January 2009
24 posts
“It came to me the other day:
Were I to die, no one would say,
“Oh, what a...”
– John Updike
On tonight's new Lost
Jason: If this episode is not the greatest episode of anything in the history of television, half of the internet might be disappointed
Me: lost? yeah
Jason: Yup.
Jason: Reviews are glowing like the second layer of the sun
Jason: (Radiative Zone? Fuck I don't remember)
Jason: (Nope, convection zone)
Me: yeah, i get what you mean
Jason: Look man, I'm brushing up on my solar astronomy, don't hate
Me: ugh i'm so excited
Me: lost is like a girl at sleepaway camp
Jason: O.o
Me: you try to get her out of your head for a year and just when you're somewhat successful, she comes back into your life and she's all you can think about, but you know the end is all too near and its a bittersweet obsession
Me: its fleeting, this love
Jason: (laugh) You drama queen.
Me: i kid i kid
Me: kind of.
Jason: Uh huh.
I’m on my Otis Redding station on Pandora. Three out of the last five songs it has played were versions of “Bring It On Home To Me.” Does it bother me? No. This is the greatest song ever to me right now.
First was Sam Cooke’s studio version, then Wilson Pickett’s, and now a live Cooke off of “Live at the Harlem Square Club 1963: One Night Only” (which...
“I have an excel spreadsheet called The Grand File. There are a large number of...”
– Rivers Cuomo | Music | A.V. Club
You were writing songs five years before you were born Rivers? You’ve officially lost it for like the 8th time.
Laura Cantrell’s cover of “Love Vigilantes” off her Trains and Boats and Planes EP is probably my favorite song right now. I wish more people knew about her.
“More importantly, I think the key problem here is the common fallacy of...”
– Lawyers, Guns and Money: That Word “Excellence,” I Do Not Think…
“Creation is original freshness related to God,” said Ol’ Dirty...”
– The spiritual journey of Ol’ Dirty Bastard. - By James Parker - Slate Magazine
“I will also hold myself as President to a new standard of openness. Going...”
– Remarks By The President Welcoming Senior Staff And Cabinet Secretaries - 1/21/09
Brief Post-Grad Urban Alienation...
Not to get all Bridget Jones’s Diary on y’all, but it’s become increasingly apparent to me that a dispropotionate amount of people my age are in long-term, serious relationships. It kind of snuck up on me, especially since relationship gossip, pining, and whining has taken a back seat to the inherent issues of a typically ennui-riddled, under-employed, post-graduation life. So...
“What keeps a lot of these characters from being caricatures, despite plenty of...”
– Meghan O’Rourke, Friday Night Lights: The perfect chaos of Tim Riggins’ living room - Slate Magazine
I spent the weekend with Friday Night Lights and couldn’t agree with this more.
“There’s less than a week to subscribe to McSweeney’s and start with...”
– Michael Cera is writing (probably bad) pieces for McSweeney’s instead of doing the only thing anyone has ever wanted him to do. Why?
WatchJonathan Harris collects stories | Video on TED.com
“Mr. Desplechin has a positive genius for making his carefully structured tales...”
– from A.O. Scott’s review of A Christmas Tale.
Compare and contrast with the below Ebert quote. Silly.
“More to the point is the quietly playful approach of the director, Arnaud...”
– from Roger Ebert’s review of A Christmas Tale.
My Favorite Movies I Saw in First Run Theatres in...
…because I need a cap to put on the year…
1. Rachel Getting Married
2. The Go-Getter
3. Synecdoche, NY
4. Wall-E
5. Flight of the Red Balloon
6. Paranoid Park
7. A Christmas Tale
8. Milk
9. Burn After Reading
10. Cadillac Records