December 2009
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Dec 31st
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Dec 29th
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70-minutes review of Star Wars: Ep 1. →
I want to remember this exists, so I’m putting it here though likely seen it already.
Dec 24th
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Listenfuckyeahexistentialism: 7even: Killing an Arab...
Dec 24th
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ListenThe Weakerthans — Virtute The Cat Explains...
Dec 24th
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Dec 23rd
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Dec 21st
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kateoplis: Great. We all agree on the film’s technical achievements, but please don’t justify its banal/didactic plot and lousy dialogue as a “typical genre trend and necessary device to cater to all audiences in order to turn a profit with its $500mil cost.” That’s the Hollywood formula for every film. Every film tries to reach across as many demographics as possible and whichever it falls...
Dec 20th
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Dec 19th
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a concept for winter:
ironstring: every single day, i will do at least two of these things: read 40 pages of a novel read one short story watch one film listen to an episode of radiolab/this american life/anything else that is good i will write every day. i’m taking two workshops next semester and i don’t want every story to be crapped out at the last minute. i will also limit myself to 90 minutes a day on the...
Dec 19th
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Dec 18th
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Dec 18th
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“We are the people of the book. We love our books. We fill our houses with books....”
– excerpted from a speech given by Cory Doctorow on [what else?] the death of copyright and of the book. A definitive statement on Book Culture, Reading Culture and the ideas I love most in the world: other ideas, printed & bound and on a quiet shelf.
Dec 17th
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Dec 15th
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“There are scholars for whom the history of philosophy (ancient as well as...”
– Immanuel Kant: Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics That Will be Able to Come Forward as Science (via fuckyeahphilosophy) ……………………………………………………………. —To be (Post-)Modern: To go on and on saying, “There is nothing new under the sun,” knowing that this is a self-instantiating claim. To be always...
Dec 15th
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“There are scholars for whom the history of philosophy (ancient as well as...”
– Immanuel Kant: Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics That Will be Able to Come Forward as Science (via fuckyeahphilosophy) ……………………………………………………………. —To be (Post-)Modern: To go on and on saying, “There is nothing new under the sun,” knowing that this is a self-instantiating claim. To be always...
Dec 14th
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Dec 13th
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Dec 12th
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Dec 12th
This too shall pass.
(via symphonyno2ineminor) a sentiment especially for the end of semesters, I’m currently contemplating an all-nighter, though it’s my first and last of the year and therefore, really not a big deal. Best of luck to you all.
Dec 11th
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“Job Title: Catalog Librarian Full/Part Time: Full-Time Regular/Temporary:...”
– current dream job: Cataloging Librarian at a major University. Clemson’s right near some of my extended family too.
Dec 11th
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Dec 10th
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“Cause it’s gonna be the future soon And I won’t always be this way When the...”
– The Future Soon Jonathan Coulton (via squaremelon) (via seej500) (via m1k3y) note to self: finally get around to listening to some Coulton, given that I’m already so late to the party on this one that it’s the follwing Thursday and I missed the planning for this weekend’s already.
Dec 10th
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this is just to say
chessieann: i have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold -william carlos williams oh, wcw. i miss english major classes. I was talking the other day about how in LIS grad school I miss just discussing literature or history or film with a group. It doesn’t happen here and I miss it...
Dec 10th
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Dec 9th
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shaving vs. beard →
enormousair: kateoplis: tragos: enormousair: kateoplis: tragos: I believe that shaving indicates victimhood and a pursuit of shabby short-term goals. When you are doing the right thing for the wrong reason, you shave. When you are doing the wrong or right thing for the right reason, you let your beard grow. That is a truth tested by time. There’s nothing sexier on a man than a...
Dec 9th
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Dec 9th
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shaving vs. beard
enormousair: amkelly: tragos: enormousair: kateoplis: tragos: enormousair: poetbabble: eilujion:fuckyeahbeards: “Girls look at beards and think, that man knows commitment” Uh, I’m guessing a dude wrote this. ‘Cause I think most women think: the man is too lazy to shave and probably hasn’t washed that t-shirt in weeks either. I say this as a frequent beardo meself, and lazy as...
Dec 9th
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Dec 9th
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shaving vs. beard
tragos: enormousair: kateoplis: tragos: enormousair: poetbabble: eilujion:fuckyeahbeards: “Girls look at beards and think, that man knows commitment” Uh, I’m guessing a dude wrote this. ‘Cause I think most women think: the man is too lazy to shave and probably hasn’t washed that t-shirt in weeks either. I say this as a frequent beardo meself, and lazy as they come, by God. I...
Dec 9th
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Dec 6th
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ListenThe Pogues - Fairytale Of New York You’re...
Dec 6th
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“No one can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the...”
– Matthew Chapter 6, Verse 24, from the Sermon on the Mount. New Revised Standard Edition, Harper Collins Study Bible, page 1869. one of those passages that boils up in my head when I consider taking on another obligation, some project, some task with deadlines and pressure and people relying on me...
Dec 6th
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“And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life?”
– Matthew, Chapter 6, Verse 27, from the Sermon on the Mount. New Revised Standard Edition, Harper Collins Study Bible, page 1869.
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Dec 2nd