July 2008
3 posts
How to Write With Style, by Kurt Vonnegut →
alexblagg:
Hmm…he forgot to mention “Liberal use of puns”.
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...
June 2008
7 posts
6 years ago: a match made in lurker heaven
alicia: im telling that girl about how you and i first became friends
me: haha
alicia: because you saw my "lj" picture screensaver and i asked you if you were going to bright eyes
me: and it was magic. cReEpY magic. and kind of emo.
“LET’S suppose you’ve decided to eat less meat, or are considering it. And let’s...”
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The Minimalist - The Minimalist - Putting Meat in Its Place - NYTimes.com (via adamiss)
nice find, adam.
(via soupsoup)
Most people assume that I’m vegetarian for some moral, animals-are-people-too reason. And the majority of them are taken aback when I say that I don’t eat meat...
More Of My Friends Get Engaged Or Married
Scott: do you need a good laugh at my expense? [Insert link to his new engagement/wedding website]
Me: more like a good BARF
Scott: you're more like a good barf!
May 2008
6 posts
I have friends who get married now
Me: I sent my RSVP for your wedding. I guess this means i HAVE to go.
Austin: ha! sucker!
They don't have Biscuitville in Texas
Me: im going to get you a biscuit from biscuitville and mail it to you. do you think that would work?
Dino: i don't see why it wouldn't. that would make me so happy if that worked, especially if it was a sausage, egg, and cheese biscuit.
Me: alright what's your new address?
Dino: XXX W Yth ST. Austin TX. Attn: Dino, Warning: perishable.
Me: i bet if i overnighted it, it would be fine
Dino: i bet i'd eat it.
“My Only Offer” from Mates of...
March 2008
7 posts
Twitter grows in influence →
“I’ve been doing A LOT more training and education on social media — both internally and with clients. This is a great sign that B2B companies really are believing that social media can’t be ignored….”
Why Kids Curse | NPR →
This is great - The first time I said the F-word as a kid it was because I am awesome at remembering things like song lyrics and movie quotes and I really really loved Adventures in Babysitting when I was 5. 5-year-old-me was rehashing the scene when they’re in the subway with the dueling gangs. I perfectly quoted it all the way to the part when Elisabeth Shue steps in and says...
The Wire | So Many Characters, Yet So Little... →
“The Wire” went out the way it came in five seasons ago, not so much tying up loose ends, though it did, as meticulously proving that there is no end. For every major character who died or moved on, a new incarnation sprang up.
The Wire's War on the Drug War →
(via katespencer)
The Fate Of Video
Wired published this great article in its March issue addressing the fact that video - including film and television - is traveling down the same path that music did in the late-90’s and into the early-2000’s. That path being the quick descent into free mass distribution via the Internet; also know as Piracy. I know that I’ve nearly exhausted the conversation about how I don’t like to pay for...
“As the pressures on journalism have increased, so the PR industry has come along...”
– John Lanchester Related (via alexbalk)
February 2008
1 post
January 2008
3 posts
'Scott is busy. You may be interrupting.'
Scott: http://www.lasagnacat.com
Scott: YOU'RE WELCOME.
me: that is like the weirdest shit
Scott: it gets weirder and weirder.
Scott: 5/22/1980 is the best one.
me: so weird
Scott: i can't stop watching.
Scott: and i had to share my confusion and amazement.
(Kimya Dawson - Loose Lips; from the Juno...
The Believer - Nick Hornby's Interview with David... →
“MY STANDARD FOR VERISIMILITUDE IS SIMPLE AND I CAME TO IT WHEN I STARTED TO WRITE PROSE NARRATIVE: FUCK THE AVERAGE READER.” Some things television is good for: Catharsis Depicting the “other” America Pissing off the mayor
December 2007
1 post
100 Young Americans →