January 2010
Why you shouldnt read a Roger Ebert review before...
Last night I had a dream I watched an 80s movie (it was a mix of Teen Witch and Fire with Fire - VHS ONLY btw. Find that on DVD for me and I’ll give you 10 bucks and a free cat.); I remembered liking the movie but being disappointed with the ending.
So, in my dream, I wrote a movie review. It went something like this: “I thoroughly enjoyed this film up until the ending. The conclusion...
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When that chute opens you feel like you’ve done something kings and queens can’t...
– Gary Busey, on skydiving (via kevin)
But, remember this, I never suggested that change would be easy, or that I can...
– President Obama @ State of the Union last night.
Vegan Recipes from The Kind Diet →
Alicia Silverstone’s book featured on the Food Inc episode.
Living in the past is my future.
– movie, A Single Man
Simple Desktops →
This was on my tumblr radar and I closed out of that window before I checked out how FUN some of these were! Reblog FAIL!
Where love is concerned, too much is not even enough.
– Pierre-Augustin Beaumarchais
get this. i like eating. i like music. i like boys. i bet i would like listening to music as i’m eating with a boy.
I will not go gently into the good night.
You start Kindergarten and thrill at the shear amount of new toys and games at...
– The Musach, thephatphree.com
The day I read Harry Potter is the day I towel... →
Note to self
Google some Stephen King Entertainment Weekly articles or the ones Dave Attel writes for whatever dude magazine he writes for.
Also, pick up another Chuck Klosterman book. The Road was kind of a downer.
…..I’ve never met anyone I’d classify as self-aware:...
– C. Klosterman
The brick approach →
bobulate:
Unexpected wisdom from Will Smith talking with Charlie Rose on approaching tasks:
You don’t set out to build a wall. You don’t say I’m going to build the biggest, baddest, greatest wall that’s every been built. You don’t start there. You say I’m going to lay this brick as perfectly as a brick can be laid. …. You do that every single day, and soon you have a wall. (~23:00)
I’ve always...
Do you need someone to tell you if you should like...
I love critiquing!
I was meant to be a movie reviewer or something of the like.
However, I’m sure my talents will just end up manifesting as a nagging wife or nitpicking mother.
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25 Things I Didn't Want to Know About You
Below are 25 facts I wish people hadn’t told me about themselves. They come from friends, friends-of-friends, friends-of-friends-of-friends and coworkers. They are all real, though I wish some of them were not.
1. I eat tacos with a fork. 2. I was fat in middle school. The wake of that horror has yet to subside. 3. I keep forgetting that Barack Obama is our President. 4. I have been pooped...
Samantha Ronson's twitter post about Heidi... →
Kinda funny since she dated LiLo and we all know how natural LiLo is …
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As I have walked among the desperate, rejected and angry young men I have told...
– Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., A Time to Break Silence (via svingen)
Unwrap a Question
recklesslove:
In this innovative world, conversation has been destroyed. Presidential debates are YouTube events, tweets relentlessly force 140 character conversations, Facebook has the façade of friendship, etc. Few people actually sit down and plumb the depths of their comrade’s mind.
Think about your closest friends. You talk to them each day and feel like you have a pretty good grip on...