December 2009
86 posts
RT @jessebdylan Extinction Countdown: Man convicted for killing and eating China’s last Indochinese tiger http://bit.ly/8PLfR3
As a Somali pirate I would of course wear a DARE tshirt, a pair of Costco Calvin...
– mindykaling
“terminator salvation” is ridiculously fun on blu-ray.
got a wallet filled with pesos.
pesos are not worth as much as you’d think.
ringing in christmas with a double feature of alan rickman christmas movies: “die hard” and “love actually”.
against all odds, i’m beginning to prefer “kid a” to “in rainbows”.
just finished wrapping @JoeNucara and @jenlamothe’s xmas gifts. @zophasaurus has probably logged 24 hours of play time on hers (…hey-o!).
my cousin’s kid has returned. i demonstrated the wonders of youtube and explained why donald duck is far superior to mickey mouse.
My Ten Favourite Albums of the Decade (Updated)
In alphabetical order:
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Attack In Black - Years (By One Thousand Fingertips)
Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head
Johnny Cash - American IV: The Man Comes Around
Kanye West - Late Registration
Radiohead - Kid A
Sigur Rós - ( )
TV on the Radio - Dear Science
U2 - No Line on the Horizon
Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
My Ten Favourite Movies of the Decade (Updated)
10. Che (2008)
9. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
8. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
7. Almost Famous (2000)
6. There Will Be Blood (2007)
5. Avatar (2009)
4. The Lord of the Rings (2001-2003)
3. The Dark Knight (2008)
2. Children of Men (2006)
1. Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
Punch it.
– Lando Calrissian, Star Wars, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
My exciting last two days:
Yesterday morning/early afternoon spent xmas shopping with Sara
Then H1N1 shot at 2:30
Got to the Rabbit to find out the right rear tire was flat
Drove it to the Shell, filled it up, drove it around for a bit
Went home, listened to the tire, found out it was still leaking air
Drove to VW, left it there for the night
Took the Passat, went to group dinner at...
should have asked him about “diabeetus testin’ supplies”: http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2009/12/wilford_brimley.html
Ben, Ben… Leia, Leia… Tom Selleck…
Yes, he just said that.
loved the tim hortons cannister on the apartment roof on himym tonight.
Montaigne’s voyage— like that of Alcofrybas Nasier (an anagram of...
– Michel de Certeau, “Monaigne’s ‘Of Cannibals’”, reason #1 why writing this thesis isn’t half as enjoyable as it should be
would i be a horrible person if i said “it’s about time”? http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121392365
Watching “Avatar”, I felt sort of the same as when I saw “Star...
– Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times, 11 December 2009
RT @Broslife: Happy Chanukah to all the chicks I met on J-Date.