October 2010
SPIKE JONZE AND CATHERINE KEENER GOT EASY WORDS
And I didn’t even get to spell. Raspberries. Whatever, I mingled with Dave Eggers and Michael Chabon so I’m good.
September 2010
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I love when I hear a song that was on NOW 2.
“Praise You” is currently playing overhead. I played this album so frequently during a late 90’s family road trip that my brother snapped it in two by sitting on it. He said it was an accident, but I knew it was because he never wanted to hear Robbie Williams sing “Millennium” again.
I suppose it was bound to happen, though. We do, after all, “got stars...
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Let's Remember Tony Curtis Properly, Eh?
Dear Internet,
Yes, I agree that the final exchange in Some Like it Hot contains some of the funniest movie dialogue ever written, but please stop quoting it in your tweets, facebook updates, and blog posts.
Tony Curtis isn’t part of that exchange. If you want to properly honor his memory by using a moment from Some Like it Hot, try the scene on the beach in which he channels Cary Grant....
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Greta Gerwig is going to star in Whit Stillman's...
Metropolitan!
Barcelona!
THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO!
We can all agree that Stillman has made three wonderful movies, but can we also agree that Greta Gerwig is absolutely insufferable? She’s like (young) Teeny from Now and Then, but if Teeny whispered every line, made the audience uncomfortable each time she was on screen, and had a habit of taking off her top.
Whit, hear this! Pick someone...
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WHAT SHOULD I WATCH ON NETFLIX TONIGHT?
SERIOUSLY HELP THIS ALWAYS TAKES TOO LONG.
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Star. Plot synopsis. Watch instantly. Night...
When computer buff Emmy Coer taps into the subconscious mind of 19th century mathematician Ada Augusta Byron King (Tilda Swinton) — the poet Lord Byron’s long-dead daughter, who developed the world’s first computer language — she’s able to relive the woman’s memories. In so doing, Coer discovers the professional limitations of being a woman in a...
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Trying really hard to like the new Sufjan Stevens...
Seriously. Have you listened to this damned thing?
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WatchToday I fell in love. With this. Watch it and listen to it and fall in love, too. This video is willing to have multiple lovers.
Aufgang - Barock
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Shooter on the UT Austin campus.
There was a shooter at the PCL library at UT Austin. Fired some shots. Killed himself. There’s one more armed guy “at large.” Apparently. I went there. Graduated in 2008. I used to give tours of the tower observation deck and retell the Charles Whitman story to curious guests on weekends.
“Where’d he get shot?”
“Where’s he shoot from?”
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“I watched Love Happens this weekend! Oh my gosh, I loved it! You need to see it.”
– Mom Finger
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This is why I love Jens Lekman.
Jens Lekman hasn’t released an album in three years, BUT BUT BUT he released a song in July called “The End Of The World Is Bigger Than Love.” I loved it two months ago, obviously, but I love it even more today after reading his explanation.
It was the day before the american election 2008 and I was filled with a hopelessness that only a McCain supporter could have shared...
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WatchI made a trailer for The ‘burbs set to music from The Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs. It took hours. Why did I spend time on this when I could just be WATCHING THE ‘BURBS AGAIN?
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Excellent emails from roommates:
Note: watching Katy Perry on DVR’d SNL. I had managed to limit my Katy Perry exposure in life sufficiently where I was only aware of the idea that she needs to die in a fire. Now my eyes cannot unsee, and my ears cannot unhear, the reality of how hard Katy Perry needs to die in a fire. I mean, holy fuck. She’s… She’s… Just awful. -End transmission-
Top Chef: Just Desserts
I just got that. 10 seconds ago.
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“Oh, this has gotta be the good life
This has gotta be the good life
This could...”
– My nightmares, my dreams, and OneRepublic. Mostly my dreams.
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What is the proper course of action when one...
I don’t know what to do to/with myself.
Brunch with Rachel and her wonderfully peppy world...
Rachel: I'm going to order another Bellini.
Me: Really?
Rachel: Yeah! I'm on vacation!
Me: You are?
Rachel: It's the weekend! Until Monday I am!
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YOU'VE GOT A PROBLEM.
PROBLEM: Though they are many in number, You’ve Got Mail fans have never found it socially acceptable to publicly profess their love for the classic Ephron film. NEED: A big event at which fans can wear YGM love on the sleeves of their pea coats. A friendly, judgment-free environment where quoting Steve Zahn and Greg Kinnear isn’t merely tolerated, it’s encouraged. SOLUTION: ?????????...
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SEEING STARS AT TERMINAL 5 IN 5 HOURS AH!
You guys, last time I saw them was for their “In Our Bedroom After the War” tour and it was wonderful. WONDERFUL. Why? Because Amy stumbled on stage late and missed her vocal entrance because SHE WAS TOO BUSY DRINKING CHAMPAGNE. She continued drinking champagne throughout the set and still performed better than anyone you’ve ever met ever. Then they threw fake flowers at...
