December 2008
244 posts
Darling: you used the word 'ebullient' in an...
Lunch at the Dutch Treat
Checkerboard window patterns the falling snow between homespun blue curtains, tied back, framing. A bird circles a tree, and lands, the small branch bowing with her weight. We three sit where the daylight can fill the space between us, and talk, over salads of iceberg lettuce, and Bacon Bits, and peppercorn ranch, and chicken’n’biscuits. “When did you first come here,...
Mom and Richard (stepdad) got Northern Exposure on...
I love my mother and these slow mornings with...
We’re talking about geneaology. I am a quarter Irish, a quarter Norwegian, and half English/maybe some German. I want to go back so badly. I know the names: Donovan, O’Connor, Bergheim, and Hopson. Anyone want to help? :)
sneakyjane:
Spoon - You got yr cherry bomb
I...
“What I think is, it’s never too late…or, in my case, too early, to be...”
– The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
(This little voiceover narration is all the more touching while one is watching Benjamin DO all of these things! Like, be homeless and hot and stuff. Go seeee itttt.)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-21) →
Maroon 5 (34)
Rilo Kiley (33)
Death Cab for Cutie (27)
Jon Brion (24)
Fleet Foxes (23)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
The plan.
Nothing sounds better now than a huge bowl of Cheerios, a run down to the bluffs, and then an afternoon of house and bedroom cleaning, with some coffee brewing and wintery music on the stereo intermingled.
Off I go!
afghanistanbananastand:
Thinking About Tomorrow-...
I just love movies I watched religiously as a kid...
“There’s nothing more irresistible to a man than a woman who’s in...”
– The Sound of Music
I don’t know if I agree with this, but it’s a lovely notion…
The Sound of Music on ABC
(via thebrightsideoflife)
Watching it! Will post video in un minute!
Watchbirdzies:
ameliamagritte:
This is pretty amazing.
Faaaabulous.
birdzies:
ameliamagritte:
Chester French, “She...
justinesamantha:
i admit to reading Perez Hilton’s blog everday. yea, i said it. i read it and enjoy it. go suck a duck if you have a problem with that.
I just assume everyone does since I always do and have for a couple years. Sometimes that backfires. Like when I call celebs by their Perez nickname, and my friends look at me like I’m crazy.
I guess the good news would be that there is now a...
But still, fuck my life.
Also, kind of unrelated, but still depressing, the ex was so very mean to me last night. I don’t know why. I can’t understand, can’t begin to wrap my head around, his inability to control this desire to be so hostile toward me in that environment. I know he doesn’t actually believe the things he says to me. I know he doesn’t mean to hurt me....
So, last night I broke my new digital camera. That...
And it’s senseless. I didn’t do anything. I took it out of my purse, and, there goes the screen. Shattered.
Fuck my life.
Christmas party shenanigans!
I bought an adorable black dress and some hot shoes for tonight’s festivities. What color jewelry should I go with? Hmm…
This Christmas party is in its third year. The first year, I was still with Jon and it was a wonderful time for us. Last year was about as polar opposite from year one as it could have been. This year will hopefully be a happy medium. I anticipate awkwardness,...
tom petty - walls
realrealsoft:
Some days are diamonds Some days are rocks Some doors are open Some roads are blocked Sundowns are golden Then fade away But if I never do nothing I’ll get you back some day Cause you got a heart so big It could crush this town And I can’t hold out forever Even walls fall down And all around your island There’s a barricade It keeps out the danger It holds in the pain Sometimes you’re...
Happy holidays, tumblrs! I've missed ya.
I am so delighted to be back at my humble abode in Erie, eating Smokey Bones crappy sirloin and getting ready to draaaaank.
Hope you all had fabulous Christmases if that is your gift-giving holiday of choice this winter. I sure did.
Your input desperately desired! :)
(I know I could easily do this myself via the Interwebs, but I would really appreciate some personalized advice/experience/opinions from people who I deem cool, aka, you guys.)
Anyone want to suggest their personal favorite U.S. city AND/OR some creative writing MFA programs or lit graduate programs for me to look into for the fall of 2010?
I haven’t traveled much and would love some...
I have to get out of here...
Going to go home and read, write, finish Christmas gifts (personalized mix CDs and picture frames for my three dearest friends), and hope that at least someone wants to see me tonight.
There’s so much loneliness squeezed into so little space here.
Oh me oh my.
I love this time of day, when light takes on this bluish kinda-bright/kinda-dark cast to it and everything looks clearer in the power struggle between sunlight and moonlight. The library sits on a hill at the top of Main Street and my line of sight hits the wreathed streetlights all the way down to the corner where the street bends and the old building my parents own towers over everything. The...
“Later that day I got to thinking about relationships. There are those that open...”
– Sex and the City (via kari-shma)
SATC is a trememdous, stiletto-clad strutting cliche. And I love it.
The Dark Knight tidbits
gregbrown:
Todd Alcott has posted an excellent four-act analysis of The Dark Knight on his blog. He does an excellent job of picking out every relevant part of the film, as well as showing how each piece works together. Christopher and Jonathan Nolan put together an incredibly solid, well-written script.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
And since The Dark Knight is up for contention in the “Best...
The problem is... my left pinky toe keeps going...
Union City again.
Each time I am away from this tiny town I must grow a little taller. The ceilings reach for me now, my car hugs the shoulders of the narrow dirt roads, the tops of buildings bend and slouch. McDonalds and the grocery store and FilmFest are closer than neighbors; they now share the same acre of paved space. The walls in my bedroom cling to the few pieces of furniture left like shrinkwrap. My legs...
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Just got the most incredible e-mail from my Shakespeare professor about my term paper and future endeavors.
Wanted to record the event here so I will remember it forever. It’s exactly what I needed to hear at this point.
Good Will Hunting's on tv all the damn time...
Lykke Li - Little Bit (remix)
Hands down ...