Comment on a story about sexual exploration and murder at a Jewish summer camp:

"Well, regardless of what the tampon in the soup is about, or whether or not they actually hacked up and ate Naomi, it seems to me that they're getting really excited by what's going on here.  I mean, they feel like, holy crap, I've just got to jizz in that pool of blood ( Read more... )

WINONA RYDER IS SPOCK'S MOM!?!?!
Why did no one tell me this?

(Insert anti-gravity shoplifting joke here which both maligns Wino's character and ignores the fact that Spock's mom lived on Earth.)

Also, why oh why do I not have a t.v. to watch the Celebrity Apprentice finale right now?

Book survey.  Because surveys are all I, an MFA in fiction writing graduate student, am capable of writing.

1) What author do you own the most books by?
Plath, hands down.  And I probably have three times as many books about Plath as that.

2) What book do you own the most copies of?
Ariel, because I have both the restored and the original versions of ( Read more... )

The Soundtrack of My Life

Here's how it works...
1. Open your music library.
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For the first question, type the song that's playing
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button
6. Don't lie and try to pretend you're cool...just type it in!

IF YOUR LIFE WAS A MOVIE WHAT WOULD THE SOUNDTRACK BE?

Opening Credits: ( Read more... )

Plath's son hanged himself last week:

www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29836292/
Morning Song
-Sylvia Plath-

Love set you going like a fat gold watch.
The midwife slapped your footsoles, and your bald cry
Took its place among the elements.

Our voices echo, magnifying your arrival.  New statue
In a drafty museum, your nakedness
Shadows our safety.  We stand round ( Read more... )

Steven Page is leaving BNL!?!  First the cocaine, and now this!?!  There's no way he's going to make it on his own, but I'm more worried that the rest of BNL won't make it stripped of their key vocals--although he increasingly sounds like a bossy little prick, so probably Ed & Co. are better off without him.

Hooray for the Oscars, one of my top 5 nights of the year ( Read more... )

Merci for the tag, octoberine!  Just when I was hoping for an excuse not to read more Beckett!
Rules:
A) People who have been tagged must write their answers on their blog and replace any question that they dislike with a new, original question.
B) Tag eight people. Don't refuse to do that. Don't tag who tagged you.

What are your nicknames?
Skunk.  That's really ( Read more... )

Just had a very cute conversation with my mom in which she remarked upon how much she likes Death Cab for Cutie, but isn't that "I Will Possess Your Heart" song overplayed?  Aww, mom!  Look at your emerging scenester taste!  She's growing up so fast!

a. people who have been tagged must write their answers on their blog and replace any question that they dislike with a new, original question.
b. tag eight people. don't refuse to do that. don't tag who tagged you.

o1. what are your nicknames?
In chronological order, from oldest to newest: Bumpers, Skunk, Emmi, Ems, Elbow, Radish, Emmers

o2. how do ( Read more... )