July 2009
97 posts
June 2009
72 posts
So I turn 21 in three days. That’s pretty cool, right?
Some of the most original thoughts I’ve ever had were lost on an empty bedside. It’s catch-and-release: good things come and go. When it comes to writing, I am fickle. Finicky. Pinchbeck. Hollow. The world is on the wrong side of my inside joke. Strip it down. Put it on a T-shirt and sell it in every mall and Internet store you can find. I don’t have “big” dreams; I don’t even have the...
“You’re going to meet the most extraordinary men, the sexiest, brightest,...”
– Harvey Milk — “Milk.”
Sometimes I hate getting excited for things because of the possibility of being extremely let down.
WatchRubik’s Cubes used to recreate Abbey Road album art. Very cool!
(via Daily Motion)
When you’re homesick, nothing is better than a big bowl of pasta and reading a letter from home.
A Haiku.
Michael Jackson dies.
The Internet capsizes.
Miss you too, Farrah.
Just a general question for everyone… When does the college eating phase end?
I’ve been out of school for a month now, and I still can’t get over the late-night habits of grabbing a burger while reading some crazy blog or writing some manuscript that will never make it off my hard drive. I’ve been lucky, but sooner or later my metabolism is going to catch up with me.
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“Creep (Acoustic)” - Radiohead
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A Look Back at the Lows and Highs of 1969 →
It was, to borrow from an immortal piece of literature, both the best of times and the worst of times. Like the decade it capped, 1969 was a year of great highs—Woodstock, the first man on the moon, Led Zeppelin , The Stooges , Tommy, Abbey Road, Easy Rider. But it was also a year of shattered myths, disillusion and disappointment—Vietnam, Altamont, Brian Jones.
Of course, none of this was...
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“Lost Coastlines” - Okkervil River
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At least 19 dead in Iran unrest, hospital sources... →
From CNN.com — Thousands of defiant protesters clashed with police in the streets of Tehran on Saturday in protest of last week’s presidential elections, and opposition leader Mir Hossein Moussavi reportedly said he was ready for “martyrdom.”
Am I the only one who is getting more and more concerned about the situation in Tehran? Am I the only one who is a little upset...
I have serious problems with dog owners that do nothing but scream at their animals. Of course your dog is going to bark, that’s what dogs commonly do. I understand discipline, but there is definitely a limit.
“We spend our whole lives worrying about the future, planning for the future,...”
– Meredith, Grey’s Anatomy (via bookhungry)
“I’ll never change.”
Things sure look different to me.
What is it about success that brings out the worst in people?
Why am I watching “The View?”
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Gay bias killings highest since '99 →
The number of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people killed in bias-motivated incidents increased by 28 percent in 2008 compared to a year ago, according to a national coalition of advocacy groups.
Last year’s 29 killings was the highest recorded by the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs since 1999, when it documented the same number of slayings, according to a report released...
