January 2010
16 posts
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So long, straight talker →
I woke up this morning to the news that J D Salinger is dead. The New York Times obituary is linked above.
I read The Catcher in the Rye so late in life that it’s shameful. After years of being admonished to read it, I bought a copy during my last year of university. It languished somewhere (I know not where) on my shelf for a couple of years before I found it again and decided to give...
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The Siege Malvar Lonely Hearts Club Band
As a community service, I am reblogging this guide written in fine form by the resplendent Siege Malvar. Be fruitful and become many and fill the earth and subdue it.
siegemalvar:
Girl takes long public transportation ride home with a cute guy. To strike a conversation or not to?
I’m assuming that the person asking is the girl in this situation because you described the guy as “cute” while...
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Internet Argument Techniques | Cracked.com →
This article has an awesome chart. I’n not going to say any more: just read it.
Made in China From Australia
This post by internetgaga made me laugh. I think I own one of those koalas too.
internetgaga:
I have to take a picture of this cute little clip-on Koala which my officemate gave me coz she just came back from her Australian vacation. It’s wearing a vest with “AUSTRALIA” on the back, a little cap & an Australian flag. On it’s butt is a little piece of gold sticker that says “Made in...
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“Another utter piece of garbage from MTV, 23 August 2000 Author: North Stars Fan...”
– “Daria” (1997) - IMDb user reviews
I’m still watching Season 3 of Daria. Anyway, I just read this venomous review from someone who obviously doesn’t get it. His/her review has a few such delicious (not so subtle) hints in it as to the vacuous conceit and ignorance of its...
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I’ve been watching Daria the last couple of...
25 Best Country Songs Titles Of All Time →
I don’t know if these really are genuine and I haven’t tried to verify them. If they are, all I can say is that my aversion to country music is well-founded. In the immortal words of Gordo from Lizzie McGuire: “There are some very weird things in this world - tofu, hairless cats, country music…”
I wanted to pick one of the titles on the list that was the best, but...
List 10 musical artists you like, in no specific...
I don’t usually like the random polls that you see on blogs, but this one looked good, so I did it.
It’s a reblog, so have a look at the original posters’ Tumblr pages to see their choices.
lookfindfree:
leviletocest:
Really, don’t read the questions below until you pick your ten artists!!!
Mojofly
Frank Sinatra
Koda Kumi
Yui
Jane Zhang
Sarah Geronimo
Rachelle Ann...
A Million lost opportunities
Just watched the Korean movie A Million. Shot in Australia (wooo!), a grittier sort of Battle Royale, with touches of Saw and its successors, and an interesting take on the Survivor game show clones.
Maybe I’m just weird, but I saw it as a sort of antithesis to another Korean movie, A Man Who Was Superman (an underrated Jeon Ji-Hyun flick) - a Bizarro to the Superman film, if you will. ...
We, the living - Pat Evangelista; We, the readers →
I read Pat Evangelista’s columns regularly and each time I read one, I am deeply affected. She writes about very big issues, but firmly anchors them to small, real human concerns and emotions. She so perfectly distils her own rage, contempt and compassion into her writing, while appealing also to her readers’ wit with her allusory tone and sardonically clever word play, that almost...
December 2009
7 posts
G2KM - My 5 Interviews
I totally agree with 1, 2 and 5.
ledgelife:
In high school, I took a special journalism class during “club” period. I went crazy over it even though my writing was still very juvenile at that time. In one of those sessions, our teacher asked us to list down our top five dream interviews. I actually don’t remember the names I jotted down. I’m pretty sure they were insignificant people, hence...
