January 2010
“Videotape” (Ring Trick Remix) -...
The World Forgot →
Music Blog that has supplied me with awesome songs for over a year.
“Love is missing someone whenever you’re apart, but somehow feeling warm...”
– Kay Knudsen
Tom Ford's Film →
A Single Man Featurette, trailer, clip. This looks so fascinating. I want to see it madly.
“The prospect of meeting someone you want to get in bed with at night is what...”
– Dave and Marisa. Feel free to embroider on pillows or frost on a sheet cake. (via dealbreaker) (via rawrnold)
“There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.”
– Howard Zinn
1922-2010
(via williamsdb)
Could you people please stop dying?
(via jay-bee-aych)
Currently at work fighting for my youthful alternative liberality in the face of aging, southern conservatism, and the trends toward the mediocre median.
“Already there are movies that have caught up with and commercialized our latest...”
– Günter Grass, “Racing with the Utopias,” first published in Die Zeit, June 16, 1978, quoted by the excellent Gospel of Moll. (via mills)
“Could I, would I, have taken a man’s life, just because he was the enemy? Could...”
– DHK linked to an article on American snipers in which William Langewiesche again demonstrates why I consider him the finest narrative journalist writing today. In this short piece, he draws out what intrigues us about a sniper: he is one of the few remaining sorts of soldier who really sees those he...
List of things to do before I leave the US
Turn in my Odyssey proposal.
Reapply for being an RA next year.
Declare my major at Hendrix College. Yeah. Still haven’t done that.
Get a passport photo for my VISA.
Find sunglasses that fit my tiny face.
Make 800 more American Dollars.
Go to the Social Security Administration.
See my lovely friends and family as much as possible.
Get a haircut.
Figure out all of the things that...
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deutschitforme:
adaisy:
WHY THANK YOU!
Yo. It’s not a problem, as long as you don’t flood my feed…jk…you can…I guess. That pic that you put on my FB was cool.
IT FREAKED ME THE FUCK OUT. I didn’t know you had a Tumblr. When’d you get a Tumblr?
Like two weeks ago, I guess. Unfortunately, I’m using it for Odyssey credit because I’m studying abroad. It will be my...
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adaisy:
WHY THANK YOU!
Yo. It’s not a problem, as long as you don’t flood my feed…jk…you can…I guess. That pic that you put on my FB was cool.
84 per square mile →
twohundredtoone:
Moscow’s stray dogs. They even ride the metro.
Philip Glass Music →
Segregation Today →
Article about the media's portrayal of the... →
This is a great article. You should give it a read, if you have time.
Cool idea for Haiti →
I can’t stop looking up stuff about Haiti: ideas, photos, videos, news. All is heart shattering and inspirational at the same time.
“But the books you like must also be read with shudders and gasps… Literature,...”
– Vladimir Nabokov, in his rather critical lecture on Dostoevksy, arguing that while there is pleasure to be taken in dismantling mediocre literature it is just as necessary to interrogate and re-imagine one’s favorite works. (via mills)
No one could understand my love for tennis...
Finals picks: Davydenko vs. Murray…I can dream right? I never pick who will ACTUALLY win.
Or we could have another elusive Rafa vs. Fed Express final.
I suppose I could deal with either. Really, I will just miss it all when I am gone! This was going to be the biggest year of my tennis watching career, but I know that it will be here when I come back. Just thought you should know how...
Am I a ridiculous person? I ask myself this every day, it seems. When will the tide stop holding me back? For my entire life, it is has pulled me out and pushed me back onto land. I want it to finally sweep me away. So, I ask again, “am I a ridiculous person?”
“When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.” ~Kahlil Gibran
“Tears are the safety valve of the heart when too much pressure is laid on it.” ~Albert Smith
“So hold her closer when she cries, hold her closer when she feels. She needs a hand to hold, someone who will never let her go again. And...
“I think it’s more interesting to see people who don’t feel appropriately. I...”
– Ryan Gosling (via chocolate-cigarettes)
Living in Germany: Good and Bad
Good:
Ich liebe Deutsch.
I will learn more German…maybe.
I will be able to meet so many new people. Hopefully, they won’t all be American.
Deutschland ist sehr schön. I want to see Hamburg again.
I might see snow often enough that I get sick of it.
I will be forced to be alone some of the time, and to always take care of myself. Independence?
I won’t have to deal with...
“The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent...”
– Bertrand Russell. Dunning–Kruger effect - Wikipedia (via giantrobotlasers)
“America took me into her bosom when there was no longer a country worthy of the...”
– Marlene Dietrich
“Rob, top 5 musical crimes perpetrated by Stevie Wonder in the 80s and 90s...”
– Jack Black as Barry in “High Fidelity”
Just a little craziness for a day that might be...
A Slight Change of Plans
So, it is 3 AM. I’m going to Deutschland in five weeks from today. Originally, I decided to write a journal (for Odyssey), as opposed to a blog, but something changed in the air tonight. I watched “Goodnight and Goodluck” and I figured that my adventures should be broadcast. Besides, I will be handwriting a private journal and writing letters. All of that could get confusing....