February 2012
5 posts
a lifetime burning in every moment: I am sure... →
elwhit:
I am sure every girl can recall, at least once as a child, coming home and telling their parents, uncle, aunt or grandparent about a boy who had pulled her hair, hit her, teased her, pushed her or committed some other playground crime. I will bet money that most of those, if not all, will tell…
Lapham's Quarterly: Edith Wharton was a prude? We... →
laphamsquarterly:
Hi there, Jonathan Franzen. We hope you are having a lovely Tuesday. So you say Edith Wharton was a prude, confined largely to a sexless marriage, hemmed in by plainness and haunted to write about the very beauty and passion that was lacking in her own life?
But have you read her porn?…
Oh, yes.
In which (Alex) and I get in the holiday groove
me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb3TWNzMSr0. Grumble grumble grumble commercial holiday. BUT GOOD EXCUSE FOR THAT SONG
Hillary: haha yeah
me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAbZ56S7Fzg. Also that. Just gonna keep whipping off songs that I haven't squandered in prior mixes for people I was crushing on.
Hillary: please do
me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTHpfZhfQbk. That one more for the title than anything else.
Hillary: http://vimeo.com/2495843
me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8HxnhD4c6k and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe6DE9BXWeY
Hillary: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNxYAYbQ90I
me: OH SNAP CAN'T BELIEVE I OVERLOOKED THAT ONE
Hillary: can't believe i beat you to it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZUiCmYSdH4
me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESKw-veN7zc. Obvious follow-up. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuN6gs0AJls&ob=av2e
Hillary: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P9QMkm9Eew&ob=av2e and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVbaYdh6hhc
me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K94iP27obPk, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbUwzaGrK10, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0yleULPsq4, and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d07AnZ3q4b8
Hillary: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGnjrTkv1gs
me: Another crucial one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MokC9aoQ6YA
Hillary: YES... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914&ob=av2e
me: hahahahaha yessssssss
Hillary: HOW DID WE FORGET http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bif2q_Zo3-4
me: OH MAN god what a great start to the morning
Hillary: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6iKqOMPZTw&feature=related
For all of those stuck at an office today, copy + paste some of these. Happy punk rock valentines day.
January 2012
9 posts
A man who assisted in autopsies in a big urban hospital, starting in the...
– Sunday was the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade (via motherjones)
You get your intuition back when you make space for it, when you stop the...
– Anne Lamott on intuition vs. rationality, alongside similar sentiments by Albert Einstein and Steve Jobs (via curiositycounts)
Imagine, if you will, a man who, as Speaker of the House, orchestrates the...
– Hendrik Hertzberg, The New Yorker. (via langer)
December 2011
2 posts
“Despite everything that we’re facing with the recession, foreign powers, our largest problem facing us is the deindustrialization of America.”
November 2011
7 posts
When I started to write it was the ’70s and throughout that decade we didn’t...
– Young adult lit author Judy Blume on the rise of censorship in school libraries over the last several decades. (via npr)
Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure...
– William Gibson (via fauberrs)
October 2011
3 posts
In this country people don’t respect the morning. An alarm clock violently...
– Milan Kundera, Farewell Waltz
Christopher’s cats will now be famous. I love Dorothy. Cat & Girl will always be my favorite.
September 2011
2 posts
1 tag
Being born a woman is an awful tragedy… Yes, my consuming desire to mingle with...
– Sylvia Plath, on rape culture (via orcrist)
August 2011
1 post
July 2011
7 posts
Calle 13 - La Jirafa.
SUMMER.
June 2011
5 posts
A woman who cuts her hair is about to change her life.
– (via vogueweekend)
May 2011
5 posts
When the show went to No. 1 in December 1988, ABC sent a chocolate “1” to...
– Roseanne Barr. At some point, we are all Roseanne. Her essay in NY MAG is worth reading.
ETA: “Barr now lives in Hawaii, where she farms macadamia nuts.” <3
(via yrfriendliz)
seriously read the whole essay, it’s really good. i love roseanne.
(via jtwigg365)
I’m currently watching this...
April 2011
3 posts
The thing about Baltimore is that everyone *thinks* they’re normal, but they’re...
– John Waters on Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! (via fauberrs)
March 2011
4 posts