February 2010
15 posts
“We charm by coincidence rather than design”
– Alain de Botton, On Love
“You think that guy sitting behind Lady GaGa at the Grammys is bummed that her...”
– Paul Feig’s twitter. (via tulletulle)
Marshall McLuhan on the Dick Cavett Show in...
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Blogging: Faux Journalism?
For this first week of class, my ‘media toolkit’ professor appropriately assigned us a bunch of readings that all, in one way or another, engage with the topic of writing online. As a media studies major, and also just as a person who reads a lot of shit on the internet, I find the topic interesting. By virtue of its vastness and the fact that pretty much anyone, anywhere can write and...
“Share things that you are most excited about. Share things you find, love, hate...”
– Five social media tips for indie musicians | Technology | Los Angeles Times
Good quote!
(via thegrammys)
January 2010
93 posts
At Comic Con 2009, Ian Somerhalder announced he...
(via apassingfeeling)
At last, my prayers have been answers :) Boooooone
“Leontyne Bennett skillfully dissected in The Commonwealth of Lost Vanities...”
– Marisha Pessl, Special Topics in Calamity Physics
Bunch Of Phonies Mourn J.D. Salinger →
Some people are better at communicating than others. Some people are better with technology than others. And some people simply suck at both. I like to think that I don’t fall into the latter category, but sometimes I just hate how technology has infiltrated my life. It’s intended to make connecting with each other easier, but it definitely makes the process infinitely more...
Two Gentlemen Of Lebowski
*This is by no means new, but I came across it (again) so I’m posting it (again)
WALTER That rug, in faith, tied the room together, did it not?
THE KNAVE By my heart, a goodly rug.
DONALD And in most miserable tide did this rogue besmirch it.
WALTER Prithee, Donald! Thou too eagerly hold’st the mirror up to nature.
THE KNAVE My mind races; I might endeavour to seek this gentleman...
Is It Spring Yet?
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“Songs are what we consume in greatest quantity; they’re what we store most...”
– Mark Greif
Don’t waste your time reading the first page of this article, because the cheapos at n+1 try to trick you into subscribing by forbidding you to read after the jump cut.
Hey look I made a formspring!
Ask me things! :) Come on- Do it!
Yay Lang! Boo Bureaucracy!
Anonymous: As a graduate of the “college” I now attend, what is your opinion of your alma mater?
Emily Gould: I love that you put it in Hipster Runoff scare quotes. That’s so Lang. Seriously though, I try to think of another college that would have given me what Lang did — the chance to live in New York as a minimally employeed 20-22 year old, unlimited opportunity to do...
The rise of the SarcMark →
“The real breakthrough of Sarcasm, Inc is the realisation that, despite having used sarcasm and irony in the written word for hundreds of years, humans are simply too stupid to consistently recognise when someone has said the opposite of what they mean. The SarcMark solves that problem, and you can download it as a font for the reasonable price of $1.99 (£1.20). Our prayers are...
“Blue van Meer: a brainy, deadpan, and preternaturally erudite girl…She is also a film buff and can recite pi out to sixty five decimal places.”
I may or may not have just memorized pi to sixty five decimal places because I got shown up by the above fictional character. Fail or win? I say winnnnn.
secretdoor:
Animal Collective - My Girls
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Not All Paraplegics Look Alike!
Me: Maybe he has Aspergers
Meg: Like Stephen Hawking?
Me: Um, does Stephen Hawking have Aspergers?
Meg: Well he DID.
Me: What do you mean? He doesn't anymore?
Meg: He died Jill.
Me: He totally did not die. What are you talking about?
Meg: Wait maybe it was that other guy in a wheelchair...
Me: What guy??
Meg: ...The guy from Superman? Did he die?
Me: Christopher Reeve? Yeah. How could you confuse him with Stephen Hawking?!?
Meg: I don't know- similar facial features?
go fuck yourself
atisha:
i always see these hyper beautiful images of young girls with long flowing hair playing in majestic fields as the sun casts its golden rays upon their innocent youth.
here’s my modified version of a recent post.
Atisha Paulson vs. Ed Westwick
atisha:
last night was ridiculous.
i was taking a bunch of photos of rob and his friends and out of nowhere this little dude in a beanie comes over and calls me a cunt and tells me to stop pointing my camera in his direction. i’m like, who the fuck are you? as he walks away, someone says he’s famous and on that show gossip girl. then i realize it’s chuck bass. chuck fucking bass has just told...
“When did everyone start using the term ‘boning’? i know it was used in the 80’s...”
– A.W.
culled:
Curation Culture
breannetrammell:viafrank:
Jon-Kyle Mohr posted a really thoughtful critique of the online curation culture called A Complimentary Rant on the State of Convenience. (Is curation culture a term? Can I coin that?) Anyway, Jon-Kyle’s central question: Why is it that with the ease of publishing available today people so often choose to re-post content as opposed to create...
Nick adopted a pygmy elephant in my name, as a belated birthday present! Quel adorable is that?
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formspring.me
Ask me anything http://formspring.me/DiscoLemonade
this is why we're friends
me: have you seen across the universe? i started watching it on instant netflix because everyone said it was so good, but i couldn't make it past 1:30.
reuben: that's probably the most offensive movie I've ever seen. stop!!!!
“I’ve been really fascinated by some ideas about the functioning dichotomies of the mind,” Stith explains via email. “The crux of this idea… is that these different selves, these voices that influence the way we behave, these bundles of memory and self-protection, are things we can’t rid ourselves of.”
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““I want to understand”
compendre / to understand
Suddenly...”
– Roland Barthes
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scrape with DEATH
Wow. So I just narrowly avoided an emergency. I got onto the last train home, only to realize with horror after the doors closed that I had forgotten to get cash and had ZERO money. I had possibly 35 cents in my wallet, I needed a cab home, it was 2:30 am, freezing, and my parents were indisposed. In my state of panic I tried to creatively weigh all my options: was there a way to get change out of...
Hey, where'd my tumblarity go?
I am the walrus
Kate: He asked me to do his roommate.
Me: Uh oh.
Kate: He was all, "C'mon, take one for the team."
Me: So what did you say?
Kate: I was like, "Dude, I've already taken way too many for the team. I am the team."
