February 2012
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“Heaven, Kiwi thought, would be the reading room of a great library. But it would...”
– from Swamplandia! by Karen Russell
Awww.
November 2011
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Jean-Michel Folon's illustrations for Kafka's... →
fuckyeahfranzkafka:
“Kafka’s suggestion as to how his story might be illustrated, if it had to be illustrated—not, pace Nabokov, with an entomologically or coleopterically correct beetle… but with a picture of a man lying in bed.” -Michael Hofmann
August 2011
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“Gods die. And when they truly die they are unmourned and unremembered. Ideas...”
– from American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Just finished last night. This book is a freaking gem.
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“Among other things, you’ll find that you’re not the first person who was ever...”
– The Catcher in the Rye, J. D. Sallinger (via atomos)
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“Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the...”
– C.S. Lewis (via chinolatino)
#Lit on Tumblr →
I must confess - the curated Tumblr Lit tag is one of my favorite things on the internet.
July 2011
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“After the 2007 meeting, Hunter said he started prepping players for the...”
– Jonathan Abrams in his profile of Billy Hunter over at Grantland
I’ve always been a pretty big fan of Abrams’ work over at the NY Times and this is a great profile. It’s definitely worth reading.
But I think it’s fairly obvious that this depressed me greatly. I mean,...
“As the dark and mysterious stranger approached, Angela bit her lip anxiously,...”
– Ali Kawashima, the winner of the Romance category for the Bulwer-Lytton prize, an annual challenge “to compose the opening sentence to the worst of all possible novels”. (via downlo)
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Pro tips for beating the summer heat wave
Drink a cold MGD
Recycle
Repeat
“Harry Potter is about doing what is right in the face of adversity. Twilight is...”
– Stephen King (via thechocolatebrigade)
LOL.
Watchthedailywhat:
Movie Trailer of the Day: The first official trailer for The Dark Knight Rises — the final installment of Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy — leaked online last week, but the hi-res version of the teaser, which was attached to screenings of Deathly Hallows Part 2, has finally arrived.
Starring Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, and Morgan Freeman, Anne Hathaway, and Tom...
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Updating the TV Pantheon
ESPN aired the Friday Night Lights pilot the other night and it got me thinking. It’s an amazing pilot by the way and season one is one of my favorite TV seasons ever. I’ve always considered FNL a borderline pantheon show because of the abomination that is season two and that killing spree.
But everything else is so great and upon reflection I’ve decided to add it to the...
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Bummed but not pissed off about the Netflix price...
The interwebs set ablaze yesterday at the announcement that Netflix would be raising its prices by 60%. As laid out by Industry Leaders Magazine, the hike comes for two reasons: to create enough revenue to deal with the escalating costs of negotitating streaming deals with the studios, coupled with generating revenue on the DVD only plans which seem surprisingly in demand.
The $7.99 streaming...
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WatchAre you excited for Sunday? Yeah, I thought so.
Watchifc:
aoltv:
So … would you want Larry David to explain tampons to you? It involves lots of yelling and a tiny bit if flailing.
I love ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm.’
This was perfect last night.
Larry David giving lessons on Tampons. Welcome back, Curb.
This week's power rankings of random things
Kinchley’s - for their awesome pizza that I ate today.
Falling Skies - I have so much fun with this show. It’s really the only popular recent show I’ve been able to really get behind. I haven’t even finished Game of Thrones yet because their characters bother/bore me so much.
The audiobook of Bossypants - I’m only half way through but it’s really funny and...
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“Nor does this mean that we aren’t in for a long lockout. Rather, the fact that...”
– Calling Foul on N.B.A.’s Claims of Financial Distress - NYTimes.com
//sobs
It’s a great article though - enlightening stuff on the financials.
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Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
I finally saw it as probably most big fans of the TV series have done. I mean, it is a movie directed by David Lynch for God’s sakes.
Afterwards, I did watch some of the behind the scenes documentary that served to catch up with members of the cast from the show (remember some cast members were not in the film, which centered on Laura Palmer). I thought it was interesting that some cast...
“If I had a nickel for every cigarette your mom smoked, I’d be dead.”
– Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
June 2011
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I'm struggling to come up with hobby ideas for the...
Skip rocks across the water.
Play badmitton (to be honest I’ve never had a clue how to spell that word).
Write poetry. Some NBA lockout poetry would be both meta and depressing beyond belief.
Work out regularly (HAHAHA).
Cry quietly in my room.
:(
“‘A lot of stuff I’ve found helpful I saw on YouTube,’ [Aaron] Paul told Flash at...”
– Video-sharing drug users inspired Aaron Paul’s role on “Breaking Bad”
Wow.
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