December 2011
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-25) →
Modest Mouse (3)
BadBadNotGood (2)
Blitzen Trapper (1)
Caribou (1)
Peace Harbor (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-18) →
The Books (11)
Panda Bear (1)
Black Moth Super Rainbow (1)
Otto Büchner, Violin/ Bamberg Symphony Orchestra/ Cond.: Hanspeter Gmür (1)
Efterklang (1)
Imported from …
Led by the child who simply knew →
The twin boys were identical in every way but one. Wyatt was a girl to the core, and now lives as one, with the help of a brave, loving family and a path-breaking doctor’s care.
via Boston Globe
Beverages
- the other day, at the tender age of 22, I experienced my first bottle of corked wine. It had refermented a bit, and while the slight bubbles and pine-nut/yeast flavor at the end were interesting, they weren’t right. It was a curious thing!
- No matter what this new kind of coffee I bought tastes like, I’ll probably finish the whole bag this week.
“But I always liked side-paths, little dark back-alleys behind the main...”
– Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov (via liquidnight)
I wish there were croissants the size of small dogs
My boyfriend’s computer has seen its last, so he was using mine last night to write a paper, check email/facebook etc. Today, when I went to facebook to wish my grandma a happy birthday, I didn’t understand why we weren’t listed as friends and sent a message anyhow. So, now grandma’s got a message from this boyfriend of mine, whom she hasn’t met yet, saying...
Rewards after having two essay nights in a row:
- G, as the nice guy he is, will be cooking sausages and pasta with yummy, spicy arrabiata sauce
- we’ll go over to a friends to watch the movie End of Evangelion because it provides some awesome escapism
- i’ll spend the rest of my time doodling, eating chocolates, and making terrible jokes …to avoid thinking about the...
“It is becoming more and more fashionable right now, this day and age, to use...”
– Pepper-spray inventor (via nickdouglas)
Funny how I get the most emails out of the way when I have the most other stuff to write…
Patrick Meighan, recently arrested as a protester... →
“What does it say about our country that nonviolent protesters are given the bottom of a police boot while those who steal hundreds of billions, do trillions worth of damage to our economy and shatter our social fabric for a generation are not only spared the zipcuffs but showered with rewards?”
Read this now.
Soup Update:
- using a potato masher is generally a good idea for pea soup, but only as long as one uses an oven mitt to hold it (otherwise, the steam is OW DAMNIT)
- I think it’s time to make some toast for teh cruncheez