I can’t wait to hear Hans Zimmer’s score to The Dark Knight Rises because I know it will be like sex to my ears.
May 2012
“We tell ourselves stories in order to live…We look for the sermon in the suicide, for the social or moral lesson in the murder of five. We interpret what we see, select the most workable of the multiple choices. We live entirely, especially if we are writers, by the imposition of a narrative line upon disparate images, by the ‘ideas’ with which we have learned to freeze the shifting phantasmagoria which is our actual experience.”
—Joan Didion, The White Album (via walkwhilereading)
“The U.S. senators and representatives who refuse even to consider raising taxes on the rich—they squall like scalded babies (usually on Fox News) every time the subject comes up—are not, by and large, superrich themselves, although many are millionaires and all have had the equivalent of Obamacare for years. They simply idolize the rich. Don’t ask me why; I don’t get it either, since most rich people are as boring as old, dead dog shit. The Mitch McConnells and John Boehners and Eric Cantors just can’t seem to help themselves. These guys and their right-wing supporters regard deep pockets like Christy Walton and Sheldon Adelson the way little girls regard Justin Bieber … which is to say, with wide eyes, slack jaws, and the drool of adoration dripping from their chins. I’ve gotten the same reaction myself, even though I’m only “baby rich” compared with some of these guys, who float serenely over the lives of the struggling middle class like blimps made of thousand-dollar bills.”
—Stephen King: Tax Me, for F@%&’s Sake!
(via blackma)
#200 Katniss often dreamed of Rue, but she was always just out of reach up a tree or across a meadow. On one occasion, however, as Katniss stood with tears pouring down her face, Rue had come close enough to ask "Why are you crying?". "Because I should have saved you. And I didn't." Katniss had replied, eyes still dripping with tears. But in response to this Rue had beamed, taken her hand, and whispered in reply: "Yes you did".
April 2012
Parents
Girls Time with Peggy and Joan is just the best.
“…Someone dumped you?”
bahahaha <333
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A student blows up at a teacher, drops the F-bomb. The usual approach at Lincoln – and, safe to say, at most high schools in this country – is automatic suspension. Instead, Sporleder sits the kid down and says quietly: “Wow. Are you OK? This doesn’t sound like you. What’s going on?”
He gets even more specific: “You really looked stressed. On a scale of 1-10, where are you with your anger?” The kid was ready. Ready, man! For an anger blast to his face….”How could you do that?” “What’s wrong with you?”…and for the big boot out of school. But he was NOT ready for kindness.
The armor-plated defenses melt like ice under a blowtorch and the words pour out: “My dad’s an alcoholic. He’s promised me things my whole life and never keeps those promises.” The waterfall of words that go deep into his home life, which is no piece of breeze, end with this sentence: “I shouldn’t have blown up at the teacher.” Whoa.
” —Lincoln High School in Walla Walla, WA, tries new approach to school discipline — suspensions drop 85% (via mchotdog)
what a radical idea yo
(via matthewdgold)
So much to download to upgrade my Sims
As of right now: Playoffs
- Rose injury did not surprise me but the severity did. Still, I think the Bulls can take out Philly without Rose but would probably exit in the second round.
- I said Pacers in 5 and I’m still going to go with that, though I am glad for the Magic.
- OKC in 7 still looks likely but I need them to be better.
- With Shumpert out, the Knicks could get swept; but I think Chandler will get better and they could take one game at the most.
Reading up on ACLs have not made me feel any better
Just gave myself more information to internally sob over.
Rose out: ACL torn, rest of the season done.
I had prepared myself for this but, damn, does it still sting. For now I’ll take solace that medicine has mad strides, athletes do recover from this now; and though his game may have to change a bit (or maybe not), I believe Rose will come back and still be an excellent player.
By the end of these playoffs you'll probably be able to compose a vid of various injuries with some length to it
The Increasing Strangeness of James Bond Titles →
blackbookmag.com
At first blush, Die Another Day is sensical enough but really, what day? Had one died yesterday the point would be moot and one can’t die tomorrow since, as we saw in 1997, tomorrow never dies. Admittedly, Die At Some Point In The Future, though true, lacks stickiness. Things really turned weird after Daniel Craig’s first film Casino Royale. Whatever Quantum of Solace, his dark follow up, means is well beyond the normal cognitive abilities of the layperson. Sure, we know what a small unit of comfort may be but just because one can decipher something doesn’t mean the thing itself makes sense. It’s like ordering a cup of C8H10N4O2, instead of a cup of coffee.
