March 11, 2010
It is perhaps the only point at which Lost evokes thoughts of Saved by the Bell: At the end of every episode we want to quote Jessie Spano yelping, “There isn’t any time!
We’ve Learned More Than You Think on Lost This Season — Vulture
March 11, 2010
One of the boys I dated, and they were boys, suggested that we go to Paris and I said I’d always wanted to see Paris. As if I’d never been!

An Education

I’ve been thinking about this quote a lot. I feel like I do the same thing, not so much with love affairs and trips to Paris, but other stuff. You know what I mean?

March 11, 2010 • 1 note
Mad Men’ represents so beautifully the universe that created Barbie. The personification of Betty Draper as Barbie is particularly resonant because she represents “the wife who lives in her dream house whose soul is eaten away. I have this fantasy of an 8-year-old getting a set and saying: ‘Mom, can Chelsea come over? We want to play “The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit.” I’m going to be the organization man, and she’s going to be the soulless drone.’

Professor Bob Thompson, Syracuse Univ. re: those Mad Men dolls.

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On Tuesday, Thompson told me he would be in the NYTimes the next day talking about Mad Men, and that he hoped they would “use his quote.” I’m glad they did.

March 10, 2010 • 30 notes
Stories, like people and butterflies and songbirds’ eggs and human hearts and dreams, are also fragile things, made up of nothing stronger or more lasting than twenty-six letters and a handful of punctuation marks. Or they are words on the air, composed of sounds and ideas - abstract, invisible, gone once they’ve been spoken - and what could be more frail than that? But some stories, small, simple ones about setting out on adventures or people doing wonders, tales of miracles and monsters, have outlasted all the people who told them, and some of them have outlasted the lands in which they were created.
Neil Gaiman (via astrophysics) (via fuckyeahgaiman) (via allshallfade) (via firstandamistad)
March 10, 2010
BRENNAN: You know, intellectually I know that jealousy is absurd. But I see that it’s real for people. I even experience it myself.
BOOTH: So… who are you jealous of?
BRENNAN: Angela. Hodgins. Cam. You.
BOOTH: Why?
BRENNAN: Because you all want to lose yourself in another person. You believe that love is transcendent and eternal. I want to believe that, too.
BOOTH: Hey, you will. I promise. Someday you will. You will someday, okay? You will.

Bones - Cinderella in the Cardboard (4x20)

I repeat. If you’re not watching Bones, you’re missing out.

March 9, 2010 • 2 notes

Whose phone calls or visits are never unwanted or too long? Do you see her face? Who would you most like to have in your life to ward off moments of loneliness? Do you see her face? When you travel, who would make your travels more enjoyable? Do you see her face? When you’re in pain, who would you most like to comfort you? Do you see her face? When something wonderful happens in your life… a promotion at work, a successful refinancing… who do you want to share the news with? Do you see her face? Whose face appears to you, my friend? Whose face?

andmyocean:

yeah-its-gilmore-girls:

Luke sees her face. :)

I’ve been thinking about this quote off and on for a few weeks now.

March 9, 2010
A really funny Scott Simon at Hendricks Chapel.

A really funny Scott Simon at Hendricks Chapel.

March 9, 2010
The Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas today announced that it has acquired the papers of David Foster Wallace. The collection includes “manuscript materials for Wallace’s books, stories and essays; research materials; Wallace’s college and graduate school writings; juvenilia, including poems, stories and letters; teaching materials and books.” The Center’s blog has more details.

The archives are a window into his mind | MetaFilter (via peterwknox)

Here’s what I don’t get, why University of Texas? Are they just the only ones who bid on it / approached his estate? Why not Amherst, Ithaca or Claremont? Either way - I’m glad his papers are getting cataloged. I would catalog those papers in a heartbeat.

March 7, 2010 • 1 note

Oscar Checklist Update

Whew. Considering how I started out the season I don’t think I do too badly - I’ve seen the favorites in every category at least, and nine out of ten Best Picture nominees.

I have my traditional Oscar Chinese food, and I’ve settled in to one of the Newhouse class rooms with the Oscars on the big screen and my computer open for a “working” Oscars viewing.

Actor in a Leading Role

  • Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart”
  • George Clooney in “Up in the Air”
  • Colin Firth in “A Single Man”
  • Morgan Freeman in “Invictus”
  • Jeremy Renner in “The Hurt Locker”

Actor in a Supporting Role

  • Matt Damon in “Invictus”
  • Woody Harrelson in “The Messenger”
  • Christopher Plummer in “The Last Station”
  • Stanley Tucci in “The Lovely Bones”
  • Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds”

Actress in a Leading Role

  • Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side”
  • Helen Mirren in “The Last Station”
  • Carey Mulligan in “An Education”
  • Gabourey Sidibe in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
  • Meryl Streep in “Julie & Julia”

Actress in a Supporting Role

  • Penélope Cruz in “Nine”
  • Vera Farmiga in “Up in the Air”
  • Maggie Gyllenhaal in “Crazy Heart”
  • Anna Kendrick in “Up in the Air”
  • Mo’Nique in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”

Animated Feature Film

  • “Coraline” Henry Selick
  • “Fantastic Mr. Fox” Wes Anderson
  • “The Princess and the Frog” John Musker and Ron Clements
  • “The Secret of Kells” Tomm Moore
  • “Up” Pete Docter

Directing

  • “Avatar” James Cameron
  • “The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow
  • “Inglourious Basterds” Quentin Tarantino
  • “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels
  • “Up in the Air” Jason Reitman

Music (Original Score)

  • “Avatar” James Horner
  • “Fantastic Mr. Fox” Alexandre Desplat
  • “The Hurt Locker” Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
  • “Sherlock Holmes” Hans Zimmer
  • “Up” Michael Giacchino

Best Picture

  • “Avatar” James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
  • “The Blind Side” Nominees to be determined
  • “District 9” Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers
  • “An Education” Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
  • “The Hurt Locker” Nominees to be determined
  • “Inglourious Basterds” Lawrence Bender, Producer
  • “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers
  • “A Serious Man” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers
  • “Up” Jonas Rivera, Producer
  • “Up in the Air” Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers

Visual Effects

  • “Avatar” Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
  • “District 9” Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken
  • “Star Trek” Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

  • “District 9” Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
  • “An Education” Screenplay by Nick Hornby
  • “In the Loop” Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
  • “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
  • “Up in the Air” Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

Writing (Original Screenplay)

  • “The Hurt Locker” Written by Mark Boal
  • “Inglourious Basterds” Written by Quentin Tarantino
  • “The Messenger” Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
  • “A Serious Man” Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
  • “Up” Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy
March 7, 2010
Coming in just under the Oscar-wire, I just finished watching An Education, which I loved. Also it completely solidified my newly forming girl-crush on Carey Mulligan. “Maybe our lives are always going to end up with pony essays. Or housework. And yes, maybe we’ll go up to Oxford. But if we’re all going to die the moment we graduate, maybe it’s what we do before that counts.”

Coming in just under the Oscar-wire, I just finished watching An Education, which I loved.

Also it completely solidified my newly forming girl-crush on Carey Mulligan.

“Maybe our lives are always going to end up with pony essays. Or housework. And yes, maybe we’ll go up to Oxford. But if we’re all going to die the moment we graduate, maybe it’s what we do before that counts.”