January 2009
How the Porn Industry Deals with the Recession (at... →
Camera Obscura - “If Looks Could...
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Top Five Movies About Hitmen
So secretly I wonder if I would make a good hitman. It would probably suck (what with the killing and trying not to be killed and all), but at the same time it seems very romantic. To operate in terms of life and death just seems so visceral and spiritual somehow, like a philosophical exercise. Nearly all of my ideas about hitmen (or anything for that matter) come from movies, so I thought...
Me: I was thinking of getting Mom one of those Snuggie things. Do you want one too?
My sister: No, I'll just wear my bathrobe backwards.
“Dream Bigger, Please!”
– Graffiti outside Kennedy Hall at MassArt
Word of the Day: 'Pataphysics →
Last Night's Lost -- Quick Thoughts
I always have a hard time getting into Lost at the beginning of each season. I don’t know if it’s because the season premieres tend to suck or because enjoying that show requires a certain amount of suspension of belief (and of logic) on my part and I haven’t gotten into it enough yet. Probably both. Some thoughts on last night’s episodes:
1. Did anyone notice Sun’s...
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Make Money Money Make Money Money Money
Since moving to Boston, school has been my job. Unfortunately, I can’t eat memos. So to make money on the side, I’ve been strippin’ in the evenings. I wish. Actually, I’ve been participating in medical studies at the area hospitals and universities. Boston has A LOT of hospitals and universities, so there’s always a paid study going on. I’ve made a few hundred...
“Less than fifteen per cent of the people do any original thinking on any...”
– Luther Burbank
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Torture
President-Elect Obama says that he wants to close the Guantanamo Bay base as early as his first week in office. Shockingly, I don’t have a lot of experience in the field of military advanced interrogation techniques, but I’m not convinced that they’re not entirely effective. I think that everyone has a breaking point, be it physical or psychological and it’s an imperfect...
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Kanye West - “Get ‘em High”...
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Reefer Madness
So, in way old news, back in November another momentous thing happened: Massachusetts passed Question 2, the Massachusetts Sensible Marijuana Policy Initiative. I for one think this is a great idea, and not just ‘cause I’m young and dumb and gots no respect for the law. I’m just glad that instead of busting kids for smoking a joint, the Boston cops can go and take care of real...
Explosions in the Sky - “Lonely...
You Know What I Love?
Oil Refineries!
I think they’re the bees’ knees, and I’ll tell you why: they’re shiny. No joke, that is pretty much the only reason. I ride trains. A lot. Not in the romantic, Bob Dylan- hobo way either. The Amtrak. It’s mostly a whole lotta looking at poor people’s backyards (at least on the Empire Service or Maple Leaf Special, both of which I ride a ton)....
The White Stripes - “Dead Leaves and the...
A Love Letter to Deadwood
Dear Deadwood,
I fucking love you cunts (eew, I hate writing that word, but anything for a joke, right?). Seriously though, thank you for teaching me the truth about cowboys — that they were dirty, spitting, swearing sons-a-bitches and loved whores. I used to think of them as kind of knights of the Old West, herding cattle and coming home to have chaste sex in their sod house. This is way...
“About time I got out of that cookie.”
– Fortune cookie from Chef Chow’s in Coolidge Corner
Tullycraft - Glitter and Twang
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Fashion: Gender Blending
In 1951, Cristobal Balenciaga revolutionized the female silhouette by added masculine elements (broader shoulders, taking away the pinched waist). Since then, designers have explored every way possible the cross gender lines in their women’s collections (tailored suits, fedoras, etc), and for the most part, I’ve found it pretty tame. However, since these last couple of seasons have...
Of Montreal - “Women’s Studies...
An Open Letter to Feminists
Dear Feminists,
Enough already.
I am a feminist, I swear. HOWEVER, I have some qualms with the way many women interpret feminism. It’s not an excuse to not shave your pits and quote Andrea Dworkin all the time. I accept my gender role, and after taking Women’s and Gender Studies 101 (what was I gonna do? Take a hard class? Eff that), I’ve come to the conclusion that yes, a lot...
Exploding Whale in Taiwan (Awesome) →
“Flightless Bird, American Mouth” -...
