What art historians always point out with regard to the Hall of Bulls is that the artists might have believed in sympathetic magic. They may have believed that by drawing pictures of hunters killing animals that the hunters would have luck killing animals. So this is the idea that I want you to hold on to: "Art began as a way of wishing desires ( Read more... )

today I learned that a 'pirate accent' is really an 'irish accent.'

I had always thought they were two completely separate things. But this makes sense if the english were really active on the sea, and they looked down on the irish, that they'd portray all bad people/thieves/murderous dogs on the sea as being irish.

hmmm

The concert tonight was awesome. The only draw back was a new kind of concert going asshole I've never run into before ( Read more... )

Tonight I'm going to see SLEATER KINNEY!! And tomorrow night too ( Read more... )

I thought I'd like nyc more than I actually did. Overall it was just like Chicago, only concentrated 100 times more in a small space, and with lots of media coverage to give the city an impression of being famous ( Read more... )

Pennsylvania is the tastiest state, cuz it is lined with Arby'seses all throughout its interstate system.
Mmmm...beef and cheddar sandwiches and curly fris! Yum!!

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After working with cap gemini ernst and young, I now have first hand experience of why hipaa is a joke ( Read more... )

i used to work at the tribune in downtown chicago, and yesterday I went over to my old editor's house for some bbq and beer, and he told me that in the past 6 months two people have jumped from the windows of the beautiful gothic tribune tower and landed in the beautiful artful courtyard right on the river ( Read more... )

the new sleater-kinney album makes me want to cry it is so good. they have followed an interesting musical path over the course of all their albums. this one seems to be the most done in 'their style' than any of the others. It feels really mature. and it's so pretty ( Read more... )