December 2010
moshedbrotatoes:
wayoutofline:
R. Kelly -...
Thoughts on 127 Hours
Forgive any grammatical errors in this post, my laptop is being scanned for a virus so I’m posting from my iPod touch (who even puts a virus in a file with Ice Cube’s “Today Was A Good Day”? THE WORST PEOPLE.)
Danny Boyle. I do not know what to think about you. On one hand you make good movies. On the other hand, I can’t determine what makes your films unique to...
Thoughts on Black Swan
Jay wanted to hear what I thought about Black Swan, so here goes:
Portman was great
I really like the theme of perfection/imperfection and how it was presented in the film.
I wish they explained her mom’s art room more. Or do I just not get it?
Aronofsky really made the whole film a giant WTF right around the climax, which I suppose is intended to make the viewer mildly confused just a...
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I forgot how funny Parks and Rec is.
This should not have happened, NBC.
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Movies I Would Like To See By Year's End
Black Swan
The King’s Speech
127 Hours
The Fighter, Just kidding. I already saw The Wrestler.
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Christmas 2010
Chicago Manual of Style
Madden NFL ‘11
Red Dead Redemption
The Greatest Stories Never Told by Rick Beyer
Best Little Stories from World War II by C. Brian Kelly with Ingrid Smyer
This Day in History calendar.
Inception
$200
Other members of my family got:
Toy Story 1-3 Box Set
Microsoft Kinect
iPad
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itsfrantastic:
christmas time is here — the...
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Transition
Right now, it is Christmas Eve and I already know what gifts I will get. I will be getting video games because I am cut off from them at school and I will be getting a copy of the 16th Edition of the Chicago Guide to Style because my upcoming classes will force me to rely on citation styles other than MLA. Lately, my gifts have become more practical than not, something I take as a signal of my...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-19) →
Arcade Fire (73)
Sleigh Bells (72)
Girl Talk (15)
Janelle Monáe (14)
Spoon (12)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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All Songs Considered
All Songs Considered is one of my favorite podcasts. The people over at NPR certainly know their music and All Songs Considered never fails to introduce me to an artist I wouldn’t have found on my own. Right now I am listening to the Best of 2010 episode and there is so much good music on here.
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Onward.
I.
In my room sits a stack of postcards, all beginning “Dear Catherine.” With the exception of a handful of postcards, they all bear the barely legible handwriting of a Rachel I’m not familiar with. They are my grandmother’s cards, received from various places around the world. The postcards bear pictures of buildings in Munich and statues in Panama. Occasionally a Dorothy...
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Flight of the Conchords’ Bret McKenzie Writing... →
popculturebrain:
According to The Playlist, Bret McKenzie – a member of New Zealand’s 4th most popular folk parody duo – will be acting as music supervisor for the film as well as penning some songs for it.
Pretty cool but I hope Jason Segel does some music for it as well.
So I was right about that being him in the picture! Now it makes sense that he was by the piano.
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Onward.
I.
In my room sits a stack of postcards, all beginning “Dear Catherine.” With the exception of a handful of postcards, they all bear the barely legible handwriting of a Rachel I’m not familiar with. They are my grandmother’s cards, received from various places around the world. The postcards bear pictures of buildings in Munich and statues in Panama. Occasionally a Dorothy...
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Can "Wilin' with the Gusters" be a real thing?
WhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAT
You ain’t my daddy.
Sugar Burton.
I would watch the hell out of that show, just to see Dule Hill and his moustache.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-12) →
Kanye West (56)
The Avett Brothers (28)
Arcade Fire (17)
The Dave Brubeck Quartet (14)
Local Natives (14)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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The Mountain Goats - Tyler Lambert’s Grave
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MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ME
MY PROF IS LETTING ME TAKE A MAKE-UP TEST. ALL HOPE IS NOT LOST!
I do have to stay here another two days though. BUT STILL.
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I stayed up until 5 studying for my final, then...
I overslept. I. OVER. SLEPT. I overslept.
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I only have three pages of this paper. I need...
And I have a geography final at 8:30am that I need to study for.
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“I know how rare a letter is in the President’s handwriting. Do you know...”
– Jackie Kennedy, in a phone call to President Lyndon Johnson
Janelle Monáe - Cold War
Writing a paper about...
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“To be sure, all this costs us all a good deal of money. This year¹s space budget...”
– President John F. Kennedy, in his address at Rice University
Good good good good night.
I really think that this has been the best night of college I’ve had in a while. I drank with friends, tried Maker’s Mark for the first time (SO GOOD), went to a house party, built a fire in their grill, etc. Fun times all around.
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In the tradition of all great Russian literature,...
They were better at making stuff up, though.
The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Kathy’s Waltz
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Children learn language by imitating sounds,...
Right. So what I’m going to do is be the ultimate wingman.
Get this: Girls dig accents. I think it would be safe to say that a large portion of American women find the British accent attractive, so what I’m going to do is only speak in a British accent around my child until he grows up.
BOOM. Instant leg up on life. He can use it for good, he can use it for evil. I’ve already...