February 2012
10 posts
“He [Rick Santorum] is a staunch opponent of abortion, even in the case of rape....”
– John Oliver on Rick Santorum, The Bugle 183 (via sixpencesoulcake)
bad hair cut. help!
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Why I might miss working at STAR
Aaron, age 7, talking about a grouchy old man’s reaction to getting splashed by Brian, also age 7, who was jumping in a rain puddle.
A: “…And I just wanted to say ‘HEY OLD MAN, YOU’RE MEAN!’”
H: “Well sometimes adults do things they don’t mean”
A: “But Brian said sorry and that guy didn’t even say it’s okay. He...
I think the reason why I worry so much is because I have never been this happy before.
Book #2
[x] interview
now cross your fingers!
January 2012
4 posts
please please please call me back for an interview
Maybe when I die, I get to be a car
Driving in...
Book #1 in 2012: Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
More of Everything
Resolutions I Would Like to Keep, but Will Most Likely Forget About by Next Next Weekend:
Read more. The 52 Books in a year challenge would set myself up for failure, but maybe 1 a month? Definitely not as grand.
Participate in some form of exercise. Yoga or at least running once a week.
Worry less.
Create more. Draw, paint, or build something every month.
December 2011
9 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-25) →
The Black Keys (15)
Laura Veirs (13)
Feist (1)
Stars (1)
The Darcys (1)
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Lazarus Sign →
youmightfindyourself:
The human body is capable of some incredible autonomous processes, processes which happen subconsciously (like breathing), or bypass the brain entirely, like the notorious ‘knee-jerk’ reflex.
The Lazarus reflex, however, is a much more disturbing product of evolution. Hours after the brain has died, bodies are seen to suddenly raise their arms upwards and then gently lay...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-11) →
Sharon Van Etten (5)
The Belle Brigade (2)
Feist (2)
Chicago Public Media (1)
Hole (1)
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K: The boys keep saying “Hi Uranus” to us. What does that even mean?
Me, unable to explain what “anus” means to a 7 year old without being fired: Oh, Uranus is a planet. They’re just being weird.”
K to L: I don’t think it means that. I think that’s a part boys have.
Me, unable to explain that girls have that part too.: -___-
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-4) →
Florence + The Machine (19)
The National (4)
Julie Doiron (4)
Stars (3)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs (1)
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i bought heels. am i a girl now?
she & him songbook
billy joel songbook
sunglasses
replacement keds
120 film
a handmade ugly doll
something not on this list
November 2011
15 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-20) →
Beach House (16)
Beirut (7)
Air Waves (5)
Florence + The Machine (2)
Alela Diane (2)
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What are the chances of your coming into being? →
Probability of your existing at all: 1 in 10^2,685,000
Now go forth and act like the miracle you are!
dreams about earthquakes = garbage truck going down my block
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-13) →
St. Vincent (10)
Le Tigre (4)
Beirut (2)
Luff (2)
The Poems (1)
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A list of artists I admire:
Kumi Yamashita, Tim Nobel and Sue Webster, Tara Donovan, Alex Pardee, Elizabeth Peyton, Chuck Close, David Hockney.
The Male Privilege Checklist →
GRE next Wednesday. M’aidez, m’aidez!
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-6) →
Widowspeak (11)
Feist (3)
Grand Duchy (Violet Clark & Black Francis) (1)
Joy Zipper (1)
The Submarines (1)
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Update: Two graduate school applications done!
Giant Lego Man Washes Up On Shore →
let’s ignore the branding, and focus on the oversized art aspect.
October 2011
6 posts
I just realized that all of the movie files in my trash are either a) me playing my guitar or b) me sick, seeing how manly my voice sounds.
:/
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-10-16) →
Hole (17)
Beach Fossils (3)
Land of Talk (2)
Beach House (1)
Twin Sister (1)
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I forgot to sing the song I wrote about you
GRE. Nov 16th. 8am.
September 2011
5 posts
i love you much(most beautiful darling) – e.e....
i love you much(most beautiful darling)
more than anyone on the earth and i
like you better than everything in the sky
-sunlight and singing welcome your coming
although winter may be everywhere
with such a silence and such a darkness
no one can quite begin to guess (except my life)the true time of year
- and if what calls itself a world should have
the luck to hear such singing(or...
Christopher Robin and I are setting a record for the number of great weekends had in a row.
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