January 2009
Laptop on the fritz. Nothing instills the same cold terror as the possibility of a voided warranty.
Uh-oh broadcast tv
Just had the following thought:
If broadcast tv is getting the permanent axe, does that mean we’re back to counting on radio as the emergency broadcast system in a national emergency? I ask because in listeining to War of the Worlds again (shh I know I know), I realized the first thing the martians did was knock out major communication lines — railroads, telephone infrastructure. I...
“Jews are always scared.”
– Anita, during Shabbat dinner (via sometimesseismic)
Regardless of that quote being from my mother, I would like to cite several times we are not scared, such as… well crap. Fine my mom is right.
“I’ll miss the pendulum, and the chime, but I think my nostalgia is pretty...”
– My little brother, on replacing the nice old clock in our breakfast room with a sleeker one. Such a Finkelstein desire for auxillary adjectives!
THE HORROR
spambot:
Not only will I have to pay all my rent starting July 1st, but I will also no longer have access to the Oxford English Dictionary.
Gotta start staying home Friday nights to look up words while the getting’s still good!
Losing OED access is probably the scariest part of leaving college. I recommend that you look up “cockamamie” with all deliberate haste — the entry...
Reading former professors’ poetry about their pregnancy is not as uncomfortably intimate as it could be. Somewhat disappointed, honestly.
“I sort of enjoyed college, but not really.”
– Rachel Maddow, in an interview with Lesley Stahl. Truth of the matter is Rachel and I are kindreds, and that’s that.
I think I just got a second job offer.
Can’t be sure, missed the call, but ok that’s a lie I am sure. Dude on the voicemail left the office already, meaning I have no specifics, only questions and frets and nebulous options.
I think I’ll probably vomit, and then sleep. Haven’t done either since yesterday morning, both are most necessary catharsis.
Who let me leave the house this morning dressed like a crazy? Brown tights + grey boots + polka dots + argyle + flannel + faux fur hat.
I miss peanut butter. Peanut butter might help right now.
“There is no exquisite beauty without some strangeness in the proportion.”
– Edgar Allan Poe (via rguiden) (via delacroix) (via little-wing) (via havent-got-a-prayer) (via kari-shma)
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WatchI’M SORRY I HAVE FAILED YOU.
This Harry Potter trailer (in Japanese!) has apparently been out since the 23rd. I am a degenerate. Good thing I don’t sleep anymore, you might have missed out.
My verdict is that the visuals look incredible as ever, but judging by this promo the film may have forgotten its genre a bit. The swimming HP font text against the blue background and thumpy...
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Here's the thing.
If you feel like you are in a no-win situation with me at any given time, you are probably right. But the reason you are in that situation is that, at some point, you gave me reason to raise my expectations of you well beyond the realm of the reasonable.
So, you know, take it with a grain of salt. I’m trying to.
You are all testing me. I am wise to it and will...
When it rains it motherfucking pours.
“Located inside the few seconds of dead air (a cardinal sin for radio) in which...”
– - Ibid., re: the moment of the emergence of the martians in “War of the Worlds.” The author also relates the moment to the Kantian sublime and, later, the Freudian uncanny. Academia FTW.
“Iceland’s next leader will be an openly gay former flight attendant who...”
– Iceland to appoint gay woman to minister post.
Way to freaking go Iceland, making lemonade out of that terrifying collapse of government.
I just got my first job offer.
No, yeah, I did. Today is too much.
I’m sure I will turn to the internet with a long list of pro’s and con’s later.
This was a bad day for Panera to have free coffee, as if I would not be FREAKING THE FUCK OUT FOR FIFTEEN MILLION REASONS anyway.
Wish I were not a wuss.
I’m sitting across from David Axelrod’s daughter in Panera right now. I used to work for her mom’s nonprofit but we never actually met, and I am too awkward to introduce myself. Stupid stupid stupid.
Self-portrait as a Fortune-telling Miracle Fish
by Jen Hadfield
I’m disappointed in the gods that formed me thus
in the likeness of the wall-eyed Halibut;
in my longing, a Meagre or Eelpout;
in my maudlin, a Poor Cod or Bitterling.
I’m disgusted with whichever of you
chose jealousy-with-an-overbite
to be my consort, my symbiotic groupie
and yet some rogue demi-deity
gave a posy of dubious virtues –
made me transparent;...
anxious anxious
Listeing to War of the Worlds for class + email about honors deadlines which I literally could not force myself to read + I should not be allowed to talk on the phone at night = omg why is life so scary.
“What a Ravenclaw!”
– Ashley re: Susan Sontag (via spambot)
R-Claw represent.
MSNBC is on tonight
On the same screen:
Name tag for Rep. Boehner.
Caption: COMPROMISING POSITION.
WHOA WHOA WHOA
Blago’s doing an interview on Rachel Maddow right now, and I am 99% sure he just said he was briefly considering OPRAH WINFREY for the empty Senate seat.
WHAAAAAAAAT
closertotheocean:
incurable:
girlindc:
The...
so, um, totally not worth the hours i spent... →
(via sometimesseismic)
Blanxxx you are throwing your fifth chakra all out of whack by saying that. I think it is an admirable show of professionalism that you were able to put out a story about this guy that doesn’t make him seem like a complete nutbag, AND without a Laura Ingalls Wilder reference.
Will the Children's Health Insurace Plan Survive... →
There are so many things wrong with this discussion of S-CHIP, I don’t even know where to begin. One thing that is not wrong is that it’s written by my friend Andrea, who does not shy away from showing us the complete ass-hattery of Republican talking heads on the matter. Good job Andrea.
The first quote from Sen. Orrin Hatch really sums the whole matter up: “I cannot support a bill...
“And don’t get me started on the kids, ‘cause… where did they...”
– Alice, re: Helena’s ridiculous series of storylines and character changes, the most blatant of which include the writers forgetting she has two adopted children.
Bette and Tina play rock paper scissors.
Bette: Shit. Ok that's one of three.
Both: Rock paper scissors shoot.
Bette: Shit. Why do I always loose this game?
Tina: You always throw rock.
Really, this show is awesome when it has a sense of humor about itself. Also I want to show you a picture of Kit's new glasses which are SEXAY but I am watching in the lowest quality ever.
