February 2011
“Portlandia could only happen in a post-Greif world. A year ago it would’ve...”
– Jake Cleland
Will Oldham interviews R. Kelly →
And it’s only slightly less bizarre than you’d imagine.
Rugrats is about feminist families
erikawithac:
Mrs. Pickles is the educated breadwinner, Stu often chasing his less profitable dreams
Phil & Lil’s mom, obvs (short hair, female symbol sweatshirt, clear second waver
Charlotte, ballbusting CEO who wants Angelica to have an edge in a male-privileged world
Suzie’s family, upper-middle class black family with a really accomplished mom
Chaz, sensitive single dad who childrears...
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January 2011
Admit It Monday
Unlike good insomniacs— who regularly lie awake in bed and accept not being able to sleep as part of The World’s Natural Order— I sometimes have panic attacks when I’ve been lying in bed for several hours and can’t sleep, even after taking my usual nightly dosage of eight sleeping pills. I had one last night, and it was the most horrifying of any one I’ve ever...
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a man's man's man.
at the post office the other day, i passed by a man.
punctuated by a big beard and burly arms, draped in flannel and denim, he projected a sort of man-ness that filled the air with a dust cloud of masculinity, which for a split second severely diminished my own. he had the sort of walk that could break gravel, compared to my brisk pace and relatively quiet footsteps. this man was the...
“You gotta try your luck at least once a day, because you could be going around...”
– Jimmy Dean
Martin Douglas' Life is Not Real: Reason #62342
Briefly chatting with Damien Abraham of Fucked Up about Scott Pilgrim vs. the World via Twitter. The internet is such a weird / cool place.
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“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his...”
– Nelson Mandela (via loveyourchaos)
WatchYoung Prisms - “I Don’t Get Much” / Weekend - “End Times”
Late last night, I spent over 45 minutes teaching...
Martin Douglas: Swagged the fuck out in 2K11.
“Am I arguing that girls and women shouldn’t be held responsible for their...”
– Emily Maguire, Princesses & Pornstars: Sex, Power, Identity. (via starsgowaltzing)
clintisiceman asked: You're a big Silver Jews fan, right? Recommend me an album of theirs that is not American Water because I already have that.
picklesandcats asked: i find out about so much music from you. thanks for posting good jams.
The House GOP's Plan to Redefine Rape | Mother... →
suhhweetenedtea:
“Rape is only really rape if it involves force.”
Which doesn’t include date-rape drugs, which doesn’t include being threatened to be killed if you don’t comply, which doesn’t include blackmail, which doesn’t include the simple, universal theme of no actually meaning no. Fuck this.
“It seems to me that the intellectualization and aestheticizing of principles and...”
– David Foster Wallace (via sometimesagreatnotion)
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"I'm sorry. I didn't understand your question."
(253): Shush. (512): YOU SHUSH, MAAAAN. (253): NO, MAAAAAAAAN. (512): YOU CAN’T WIN THIS JUST BY ADDING MORE A’S IN THERE. (253): YES I CAN, GODDAMMIT. I’M MARTIN DOUGLAS. (512): SO WHAT? WHAT’S A MARTIN DOUGLAS?
that reminds me. haiku for martin.
manicheanism:
music critic, yes awesome human being, yes what more can be said?
D’awwwww. I’m smiling like an idiot right now, Carson.
Zach: You know there's a reason why I give you the title of Greatest Checker, right?
Martin Douglas: I mean, I guess. But being The Greatest Checker at this store is like dunking on paraplegics; it's hard to derive much joy from it.
