January 2012
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How Would Darwin Rank Our GOP Candidates?
With the South Carolina primary only a day away the pool of remaining GOP candidates has finally whittled itself down to the final bunch of contenders, albeit at the speed of sloths waiting in line at the DMV, or you know, a more apt metaphor for something that moves really really slowly. (Not that I’m complaining guys… Hey wait, why are you leaving? Oh stop it, you know I didn’t...
December 2011
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Thursday December 29, 2011
Today the New York Times published a front-page story that I think is emblematic of what’s wrong with a lot of NYT reporting. The article was titled “Instead of Work, Younger Women Head to School: Upgrading Their Skills Rather Than Settling for Low Pay” by Catherine Rampell.
The problem with it, as usual, wasn’t that it wasn’t well-researched (it was brimming with statistics), or cogently-written...
Frank Gehry Chosen to Design Grammy's Artwork →
September 2011
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“Endowed with a power that is as unreliable as it is often inexpressible,...”
– The Architecture of Happiness, Alain de Botton
July 2011
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April 2011
3 posts
Ode to Beginning an Essay
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March 2011
4 posts
finnsblog1 asked: Do you know what time it is?
Place I've cried or Place Ludacris Claims He Had...
1. A public bathroom 2. The back of a classroom 3. The Georgia Dome on the fifty yard line while the Dirty Birds kick for t’ree 4. FedEx Kinko’s 5. In the sun 6. In the shade 7. On top of an Escalade 8. The Tim Horton’s in Penn Station 9. The White House 10. A library, on top of books 11. A coat closet in Colonial Williamsburg 12. On stage at the Ludacris concert
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I wrote an article on sex dolls for my college paper!! You should totally read it here, right now!
February 2011
10 posts
Confession
I haven’t written on here in a long time. This is partly because of laziness, and partly because I like using tumblr as an archive of images, songs, and links I enjoy. But this feels like a corruption of blogging… So my questions is should I write more on here, or start a new blog?
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-2-6) →
The Strokes (26)
The National (2)
Ducktails (1)
Beach House (1)
Cajun Dance Party (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
January 2011
6 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-1-30) →
The Strokes (33)
The Magnetic Fields (8)
The Morning Benders (8)
Deerhunter (7)
Wolf Parade (7)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
December 2010
6 posts
David E Sugar - Just Like Heaven (Cure cover)
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“This frozen, childlike world is found to have been conceived and realized by a...”
– Jean Baudrillard, on Disneyland
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“And as birds seek refuge in the leafy recesses of a tree, feelings escape into...”
– Walter Benjamin, from the Einbahnstraße, 1928
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November 2010
4 posts
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October 2010
7 posts
Garance
She always looks so effortlessly cool
Names of Poses for American Apparel Models
by Kait Macmurray
The Confrontational Amsterdam Hooker
The Mustachioed Ennui
The Scoliosis Vogue
The Legging Erotic
The Exploited Ballerina
The Ubiquitous Nipple
The Porno Contraposti
The Bored Stripper
The Ass Brandish
The Smug Teaching Assistant
via McSweeney’s
Dopplegangerz!
jesse camp (mtv vj in 1998) and alexa chung. yes no?
“Among beings who would always already be enacted, who would always already be...”
– Giorgio Agamben
September 2010
6 posts
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What's your favorite bar in NYC? Brooklyn doesn't...
Definitely the Stoned Crow. Only joking! I like Blind Tiger in the west village, because they have a really nice vibe and a wide selection of beers on tap (and a really good hard cider) and they’re not super pricey.
Ask me anything
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I know I don't "like" or reblog your stuff...
aww, thank you :)
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everything about you screamed of godly intersex