May 2012
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The strangest thing happened today.
I got a pathological need to clean my desk, and I decided to tidy this desk tidy thing I have but never use, and I found an old MP3 player in it. Usually when I stop using MP3 players, it’s because they’re broken, so I figured this one was as well. I decided to connect it to my computer anyway, and it worked! It was still full of music, it started charging and it worked and everything!...
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“From childhood’s hour I have not been
As others were; I have not seen
As...”
– ‘From Childhood’s Hour’ by Edgar Allan Poe
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Hair dyeing will have to be delayed by a day, ‘cause the shops were closed. And why were the shops closed? BECAUSE IT’S THAT WONDERFUL DAY OF THE YEAR WHEN EVERYONE’S LIVES HAVE TO BE INTERRUPTED BECAUSE THE CHRISTIANS HAVE TO CELEBRATE THE CELESTIAL DEPARTURE OF THEIR BEARDED LORD. AAAAARGH.
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Overexcited. Going to dye my hair tomorrow. First time ever, which means I’m also slightly terrified, but I’m sure it’s gonna be fine. And it’ll be red! I’ve wanted to do this for so long. Any advice?
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Very productive day of reading Vonnegut during confusing and incoherent lectures.
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Bernard: The thing is... the thing is... [sees morning light] Deh! Wait a second, what time is it?
Manny: Erm... half 10.
Bernard: Half 10? Half 10? I've never been up at half 10! What happens?!
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It’s actually much more boring to edit my own thesis than it should be. God, I hate reading my own work. It’s never good enough.
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“There was a man Dill had heard of who had a boat that he rowed across to a foggy...”
– To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (Chapter 14). Dill was based on Harper Lee’s friend since childhood, Truman Capote.
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“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that...”
– Atticus in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
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I am weird in several ways, one of which is that I tend to have periods where I can’t really read anything at all. I think they coincide with my pseudo-depressions. I just don’t have the concentration or the will. Like always I get out of those black holes, and I am currently in a bookworm period. Which is lovely. Between writing my thesis, classes and mentally preparing for exams at...
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“…but before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself.”
– Atticus in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
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“I looked through the Gideon Bible in my motel room for tales of great...”
– Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut (end of chapter 1).
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“People in their right minds never take pride in their talents.”
– Miss Maudie in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
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“Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They...”
– Miss Maudie in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
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I wish there was a what’s-going-on-is-there-a-party-happening-a-few-doors-down-or-are-there-just-people-debating-really-intensely website I could go to.
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“We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create...”
– Chuck Palahniuk
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“Live so that when your children think of fairness and integrity, they think of...”
– H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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“Jack is a children’s author turned crime novelist whose detailed research...”
– Plot summary for A Fantastic Fear of Everything.
I would argue that there is no such thing as an irrational fear of being murdered. It’s actually quite smart to be afraid of being murdered. It might keep you from, you know, getting murdered.
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Stephen: Now, which popular game traditionally ends with all the players being thrown into a lake of fiery sulphur?
Sean: Oh, I hope it's show jumping. I hate show jumping. Oh, God. I'd have one of those after every jump.
April 2012
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Stephen: [on how far a certain species of goose can fly] They have a technique for increasing their range by seventy percent.
Sandi: What is it?
Alan: Landing on a boat.
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“Dear Roberta Sparrow, I’ve reached the end of your book, and there are so...”
– Donnie Darko
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“Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love...”
– To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
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Dean: Well, I gotta ask, how old are you?
Death: As old as God. Maybe older. Neither of us can remember anymore. Life, death, chicken, egg... Regardless, at the end, I'll reap him too.
Dean: God? You'll reap God?
Death: Oh, yes. God will die too, Dean.
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“The demands of a child’s nature must be taken into account to some extent...”
– My notes on Neil Postman’s The Disappearance of Childhood.
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First film review - Terry Gilliam's Brazil →
I thought the first review on my film review blog would be Hitchcock’s The Trouble With Harry. I did write most of it but then I got distracted by some other stuff that needed to be done, so it’s not really finished yet. Yesterday evening I saw Terry Gilliam’s Brazil, an absolutely brilliant 1984-esque film, and I decided to review that one instead. It cost me another migraine,...
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“She said that every living creature on earth dies alone.”
– Donnie Darko in Donnie Darko (2001).
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“Now, sweet cheeks, if you know me at all, it’s perhaps as the curmudgeonly...”
– Part of Hugh Laurie’s opening monologue on Saturday Night Live.
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During what will hopefully be my last months as a...
I’m reading a text and making an assignment two days in advance. AND I’m making notes while reading. It’s unbe-freaking-lievable.
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“I am reading six books at once, the only way of reading; since, as you will...”
– Virginia Woolf, The Letters: Volume Three, 1923-1928 (via proustitute). I like that. That justifies the behaviour that has been driving my parents nuts since my teenage years.
itisyouranthem asked: Haha, dat had ik een week of wat geleden ook. De oplossing: eindeloos gag reels en interviews op youtube kijken ;) (Misha is zo hilarisch). Ik ben nu bij met al m'n series en dat is heel saai :(. WANNEER GAAN WE EEN TV-DAG/AVOND DOEN?
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itisyouranthem asked: Cas komt nog in ieder geval 2 afleveringen dit seizoen voor ;).
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“My report today is on breast cancer awareness. I do not believe enough is being...”
– Eric Cartman’s breast cancer pun on South Park, Season 12 Episode 9, ‘Breast Cancer Show Ever’.
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The Art of Film →
I just started a film review blog over at presenceoflimitations.tumblr.com! The first one on there is probably going to be Hitchcock’s The Trouble With Harry, which I saw yesterday. I might also write some more elaborate reviews of the films I posted here. Once I’ve caught up on past films, I’ll just use it as a sort of film diary, in the form of reviews. Fun for me, but...