Marjane Satrapi has an illustrated NYT web journal - there's a RSS XML code at the bottom of the page to insert the feed into your livejournal friends page. I love her work - clear & amusing prose that explains volatile current events, no (not much) previous knowledge needed.


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Harry Potter & Thanksgiving, Narnia for Christmas!

I am really rather excited!

...is that my manfriend & i moved his stuff into his half of Our new apartment this weekend! and the Junk store had the most plush, silvery & soft sofa for sale for $200, and the SOLD sign was hidden beneath a pillow, so for a moment i had dreams of a luxurious plush living room complete with pate & cocktails at 7 & sex kittens games after dark. ( Read more... )

Somedays I crave sugar so badly, like a lot of sugar. I know that a small amount will not satisfy me, and a lot will give me diabetes. Some days I indulge anyway, but other days I just sit at my desk eating baby carrots while reading blogs about birthday cake, pink frosted cookies & cup cakes. Once I spent a full fifteen minutes tempting myself ( Read more... )

( Halloween )

Patriotic Power Ballad Music Video! See it to believe it!

This new American Rock Anthem fills you full of hope and comforts you with a spiritual message from our Loved Ones that they're still with us, but in a different way. Have faith and believe and they will always be with us.

from warrenjabali

Last fall I ordered a chapbook written by my favorite contemporary poet, Louise Gluck. It is called October and was to be a birthday present for myself. The chapbook never arrived and I was never charged for it. With the darkening of the night and the stagnant greyness of the days, I forgot all about finding it elsewhere ( Read more... )

why do i owe the government three hundred dollars? why do i continuously feel so financially depressed? i am an indentured servant who will never get to ride a car down the coast of california.

danny devito will immortalize lars von trier in a brand new way. i'm thinking he could play the cheese danish director as a splicing of de vito roles from matilda & throw momma from the train.
http://www.bjork.com/grapewire/?id=520;year=2005

meowmeow, i'm so sleepy

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