January 2009
ugh it’s 27.7C already. i feel so ridiculously hot. i just couldn’t cool down last night. feeling unwell, woe.
but now, i must go catch my bus to sydney to see ryan adams tonight! farewell. don’t get too hot now.
i recounted the number of books i’d read from that guardian 1000 novels list, and realised i’ve actually read 30 31, and not 23 like i’d thought! i feel much better now.
bunktrunkskunk:
The Final Countdown.
When the number one song in the JJJ Hottest 100 for 2008 was revealed to be Sex on Fire by Kings of Leon, the crowd was divided between those who love the song and those who don’t. I’d have to side myself with the latter; I think that it’s an overly sparse song without any distinct melody to latch on to, plus the lyrical sentiment just rubs me the wrong...
“Ovary only gives me 13 points. Well, I’m not going to waste my ovaries on that!”
– Me, talking to myself whilst playing Scrabble. (via ninefruits)
Holy. Shit.
clembastow:
It is currently 43° - that’s 109 to those of you in the land of Farenheit.
It’s only 33° here right now, but it was 35° earlier. I’m really feeling awful for you Melbournians today.
rentedsurroundings:
The Festival Song - Pez. This...
alohanico:
On the second episode of season six? The season got off to a good start, but I’m bummed that Tasha’s still around - she’s painfully boring. It’s killing me that I’m so behind on all these shows because my Internet is down at home (basically a monthly occurrence with Shaw).
buyhercandy:
HOLY SHIT, UNEXPECTED L WORD TWIST.
Yep, second episode of season six. Was not expecting that.
Potential Lovers
ninefruits:
I think part of my problem is that I’m too picky. Well, discerning is the term I would use. I tend to have a list of criteria that any potential lover has to fulfill before I will consider them fit for a relationship. I’m sure most people will have something similar, yet my list is not only ridiculously specific, but tends to be expanding rapidly. About two weeks ago I dismissed...
LOL, SOMEONE SERIOUSLY STARTED A TROLL BLOG ABOUT... →
jgh:
omghearts:
OMG! HEARTS! WE NEVER GET TO SEE THOSE ON TUMBLR!!!!!
YO DAWG I HERD U LIKE HEARTS AND TROLLING SO I PUT HEARTS IN YOUR TROLL BLOG SO YOU CAN FEEL LOVED WHILE U TROLL
“There is something vaguely embarrassing—even narcissistic—about our new era of...”
– Farhad Manjoo on Slate, regarding “Put the camera down and enjoy a moment for once.” (via soupsoup)
heute-und:
buyhercandy:
Haha, oh it wasn’t directed at you. But seriously, I don’t even know if I remember my password.
I figured it wasn’t, but I know I had added you in the last year.
Also, what season L word? I miss that show. All about Shane.
The new season, season six. That was episode two that I was referring to, having just finished watching it. Because damn.
And yes. It’s...
heute-und:
buyhercandy:
I haven’t logged into MySpace for a good year, at least. Why do people keep requesting to be my friend?
Inactive MySpace users will do you no good, bands.
My bad.
Add me though, please.
Haha, oh it wasn’t directed at you. But seriously, I don’t even know if I remember my password.
HOLY SHIT, UNEXPECTED L WORD TWIST.
I haven’t logged into MySpace for a good year, at least. Why do people keep requesting to be my friend?
Inactive MySpace users will do you no good, bands.
Rilo Kiley - ‘With Arms Outstretched’
...
Without Warning
olderloverundercover:
Without warning as a whirlwind swoops on an oak Love shakes my heart
Sappho
Dear Kate/ buyhercandy
talliesmokestoomuch:
I totally love Side Stage, it’s a great piece of music journalism bound together into a simple and really nicely designed package. It’s half three over here and I’ve only just finished reading it. It was lovely to see Megan’s photographs in there too, as well as a lot of other very talented people. I’m the Arts and Entertainments Editor for our Universitys Newspaper and...
“But already the way we perceive and process world events is changing. Shepard...”
– Obama’s Socialist Connections - Obama, Socialism and American Culture - Esquire
This really is quite an interesting article.
I love awesome girls!
(via ninefruits)
Who doesn’t!
“It’s unlikely that all the pseudo-hipsters who buy their Che T-shirts at Urban...”
– Esquire, “What’s So Bad About Socialism Anyway?” (link via Young Manhattanite) (via lenachen)
Hipsters Hate Billy Joel Because They Hate... →
soupsoup:
Regarding this.
The thing that is so annoying about the hipster aesthetic, and pretty much anyone who derides music based on its “authenticity” is that they’re so busy concerning themselves about being authentic that they’re contrived. Billy Joel doesn’t give a shit if you think he’s authentic or not while the almost singular concern of the hipster is molding their image so precisely...
SXSW to MPAA: STFU
spaceships:
The audience was filled with other examples of an industry gone crazy. One guy moved to the UK and all his DVDs stopped working because they were region-encoded (as most are). Her answer? That was in the contract you agreed to when you bought the DVD.
[…] And that’s really the problem, isn’t it? There are these industries of middlemen - RIAA, MPAA - that claim to “protect artists”...
ephemeron:
man. this is bumming me out. people are reblogging my friend leonard’s poem and not giving credit to me or to him, people are reblogging my ferris bueller picture and deleting my words, and some people are just being a little bit rude towards some of the things i have to share. i think i might just choose another blogging format altogether, where things are mine to share and where...
90's Revival
drned:
i figure we have about a good 4 year run of honest-to-god early 90’s revivalism before some asshat decides to remake PCU.
is it LA? is it Seattle again? is it Alaska? because it certinatley wasn’t Franz Ferdinand, American Idol, or any of the other things in the last 10 years we were told were going to change us all. maybe its you. maybe its me (it probably isnt). when culture gets this...
“To wit, existence is communication, and communication, existence.”
– A Wild Sheep Chase, by Haruki Murakami
