Dec 24, 2009
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Dec 23, 2009
- So something wil happen to you? Like what? - Like I’m going to journalism school to become a reporter. - So you can write about things that happen to other people? - That’s one way to look at it.

- So something wil happen to you? Like what?

- Like I’m going to journalism school to become a reporter.

- So you can write about things that happen to other people?

- That’s one way to look at it.

Flavorwire: Stereotyping People by Their Favorite Indie Bands

waronwar:

According to this, I:

  • am a bro who vaguely interested in listening to music and very interested in having sex with their girlfriend.
  • am a politically-correct hipster.
  • am a boy who enjoys crying more than his girlfriend.
  • am a bro who try to make out with girls at concerts by relating to them via old Nickelodeon shows. “Remember Pete & Pete??”
  • am a girl who quote lyrics as their Facebook status.
  • am a person with self-esteem issues and probably hates Ben Gibbard.
  • am a premature alt who considered Garden State a life-altering viewing experience.
  • am everyone.
  • am a lesbian and/or guy who firmly believes that when there are two girls on stage together, there is a 63% chance of them making out.
  • am a girl who got her boyfriend to watch Me and You and Everyone We Know.
  • am a closeted Blink-182 enthusiast.
  • am a frequent transcendental experience haver.
  • am a guy who go to concerts to relax.
  • am a bro who drink shitty beer without ironic intentions.
  • am more of a guy and bro than you will ever be.

This is excellent. I am:

  • a bro who vaguely interested in listening to music and very interested in having sex with his girlfriend
  • a bro who tries to make out with girls at concerts by relating to them via old Nickelodeon shows. “Remember Pete & Pete??”
  • a girl who quotes lyrics as her Facebook status
  • someone with self-esteem issues and who probably hates Ben Gibbard
  • a premature alt who considered Garden State a life-altering viewing experience
  • everyone
  • a lesbians or guy who firmly believe that when there are two girls on stage together, there is a 63% chance of them making out
  • a girl who got her boyfriend to watch Me and You and Everyone We Know
  • a blipster who still wears neon shoes and smokes pot
  • a closeted Blink-182 enthusiast
  • a frequent transcendental experience haver
  • a girl who throws up at every party

spilttobill:

“Rethinking Pink”

Interesting story, although the newscaster was kinda snotty at times. But still, it’s a point that needs to be made: The conflation of color with gender is 100% artificial and manufactured.

Props to them for doing this story.The first time I ever remember consciously noticing gender issues was when I was about 8 years old. I had my choice of colors in something and I told the salesperson I wanted yellow. He asked me if I was sure because it came in pink. I remember looking at him like he was crazy - and deaf - and said yes, I was sure. I remember that I was so confused by the interaction that I relayed the story to my mom, and every time I used my yellow product, I thought about how weird it was that the guy assumed I would prefer it in pink.

Dec 22, 2009
I finally watched this movie tonight. I was expecting to like it, partly because of the buzz, and partly because of what I objectively knew about it. I like music, movies about music, non-sappy romantic comedies, and the quote about making mix tapes. But what I do not like is characters awkwardly addressing the camera, characters that don’t convince me they’re in love, and movies that were clearly adapted from novels that were mostly focused on internal dialogue. So I can say I’ve seen High Fidelity. I can’t believe I’ve been looking forward to this moment for nearly four years; I feel a little cheated.

I finally watched this movie tonight. I was expecting to like it, partly because of the buzz, and partly because of what I objectively knew about it. I like music, movies about music, non-sappy romantic comedies, and the quote about making mix tapes. But what I do not like is characters awkwardly addressing the camera, characters that don’t convince me they’re in love, and movies that were clearly adapted from novels that were mostly focused on internal dialogue. So I can say I’ve seen High Fidelity. I can’t believe I’ve been looking forward to this moment for nearly four years; I feel a little cheated.


The Unknown Citizen

(To JS/07/M/378/ This Marble Monument
Is Erected by the State)

By WH Auden

He was found by the Bureau of Statistics to be
One against whom there was no official complaint,
And all the reports on his conduct agree
That, in the modern sense of an oldfashioned word, he was a
saint,
For in everything he did he served the Greater Community.
Except for the War till the day he retired
He worked in a factory and never got fired
But satisfied his employers, Fudge Motors Inc.
Yet he wasn’t a scab or odd in his views,
For his Union reports that he paid his dues,
(Our report on his Union shows it was sound)
And our Social Psychology workers found
That he was popular with his mates and liked a drink.
The Press are convinced that he bought a paper every day
And that his reactions to advertisements were normal in every
way.
Policies taken out in his name prove that he was fully insured,
And his Health-card shows he was once in hospital but left it
cured.
Both Producers Research and High-Grade Living declare
He was fully sensible to the advantages of the Installment Plan
And had everything necessary to the Modern Man,
A phonograph, a radio, a car and a frigidaire.
Our researchers into Public Opinion are content
That he held the proper opinions for the time of year;
When there was peace, he was for peace; When there was war,
he went.
He was married and added five children to the population,
Which our Eugenist says was the right number for a parent of
his generation.
And our teachers report that he never interfered with their
education.

Was he free? Was he happy? The question is absurd:
Had anything been wrong, we should certainly have heard.

I remember the first time I read this poem. It was fourth grade, during a poetry unit in what I believe was called “Language Arts” back in the day. (Which, I must say, is a pretty lovely way of referring to “English” - isn’t writing an art?) Even then, at the age of 9 or 10, this poem made me feel so empty, even if I only sort of knew why.

I always knew that Santa had an evil sidekick in France, but I didn’t realize that this was something that was popular in many parts of the world. He kind of looks like the Donnie Darko rabbit, but more like he’s been living in a cave for thousands of years, carries a switch, and has the ability to steal children. Yet another sign of how soft kids are in the U.S. - all they know about is the stomach-like-a-bowl-full-of-jelly St. Nick.

It’s practically a Jacksonville tradition: The weather is chilly for the week or so leading up to Christmas, then at least 70 on the actual day, only to drop back down within a day or two. This year looks no different, and I am none too pleased.

Dec 20, 2009

The chorus has the line “I’m tryna find the words to describe this girl without being disrespectful.” I still don’t understand why that should be so difficult. Maybe for starters you could not call the song “Sexy Bitch.”

Dec 19, 2009

"But it’s a sin when success complains. And your writer’s block, it don’t mean shit. Just throw it against the wall & see what sticks. Gotta write a hit."

“It’s a Hit” - Rilo Kiley

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