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I can't translate from right to wrong.
For all six years that I have known him, Jimi has always been one of few words.
"Realization of the night: The only thing between idealism and realism is confidence."
He did come to this conclusion after two and a half hours of catching-up and realizations. Still, I cannot help to be impressed.
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Pick a star in the open sky, I see you see me.
A different kind of movie struck a chord with me last night. That, my friend, was Last Holiday. (Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details below.)
Prior to her misdiagnosis, Queen Latifah's character was cautious. Every move of hers was calculated and factored against a rubric of danger and risk. In her scrapbook of possibilities, she pastes ( Read more... ) -
Vibrations reverberate.
On this trip to The Ottobar, everyone got kicked out, soon after someone in the crowd yelled, "Ted Leo, show us your tits!"
See, power went out in the venue, plus the rest of half a block on North Howard Street. Ted Leo was just ending a high note on "Counting Down the Hours" when the lights went out, and he let himself go into a wave of crowd- ( Read more... ) -
Tryin' to find truth in words, in rhymes, in notes...
Punch the keys, for god's sake! Yes... yes! You're the man now, dog!
On my desk is a press release from the Frederick Chapter of the American Red Cross, urging residents to take precautions against the heat. It gives 'hot' tips on how to do so, and includes imperative terminology -- namely heat cramps, heat exhaustion, and heat stroke.
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Let's tune it out by turning on the radio.
I am not pleased with myself, not at all (*).
Memories of those Fs I received in first semester JOUR201 are coming back to haunt me. I still have time to edit this story for the print edition of the paper, but I have to remember to be more careful. Kristin. Kristin. Kristin.
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Be my little rock & roll queen.
After he and I dined with his co-worker in Dupont Circle, Mark and I went to the Black Cat to support The Bullet Parade on Thursday. Mark's freshman year roommate, Eric, is one of the guitarists, and so he told us to act like somebody and hang out with them backstage. Normally, I would have tried the vegan nachos, but I was not hungry. The band's ( Read more... ) -
Love is what they'll get when they break up...
I am glad to hear that I am not alone.
Below, an e-mail reply from none other than Sarah Sherman: first of all, i'm sorry to hear about the powerbook with o/s version freakin' 8.6 that only has enough room to run freakin' netscape communicator. that blows. but if it makes you feel any better, my computer usually freezes up at least once a day and ( Read more... ) -
Don't be ridiculous, sweet darling.
I couldn't help but to agree.
iloveapple: a winning combination
iloveapple: eating ice cream whilst reading a letter from a charming boy.
I also adore how John Borden and I have been thinking of each other whenever we listen to Radiohead. Last night he said he drove in the pouring rain in an hour while listening to Kid A. A few days before, I just ( Read more... ) -
I fooled the crowd...
Summertime now stenches of defective air conditioning units, black frozen bananas, and newsprint.
Coincedentally, during my first week of work at The Gazette, I've had to write my stories in the editor-in-chief's corner office. He's on vacation, and no other computers are available. Thankfully for the rest of the staff, I have not experienced any ( Read more... ) -
The smell of the warm summer air.
"The list", I guess you can call it.
[x] Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides
[x] Company, Max Barry
[x] Buddhism, A Concise Introduction, Smith, Novak
[x] A Long Way Down, Nick Hornby
[x] Catch-22, Joseph Heller (Alex)
[ ] Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoevsky
[ ] The Bible Unearthed, Finkelstein, Silberman (Angela)
[ ] Syrup, Max Barry (Em)
[x] ( Read more... )