February 2010
4 posts
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WatchSewn From The Soul
January 2010
14 posts
How to Fake Like You've Read Dostoevsky
cozystumblings:
Lauren Leto
Faking It
Reading books is hard, yo! Fake your favorite author.
How To Fake Like You’ve Read Dostoevsky
If you’re trying to present yourself as someone who is a brooding intellectual, let’s do a quick review of Fyodor Dostoevsky.
1. Knowing Dostoevsky’s first name is not important. Knowing how to pronounce his name is important. Say it like this: DOS [like the...
“Can you speak German better then your friends, no. Have I been shot, yes. I...”
– Bridget Von Hammersmark
“Time present and time past
Are both perhaps present in time future,
And time...”
– T. S. Eliot - Burnt Norton
It’s the beginning of a new year, a new decade. It is the time to reflect on how time passes us by so relentlessly, and how fickle life can be. T.S. Eliot reminds us to live the present. Don’t waste anymore time. Make it count.
It’s the first day of a new decade
What are you doing differently form the last ten years? What are your hopes and dreams for the years to come?
December 2009
29 posts
When sharing a living quarter...
It is always good to establish useful ground rules such as “piss priority.” That way there’s no confusion of who has the first rights to the throne.
Watchcitizens4immigrants:
American Stories via Center for American Progress: Hilda L. Solis, Secretary of Labor and Gary Locke, Secretary of Commerce on Immigration
Merry Festivus, Happy Christmas!
Watchdavidl:
Mag+ “one possible vision for digital magazines in the near future” [beautifully executed] (via Waxy)
The future of magazine?
DavidLok.net is now TheLokBlog.com
Just decided to change my URL, no big deal.
Religious Significance of 'The Dude' →
And other Coen brothers’ films.
“Then, of course, there’s the Dude. The hero of The Big Lebowski is portrayed by Jeff Bridges as a meditative — or perhaps stoned? — fellow with long hair and a beard. He might evoke the traditional representation of a messiah, though he spends the entire movie clutching either a joint or a White Russian.”
WatchStephen Colbert performing Empire State of Mind with Alicia Keys
Yeah, I love New York, it’s the king of all the cities
I lived up by the guggenheim till I got myself some kiddies
Moved to Connecticut, bye George Pataki
Volvo to the dry-cleaner pickin’ up my khakis
Now my shopping mall is closer, my community is gated
My shorties are all private school educated
Home theater...
Ravi Coltrane, Esperanza Spalding New Year's Eve @... →
OMFG! I can’t believe I won’t be able to catch this performance.
The Free Shipping Day?!!
WTF?!! Corporate takeover of Christmas is complete.
Best Books of the Decade: Me Talk Pretty One Day...
janiejimplin:
jackiejormpjomp:
bibliotheque:
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris, 2000
David Motherfucking Sedaris. You didn’t think I’d forget about him did you? Come on. This book is half tales of Sedaris’s family and neighbors and friends and the other half, his adventures with his partner, Hugh, when they move to France. I love the way Sedaris writes, so naturally and with such...
Pioneers! O Pioneers!
Levi’s Go Forth campaign has struck a chord with me. A call to action, a call to go west. Mobilization of a generation. It’s a visceral experience. The original poem was intended to invoke an urgency among the youth to head west and to tame the native land. Venturing into the unknown, baring arms, the youthful sinewy race tames the wilderness and made America what it is today.
Go...
November 2009
3 posts
David Sedaris, speak to me.
Is it weird that your inner thoughts narrate the event of the day in David Sedaris’s voice? It’s keeping me from sleep. Kinda entertaining though. I really should write it down next time.
