January 2011
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December 2010
85 posts
AN OPEN LETTER TO PUMPKIN-FLAVORED SEASONAL TREATS... →
All of these are funny, but this one hits it right on the nose. Remember me, Pumpkin Pie Flavored Pop-Tarts?
WatchReasons why I had to post this trailer:
1. Josh Ritter playing in the entire second half
2. Natalie Portman: we JYAs love her
3. MAX MEDINA from Gilmore Girls (it’s nice to know he got over Lorelai)
4. Lisa Kudrow could probably use a Friend about now
College Student
Dad: Remember me? Sniff! Sniff!
Me: I love you daddy… and I saw you Monday!
Dad:
Dad: But it’s almost Thursday…. :(
(THIS IS PART OF EVERY CONVERSATION I HAVE WITH MY FATHER!)
"I've read Jane Austen...and I think she would...
it’s scenes like this that make gilmore girls so wonderful.
Paris: A tragic waste of paper. Jess: I can’t believe you just said that. Paris: Well it’s true. The Beats’ writing was completely self-indulgent. I have 1 word for Jack Kerouac: Edit. Jess: It was not self-indulgent, The Beats believed in shocking people, stirring things up. Paris: They believed in...
beautiful night
it’s been raining all evening. i love this weather!
lovely soundtrack to go with it.
“So, please, oh please, we beg, we pray, go throw your TV set away, and in its...”
– Roald Dahl (via libraryland)
“You’ll find that you’re not the first person who was ever confused and...”
– J.D Salinger (via nathanielstuart)
Sense and Sensibility
Dad: OMG! Sense & Sensibility is on Encore3. Bring the girls over and we’ll all cry together when Mr Edward Faris tells Eleanor that he is not, in fact, married. (Willoughby=douchebag, btw.)
I’ve flown around the world in a...
“An artist’s only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on...”
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I stumbled upon this quote when rereading F&Z (in a losing fight against insomnia here) and, having just watched both The Black Swan and the film adaptation of The Fountainhead, it seems frighteningly relevant.
If the only Salinger you’ve read is Catcher in the Rye (which I must admit...
“I like to see flowers growing, but when they are gathered, they cease to please....”
– Villette by Charlotte Bronte
the eyre affair: the book for people that love...
You don’t have to have read Jane Eyre in order to enjoy Jasper Fforde’s genre-bending first novel in the Thursday Next series; you just have to love books.
I called this series genre-bending, but perhaps genre-blending is more appropriate: it’s equal parts sci-fi (time stops, alternate universes), humor (a character’s name is Jack Schitt), romance, crime, fantasy and...
favorite literary love letters
In honor of the night before Jesus’ birth (and the Winter Solstice), my mom and I took in a few film adaptations of my favorite books: The Fountainhead and Persuasion (BBC version). The end of Persuasion always rekindles my adoration for the perfectly crafted literary love letter; earnest, honest and altogether swoon-worthy (so I’ve got two X chromosomes, sue me!). Don’t get me...
Easy to Please
Me: Hey, is it okay if I see a movie?
Dad: Yes.
Me: Thanks.
Dad: I’m proud of who you are
dear joe wright...
pride and prejudice, atonement and now…hanna?
this looks potentially awesome. can’t wait to see it.
sidenote, checked out joe wright’s upcoming releases: anna karenina and little mermaid? right on.
Emily Lately
Just some things I’ve been reading, watching and listening to lately. Basically, I’m Chelsea but instead of Chuy I’ve got Max.
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READING:
As evidenced by some of my earlier posts, I really enjoyed...
Emily Lately
Just some things I’ve been reading, watching and listening to lately. Basically, I’m Chelsea but instead of Chuy I’ve got Max.
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READING:
As evidenced by some of my earlier posts, I really enjoyed...
“Everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child...”
– Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 (via liquidnight)
discovering the "why"
As most people who actually read this already know, I’ve been using the break to (aside from “relaxing” and cramming for my MCAT) do some real research on what I eat, why I eat it and what’s both objectively right and right for me. As a vegetarian for over 7 years, I obviously already intuitively knew that I had personal qualms with eating meat. What I haven’t always...
National Geographic Magazine: Lunar Eclipse... →
nationalgeographicmagazine:
A total lunar eclipse glows red over Germany (file picture).
Photograph by Heribert Proepper, AP Andrew Fazekas
for National Geographic News
Updated December 20, 1020, 2:55 p.m. ET In 2010, for the first time since 1638, a total lunar eclipse falls on the winter solstice—a stargazing…
to those who say vegetarians are sentamentalists
Two friends are ordering lunch. One says, “I’m in the mood for a burger,” and orders it. The other says, “I’m in the mood for a burger,” but remembers that there are things more important to him than what he is in the mood for at any given moment, and orders something else. Who is the sentimentalist?
Whether we’re talking about fish species, pigs, or some other eaten animal, is such...
discovering the "why"
As most people who actually read this already know, I’ve been using the break to (aside from “relaxing” and cramming for my MCAT) do some real research on what I eat, why I eat it and what’s both objectively right and right for me. As a vegetarian for over 7 years, I obviously already intuitively knew that I had personal qualms with eating meat. What I haven’t always...