January 2009
I would just like to impersonally thank the 43 logs I follow for not unoriginally posting anything related to mildly funny electronic traffic signs.
“In the sunset of dissolution, everything is illuminated by the aura of nostalgia”
– ”, even the guillotine.”
Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being (via spaceships)
Just realized the Foer connection…
britticisms:
At this rate, I think I might just...
“But Zeppelin is far and away the most popular rock band of all time, and they’re...”
– Chuck
Predictably, this exact thing happened to me. Summer of 04, you couldn’t convince me that I’d ever like another band.
pterodactyls:
The Unicorns - Jellybones
Son,...
Respect →
“You make a great play, act like you’ve done it before; get a big hit, look for the third base coach and get ready to run the bases.”
Things I Thought About While Traveling Alone
I somehow almost always sit next to a guy on a plane who makes flying seem like the most unbearable process. Before we take off, he jabbers on his cell phone about mundane bullshit until the last possible moment. As soon as we land, he anxiously powers it on and describes in detail how we’ve managed to make it back to earth. It’s as if being away from someone is forcing him to hold his...
Molly Go Home - Ladymoon
Necessary Frictions →
Do people even know about libraries anymore? Or do they just go there to use the internet? And really, inchoate? Try incoherent instead.
Back In Your Head - Tegan & Sara
Played while...
Bill Simmons on the life and death of The Dooze →
winstonwolfe:
Great read for anyone who has ever had a pet.
What was your first job?
thephenthouse:
Working in a fish market off the docks of Long Beach Island, NJ. You?
When I was 15, my cousin and her husband moved to the lake my parents lived on. He owned an antique mall in downtown Detroit and asked if I wanted to help him out for the summer. He’d pick me up early four days a week and we’d drive the forty minutes along North Territorial and I-96 to his place...
This Is It
The day when winter gets shitty. For awhile there, it’s all ooh ooo look at the snow! Oh, it’s cold, let’s bundle up and drink hot chocolate. Holidays and hockey, snowboarding and off roading. So fun…
But now it sucks and I just have to make the best of the next two months.
Big Ten Network Sucks At Stuff →
So funny. Intercepted!
Mainstreet - Bob Seger
I’m going to be...
“If we’re lucky, every year has one song that’s so unexpectedly good that you can’t help hesitating to admit it to yourself or anyone else. Given how Panic! At the Disco had broken through just a few years earlier on what is a surefire lock for the Ten Worst Singles of the Decade, and given how I had spent much time around then badmouthing them for doing so, I was a bit reluctant to give...
Overthinking
I hung out with a girl from work a few times this summer. I could never tell how interested she was and I was too big a pussy to find out, so things never really went anywhere. We still go out to lunch once in a while and last week she brings along her friend. This new girl randomly sends me this FB message today and I send back a clever response, setting stages and whatnot. Immediately afterwards...
Are You A Visionary - The Kleptones
An MLK day...
about-today:
Harlem, South of France
Random Sunday Night Thoughts
Just skied the unanimous #1 kzoo Ultimate player during indoor. I can’t brag in RL so let me just do a virtual Tiger fist pump. Fuck yes.
My goal is to find 100 people to follow by winter’s end (tougher than you might think), at which point I’ll unfollow everyone to save time.
Getting very excited about moving. I haven’t had a proper couch in like a year and a half....
Handsome Furs' New One →
I’m like a shitty mp3 dump. Also, this album has potential.
riazm:
Eels - Novocaine For The Soul
A Summary of the National Research Council Report... →
This is the most ridiculous industry that I have seen first hand. It’s good to see someone criticize it before even more people mandate it be adopted nationally “within five years”.
“I used to think that humor was the only way to appreciate how wonderful and...”
– EII
SADNESSES OF THE BODY: Mirror sadness; Sadness of [looking] like or unlike one’s parents; Sadness of not knowing if your body is normal; Sadness of knowing your [body is] not normal; Sadness of knowing your body is normal; Beauty sadness; Sadness of m[ake]up; Sadness of physical pain; Pins-and-[needles sadness]; Sadness of clothes [sic]; Sadness of the quavering eyelid; Sadness of a missing rib;...
“But Twitter and other microblog sites face what one blogger calls the...”
– [via /.] I’m so utterly fascinated by social media.
“I read about Tumblr on the site All Things Digital…I went to it and...”
– What would a 70 year old think of all this?
Please Visit Your National Parks - Oxford...
Everything I wanted in Tumblr just happened.
Search alone will absorb another hour a day. Not good.
I feel like such a loser to be excited about a somewhat trivial website upgrade.
How am I going to respond when Tumblr blows up and people I actually know are like “hey dude I found this new awesome site you would totally love”?
Marco, David, and company probably have the best job...
G: He was asking me about John and Thee Oh Sees and thought it was this band called Infestation… J: Which I’m thinking about starting! G: They knew he was from Rhode Island and were googling him. J: But Canadian Google doesn’t work so good, though. Like we’re going to Rhode Island, me and you. Let’s go fly in my Oompa Loompa plane and go find that guy’s mom.
- Canada needs to get better googles...
List of ships attacked by Somali pirates →
Four in 2009 already
lydiasimmons:
fascination // alphabeat
RIP Stylus Magazine →
Most of my music consumption is through laptop speakers.
