed the Treasury secretary to try to stop the faltering insurance giant American International Group from paying out hundreds of millions of dollars in bonuses to executives, as the administration scrambled to avert a populist backlash against banks and Wall Street that could complicate Mr. Obama’s economic recovery agenda.
This needed to get...
“I’m an ideologue, not a partisan.”
– Pot, Meet Kettle: Tucker Carlson accuses Jon Stewart Of Being A Partisan Hack | Crooks and Liars
Now that’s funny.
(via danielholter)
Yeah…except Tucker Carlson is never really funny, only repugnant, blech.
“When Miley [Cyrus] grows up, she’ll learn not to have such a sense of...”
– Radiohead in a response to Miley Cryus’ dissing them on a live radio show (via twothirty) (via danielholter)
Ew, she didn’t just diss, she threatened to *ruin* them, for their refusal to grant her a meeting with them? “Sense of entitlement” is a very generous and restrained...
February 2009
33 posts
Bill Maher on the U.S.: 'It's Still Not a Very... →
danielholter:
alanfm78:
soupsoup:
randyhaddock:
It is incredible to hear the stuff that comes out of Bill Maher’s mouth. I’m past the point of getting upset when I hear his arrogant nonsense and at this point I just find him terribly amusing.
Here is the context of that statement.
“I read the other day, I think only four in 10 Americans believe in evolution. It’s still not a very...
What happened today
robot-heart:
So since I’m apparently no longer being included in conversation here, I figured I’d talk about the awesome car accident I had today.
This morning, Kellen and I were going to the Coast to see the aquarium and have dinner with his parents. I fought Kellen to be the one to drive, since I was feeling extra happy this morning and wanted to prove him wrong when he said that I’d drive 10...
Me: This is the worst hangover I've ever had. Ever. I swear.
JLM: I'm curious what you thought might happen, drinking pickle juice for Christ's sake.
Me: Christ had nothing to do with it. I just watched 2 episodes of Sabrina the Teenage Witch because I couldn't find the remote and Buca wouldn't fetch it.
JLM: No?
Me: Turns out I was laying on it anyway.
JLM: How's your head?
Me: I had to text Courtney to bring me Advil from downstairs.
JLM: good roommate.
Me: But I threw it up anyway. So I mean, it was for not. I should tell you that Tuna does not taste good coming back up.
JLM: What the hell were you doing eating fish with a hang over? Nicole. Hey, I'm hung over from drinking whiskey and pickle juice so I think I'll eat some fish???
Me: I didn't think it through.
JLM: You almost deserved it.
Me: No, I know.
I can totally understand, you had to eat the tuna to chase the pickles, perfectly sensible, lol. Sorry for your pain. Surely, the idea that pickle juice should be served with whiskey is some strange scheme to get a person to chase away the gross with something, maybe the sandwich that actually *should go* with a pickle...ew, a deep ew.
Webinar about arts funding, including the stimulus... →
hydeordie:
I am so glad that the tiny portion of the stimulus bill that involved the arts passed. I read a section from the Coburn Amendment that reads “to ensure that taxpayer money is not lost on wasteful and non-stimulative projects such as funding museums, theaters and art centers” which actually makes me physically angry. Wasteful? Well maybe I am late on this game in that none of these...
what are your favorite albums?
copetes:
calcium:
tell me cause i want something new. i like everything.
N.A.S.A. - The Spirit of Apollo
Arcade Fire’s “Funeral” is one…
My Official Stance
vagarious:
seashellhell:
theoriginaljoefisher:
Joaquin is faking it.
Who’s on board?
I thought so too, at first. Unfortunately, I know way too many of these dudes in real life.. and they aren’t faking it.
I’m on beard for the board (doh!) board for the beard though. Raaawr!
I for one am not on board for the beard. I feel like throwing him in a tub and bathing him, washing his hair...
Body Language Reveals Wealth →
robot-heart:
emilyposts:
When I saw the title of the article, I thought it would say that wealthier people had more confident, charismatic body language. The real conclusion was a bit of a surprise:
They found that students whose parents were from higher socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds engaged in more of what he called “impolite” behaviors, such as grooming, doodling and fidgeting....
“Music is not sound. Music is using sound to organize emotions in time.”
– Krystian Zimerman (via spaceships) (via danielholter)
I’m not up on the current relevant brain research, but it’s got to get so much of our neural mojo going at once, to make it, to listen to it…
“I may have some ability at writing, but writing takes me a very long time....”
– Writing Well by David Sirlin (via treyo-wands) (via noahkai) (via theyoungmachine)(via tarts) (via srsly) (via unicornology) (via buyhercandy) (via singlescoop)
and I gotta say, the levels of distraction I can find on my computer (but wait! some of it, truly, is inspiring! right?!) add a...
I can't go for that. No can do.
thumbwrestlinginbaltimore:
Remember when I said there weren’t any bands I really want to see live (which, I should tell you, I got a world of shit for and I will repeat here that I was not referring to my friends’ bands at all)?
Well, I discovered one. Hall and Oates. I’ve seen them a bunch of times before and they’re one of my favorite musical acts of all time (judge not) and they’re...
“You can approach the act of writing with nervousness, excitement, hopefulness,...”
– Stephen King (via unicornology)
ah, yes.
I was Trying to Describe You to Someone, by...
singlescoop:
unicornology:
buyhercandy:
somethingchanged:
I was trying to describe you to someone a few days ago. You don’t look like any girl I’ve ever seen before. I couldn’t say “Well she looks just like Jane Fonda, except that she’s got red hair, and her mouth is different and of course, she’s not a movie star…” I couldn’t say that because you don’t look like Jane Fonda at all. I...
When no means yes. →
melanyouth:
(via mildlyannoyedrabbit):
Remember when Ryan Adams was indignantly denying his relationship with Mandy Moore?
Yeah, but later on he acknowledged it. Shortly after that they broke up, apparently amicably, and he said some nice things about her. Then one of her friends shit-talked him, and he got really pissed off and fickle-blogged about that. A few months later he wrote kindly of...
“…in all human beings the desire to enter into contact with the sacred is...”
– Mircea Eliade in Shamanism, quoted by Morningstar. (via mills)
I like this quote a lot. And (but?), at first, I thought it was somehow taken from “Morningstar”, you know, that service that, like, rates mutual funds? I found that particularly noteworthy, vis a vis fear and the simple...
Today, my girlfriend dumped me proclaiming she...
bpwhalen:
culturedscene:
theprosaic:
drivemysoul:
Hahahahahahhahaha, I’m so sorry for laughing at this.
lulz
I refuse to join the Twilight cult but from what I’ve heard, Edward is NOT romantic, he is a very controlling person and Bella thinks its romantic and goes along with whatever he says. I have no clue why any woman would find that desireable. Sounds like your ex (no offense to her)...
The AT&T Call
vagarious:
chimp-shitbitch-kittenscrazy:
janieblue84:
One thing that has always bugged me, and I’m sure it does most of you, is to sit down at the dinner table only to be interrupted by a phone call from a telemarketer. I decided, on one such occasion, to try to be as irritating as they were to me. The call was from AT&T and it went something like this:
Me: Hello AT&T: Hello, this...
“In a recent study, Loving and his colleagues measured the cortisol levels in a...”
– Love can be a complex mix of chemistry and emotions, professor says | The University of Texas at Austin
Sex and the City and He’s Just Not That Into You explained.
(via robot-heart)
Hmm…interesting..I’ve been thinking about the whole womanly focus on relationships generally, modally,...
A special performance from Ryan Adams →
ephemeron:
(via jessiestella)
Oh wow. He looks so healthy and happy and full of sparkling vivacity. This makes me glad.
Oh, thanks so much for posting that! How pretty was that version of Fix It?! Where’s ryan’s blog now (I’m way behind? The cardinals tumblr is gone? I knew about the stuff from just before NZ, but then there was a little post about smoking cessation and...
January 2009
160 posts
Half-ass date invites...
vagarious:
clarityunfiltered:
I am not a fan.
A guy I haven’t seen in a while chatted me up at church on Sunday. He was flirting, and then he says something to the effect of, “So, we should get together soon and catch up,” and I’m all, “Sure thing!” Then he throws out, “As long as you let me pay.”
Which leads me to believe that is a date invite in disguise. Right? I mean, I don’t mind going...
75% Of YOUR BAILOUT MONEY Used To Pay Merrill...
msbadkittie:
terryblakey:
robot-heart-politics:
crazynutjob:hilker:soupsoup:Clusterstock:
Remember the latest Bank of America (BAC) bailout, the one we were all so steamed about last week? (The $20 billion of cash and $100+ billion of trash-asset guarantees that absolutely had to be given or else Bank of America shareholders might have lost everything?)
Yes, well, you probably thought...