December 2010
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New Year's Affirmations
It was song number three on John’s last CD / “Gonna make it through this year if it kills me”
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Landed and speeding toward the Hold Steady concert...
Hold Steady tonight. New Year’s Eve tomorrow night.
I’d like to take this opportunity to apologize to my liver in advance.
They announced it was fully booked, and then they...
The thick Southern accent over the crackling intercom felt for all intents and purposes like the welcoming voice of Saint Peter.
See y’all in Chicago.
Oh my God, the dudebro in the backwards baseball...
In a crowded airport. Surrounded by people who have been sitting around for hours just hoping they might someday get out of this place.
I swear to God, if he starts singing Jack Johnson songs, I don’t know if I’ll be able to handle it.
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My flight got delayed three hours
This would make me miss my connection, so I’m currently on standby, waiting for three and a half hours in the vestibule of Hell that is this airport (like No Exit, but more emotionally antiseptic!) to see if I’ll be able to return to Chicago tonight so I can see the Hold Steady.
I know this is kind of the definition of uptown problems, but that doesn’t make me any less...
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filigree asked: FIFTY K ON A VERSE, NO ALBUM OUT
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filigree:
lenorebeadsman:
This is totally old news, but Nicki Minaj’s verse on “Monster” is so good I just got real chills.
SO, LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT - WAIT, I’M THE ROOKIE?!
And I’m all up all up all up in the bank with the funny face / And if I’m fake I ain’t notice ‘cause my money ain’t
Wait until they discover whole other cities
natface:
“I think the media story of the year, in 2010, was the New York Times’ discovery of Brooklyn. Once a day there’s a story about all the riches offered in that borough. There are young men and women wearing ironic glass frames on the streets. There are open air markets, like trading posts in the early Chippewa tribe, where you can make beads at home and then trade them for someone to come...
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Is there a substantial paragraph in the graduate...
Maybe.
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For those who might know
Is the current Raptors lineup of Andrea Bargnani and DeMar DeRozan the worst NBA Jam team ever?
My brother regularly quotes Slim Thug when he's...
Seriously, it’s like those people who pull out Deepak Chopra quotes when talking about their life’s troubles, except his guru is a 6’6” Houston rapper. Today he was on the phone talking to one of his friends about an apparently complicated romantic situation, and he said, “It’s like Slim Thug says, I’m not her man, I’m what they call her homie lover...
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File under eerily accurate imagery
What can you see from your window? / I can’t see anything from mine / Flags on the side of the highway / And scripture on grocery store signs
- Jason Isbell, “Dress Blues”
On the plus side
“Church has been cancelled tomorrow,” my father just told me. “I’m sure you’re distraught.”
I thought I could escape the snow, but apparently...
It started in the early afternoon today. It’s about four inches, which doesn’t seem like much by Chicago standards, but trust me, really messes stuff up down here. When I was a kid, even the chance of snow was always cause for at least a two-hour delay for school, and if God forbid the white stuff started sprinkling down, it was time to run to the grocery store to stock up on bread and...
perpetua:
hannahmight:
My brother recorded an...
Alright, I'm going to watch the Christmas episode...
Merry Christmas to anybody celebrating it.
breakupsong:
Frightened Rabbit — It’s Christmas...
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I'm at dollar beer night at the townie bar
It is EXACTLY what it sounds like.
It's Christmas, so let's all talk about how we... →
booyahgrandmere:
lenorebeadsman:
When I realized I was an atheist, at around age 12 or 13, I remember thinking that it wouldn’t be such a big deal to tell my parents and get out of going to church, because I didn’t think either of them took it all that seriously. Sure, they were making me go to CCD, but I figured once I got Confirmed they wouldn’t care anymore. When I was a very young child,...
Eyeball fail
thedotank:
NC food roadtrip 2k10 postponed due to a freakish swelling left eyeball (mine). Seeking medical attention.
Don’t worry, your left eyeball will be back and stronger than ever soon enough, and then we will go eat many different kinds of barbecue.
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I love Chicago
But there is nothing there that I could purchase for $2.58 that is better than this Oreo-Heath bar milkshake from Cook-Out.
They Just Don't Write Em Like That Anymore:... →
breakupsong:
1. “No Children” by the Mountain Goats- You probably don’t need to hear anything else about this one. This links to the studio version of the song, but what I really wanted to post (and will eventually) is an MP3 where you can’t really hear John Darnielle because the crowd is singing along and totally overpowering him. The way Darnielle records is so stark that it’s hard not to...
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xraystyle:
They Might Be Giants
Birdhouse In...
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Language Arts with Lil' Wayne
“Real Gs move in silence like lasagna”
and
“I got through that sentence like a subject and a predicate”
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I just went to Cook-Out for the first time since...
I ordered a Cook-Out tray, which consisted of:
one double-cheeseburger;
sides of a corndog and chicken nuggets (yes, at Cook-Out, these count as sides);
and an M&M-peanut butter milkshake.
This cost me about $6.
I’ve missed you, Cook-Out.
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I would like some chicken McNuggets and chocolate...
qed:
Modern-day Franny Glass.
“And, in my opinion, that’s one of the reasons why you’re having this little nervous breakdown. And especially the reason why you’re having it at home. This place is made to order for you. The service is good, and there’s plenty of hot and cold running ghosts.”
annaetc asked: The greatest line in television history?
Every time I come home, my allergies flare up...
If this happened to a character in a novel I was reading, I’d feel like the writer was trying too hard and hitting me over the head with obvious symbolism.
“Oh look, he’s literally allergic to his hometown.” God, be more subtle.
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I'm staying at a friend's place tonight and he...
I’m afraid the rest of my break might be all downhill from here.
I just landed in North Carolina.
I haven’t seen my family yet, but I HAVE been to Bojangles.
I’m okay with this.
“I can tell you with absolute certainty that a couple of months from now our...”
– Sen. Bernie Sanders (via corruptpolitics)
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It's really too bad "Win one for the vicious...
baileyeverywhere:
kelsium:
Did you know that Ronald Reagan was a confidential informant to the FBI passing information about his fellow actors when he was president of SAG? He was the one naming names for the House Un-American Activities Committee. And people find him likable.
what
It’s definitely more accurate.
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The biggest problem with watching The Wire
jasontheexploder:
is that I don’t think I’ll give a shit about any other TV show ever again.
THIS IS A REAL PROBLEM IN MY LIFE.
83 pages
Sleep, finally.