February 2011
42 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-2-27) →
ARLT (35)
The Decemberists (14)
The New Pornographers (14)
Lady Gaga (8)
LCD Soundsystem (6)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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“Music has a power of forming the character, and should therefore be introduced...”
– Aristotle
Things I'm excited about for Spring!
Segway tour at some point when its warm with Erin and Andrew! We will avoid cliffs!
Squirrels games! We will overpay for beer!
Duke Lemur Center - Josh, I’m coming to visit and we will play with lemurs!
Flowers and green stuff! I will sneeze a lot!
Um, St. Patricks day, where I will once again use my VCR to watch Darby O’Gill and the Little People. It is the only time a year I...
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Cindy Sherman Retrospective at MoMA 2012 →
I will desperately be needing to see this. Road trip anyone?
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“Abraham Lincoln once said if you are a racist, I will attack you with the north.”
– Michael Scott (h/t to Courtney H for reminding me about this quote).
I want to buy two or three of these things. →
carrtrubl:
In other news, the moment the product starts selling, I will be purchasing them. In a quantity larger than one. I really do hope Engadget’s intuition about the product moving away from vaporware status proves to be true. I would become these things’ number one fan in a heartbeat.
Oooo! Want want want want want! *Colbert grabby hands*
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WatchRobert Wuhl, Assume the Position (NSFW probably - swearing and mimed colonial sex).
I’m doing library instruction for a professor who is having his kids write about the “Liberty Valance Effect”, which comes from the video above. I actually really liked the video - it’s pretty amusing.
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Tao Te Ching online →
Instead of being an annoying prat and quoting a bunch of this all morning, I’m just going to link to it. Well worth a read if you haven’t.
I don’t agree with the stance on education, among other things, but I like the parts like the one about being whole because of acknowledging the missing parts.
“If you are depressed you are living in the past.
If you are anxious you are...”
– Lao Tzu (via paintyhands, maluna) (via hitrecordjoe)
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Richmond Relay for Life
When I was in college, we had a HUGE Relay for Life event. The community pulled together, there was music and food and laughing and fun. I participated every year, and when my grandfather passed away from leukemia, it provided me a place to give a nice tribute for him.
Then, my senior year, my mom was diagnosed with cancer. I felt ridiculously guilty for not dropping everything to go home and...
10 Myths and Truths about Atheists →
I’m not sure who linked this today (I opened it in a new tab, forgot about it, and then just found it and read it). But I liked it.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-2-6) →
Rilo Kiley (24)
The Decemberists (18)
She & Him (17)
MGMT (10)
Phoenix (3)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Someone just said The Black Eyed Peas are the...
jincorrigible:
heyimchrista:
DO NOT TAKE THAT TITLE AWAY FROM NICKLEBACK.
I’m so glad other people hate Nickleback as much as I do. :’D ♥
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WatchThe Dodos – “Black Night”
