April 2010
76 posts
I keep an OKCupid account around to bolster my self esteem whenever it dips too low.
But today it didn’t work.
http://www.okcupid.com/profile/7ZZNNZZL
Sorry, guy. Not interested.
“The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle for those who wish to...”
– Cicero (via superfluidity) (via absurdlakefront)
(Note: At the time, pedagogy in Rome was very strict; there were no worlds to conquer outside of those conquered by your own teacher. So yes, what he is writing was true - for then. Now we have the internet, free public libraries, and a plethora of...
“Hedwig” is Back. Heading to Broadway! →
“Nearly a decade after JCM adapted his off-Broadway musical for the big screen (the film won the audience award at Sundance in 2001), he’s planning to reprise his role as the German transgender rocker in a new edition of the show in New York’s theater district.”
BRB, going to NYC.
March 2010
68 posts
For some reason, Republicans feel that:
Healthcare = Mandatory and repeated colonoscopies. Just look at the political cartoons being spewed out for the past 4 months.
The question I put forth to them: are you so afraid you might like something up your butt that you would happily risk fatal colon or rectal cancer? Is that the choice you feel you have to make? Full-on gay or the possibility of...
Short-haired Rapunzel: jackass uchicago student... →
Joseph Dozier, a third-year political-science and classics student, posted a comment on his Facebook page on December 6 saying “Dreamt that I assassinated John Mearsheimer for a secret Israeli organization—there was a hidden closet with Nazi paraphanelia [sic]. Haha! :-)” Mr. Mearsheimer, who has…
I’m not a fan of Mearsheimer, but in this regard I believe he is 150% correct. Also,...
I have no doubt that this is me.
Except for the fact that it’s not compulsive, as anyone who’s ever known me will say.
“Specifically, the obese rats [given access to high fat foods] showed lower levels of a receptor in the brain called the dopamine D2 receptor. The D2 receptor responds to dopamine, the chemical associated with feelings of reward. The brain releases bursts of dopamine when we eat food that...
Chloe
Chloe, another subtle sexy thriller by Atom Egoyan, was a feast for any Torontonian. I could not, unfortunately, pull myself from the scenery. Here, there, everywhere were reminders that I was seeing the movie in the environment they filmed in. I saw Julianne Moore, paying Catherine, in a cafe I go to, I see Liam Nieson in a bar I have New Year’s at nearly a decade ago. It was weird and sort...
DreamReport: Last night I had a dream that Robert Pattison was among the guests at my cottage for the wknd. I need to stop ONTD’ing b4 bed.
“Take a Camel”
– [Anne Coulter]
It didn’t take long for her controversial views to emerge at Western. The student, Fatima Al-Dhaher, asked Coulter about previous comments in which she said Muslims shouldn’t be allowed on airplanes and should take “flying carpets” instead. Al-Dhaher noted...
“this morning i was awoken by my alarm clock powered by electricity generated by...”
– 4chan gets it right
me and val are currently eating pie and blitzin with a swedish movie which I can barely focus on.
sleeepeppepeppeeeeyyyy gnight val
Congrats America
on finally becoming something resembling a 1st world nation.
“We’ve had a lot of talk around the office this week about the experience...”
– “Saved By The Bell and the decline of ironic appreciation”, The AV Club Blog, http://www.avclub.com/austin/articles/saved-by-the-bell-and-the-decline-of-ironic-apprec,38221/
http://www.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,71274225001_0,00.html
I just wrote a letter to the editor of the New...
axelrod:
I feel so old
I said this first! I wrote to the GOVERNMENT last week.
ngl
I would probably enjoy Assatar more than its namesake.
can i just say
turtle sex is the fucking funniest thing ever.
“I’m against it for a very simple reason: in the ’60s, they all said we had the...”
– Karl Lagerfeld (wtf)
Watchabsurdlakefront:
Space Ghost Coast to Coast - Flipmode with Busta Rhymes
My second favorite episode.
“What kind of hospital is this?”
WOODEN EELS
“Who knows? Maybe one day everyone will be gay on gay pride day, just as we’re...”
– Dan Savage, quoting his brother (via apsies) (via absurdlakefront)
I know I am.
I am writing a letter to Sec of Ed Duncan. I am an old lady already, writing governments of other countries.
Today was free bagel day.
Cream cheese is expensive here, yo.
Find where your last name is most common →
absurdlakefront:
thepo:
werefreakingoutman:
hipstopotomus:
umbreons:
vanillacolaaa:
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blackbyrdsinging:
My last name’s most common country: Austrailia
Most common city: Glasgow & Edinburgh, Scotland
Most common in the U.S.: Nova Scotia & South Carolina
My last name’s most common country: Italy (not surprised)
Most common city: Roma, Lazio, Italy
Most common in...
I had wiped my computer when it died; I thought my hard work was long gone. I have now found a copy of an MA paper. I am so happy.
fuuuuuuuuuuuuck
kkkkkates:
I think I waited too long on that West Loop apartment, and it’s no longer available. Blargh. It was super nice. Now I’m afraid we won’t find anything as nice. This sucks. I need to stop wavering and just make a decision.
Completely OT, but do you have a restaurant or two to recommend to me in Miami?
http://twitpic.com/18lc5v - lol
Megadesk.
Trek Chat (Ft. Mary)
Mary: i like star trek: tng's end
Me: I half loved DS9, too
Me: except for the stupid parts
Mary: yeah, same here
Me: RELIGION IS EVERYTHING WAAAAAH
Me: fuck you Moore
Mary: voyager sucked hardcore, though
Mary: YES
Me: stop ruing Sci Fi with Jesus
Mary: lolol
Me: OH LOOK I AM JANEWAY FROM THE FUTURE
Me: BLARGHHHH
Me: but she DID break the prime directive and that was p. boss
Mary: lolol
Me: "FUCK TIME, I WANNA SAVE MY SHITTY CREW"
Me: best. captain. ever.
Me: "ALSO: FUCK THE BORG"
Mary: lol
Me: "ALSO: FUCK ANYBODY WHO HAD A GOOD TIME AFTER GETTING BACK TO EARTH"
Me: "I AM GOING BACK FOR MY FUCKING CREW EVEN HARRY KIM WHO DID NOTHING BUT GET ALIEN STDS"
Mary: harry kim was v. epic
Me: he was my favorite character
Me: because he did nothing
Mary: he was the most useless eVER
Me: he was part geordi
Me: part riker
Me: part wesley
Me: lol
Mary: ahaha
Me: HE FELL IN LOVE WITH 2 HOLOGRAMS GODDAMNIT
Mary: he also never got a promotion. ever.
Mary: it was AWESOME
Me: lol it was amazing.
Me: He never took a commander's exam
Me: TROI TOOK THE DAMN EXAM
Me: FUCK YOU
Me: HARRY KIM YOU ARE NOT APPLYING YOURSELF
Mary: troi was more useful than he was
Mary: that's how amazing he was
Me: it's so sad and so true
