get a gimmick

"Stories, like people and butterflies and songbirds’ eggs and human hearts and dreams, are also..."

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:54:25 -0500

“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)

"BRENNAN: You know, intellectually I know that jealousy is absurd. But I see that it’s real for..."

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:26:00 -0500

“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.

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?

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:21:04 -0500

andmyocean:

yeah-its-gilmore-girls:

Luke sees her face. :)

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

A really funny Scott Simon at Hendricks Chapel.

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:45:05 -0500

A really funny Scott Simon at Hendricks Chapel.

"The Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas today announced that it has acquired the papers..."

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:03:55 -0500

“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.

Oscar Checklist Update

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:33:00 -0500

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

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

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:21:00 -0500

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.”

circlegame: Far Away - Ingrid Michaelson Far away far away, I...

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:26:11 -0500

circlegame:

Far Away - Ingrid Michaelson

Far away far away, I want to go far away.
To a new life on a new shore line.
Where the water is blue and the people are new

Just about sums up how I feel. Let’s blow this Popsicle stand.

"I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had to explain to little girls, ‘Shhh, I’m in disguise!’ One..."

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:41:10 -0500

“I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had to explain to little girls, ‘Shhh, I’m in disguise!’ One time I was at an airport and I was spotted by an adorable three year old. I thought I’d ruined her life. She looked at me as if to say, ‘You’re not Gisele!’ I thought, ‘I can’t be responsible for her loss of faith,’ so I told her in my Gisele voice that I was in disguise so that Queen Narissa couldn’t find me. And she was like, ‘Oooh!’”

- Amy Adams

"Media aimed at the female of the species from adolescence on up hammers on a few simple messages. 1)..."

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:51:34 -0500

“Media aimed at the female of the species from adolescence on up hammers on a few simple messages. 1) If you’re not heterosexual — or for some other reason don’t see landing a boyfriend as your primary purpose in life — you don’t exist. 2) Landing a boyfriend is about understanding What Guys Want and doing whatever it takes to become that. 3) Keeping a boyfriend is about continuing to be What Guys Want, and if your relationship fails, it’s probably because you did something Guys Hate.”

- “Hook-up culture’s” bad rap - Broadsheet - Salon.com

popculturebrain: The model for “American Idiot” on B’Way. - Tom...

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:43:18 -0500

popculturebrain:

The model for “American Idiot” on B’Way. - Tom “Hanx” on Twitpic

From Tom Hanks of all people. Odd but thanks Hanx.

It looks like the set design of Rent + Spring Awakening = American Idiot.

firstandamistad: ashalee: woodycakes: damnprecious23:...

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:32:06 -0500

firstandamistad:

ashalee:

woodycakes: damnprecious23: lillyc87: wallofstars: meant2b: uhavealwayshadmyback: kafuffle: puffandruffle: giveme-a-reason: chasethememories: renisanz: adistantutopia: (via fandomsecrets)

song

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:08:00 -0500

You’re wondering if I’m lonely:
OK then, yes, I’m lonely
as a plane rides lonely and level
on its radio beam, aiming
across the Rockies
for the blue-strung aisles
of an airfield on the ocean.

You want to ask, am I lonely?
Well, of course, lonely
as a woman driving across country
day after day, leaving behind
mile after mile
little towns she might have stopped
and lived and died in, lonely

If I’m lonely
it must be the loneliness
of waking first, of breathing
dawns’ first cold breath on the city
of being the one awake
in a house wrapped in sleep

If I’m lonely
it’s with the rowboat ice-fast on the shore
in the last red light of the year
that knows what it is, that knows it’s neither
ice nor mud nor winter light
but wood, with a gift for burning

- Adrienne Rich

popculturebrain: Hulu - Best In Show March Madness “While...

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:31:58 -0500

popculturebrain:

Hulu - Best In Show March Madness

“While college basketball fans are gearing up for a frenzy of office pools, buzzer beaters and upsets this March, Hulu decided to stir up a little competition of our own. For the month of March, we’re teaming up with all our fans and TV critic Ken Tucker (Entertainment Weekly) to see which of this season’s shows come out on top. Who will make it to the final four and go on to the big dance? It’s too soon to say, but cast your votes each week to see who advances to the next round. Bracket winners will be announced each Monday, with the ultimate champion revealed April 5.”

So awesome. Go vote people. I’ll do predictions tomorrow, maybe I’ll do 2 predictions, one based on what I think the votes will be and the other based on quality.

"You get your tickets for ‘The Lion King’ a year in advance, and essentially a family comes as if to..."

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:29:42 -0500

““You get your tickets for ‘The Lion King’ a year in advance, and essentially a family comes as if to a picnic, and they pass on to their children the idea that that’s what the theater is - a spectacular musical you see once a year, a stage version of a movie. It has nothing to do with theater at all. It has to do with seeing what is familiar. We live in a recycled culture.””

- Stephen Sondheim (via dansemotherfucker) (via fuckyeahsondheim)

Kimbra Hickey When part-time model Kimbra Hickey posed for the...

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:49:00 -0500

Kimbra Hickey

When part-time model Kimbra Hickey posed for the cover of Twilight in 2004, she had no idea that the book would be popular. Since then, the image of her hands, cradling an apple, have graced the covers of the millions of copies sold around the world. She still attends events promoting the book and signs autographs.

The Faces Behind the Famous Hands | The Big Money

Let’s file this under “nice work if you can get it.”

Tonight was the big Syracuse v. Villanova basketball game. I...

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:11:14 -0500

Tonight was the big Syracuse v. Villanova basketball game. I know it was a big deal, but the particulars of why it was such a big deal allude me.

I watched the game on TV tonight - and this graphic was by far my favorite. That’s a list of towns in New York with smaller populations than the attendance at the game in the Carrier Dome.

"This is a story about culture and how American urban culture defines how we live. New Orleans is an..."

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:18:31 -0500

“This is a story about culture and how American urban culture defines how we live. New Orleans is an extraordinary and unusual culture, but it comes from the same primal forces in American society of immigration and assimilation and non-assimilation and racism and post-racialism that really are the defining characteristics of this melting pot society. What is it about Americans that makes us Americans?”

- David Simon: Talking About His New Show “Treme”

“The 90th Anniversary Model has two-coat candy apple red...

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:49:15 -0500

“The 90th Anniversary Model has two-coat candy apple red finish, a 325-watt motor, 5 quart glass bowl with handle, pouring spout and measurement markings.”

90th Anniversary Limited Edition Stand Mixer

Candy apple red with a glass bowl. Want.

Gramps: Well you’re not yourself, I’ll give you...

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:05:00 -0500

Gramps: Well you’re not yourself, I’ll give you that. You just… you seem to be drifting, sweetheart.
Donna: I’m not drifting. I’m waiting.
Gramps: What for?
Donna: The right man.
Gramps: Oh, ho, ho same old story. A man!
Donna: No, I don’t mean like that. But, he’s real. I’ve seen him. I’ve met him, just once. And then… I let him fly away.
Gramps: Well there you are, go and find him!
Donna: I’ve tried. He’s nowhere.
Gramps: Oi, not like you to give up.
Donna: You’re right. Cause he’s still out there, somewhere. And I’ll find him Gramps, even if I have to wait a hundred years. I’ll find him.

Doctor Who, Partners in Crime (4x01) [Screencap]

I wasn’t the biggest Donna fan after her Christmas special, but I have to say this scene made me fall in love with her a little.