December 2011
36 posts
November 2011
49 posts
buy my love
“For the social cost of a “Like” on Facebook, ” an article on one of my favorite music blogs, Stereogum, begins…
companies are buying our public opinion. by clicking the magic “Like” button on many branded pages, users are invited to view and download content, enter in sweepstakes, or participate in a number of other branded experiences.
as someone who does not...
Notes On Stalking My Ex-Boyfriend’s Last.fm... →
brain hack.
precious metal →
jewelry that takes weapons out of africa
Shut up.
tomyhusband:
Dexter How I Met Your Mother Mad Men Curb Your Enthusiasm the good shit is on.
there will be a group discussion afterwards
can i read too much into this please?
just came home from like crazy. i overheard a group of girls leaving and one said, “i wish i knew that it got better, or that it ended terribly. i just wish i knew” i love movies that have no ending. yes, the connection to the characters’ relationship does leave the audience somewhat disappointed at the end, but in my mind i knew how everything played out after the final cut.
...
15 Restaurants That Could Be Indie Bands →
most of these are already on the “list” and if not, they have now made their way to it. now who to venture there with…those who are unadventurous need not apply
“even though you wear an army jacket you talk like a sailor”
– the phil
emails from the bets
the bets is actually rather hip, with it, and the like. she puts an extreme amount of effort into her email subject headers in an attempt to immediately grab the reader (often my sister or myself) and thereby encourage reading and a response to said email. otherwise the effect is often similar to this.
one of my favorites just came earlier today and shows just how well she knows me (i...
“it’s nighttime, send the black dude! no one will recognize him or see what...”
– anon
Will.i.am Solo Album #willpower Out Next Year,... →
an album name with a hashtag in the title.
now that the sharing option on google reader is gone and i don’t use google plus, i use twitter to share my articles and opinions about them. there is no way i would subject my “friends” on facebook to that kind of torture and profanity on a daily basis. besides, then i would be that girl who posts far too frequently and believes people...
What Your Favorite Type of Music Says About You →
philolzophy:
Cool dad mom indie. You have good music taste, but you’re also about eighteen months behind every major trend. Basically it goes hipsters > cool dads moms > mainstreamers. So yeah, you catch it before it shows up on light rock radio stations, but when you try to tell a friend, “Hey, listen to this sweet YouTube dot com video by this awesome band The National,” your ‘with-it’...
truthiness
spin: name an artist guaranteed to get someone laid.
lake bell: the black keys. that's not my opinion, that's just a fact-they're hot. like the white stripes. you could have a playlist called black and white and let's fuck and it would work.
13 favorite october downloads (late)
apparently…i mostly downloaded slow, depressing shit in october…
video games-lana del ray
desire-mates of state
dance card-pepper rabbit
the bad in each other-feist
it’s real-real estate
new beat-toro y moi
amanaemonesia-chairlift
words-givers
second birds of paradise-the rosebuds
hits me like a rock-CSS
ritual union-little dragon
surgeon- st. vincent
no...
How To Be Cool →
by Austin Kleon, a writer who draws
his tumblr… http://tumblr.austinkleon.com/
a fellow woody allen aficionado, advertising commentator, and possibly…if not already happily wed…my soulmate
notable and quotable
me: so adam texted and asked me to come out, but instead i stayed up until five organizing my itunes and making playlists
M: you're like a cat lady, but a music lady
me: le sigh. i guess this is true. the sad thing about a playlist is that unlike a mixtape, which required the recipient to listen to it in its entirety, people can jump around. mixtapes were made with such a deliberate purpose, every song in a specific order. they were so much more romantic. romance is dead!
M: no. romance is alive, the mixtape is dead.
M: where are the flowers i got you? i want to make sure they're dying properly.
me: in the kitchen?
M: oh, they look so nice on their noose. i went to get another friend flowers the other day but hers i got so they would live, you know, the reason most people buy flowers.
pending reunions
“this loyalty and this desire to keep trying. he’s like a dog. it’s kind of cute. does he think you’re just going to jump into bed with him? what kind of a girl does he have you confused with? clearly someone who is totally not you. the sticktuitiveness is definitely admirable though, and somewhat endearing.”
-m
Slang Derived From Literary Classics « Thought... →
i enjoy this, immensely, due to my literary nerdiness, and would like to note that Heathcliffing is completely applicable to both genders despite its initial literary connotations.
A Checklist For Your Mid-Twenties Birthday
Feel an evasive sense of dread whenever someone asks what you’re doing for your birthday, for any of the following reasons: You don’t have plans. You hate the plans you’ve made. You honestly don’t care about your birthday. You have plans that are more or less open to the public; yet have no desire to invite the person inquiring about your plans. You have plans that are fairly exclusive and feel...
my alter ego
Hi BBB!!!!!!!
Wanted to call you (would’ve called an hour ago but I had an Israel/America skype date with Shiri) and also I realize since my Blackberry malfunction I am sadly missing your number!!! (Which I would like back in my phone asap please.)
But in the meantime….. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!! Have a wonderful day, you definitely deserve it. Also can’t wait to see you the...
“the florist and i had a long discussion about which flowers would die the best....”
– mickey
if that ain’t love then i don’t know what love is
“Texting is “perfect for manipulation,” an MIT psychologist tells the...”
– How To Text Like a Horrible Monster
Using your hands = "mental vitamin" →
austinkleon:
When you do meaningful work with your hands, a kind of neurochemical feedback floods your brain with dopamine and serotonin. These happy brain chemicals are natural antidepressants, and we’ve evolved to release them both to reward ourselves for working with our hands and to motivate ourselves to do it some more.
Filed under: hands
decoupaging and crafting. dorky, yes? but i knew...
“You know that point in your life when you realize the house you grew up in...”
– Alex Largeman, Garden State
i forget when i reached this point. maybe new jersey never felt like home. for some reason, i always felt this odd embrace when i stepped off the nj transit into penn station. i get the same feeling arriving back in philadelphia. i did a lot of growing up in philly and i...
And besides that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the show?
in a word…superb.
the show this evening was garden state. something i should have seen a long time ago but for some reason, it was missing from my indie film repertoire. thanks to one of my best friends lisa, she understands my love of all things music and the slightly off kilter, who suggested this classic for our movie night.
to note, the soundtrack is fucking fantastic and i was...
