2008

Jul

Deerhunter - These Hands

This grossed me out a little bit. But so far, so good with...

The Proclaimers - I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) I want to watch Benny & Joon.

Pumping myself up for the 4th in this classy thirteen-dollar...

Happy Tuesday!

I held the door for a woman behind me as I was leaving a coffee shop this morning on my way to work,...

Jun

Actual Life Decision Made

As of today, June 27, 2008, I will no longer eat any meat except for fish. I’m sure my...

hot4discourse: Alkaline Trio - Stupid Kid hooray for high school

TOO TIRED TO PEE

TOO TIRED TO PEE

i need a trip

designage: tell me where to go. the moon. with me.

chetgulland: Honestly, I just didn’t feel like pulling out...

ericamay: DOES ANYONE KNOW WHO SINGS THIS SONG SLASH WHAT IT’S CALLED??? You will have my undying...

Silver Jews - Candy Jail From their new album Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea, which was released...

Mmm

just found a caterpillar in my edamame we’re friends

“Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a...”
— Charles Bukowski In my dream...

The Happening's original screenplay, called...

I apparently loved wearing my dad’s cowboy boots.

The Exploding Hearts - Thorns in Roses

I CAN’T WAIT. I haven’t visited since I moved...

Sophie B. Hawkins - Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover That band Black Kids did a version of this, but...

I Wonder How The Industry Feels About...

Dinosaur Jr. - Just Like Heaven (Cure cover)

Careful What You Wish For

My friend and I were just sitting in the park listening to the Death Cab for Cutie show (cheap, I...

Dolly Parton - 9 to 5

Bryan Adams - Summer of ‘69 I melted into the sidewalk today.

Cat Power and Karen Elson - I Love You (Me Either) This Serge Gainsbourg cover is so odd. And...

CONSUMERS

K: you should try out for a mr. clean magic eraser commercial
me: i actually want to
i am serious
i want to be in a commercial
K: i know
me: you don't have to be that pretty
you just have to believe
K: you really do believe in that product
and as a plus, you are that pretty
me: you know what i recently have found to believe in more?
you are going to FLIP OUT when you use this product
K: enlighten me
is it dawn power dissolver?
me: no no
K: i'm really into that stuff
me: it's pledge multi surface spray
it's amazing
K: can you use it on anything?
me: ANYTHING
WOOD
METALS
ELECTRONICS
PEOPLE
BATHTUBS
ANIMALS
K: you are blowing my mind

Have You Ever Seen a Manwich Commercial...

Who are these people? Seriously, how are Manwich commercials cast? How are Spam commercials cast?...

“He looks like a snowman.”
— Jake Oliver, on John McCain

filialpiety: I got to work this morning and this framed...

It's almost like waiting for a bus in...

Bat for Lashes - I’m on Fire I post too many Springsteen covers. Sorry.

WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE A BAT?

Parallel Universe Theory

Cheap Time - People Talk Nashville peeps. I need to go there soon.

This is how I feel today.

“This has been a long campaign, and I will be making no...”
— Hillary Clinton (Read:...

THANK YOU, KATY!

I'm Stupid and I Need Someone to Help Me...

There are 8 surfaces that need to be covered in fabric. The surfaces are each 8x8 feet. The fabric...

The Blow - Parentheses If something in the deli aisle makes you cry you know I’ll put my arm...

May

Silver Jews - Trains Across the Sea Half hours on earth what are they worth? I don’t...

If You Go See 'The Strangers'

Bring the following items: 1) A pacemaker 2) Diapers 3) A gun

“Human reality, he was beginning to realize, was a series of...”
— Michel Houellebecq, The...

onepointtwentyonegigawatts: My landlord owns the flag...

Earlimart - We Drink on the Job Luckily I’m off today.

Top 5 Anti-heroes

In light of the recent trainwreck that was the fourth Indiana Jones, I’ve been thinking about...

Magnetic Fields - Strange Powers on a ferris wheel looking out on coney island under more...

Jocelyn’s “actually busy” gmail status...

CONFESSION

I have never seen The Wizard of Oz.

New Bloods - Oh, Deadly Nightshade! Saw these gals in a room that was approximately 800 degrees...

No, I Haven't Been Beaten

…but I do have some mysterious bruises on my arm. Maybe I just watched too many reruns of...

Pavement - Harness Your Hopes I’m asking you to hold me just like the morning paper pinched...

Actual Poem Received By Stranger on...

If I could I would build you a pedestal made out fo crystal to raise you high like a goddess in...

“So I left the ticket window and took a seat on one of the...”
— John Barth, The End of the...

The Crystals - Then He Kissed Me This song makes me wish I was wearing a prom dress in the 60s. ...

LOOK ME IN THE EYE AND TELL ME I GOT THE JOB EVERYTHING IS...

bugis stairs, singapore photo by anne bryant

Computerization - 2010 You wanted eggplant/I want pastrami You wanted happiness/I wanted pain

20 questions

1 can it fit on the bed 2 does it cost over $300 3 is it an electronic device 4 is it made of...

Schizophrenic Thoughts While Watching...

These are awful people; do we really need a show like this? God, I love that dress. These...

NPR Interview with Death Row Chaplain Carroll...

Salem - Brustreet Not sure how I feel about this, but it’s nicely hypnotic. (PS - Do I just...

Hayden - Bad As They Seem one of the saddest and sweetest songs ever written. (per j’s...

“I hope ahh-nold makes a speech abaaht it.”
— bds, on the good news in...

GENERATION SLAP:They're naive,...

Gin Blossoms - Hey Jealousy I heard this for the first time in years yesterday, and it made me feel...

THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD SPENDS $30,000 ON VIDEO...

In Lighter News...

IT’S OFFICIALLY OK TO BELIEVE IN ALIENS (thanks, derek)

Real Life

lovepuppy: The world is going through a major shakedown. You don’t have to pay attention to the...

Dear July 18, Please hurry. Sincerely, Ashley

'real world' takes over brooklyn

Helium - Pat’s Trick

Jay Reatard - It’s So Useless from the Hammer I Miss You EP

Melanie - Brand New Key I asked your mother if you were at home/She said yes, but you weren’t...

designage: super cute, and of course sold out. guess we’ll...

Sad Kermit - Needle in the Hay

Is this ethical?

Tom Petty - Don’t Come Around Here No More

me: christian bale is going to be in terminator 4
ck: wait
they're making a terminator 4?
me: yep
ck: with christian bale?
me: yep
ck: i just got a t-1000boner
you just made my year

An Average Consumer's Spending

Bob Dylan - Most Likely You’ll Go Your Way and I’ll Go Mine I’ll always have to...

Notes on "Sweet Child O' Mine," As Delivered...

Computerization - 1.14me I sing on this song! It’s about a computer in love with its user,...

AUTOMATON

Thank you, Ashley, for expressing interest in job opportunities at NYU. We have successfully...

symptoms-of-stress: I don’t feel safe in this elevator.

DNA featuring Suzanne Vega - Tom’s Diner Fortunately or unfortunately, this song will be...

“…so I highly recommend that you see feist live,...”
— bds

M83 - We Own the Sky pretty

We Are All Inside the Laser Window

Derek: i think he's lost in grand theft auto world though
me: god i want to play that game so fucking badly
im so jealous
Derek: i'll bring it over after work tomorrow maybe
if i remember to get the shit
shi-yat
me: byee
omg for one second i thought "shi-yat" meant bye in another language
i'm drinking wine
yeah you have to bring it over
Derek: hahahaha
ha
me: ha
Derek: that's the most ha's i've ever done i actually didn't laugh at all though
me: i know you didn't
Derek: sorry :(
me: we are in the laser window
it doesn't matter
Derek: it was funny though
me: that's what the laser window is for

Apr

“Businessmen can tell I’m not a businessman, but they don’t...”
— mills, who consistently posts...

The Cure - Doing The Unstuck LET’S GET HAPPY

thelunasea: Here is a photo of a painting of mine that was...

Sufjan Stevens - Decatur, Or, Round of Applause for your Stepmother! buy me a banjo

Big Country - In a Big Country This was playing the last time I bowled a turkey.

Jets to Brazil - Sea Anemone

filialpiety: Nothing makes me happier on a day-to-day basis than when I get home from work and shed...

It All Comes Back to Shania Twain

A woman from a staffing agency I dealt with a long time ago just called me and said, “Hey,...

The Rooftop Singers - Walk Right In Do you want to lose your mind?

Um

I’m not sure if I’m comfortable with the woman at Kinko’s calling me...

view from my old apartment on king street in charleston...

Beulah - Gravity’s Bringing Us Down

My Highest Value Is Pizza

jakoblodwick: Are these things important because the health of the Earth itself is important, or...

Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Salisbury Hill

Cyndi Lauper - The Goonies ‘R’ Good Enough

Asia - Heat of the Moment sorry…

I HAS A SUNGLASS

thelunasea: Hey Ashley! I just watched this and cracked up. It’s been a while since I’ve seen it. I...

Beulah - Disco: The Secretaries Blues Handsome Western States is such an amazing album. This band...

Jason Anderson - O, Jac! “They’d say stop/I don’t want to”

IT’S FUCKING GLORIOUS OUTSIDE

ANAGRAMS

I know I posted about the anagram generator a long time ago, but I continue to be amazed that the...