May 2012
“What you want now isn’t necessarily what you’re going to want in five years, 10...”
– The Best Celebrity Commencement Speech Wisdom And Why You Should Heed It - Forbes by J. Maureen Henderson
Just as I thought I was burnt out on commencement speech advice for the year.
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"gigantic wooden arts & crafts spaceship"
If Moby won’t even do some cursory research into the history of the Gamble House before blathering on about the place can we stop talking about him like he’s the second coming of architecture blogging simply because he’s OMG MOBY USING TUMBLR!?!?
“All Facebook profiles in theory are born equal; they allow the same exact...”
– Facebook and living labor – The New Inquiry
Well, as long as we acknowledge this, right?
“While Jane’s fashion-centric Lookbook account and Lydia’s animated gif-heavy...”
– The Lizzie Bennet Diaries Brings Jane Austen to YouTube | Wired Magazine | Wired.com
This is what I’m talking about!
“His head bartender, “Short-Change Charley” Steele, who was once arrested for...”
– Daytonian in Manhattan: McGurk’s Suicide Hall — 295 The Bowery (via Findings.com)
I can’t not keep reading.
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“Substantively, Judge Boyce F. Martin Jr.’s ruling in Maker’s Mark Distillery v....”
– Wow, This Sixth Circuit Judge Knows A Lot About Bourbon « Above the Law: A Legal Web Site – News, Commentary, and Opinions on Law Firms, Lawyers, Law School, Law Suits, Judges and Courts
Sometimes legal opinions are hilarious.
(via turnabout)
Why does it not surprise me that judges know a...
Guides, not gatekeepers: general comic book...
And this is why I love Alexandra.
quelalexandradit:
Putting together a rec list made me realize how subjective an experience that can be. Like, I love teenaged superheroes, but maybe you don’t! In which case, having someone tell you for the millionth time to read Runaways is really not too helpful. (You should still read it, though).
Instead, I thought it might be more useful to put...
“The poster case for government persecution of the down-and-out would have to be...”
– How Corporations and Local Governments Use the Poor As Piggy Banks | Mother Jones
Isn’t that called debtors prison?
“Online is a revolution. The Internet is a revolution. And we should be...”
– VICE Founder Shane Smith: Online TV Could be Revolutionary, But It’s Just as Crappy as Regular TV | Betabeat
This is the moneyshot quote. I don’t agree with everything he said but the urgency and the passion and the anger spoke to me.
“We’ll probably never know how many women inventors there were. That’s because in...”
– FactMonster.com (via stfuconservatives)
This is why we dismantle systematically.
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“If you think topping a box office record compares with someone telling you your...”
– The Purple - Purple prose - Whedonesque.com
I needed this today.
JUST GOT A JOB OFFER AFERBGATEHARTJTYJSGRGS
ultraprism:
GUESS WHO’S GOING TO BE BLOGGING ABOUT POLITICS
FOR A LIVING
No one deserves this more and I’m SO HAPPY this is happening!!!
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Watchjaybushman:
meganwest:
turnabout:
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electricnotebook:
Clark Gregg (Agent Coulson) lays out his top 5 favorite moments from the Avengers movies. There’s a connecting thread, see if you can spot it.
YOU WILL ALWAYS BE AGENT CASPAR TO ME.
He is the Specialest Agent.
Listen, churches are burning down. Otherwise, I’d be hitting on you.
Quo vadimus?
Bartlet for America. We...
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Watchturnabout:
jaimealyse:
electricnotebook:
Clark Gregg (Agent Coulson) lays out his top 5 favorite moments from the Avengers movies. There’s a connecting thread, see if you can spot it.
YOU WILL ALWAYS BE AGENT CASPAR TO ME.
He is the Specialest Agent.
Listen, churches are burning down. Otherwise, I’d be hitting on you.
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“Stop trying to “get it together.” The biggest lie we’re told when we’re growing...”
– I wrote a blog post on how to be happy (oh, the irony. It burns). I do think this is my favorite paragraph. Well, this and the cat pictures, I guess. (via haguenite)
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On Friendship, from Dunnellon, Florida.
You become who you are by accident, sometimes, by intention and vision and self-renewal and desire others.
I’m lucky and I’m driven and I love my life right now — but I’m luckiest to still have so many people from so many eras and areas of my life still around and part of my daily life. And sometimes I get to take self-indulgent time with people who have known me since...
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megan told me to say this. scene: Elisabeth tries...
Me: I don't understand this bottle opener.
Megan: * opens wine with two of three parts *
Me: What about that part?
Megan: It's literally the stand, honey.
Me: Well that's some bullshit. I need to go get my glass. Wait, this is going to be the key conversation of this weekend isn't it?
“[The] average daydream is about fourteen seconds long and [we] have about two...”
– The Storytelling Animal – the science of how we came to live and breathe stories. (via explore-blog)
Some interesting science pointing to daydreams as a crucible of creativity. (via jtotheizzoe)
My entire life makes sense now.
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April 2012
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Americans: That character can't die, they're the main character!
BBC: You must be new.
“I realize “Banksy stole the quote!” is much more dramatic and...”
– Reading Frenzy ~ Ledger ~ Taking The Piss: Conclusion
“Fuck the marketing pitch. Basically, in this bold new era of distracted viewing,...”
– Ain’t It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.
So. Excited.
advice on moving to los angeles →
Shana made it possible for me to move to LA. Her advice is excellent.
Edited to clarify: her advice to read the full-on ADVICE-ADVICE below. Because my unclear antecedent was bothering me.
shananaomi:
this is one of the only versions of this very common blog topic i’ve seen that gets at the heart of what from outside can look a lot like people being shallow. i LOVE los angeles - living here,...
messily asked: Since you're missing the LA tumblr meetup, obviously we need to do NYC drinks to make up for it!
