I love Roger Ebert. Beautifully written closing paragraph of his "W" review:

One might feel sorry for George W. at the end of this film, were it not for his legacy of a fraudulent war and a collapsed economy. The film portrays him as incompetent to be president, and shaped by the puppet masters Cheney and Rove to their own ends. If there is a ( Read more... )

I felt pretty frustrated and disheartened watching some of the RNC last night, mostly because they just seemed to be outright lying about a lot of stuff, many times met with with wild, pretty frightening hooping and hollering. I'm glad that these articles were written because they confirm a lot of my feelings that the democrats just seemed a lot ( Read more... )

Stuff I Love Right Now:

Lupe Fiasco

Justice

So You Think You Can DANCE

The Wire

Water with lemon

My wedding invitations

Rafael Nadal

Going to the gym

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

THE WEEKEND.

I just want to go on the record and say, I do not like the Hold Steady.

At all. I do not get it.

Why Dedication wasn't a huge indie hit is a mystery to me. It is simply a beautiful little movie filled with great acting. I'm not sure if it had a wide release because I never noticed it being out around here. I rented it from Blockbuster this weekend to watch and snuggle indoors over the snowy weekend and really fell in love with it ( Read more... )

A really beautiful little piece about voting written by Miranda July (who is voting for Barack Obama ( Read more... )

My friend Matthew posted this on MySpace and I feel compelled to share his thoughts with you. I too am an Obama supporter and encourage you to vote during the Ohio primary ( Read more... )

I haven't written anything here since July. JULY! That's just crazy. Because I have the sneaking suspicion that there is NO HEAT on in my office right now and therefore it's clearly too cold for me to get my actual work done I will take this time to recount my favorite music of 2007 ( Read more... )

A few things to report ( Read more... )

Have you ever thought, "God, if only I could write a song this good, just one"? There are a few songs that are like that for me (I'm listening to one now, "Ceremony" by New Order). I wrote my first real song last week so I guess I'm at least on the right track to possibly realizing this dream one day ( Read more... )