It’s only 42 degrees outside, and I cannot warm up, not even wearing Paul’s hat. Oregon may be rough on me this year.
la vida es una tombola
I'm in my 20s and live in Austin, TX.
La vida es una tombola: A tombola is a lottery, or the word can also refer specifically to the rotating drum full of bingo numbers. Which is what life is.
Dec 5
Dec 4
The 50 Best Protest Signs Of 2009 - My favorite!
This is one of my favorites as well. 2009 was a blend of gay rights activism, misinformed aggression and mockery of said aggression. That seems about right.
Dec 3
Whoops looks like someone got Hear no Evil, See no Evil confused with Stir Crazy!
No big deal: replace “misfits” with “blind man and deaf man” and “bank robbers” with “murderers” and toss in Kevin Spacey and you’ve got it.
Also, I am so loving whoever is in charge of selecting the lineup for “Hulu for the Holidays” and their rejection of schmaltz. Today’s addition: Taxi Driver.
» Last.fm's 2009 zeitgeist pages are fantastic
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This is great. Also, while I recognize a large majority of the bands profiled so far, I have not played much of them at all in 2009. I am so not tapped into the zeitgeist.
Make no mistake, I hate end of year lists, but last.fm has gone beyond that lazy trope that shows up every December. They poured over the mountain of data, figured out who listened to what, built pages for each artist with real information (not just some boring, arbitrary opinion), added data visualizations, photos, events and made something great. Dig the design, too.
I’d love to see this extended into a broader trend application, broken down by genre maybe, available at any time.
The best part is last.fm will let you know when you first scrobbled one the “hot new bands”. You know, that way you can tell all your friends you found them first and be a real asshole about it.
Dec 2
“We have nothing to fear from love and commitment.” via The Awl. NY Senator Diane Savino gives such an eloquent speech on the gay marriage bill in New York.
I don’t understand how people can still oppose gay marriage. I just don’t.
I like to imagine that those two pups rented the boat for the day on their own.
Oh Hai.
Dec 1
Hey Sheila, I tried using google maps to get to where you are, but it would take me about 38 days 2 hours. I think the hold up is probably step 28.
And then I have to do it again for over 3,000 mi from Hawaii to Japan. At least I get an upgrade from Japan to China.
See you soon?
Nov 30
“It’s a difficult thing to say, but I believe it: I consider my entire movie career a complete failure. I’ll tell you why. The goal of moviemaking is to star in a film where your performance drives the film, and the film is either a soaring critical or commercial success, and I never had that.” —Alec Baldwin [Men’s Journal via NYDN] via Vulture
Maybe he’s working the pity angle. “But It’s Complicated comes out Christmas Day, so you could help prove I’m not a failure by going to watch it….” Or maybe he’s hoping to get out of any press junket obligations for that movie now.
Also: If he thinks *his* film career is a complete failure, I’d hate to hear him critique his brothers.
