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Before I forget, Happy New Year and all that jazz. May 2011 be much more pleasant and less confusing than 2010. I don't ask for much. Now, I leave you with what I am declaring as Song of the Year. Remember, I just like sharing. This isn't exhaustive or me standing on a mountain proclaiming the gospel. In fact, it's me saying we should all sit back and have a laugh.

I think this masterpiece fully encapsulates the essence of 2010, and I must admit that I probably sang it more than anything else these past couple months or so. The truth is, this world is full of antagonists and trouble. We better hide our kids and hide our wives. But don't worry: We gon' find 'em, we gon' find 'em. We're putting it back in the hands of the people.


Song: "Bed Intruder Song", Antoine Dodson & the Gregory Brothers & Auto-Tune the News

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Song: Elvis Costello, "My All Time Doll"

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I did my Top 10 Albums list a few posts back. In this post, I'd like to point out some albums that were released this year that I wish I had gotten around to (and hopefully will, ASAP), instead of wasting half an hour trying to decipher M.I.A.'s white noise.

Sufjan Stevens, "The Age of Adz"
Joanna Newsom, "Have One on Me"
Blonde Redhead, "Penny Sparkle"
Arcade Fire, "the Suburbs"
ceo, "White Magic"
Loreena McKennitt, "the Wind that Shakes the Barley"
Dead Weather, "Sea of Cowards"
Sean Lennon & Charlotte Kemp Muhl, "Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger: Acoustic Sessions"

Those are just a few I can currently think of.

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MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE!

Song: Sufjan Stevens, "Only at Christmas Time"

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(Photo credit: Anonymous)

If you are in Tacoma and need a cupcake and some coffee, I'd suggest Jubilee Cupcakes. The cupcakes are about $2.75 each, which I would be more miffed about if I hadn't accepted that everyone needs to make a living. My favorite is the pink champagne cupcake, which they tend to have on Thursdays and Saturdays and Sundays. It's a dainty little place in the comfy little Proctor District. So, get your groceries and have a nice sandwich from the Metropolitan Market, go to the bookstore, stop by the Cancer Society thrift shop, and then grab a cupcake for the ride home!

And if you're downtown -- say you're hitting the Tacoma Art Museum and urbanXchange -- and want a cupcake, Hello Cupcake is also good. It's about the same as Jubilee, except more popular. I don't think they have the champagne cake, though.

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Amusing fan vid for an amusing Xmas song.


Song: Lady Gaga w/ Space Cowboy, "Christmas Tree"

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Someone read this on our last day of Intro to Writing Poetry (I read Bukowski, of course):

Another Reason Why I Don't Keep A Gun In The House
Billy Collins

The neighbors' dog will not stop barking.
He is barking the same high, rhythmic bark
that he barks every time they leave the house.
They must switch him on on their way out.

The neighbors' dog will not stop barking.
I close all the windows in the house
and put on a Beethoven symphony full blast
but I can still hear him muffled under the music,
barking, barking, barking,

and now I can see him sitting in the orchestra,
his head raised confidently as if Beethoven
had included a part for barking dog.

When the record finally ends he is still barking,
sitting there in the oboe section barking,
his eyes fixed on the conductor who is
entreating him with his baton

while the other musicians listen in respectful
silence to the famous barking dog solo,
that endless coda that first established
Beethoven as an innovative genius.

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I need to do some serious light reading this break. Here are some books I'm considering:

Ultramarine - poems by Raymond Carver
the Roominghouse Madrigals - early poems of Charles Bukowski
Ulysses - James Joyce
The Disorder of Your Name - Juan Jose Millas, translated to English by Rod Usher
The Angry Earth: Disaster in Anthropological Perspective - ed. by Oliver-Smith, Hoffman
The Growth of the Medieval Icelandic Sagas (1180-1280) - Theodore M. Andersson
The Simple Guide to Hinduism - Venika Mehra Kingsland
Tender is the Night - F. Scott Fitzgerald
the Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens

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Christmas Kookies
My little sister decided she and I needed to make Christmas cookies this year. I'm glad we did.

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Semester's End
Sometimes, this is what it all comes down to.

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TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2010

...Well, top 10 of the ones I managed to get my hands on. These here are the best of the best, in my opinion. The order isn't necessarily legalistic or hugely reliable. Mainly, I just want to point out that these are the ones that I really liked this year. Enjoy!

1. Owen Pallett, "Heartland"
Now, I've been kicking myself for the past few months, trying to figure out who would come out on top in this list (this is my first year committing myself to making such a list, with ranking and all... I'm decidiophobic, btw): Owen or CocoRosie? I'm quite a loyal CocoRosie fan, but I honestly think I listened to this album more. Also, Owen secured his place at the top of the class with a nice extra credit project -- The "A Swedish Love Story" EP. "Heartland" itself is an amazing album. I had seen Owen perform as Final Fantasy, opening for the Mountain Goats, last year. At the time, I thought he was pretty cool, but I for one reason or another didn't really get around to his records. After hearing his name tossed around a little and a recommendation from a friend and watching this video, I finally just ordered the CD. And I was blown away. How to describe it? A surrealist journey? A cross between ballet scores, toned down opera sets, and indie pop existentialism? That surely doesn't do it justice. You'll just have to listen for yourself. Hats off to man of the year.
Key tracks: "The Great Elsewhere", "Oh Heartland, Up Yours!", "Lewis Takes of His Shirt", "E is for Estranged"

2. CocoRosie, "Grey Oceans"
I cannot even begin to explain the excitement I felt when I realized CocoRosie was releasing an album this year. Elation. I've been in love with them since freshman year of high school or so, when "Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn" came out. Also, I saw them live last year. This year, I saw them again. While last year was freaking amazing, this year's performance was even better. This time, for example, they actually seemed like they wanted to be there. And this album is pristine. The atmospheres, especially of songs like "Gallows", are so eerie. It's wonderful. As usual, I am thoroughly impressed by their ability to reach into that dark place of your soul, where your inner child waits, beaten down and nearly forgotten, and touches you in some indescribable way. Their music is always a welcome departure from reality and yet a meander back into a part of it you aren't always aware of. The only reason this wasn't #1 is because I sometimes skip over "Fairy Paradise" and "Hopscotch", because they don't always fit into what I personally need from the album. But that's my own fault.
Key tracks: "Smokey Taboo", "Undertaker", "The Moon Asked the Crow", "Lemonade"

3. Lightspeed Champion, "Life is Sweet! Nice to Meet You."
This was a lucky find. I was randomly watching an episode of "Dinner with the Band" on IFC, which had come to my attention via an episode with the Mountain Goats -- in my life, all signs point back to the Mountain Goats. Just after watching the performance of "Madame van Damme", I was hooked. This dude is so prolific, as a text sent to me declared this summer. I managed to snag the album through Interlibrary Loan (thanks, Kansas!), and I was blown away. Listening while shelving books in the middle of a very confusing summer, I found this album to be spot-on. Every song is great, and his lyrics and manner are just fun -- but there is a lot of meaning, relatability, and utmost seriousness where it counts, too. It's just GOOD! Plus, lyrics like "I'm ready to give up on you now / I'm waiting 'til the sun has gone down / I'm waiting for a strand of your / golden locks to sew my stomach shut" are certain to keep it on my iPod and in my heart for a long time to come.
Key tracks: "Dead Head Blues", "Marlene", "Madame van Damme", "Romart"

4. Rufus Wainwright, "All Days are Nights: Songs for Lulu"
I am so incredibly glad this caught my eye when I was at the public library one day, otherwise I wouldn't have known about it. I've listened to a couple other Rufus albums, and they're good. But this one is great. It is exactly what I have wanted from Rufus since day one: An album wholly of just HIM and a PIANO. These songs are so thoughtful and clean and taut. Rufus is a talented man. This is an album I can listen to and sing to, or I can just play in the background while I read a book or clean my room or contemplate my existence. It's very touching, and only overpowering where it really needs to be (ie: "Martha" and "Zebulon" will blow your mind).
Key tracks: "Martha", "Give Me What I Want and Give It to Me Now!", "Zebulon"

5. Twin Shadow, "Forget"
This came to my attention via multiple postings from my friend at Company Pants. Since the day I finally got the album into my iTunes, I have been coming back to it over and over. It's so very 80's, yet so fresh. It's maneuverably structured, but also messy and rough. It's mysterious, in its own way. I really like it. It makes me want to take a walk in the middle of the night, or go swimming in the dark. The videos I picture for the songs are intense, all of them. And the lyric "there is no key to my gate / but you can still come around / lean your ladder against my window / I'll come down" is refreshing and a great way of saying what I've only tried to imply.
Key tracks: "I Can't Wait", "At My Heals", "Tether Beat", "Slow", "Shooting Holes at the Moon"

6. the Extra Lens, "Undercard"
The Extra Lens involves two men, and one of them is John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats. That latter fact is all I needed to know. Anything involving John goes straight to the top of my list of priorities. For example, I pulled tons of strings getting my hands on the Mountain Goats DVD for "Life of the World to Come" that was only available at certain lucky record stores on Record Store Day this spring. That was quite an adventure. The only reason "Undercard" is this far down the list is because I haven't had as much time to listen to it as the others, and it takes time to really immerse in John's work (that's part of what makes it so freaking awesome). Love love love to John. This album is fabulous, as I expected, and takes his work places I haven't yet heard. And their cover of "In Germany Before the War" is jus CHILLING.
Key tracks: "Only Existing Footage", "Programmed Cell Death", "How I Left the Ministry", "In Germany Before the War"

7. Perfume Genius, "Learning"
One song on a mix, and I needed more. Perfume Genius' music feels like a deep, dark secret being revealed. It's so dark and murky. It takes me to a place I wish more music would take me. It's a moist, discomforting place of self-discovery and existentialism and fear and damage. There's something exhilarating about the simplicity and utter intimate quality of all these songs. I doubt Perfume Genius could cater to the mainstream, but his unique sound will definitely take him far. He's got a very Matthew Barney style about him. So arty!
Key tracks: "Learning", "Look Out, Look Out", "Mr. Petersen", "You Won't B Here"

8. Mumford and Sons, "Sigh No More"
I think I'm cheating a little, here. If my calculations are correct, this album came out last year in the UK and this year in the US. It's not 100% 2010, but I don't CARE. I had heard their name around a little, then I saw the video for "Little Lion Man" on Vh1. That clinched it. This banjo-laiden, folk-friendly masterpiece is worth a listen. I'm really sad I didn't get around to it until after they toured through my state. Now I think I would have thoroughly loved seeing them and all their talent live. Oh well, saved me a bunch of money.
Key tracks: "Sigh No More", "White Blank Page", "Little Lion Man"

9. Humble Cub, "Humble Cub"
Local band! Like, so local that I've been at hipster parties with Allan (the lead singer). I'm a huge fan of his previous solo work, which veers more toward the acoustic, so I was a little unsure at first about this move into the rock group sound. I'm so glad I gave in. Just like before, you get Allan's eccentric and -- as aptly called by some website -- "capricious" lyrics, that blend adult concerns with a very child-like curiosity and randomness. But you also get a oceanic and wide atmosphere. Not to mention some whimsical guitar licks. And, FYI, you can download the album for free (click link above). Of course, you can also pick it up at urbanXchange for $5, nicely packaged and all. Support!
Key tracks: "Easier", "Secrets of the Beach", "Awesome Island"

10. Best Coast, "Crazy for You"
I had heard rumblings of this one, but it took a post by my friend at Secret Signs and Lullabies to give this album the listen it deserved. This might sound like a really general statement, but it isn't quite: I really just like the SOUND of this album. Her voice, the echo, the instrumentation, the almost canned quality. And her songs are very relatable. "Boyfriend", for example: What girl hasn't felt that way? "I wish he was my boyfriend" - Me too, girl, me too. Maybe as I listen to this album more and have more experiences akin to those she describes, it will climb further up the list.
Key tracks: "Boyfriend", "Crazy for You", "Goodbye", "I Want To"

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This song describes my day today.
1. My morning went smoothly.
2. Some guy needed to use up his meal points, so he paid for my lunch at school.
3. Caught up on my reading, studied, no huge stressin'.
4. Reassurance when it counted: "You'll do great."
5. I had my final final (haha) for the semester for Literature and the Environment, and it went fabulous. No stress, knew what to write, felt pretty smart, AAAAND --> no migraine afterwards! This is something extremely new. I also am now quite sad the class is over.
6. Leftover, delicious muffins bestowed unto me.
7. Went to my little sister's choir concert, which was surprisingly delightful. Sang with her (and all them other kids) when the alumni song came. Joy.
8. Had a nice, late dinner with my sister and grandparents at Sharis. Had some deep conversations, and also some silly ones.
9. Came home to listen to Gaga and finally do the cleaning I've been having to put off due to busy busy busy schoolwork.
10. Looking back on all that and the semester I've just finished. Content.
I like this feeling.

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Check out their Etsy for lovely vintage (click the pic).

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Christmas essential:


Song: Greg Lake (Emerson, Lake, & Palmer), "I Believe in Father Christmas"

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Song: The Exta Lens, "In Germany Before the War"

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Bokah Christmas
c/o PfeifferPhotos

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Song: Hailey Wojcik., "Samsa Morning"

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I want it.
Pink. Glitter. Guitar. It was obviously invented with me in mind.

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Song: Florence and the Machine, "Girl with One Eye"

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"I'm never gonna know you now, but I'm gonna love you anyhow."

This is what is on repeat in my head today.


Song: Elliott Smith, "Waltz #2 (XO)"

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This is why my sleeping pattern is even more screwed up than usual. Late Thanksgiving night, I went out and saw Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part One with my little sister. I am a stinking sucker for the HP movies, so sue me. This one in particular, I am going to have to see in theatres at least one more time. Imax would be awesome. In any case, I am dying inside on the edge of my seat for part two.
PS: I only read the first three books, so don't ruin anything for me!

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Happy Thanksgiving. These were at the family table.

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Can I just point out that it is blizzarding over here?

* snow * snow * snow *

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Florence, why won't you let me embed this? The world needs to see it. It's amazing.

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Howl it from the hills!

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I just went to a poetry reading at the downtown library, hosted by my Lit and Environment professor and his colleagues at Exquisite Disarray Publishing.

The featured poet was Jeremy Halinen, whose book (pictured above) was released today. I had never heard of him before, but - MAN! - his stuff is good. Very bold. Maybe I'll post a poem later, when I have more time. He has a very brave voice and a very interesting view as a gay man who's been through some adversity. He could be right up there with Saul Williams. He's got something special.

I bought the book and got it autographed. Yay! Nothing like some good poetry to get back in the game. I've been pretty downtrodden lately, but this sure helped me out.

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Environmentalism as religion? Perhaps...

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Such a beautiful song.
PS: It actually genuinely freaked me out to see Bowie in jeans and a t-shirt. But there's a moment in here where the air brushes his hair back, and I got a glimpse of Jareth (from Labyrinth). The combination of Bowie (alien! duke! artist! god!) and casual, mundane reality is really striking.

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I saw a pair of rain-boots like these at a little shop in Seattle months ago, and I've been wishing I'd bought them ever since. The other day, wallowing in academic misery, I randomly looked up "horse rain boots" on Amazon. These came up, and I was so happy. I ordered them without even stopping to think about it. While part of me still works to rationalize the purchase, the rest is excited and hoping to find a black rain-slicker to match.

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How to knit like an Icelandic man from Iceland on Vimeo.

"...talk about masculine stuff like crocheting and knitting..." I want this man to be my best friend, officially.

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Comic Sans rant = Hilarious.

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One of the many Ideal Bookshelf paintings by (and for sale at) Jane Mount. So far, this one is my favorite.

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Take THAT, Michael Kors!!!
PS: I actually like it better with the sleeves. Just sayin'.

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The Scarlet Letter @ INTIMAN. I saw it already. Pretty good, I'd say.

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I need a pair of these!!!

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This costs $650? Are you serious? I like it, but not that much.

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Times like this, I wish I had a moustache. Check this stuff out.

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c/o Simone Louenco

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Have you ever dreamed about a website that would allow you to design your own jewelry? Well, look no further! Sheyna is that site. You get to pick your chain, charms, beads, clasps, everything! It adds up your total as you go along designing it. A girl's dream come true.

And if you're not feeling particularly creative, they have a shop full of pieces designed by other uses, such as the lovely "Bubbles in the Wind" necklace above!

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RIMA XI by Becquer

—Yo soy ardiente, yo soy morena,
yo soy el símbolo de la pasión,
de ansia de goces mi alma está llena.
¿A mí me buscas?
—No es a ti, no.

—Mi frente es pálida, mis trenzas de oro:
puedo brindarte dichas sin fin,
yo de ternuras guardo un tesoro.
¿A mí me llamas?
—No, no es a ti.
—Yo soy un sueño, un imposible,
vano fantasma de niebla y luz;
soy incorpórea, soy intangible:
no puedo amarte.
—¡Oh ven, ven tú!

Translated (by myself):

I am ardent, I am dark-haired,
I am the symbol of passion;
of yearning for pleasures my soul is full;
is it me you seek?
No. Not you.

My forehead is pale; my tresses of gold
I can bestow unto you happiness without end;
I, of tenderness, guard a treasure;
is it me you call out for?
No. Not you.

I am a dream, an impossibility;
vain phantom of cloud and light;
I am incorporeal, I am intangible;
I cannot love you.
Oh, come! You, come!

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(Photo from HERE)

LOST ART > ZEZÃO
Somebody mentioned this in Lit and Environment today (long story). I had to see for myself.

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Ummmm... what?

PS: Go to 13:01. Wtf?

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In case you were wondering - Currently, my top three played songs on my iTunes are as follows:

1. Hope There's Someone, Antony and the Johnsons (11 plays)
2. Factory, Martha Wainwright (11 plays)
3. Marlene, Lightspeed Champion (9 plays)

PS: All three of these videos rock.

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Trying to figure out if I like these as much as I think I do...

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Listening to this album yesterday for the first time, I was saddened THAT THIS DID NOT ENTER MY LIFE SOONER. This is a side of Sufjan I need, and think everybody needs too,in my life.

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Well, there you have it.

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I would feel so much more comfortable liking this if she was more than NINE YEARS OLD.

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Not gonna lie: This song is stuck in my head.

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(Image: Manual J. Leon)

While I'm already shoving literature on you, I thought I'd add Juan Rulfo's short story "No oyes ladrar los perros" to the required reading.

I just wrote an essay (in Spanish!) about how Ignacio seems to represent a fallen or degenerate Jesus. But I'll stop talking and let you interpret it (or not) for yourself. It's available in Spanish here, and there is a half-way decent English translation here.

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Yekl by Abraham Cahan. It's an 89-page novel. It's available online for free. Read it.

It's about the struggles of the Jewish immigrant right before the turn of the century (we're talkin' 1800s to 1900s, here). I'm writing an essay, as we speak, about how it suggests that immigrants feel pressured to drop their past identities in favor of new American ones.

Just thought I'd share.

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If this was all they did at church, I'd consider going.

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For me, the Halloween season just isn't the same without a viewing or two of Disney's Legend of Sleepy Hollow, narrated by Bing Crosby. Enjoy!

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These have officially brightened my day.

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It's raining here, too.

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Para nosotros que conocemos el español.

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People need to lighten up, for sure.

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Sean Lennon, Yoko Ono, Lady Gaga, & Co.

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I enjoy this picture.

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(Photo: GarySe7en)

Awesome Halloween costume idea, inspired by Spirited Away. Looks like it's already been taken.

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(Photo: Chloe Price)

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WTF? Hahahahahaha!

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It's that time of year! (YAY!)

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(Photos: Parker Fitzgerald)

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Again.
PS: Go to the page that video is on and read the guy's caption!

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Thank God for John Darnielle.

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I'm waiting for the train
The subway that only goes one way
The stupid thing that will come to pull us apart
And make everybody late
You spent everything you had
Wanted everything to stop that bad
And now I'm a crushed credit card registered to Smith
Not the name that you call me with
You turned white like a saint
I'm tired of dancing on a pot of gold flake paint
Oh, we're so very precious, you and I
And everything that you do makes me want to die
Oh, I just told the biggest lie
I just told the biggest lie
The biggest lie

Elliott Smith, "The Biggest Lie"

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(Photos: H Bombzz)

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Martha Wainwright .

I want to be this cool.

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I just really, really love this song. I suppose it stimulates the badass in me that otherwise goes unsatisfied.

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(Photo: wisher.)

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I've been listening to Humble Cub. You should, too.

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Watched this last night. You should watch it, too. Adaptation of a Roald Dahl book by Wes Anderson featuring the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman, and Owen Wilson. Do I really need to say more?

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Nostalgic lately...

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Something oddly comforting about this whole song.

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Went to the fair with my best friend yesterday. It was fun until our stress levels skyrocketed.

We scored a free elephant ear, shopped around the merchants, ate some food, looked at the sheep, and I also played some games. Around the time we got to the sheep, both of us started to near panic mode. We both hate crowds. After that, it was a mad rush for me to use up my tickets and for us to score sugary foodstuffs and beverages before hitting the road.

I didn't go on the rides I wanted because by the time we neared them, I knew it was no longer a good idea. Even just the swings or haunted house would have put me far over the edge. We did the "fun house", but that apparently wasn't so great an idea, either.

But we did have some good fun. And I got some cool stuff: A frog scraper, a frog necklace, a Lady Gaga poster (thanks, dart game!), a Little Mermaid bracelet, the New Testament IN SPANISH (for FREE! from those Gideon people!), etc. And today, I finished my M&M-covered caramel apple for breakfast, and I have been periodically digging into my cotton candy bag.

But even as much fun as we did have, I now remember what kept me from going to the fair for the past decade or so. Of course, like I remarked to my friend on the relaxing ride back, what really counts is that we left the place alive and still friends.

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Blast from the past.

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Blackbird Blackbird – Pure (official music video) from Isaac Bauman on Vimeo.

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My Subway sandwich.

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They made a trailer?! Sweet. Now you HAVE to go see it, right?

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This video is just plain awesome. No more need be said.

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(Photo: Ben Heine)

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It's this woman's birthday. I took that as an excuse to post a purdy picture.

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(Photo: Jonathan Cargill)

I keep listening to this song. Please ignore the video. Just listen.

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Bitch

by Carolyn Kizer

Now, when he and I meet, after all these years,
I say to the bitch inside me, don’t start growling.
He isn’t a trespasser anymore,
Just an old acquaintance tipping his hat.
My voice says, “Nice to see you,”
As the bitch starts to bark hysterically.
He isn’t an enemy now,
Where are your manners, I say, as I say,
“How are the children? They must be growing up.”
At a kind word from him, a look like the old days,
The bitch changes her tone; she begins to whimper.
She wants to snuggle up to him, to cringe.
Down, girl! Keep your distance
Or I’ll give you a taste of the choke-chain.
“Fine, I’m just fine,” I tell him.
She slobbers and grovels.
After all, I am her mistress. She is basically loyal.
It’s just that she remembers how she came running
Each evening, when she heard his step;
How she lay at his feet and looked up adoringly
Though he was absorbed in his paper;
Or, bored with her devotion, ordered her to the kitchen
Until he was ready to play.
But the small careless kindnesses
When he’d had a good day, or a couple of drinks,
Come back to her now, seem more important
Than the casual cruelties, the ultimate dismissal.
“It’s nice to know you are doing so well,” I say.
He couldn’t have taken you with him;
You were too demonstrative, too clumsy,
Not like the well-groomed pets of his new friends.
“Give my regards to your wife,” I say. You gag
As I drag you off by the scruff,
Saying, “Goodbye! Goodbye! Nice to have seen you again.”

Just read this poem for homework. It's pretty good, and so true.

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(Photo: Chris Bennion)

So, A Doctor in Spite of Himself was amazing and hilarious. If you happen to be in Seattle, head over to Intiman and see it, now! It's totally worth it.

Memorable quotes include:
"...our village behind the big city, 'ich we call 'Enumclaw'." (country bumpkin)
"Laughter is the best medicine, that and Nyquil."
"So, would you say you became a doctor in spite of yourself?"
"I have no idea what the f*ck you just said."

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It occurred to me that I hadn't put in the good word for Cold Comfort Farm, yet. Having used this photo at my haircut appointment today, I think it prudent to spread the word: Good movie.

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(Photo: Intiman)

Can't wait to see this tomorrow.

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Just heard, thanks to a friend.

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Charles Bukowski, "70 Minutes in Hell"

Just found this at the library. Did not know it existed, much less that it was right here at my workplace. I'm so excited!

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This caught my eye as I was leaving campus just some minutes ago. I had to click a shot.