December 2009
122 posts
“My thoughts were so loud I couldn’t hear my mouth”
IGIF's Winter '09 Mix
[MP3] Lady of the Sunshine - Lady of the Sunshine I didn’t listen to very much acoustic, folky music this year (for whatever reason), but “Lady of the Sunshine” is one song I couldn’t avoid— a lovely little sleeper that’ll tug at your heartstrings if it doesn’t coax you into a warm night’s sleep first. Simply beautiful. [MP3] Grizzly Bear - Easier...
Fuck off, cell phones. Fuck off, texting and... →
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Algonquin Peak 12/29
mattrichter:
First outing with the 5d, still managed to function (albeit slowly) in subzero temperatures!
Dude, the quality is great.. damn.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-27) →
Gang of Four (9)
Jay-Z (7)
Lauryn Hill (7)
Grizzly Bear (4)
David Bowie (3)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
monsta:
fullybaked:
Feelings are not supposed to be logical. Dangerous is the man who has rationalized his emotions.
Andrew Querner - Shelter from the Storm
mattrichter:
in the latest issue of Alpinist:
“In the world of sports, climbing occupies a lonely place. Without witnesses, participants play in a desolate arena fraught with perils both real and imagined…But as willing players, we not only accept climbing’s cerebral nature, we embrace it.”
more here
So bad ass
Words That Don't Exist in the English Language
enormousair:
msodradek:
bellavita:
colleenlouise:ryanalexandersincere:justan:
L’esprit de l’escalier: (French) The feeling you get after leaving a conversation, when you think of all the things you should have said. Translated it means “the spirit of the staircase.”
this is one of my faves, tho maybe “staircase wit” is a little better.
merrie christmas, odrie.
Charlie Brown Christmas (obligatory) →
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most definitely
Breaking Update: Winter Break, Day 3
enormousair:
petitchou:
Bowls of homemade (oh, to be retired) Kit Kat ice cream consumed: 2
Conversation witnessed between my mother and a movie theater vendor:
Vendor: That will be $3.50, ma’am. Mom: But that sign says $2.00 for hot tea. Vendor: Yes, but you have a large cup. Mom: This is the cup you gave me. Vendor: A large is $3.50. Mom: Let me get this straight: you want me to pay over...
bebelestrange:
Tupac - Changes
A wish for...
Executions
areza:
Whoever it was that said Texas executes more people than any other place, you probably should have done a little more research before saying anything, and have facts straight.
Cara already gave a site how there are facts that show China is the one place that does it more, and then in Iran. Iran is known for its harsh executions, and for even making them public to people. Things that...
“But is there anyone who’s really good? Maybe goodness is just...”
– From Akira Kurosawa’s Rashomon
“Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe...”
– Noam Chomsky (via eunichick) (via quote-book)
“There is a fundamental flaw in the West’s strategic thinking. In all its...”
– The Case Against the West by Kishore Mahbubani
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-20) →
Modest Mouse (9)
Passion Pit (6)
Phoenix (3)
Bruce Springsteen (2)
Radiohead (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Sigur Ròs : Heima →
fragmentsonly:
Please share this! This is so amazing and beautiful. It is what making music should be about.
When will white people stop making movies like... →
spaceships:
In both Avatar and District 9, humans are the cause of alien oppression and distress. Then, a white man who was one of the oppressors switches sides at the last minute, assimilating into the alien culture and becoming its savior […]
These are movies about white guilt. Our main white characters realize that they are complicit in a system which is destroying aliens, AKA people of...
“Capital is dead labor, which, vampire-like, lives only by sucking living labor,...”
– Marx, Capital, Volume I, Chapter 10.
“labor value extracted from living bodies and congealed in the parasitically animated body of capital” (Antonis Balasopoulos)
“the abstraction of value which, in a bloodless movement, vampirizes all of the worker’s labor and, transforming itself into...
WatchA film maker records ambiance
““Take that one, too,” he said. “The one with his hands on the...”
– For Whom The Bell Tolls
Ten Movies From '70s Hollywood You Need To See (If... →
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“Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round...”
– Jack Kerouac (via samsaramotel) (via petersantiago)
