January 2012
117 posts
“Quelle heure est la coconut shrimp?”
– I’m drunk. Did you know that Jen Thomas hasn’t attended a staff development meeting in a YEAR?!
December 2011
72 posts
Top 10: TV episodes
Winnowing these down was hard. Like, really hard. A lot of people have events that occur in their lives. I watch TV.
10) Suburgatory, “The Barbeque”
9) Doctor Who, ”The Doctor’s Wife”
8) Misfits, “Episode 6” (It aired in 2010 in Britain. I don’t live in Britain.)
7) Fringe, “Concentrate and Ask Again”
6) American Horror...
More movie listicles
Pru and I went to see Sherlock Holmes and I found myself thinking about other movies that I saw this year. And since my last movie post went over SO well, I’m posting even MORE lists.
3 Most Highly Anticipated, Highly Disappointing Comedies
Bad Teacher
Horrible Bosses
30 Minutes or Less
3 Romantic Comedies that Meant to Deconstruct Romantic Comedy Tropes To The Extent That They Became...
Top 10s- movies
For the second year in the row (and then the second time today. Seriously, Tumblr? Seriously?) I wrote a thoughtful, extensive, even sort of funny in my opinion rundown of the movies I saw this year, only to have it eaten. Funny, all that data lost. I blame cutlerish. (Joking!) Anyway, here are some movies.
10) Scream 4. (Biased because I had the Theater to myself and it was probably the best...
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rightartistwrongsong replied to your post: Just finished the first Hunger Games book.
Just wait till you finish Mockingjay and are left thinking “Wait…what?” because all the major plot points from the entire trilogy are wrapped up in a matter of a couple pages and don’t make any sense. So unsatisfying.
Oh man! (I wish I could communicate vocal expressions over Tumblr because oh man grrrr.)...
All I want in this world
Ellen Greene’s wedding dress from Little Shop of Horrors
Ellen Greene’s wig from Little Shop of Horrors
Little Shop of Horrors on DVD
Just finished the first Hunger Games book.
Lots of thoughts to pick through later, but most importantly…
Anything that so egregiously shits all over Twilight is worth ultrachampioning. If Twilight is the deathbringer of all that is good in the YA litscape, is Hunger Games the inverse of that? I mean, it wasn’t that well-written, but the law of inverses states that it must be if it’s the opposite of Twilight.
Oh, and...
Diminina rinneh
No, predictive text, I don’t want you to change my onomatopoeic blathering to “Romney”. I never want that. And apparently the Tumblr mobile app is anti-bullet points, which is probably for the best. I’m perfectly capable of opening my net book and updating the old school way but that would make too much sense. Being awkward sucks massive, swaying gonads. I twattishly ask...
Contact desperation
It’s sort of daunting to have one of these devices and no contacts. If we follow each other here I would very much like to be friends.
Kik- missmordant
Hanging/words with friends- mmemordant
iMessage- mmemordant@me.com
Also, does anyone have recommendations for other social apps? If I’m not going to have music on this thing, I might as well fill it with other miscellaneous crap.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-25) →
Marina & The Diamonds (13)
Jail Weddings (10)
The Mountain Goats (10)
Skybox (8)
Guided By Voices (8)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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rightartistwrongsong replied to your post: Slippery slope
There are lots of torrentable ebooks if you’re like me and can’t bring yourself to pay for something that isn’t really there
Ohh yeah, I figured that one out pretty quickly. But I’ll only pirate books that I already own. Or would eventually get out of the library. Or steal from a bookstore. Or whatever.
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redcloud replied to your post: Slippery slope
And once she starts reading ebooks on that tiny screen, she’s going to want an iPad…..?
NEVARRRR! Ye can take my wood pulp, but ye can never take my smug, contrarian Luddism! (Have I mentioned that I’ve only had one cell phone and it’s almost six years old and only texts and makes phone calls? I have? Have I mentioned it today?)
Slippery slope
If you give a girl an iPod touch, she’s going to want some apps to go along with it.
If you give a girl some apps, she’s going to demand something good to read.
If you give a girl an iPod touch and she needs something to read, she’s going to go in search of eBooks.
EBOOKS
STOP ME BEFORE I KILL AGAIN
(I have to admit, it will be nice to not have to carry a special backpack so...
I'm one of THOSE people now
Updating Tumblr from something that’s not exactly a computer - my new iPod touch. It doesn’t have 3G and the mobile service support isn’t working in my iTunes despite the five or six times I reinstalled it following Apple’s troubleshooting instructions (okay, seriously: like 70% of you work in Apple stores. How do I fix this?) but it’s still pretty cool. For the first...
My first Maine Christmas in three years, and...
It begins.
Also; nog?
I will gladly settle for anything hot that has alcohol.
Including people. Especially people.
Advice for my future self
Next time you’re locked out, read until it’s too dark and THEN get on your computer. Conserve battery life.
And anyone who says they’re going to be home in half an hour is lying. Especially if they were initially supposed to be home five hours ago.
And make a copy of the key to Pru’s parents’ house when you get the chance. The garage door opener is a piece of...
“You never get lost anymore, and getting lost is a good thing.”
– — Gary Shteyngart, in a captivating interview on my favorite tech blog, Nick Bilton’s NYT Bits (via jesshibb)
You should read this. It makes me love Mr. Shteyngart more than previously imagined. You should also read his book, Super Sad True Love Story.
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Watchfuckyeahthemountaingoats:
ijustwannadanceinyourtumblrs:
well, this made my day better.
AV Club Holiday Undercover 2011- The Mountain Goats cover “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” [#]
One of my all-time favorite people covers my ultimate favorite Christmas song. Yep.
Lots of people I don't know are reblogging my...
I wish I had put a link to my Etsy site in there.
I think I need to move to Minnesota.
Go-tos
I like this meme. It’s nice ‘n’ basic. I’m defining “go-tos” as “comfort items.”
Go-to movies: Amelie, Annie Hall, Clockwork Orange, Eternal Sunshine, Reefer Madness: The Musical
Go-to songs: “No Children,” “The Future Soon,” “Plus Ones,” “Papa Was a Rodeo,” “Stuck Between Stations”
...
Oh, also?
When you store your envelopes in a damp basement, they all get stuck together.
THE MORE YOU KNOW
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legallyblindobservations replied to your post: Personal relationships in the 21st century
This is what Timeline did to me, in a nutshell. Except switch out Christmas card searchery with boredom haha. I was a lot lamer than I thought I was back then
Oh man. The thing that got me about the Timeline was seeing my popularity dwindle before my eyes. In 2008, when I was a junior in college, 41 people...
Personal relationships in the 21st century
Do you know that Facebook archives every conversation you’ve ever had?
And when you used to talk to someone for 6 hours at a stretch, it’s a somewhat time-consuming task to pore through your conversations to find a mention of one of your photos that they may have liked more than the others so that you can make them a tiny homemade Christmas card?
And of course, while you’re...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-18) →
Marina & The Diamonds (27)
Jonathan Coulton (25)
fun. (24)
Skybox (24)
The Hold Steady (15)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Comedy of the year - AMC's Bag of Bones
Come for the comical bus death and hilarious fake-British-man-crying.
Stay for James Bond swordfighting a tree (albeit four hours later.)
Even my mother is making her “You have got to be kidding me” face.
Shhhh
I wish I could have gone to the DC Brunchpocalypse.
But I am a total coward, and it’s actually easier for me to get to SNARK despite a difference of hundreds of miles.
shhh
GHOOOOST PROTOCOL (or: how my love of Brad Bird...
SEE IT
SEE IT NOW
In IMAX. Or else you bring shame upon yourself and your ancestors and probably your progeny as well.
Seriously, Mission:Impossible is high-budget, CGI-laden, and loud, with minimal emphasis on character. AKA, the opposite of every movie I’ve ever liked.
And it was fuckin’ awesome.
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katefeetie replied to your photo
You have a 70% match who replace “you” with “u”? Gurl you gotta answer more match questions and eliminate dem bitchez.
That’s the thing, though! I’ve answered 1000+ questions (what?! I get bored) but most of them are, like, “Do you prefer a) gerbils b) rock-climbing c) sticking your genitals in a heated toaster oven” instead of “Do...
ARRRGH DAMMIT CSI:NY
I really thought I had managed to evade that “Pumped Up Kicks” song.
Alas, it was not to be.
Is recommending the White Stripes to a drummer...
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redcloud:
crotchcrunchies:
if there’s ever a point in time where i don’t respond to your message it’s not that i’m ignoring you
it’s that i probably sat there for ten minutes trying to think of a decent response but eventually gave up because i’m bad at conversation
THIS
story of my life, bro
Spotisigh
Apparently, instead of instantly sending the playlist that you decide to send on a whim at 3 am on a Thursday, Spotify gives you the option to cancel.
So, yeah, not gonna send it.
At least you guys deserve to see my masterpiece, three weeks in the making: Awesomesauce Get Well Soon Playlist in B. (spotify required. I assume.)
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American Horror Story thoughts
They painted the nursery Miami Teal! Lawl. “Your ghostly gay lover who you melodramatically hate is an ugly old pile of rot!” - Nora Montgomery, who I think we can all agree is the Leslie Knope of American Horror Story.
Even though I don’t have to speedwrite film studies papers anymore, hamfisted color symbolism still makes my motherlovin’ day.
“Tate, you are the...
Bad ideas
I do not recommend watching American Horror Story alone in the dark in your basement at 1 am.
Unless you enjoy getting the shitbeans scared out of you.
In which case I can’t recommend it highly enough.
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muffpunch replied to your post: Late night confession
He was dead the whole time.
I knew it! I also assume that the bike was a sled.
Late night confession
Don’t tell anyone…
but I’ve never seen Pee Wee’s Big Adventure in its entirety.
I’ve seen the first fifteen minutes maybe half a dozen times; the “Tequila” scene even more times. But I’ve never seen the end. My family has a New Years tradition where we all pick a movie to watch, and once I picked Pee Wee’s Big Adventure. And I fell asleep.
...
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beefranck:
I sure am glad that the Internet is here to tell me what I should do, think, and believe.
If I had a dollar for every time I almost posted exactly this…
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-11) →
Guided By Voices (16)
Man Man (14)
Jonathan Coulton (8)
The Mountain Goats (8)
fun. (7)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Truthful Tuesday
As previously mentioned, I slept for 16 hours after class on Thursday, which is sort of symbolically interesting. Thursday was the last day of the community college term, and emotion-wise I’ve been feeling lower than I have in a long time. I don’t know how I survived from last January through August without a job OR school. Right now all I want to do is sleep.
Last night I found out...
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