The social web embodies all of us and as we progress forward, I’m realizing that there are some really core concepts embodying all of these services. When it comes down to it, the social web is…
Chicago, ILI would like to start a chain of Town Hall Pub photobooth pics.
Lauren? Can you help?
All of these people are super famous Chicago comedians.
Oh! I have one! (see below) Ryan Locante, Jeremy Griffin and me!
horses x 4
Embarrassing AIM handles you had when you were a kid.
jgh:
Assignment is self-explanatory: reblog with any ridiculous AIM handles you had as a tween.
I’ll start, in honor of the latest X-Files flick: when I was 13, my AIM was ScullyJess.
Your turn!
Leilaco. Created by my dad when I was in sixth grade. I wanted Leila12, but my dad rightly pointed out that not only should I not be stating my age on the internet, but that then I would be Leila12 for LIFE.
strikelf (which was supposed to be read as StrikeLF, because I was a softball pitcher and my initials are LF - but everyone thought it was “strike elf”, thanks to my dad’s lack of capitalization, which couldn’t be changed in 1995)
Skeetr00 (I liked Skeeter from the muppets)
Choire Sicha — my FORMER BOSS — signals that his post on the Jessica Roy affair is ready. If I weren’t half in the bag already there’s NO WAY this would have gone up with me in it, but there I am, so there I am. As Choire used to tell me when he was MY BOSS, this is why you shouldn’t drink during work. Also? One of those rape jokes is mine.
My favorite thing about this article is this comment by KarenUhOh:
“Shit. I was all hot and bothered to pitch an idea about people who write about people who write about people writing about people. But now you tell me some person has already written about people who have been writing about it.”
Michael Ian Black - very famous.
I just bought his new book, My Custom Van: And 50 Other Mind-Blowing Essays that Will Blow Your Mind All Over Your Face, and I’m pretty stoked to read it this weekend!
I was secretly rooting for Ricco in the Tour de France (although I’d really like to see Kirchen or Vandevelde win), and now I’m devastated.
I understand, to a certain extent, why athletes cheat in professional sports (pressure, inflated confidence, desperation), but I can’t believe they would risk their reputations, careers and their’s teammates’ careers by doping. Not to mention, things like this ruin their sport. Ugh.
Hmm…he forgot to mention “Liberal use of puns”.
So I think I might be addicted to Jazzercise. But, evidently, I’m not the only person under 50 who is!
Am I the only one trying to figure out just what the fuck NonSociety.com is (besides one big ego circle jerk for three hot chicks with mediocre minds)?
Meh, I think I just nailed it.
I think my favorite part is that Julia Allison’s “tagline” is “Dating Columnist + Publicity Whore.” Classy.
Ira Glass: Storytelling and the Creative Process
A large (and frankly, scary) part of my graduate program will include being creative and having actual artistic skills (which I have very little of). Another large part (that I feel more comfortable with) is storytelling; but I’m already feeling anxious about all the details that go into telling other people’s stories: how to find “good” compelling stories, how to deliver the story, how to illustrate it. And also, coping with not being good at it to begin with.
I’ve only recently gotten into This American Life … today, I came across these videos of [Ira Glass] talking about the creative process and storytelling…
Full text of post HERE.
(via LifeHacker)
I think I will attempt to read Wuthering Heights, again. I’ve never gotten more than halfway through without wanting to hurl the books through an open window.
Third time’s the charm right?
I wanted to so badly to like that novel. But I just couldn’t. When I read it, I felt like I was watching a very chaotic movie that was filmed entirely in the dark. Maybe I should try again, too?
