November 2011
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“at st. peter’s cathedral / there is stained glass, there’s a steeple...”
– - st. peter’s cathedral
{i’m a sucker for dcfc, as always…} life is sweet / in the belly of the beast…
“I was there to take down the names of people who were arrested… As I’m standing...”
– Retired New York Supreme Court Judge Karen Smith, working as a legal observer after the raids on Zucotti Park this Tuesday, via Paramilitary Policing of Occupy Wall Street: Excessive Use of Force amidst the New Military Urbanism (via flowerfistandbestialwail)
September 2011
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July 2011
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December 2010
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one of the reasons i'm moving out of new york →
October 2010
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August 2010
4 posts
Inventories
2 tallboy sugar free red bulls
40+ gawdawful trashelectronica songs to keep the adrenaline going via sirius xm
0 hours sleep
too many remaining deadlines
1 hour before boarding
holy shit, this is actually happening
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“In the next 2 weeks, you will start a trip to Washington, a trip to Houston, a...”
– dopplr to me. perfect mockery / celebration of the consultant’s life.
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best nyc live music week ever
4 aug 10 - 8 aug 10
holy ghost!
hercules & love affair
hot chip
joan as police woman
metric
restless people
glasser
punches
memory tapes
(overheard chairlift & the xx)
“Is there some kind of tear in the very fabric of the news universe? It has been...”
– marina hyde in the guardian (6 aug 10)
July 2010
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so the big bruise on my knee was this close to healing when I (or at least my left leg) fell down a half-open manhole. now i have a new, enormous bruise running the cylindrical surface of my leg. damn you, anonymous asshole of new carrollton, for opening the damn thing on a dark and stormy night.
the blow - the love that i crave
khaela was...
June 2010
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political/personal (it's a global world). →
two days, two degrees of separation, flotilla fallout…
not a single further ounce of sympathy or tolerance for the rabid authoritarian regime and knee-jerk militarism that has taken over “Zionism”.
May 2010
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“Julia and [redacted], I just got home and checked my bb and saw the file from...”
– client email, dated today (last night), 1:21AM. postponed dc travel plans, FML. really not his fault, more the current project insanity in general, but hey, thanks for the maybe slightly tipsy i’m-from-a-commonwealth-country tone in delivering the bad news (c.f. “morrow”)
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Lib-Lab Coalition!! →
Gordon Brown’s Ode to Post Neo-classical Endogenous Growth Theory
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March 2010
2 posts
playlist - monday makes it rain parade
postal service - recycled air
freezepop - afterparty
phoenix - lisztomania (classixx remix)
metric - hustle rose
the golden filter - my favorite things
the juan maclean - the station
the faint - the geeks were right (boyz noize remix)
holy ghost! - i will come back (classixx remix)
February 2010
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January 2010
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“It may not feel that way right now, but the last 10 years may go down in world...”
– Tyler Cowen, NYTimes Economic View blog
December 2009
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the situation in iran is boiling over? →
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“Pulse returning to normal. Dizziness fading. Eye sight no longer blurred. I...”
– e-mail from my boss this morning, in response to an updated file i sent him. dear g-d, i can’t wait to be off this project.
November 2009
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i find this highly sexynomical →
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i feel like a grown-up thanksgiving now...
my mom’s rank order of the dinner i made for the family…
n. engl. tuna chowder >
panko-crusted chicken breast >
sauvignon blanc poached salmon >
spinach + portabello + grape tomato + mozzarella salad >
cinammon honey pumpkin pie >
roasted brussels sprouts >
kokuho sweet rice (i mean, it’s hard to screw this up but it’s nothing special)
… this...
October 2009
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My head is full of phlegm and sinusitis pain. Better timing than during the conference, but alas… Shedding virus like a winner.
September 2009
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“let this be a warning / says the magpie to the morning / don’t let this...”
– I do not recommend Neko Case for solitary journeys home from the airport.
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obsessed with the ’80s via this remix -...
August 2009
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“In New York, our stars hang on a Calder mobile in the sky, a hundred passengers...”
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“hot July ain’t good to me / I’m pink and black and blue…”
– appropriate weekend song(?)
July 2009
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“tilting the balance away from a multi-polar world and toward a multi-partner...”
– secretary clinton outlines 21st century american foreign policy
prospect heights vs. park slope?
think i’m making the right call…
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green wal-mart?! →
wal-mart is going to create sustainability labelling for all of its products. WHOA. m&s have done this sort of thing over the pond, but considering bentonville’s supply chain, this is HUGE. first, advocating the national health insurance mandate, now this? dude, are you arkansans trying to psych out the liberals?
kudos on the scoop, TBM!
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oldies-but-goodies song of the summer vol. 1
yeah yeah yeahs - zero
yelle (covering robyn) - qui est cette fille? (who’s that girl?)
m.i.a. - xr2
the blow - pardon me
camera obscura - let’s get out of this country
los campesinos! / you! me! dancing!
winner… matt & kim / daylight {see the video}
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nytimes.com real estate listings
there’s a listing for park slope for $75,000. for a PARKING SPOT. WTF NY REAL ESTATE, STILL?!!
also. being in houston has made me think seriously about purchasing:
A) another parakeet to keep jeanne d’arc company
B) a piano
C) a condo somewhere in brooklyn
am i going insane?
June 2009
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