July 2011
72 posts
“Perhaps the greatest case of wave conflict in America will be paid by nearly...”
– Alvin Toffler, from Revolutionary Wealth
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Notes from a Literary Apprenticeship: Jhumpa...
As I grew into adolescence and beyond, however, my writing shrank in what seemed to be an inverse proportion to my years. Though the compulsion to invent stories remained, self-doubt began to undermine it, so that I spent the second half of my childhood being gradually stripped of the one comfort I’d known, that formerly instinctive activity turning thorny to the touch. I convinced myself that...
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Ugh, yesterday was frustrating. For whatever reason, I assumed we lived in a society where at least we had given up the need to feel sorry for Hugh Hefner. Apparently we still feel some sort of sympathetic need to pity a man-child who spends his life in a velour bathrobe and lives in a harem with attractive women a quarter of his age. It was shocking to see people vehemently criticize Crystal for...
One line summaries of Tumblr posts I'm never going...
bluebears:
msavignon:
Social justice internet activism (like yelling at someone on Tumblr) is no match for late capitalist mechanisms.
It hasn’t escaped my attention that when people who say the NFL is “full of thugs,” they are aiming that judgment at a group where the minorities are the majority, and they happen to be succeeding at their jobs.
Urban planning and geography conversations need...
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Stuff White People Like - #123: Mad Men Parties →
Instead, the best way to use Mad Men is to suggest or host a themed party.
When you say the words “we should have a Mad Men party,” white people will immediately latch onto the idea and begin planning. By the end of the day, they will have picked proper attire and emailed you a drink and hors d’oeuvre menu. In the days and weeks leading up to the party white people will be thinking of...
Americans in the lowest 20% income bracket spend... →
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“With glittering gold tills, moodily lit leather booths and Sinatra crooning in...”
– Elaine Watts-Russell from “Milwaukee: Chicago’s Cool Baby Sister,” a travel piece in The Guardian
Props to an international paper for shouting out quite a few of my favorite spots in Milwaukee - some standard tourist check-points, others more subtle neighborhood gems (Foundation...
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As part of my Month of No Excuses, I finally sent back an art film I’ve been hoarding from Netflix since October. It’s a film I’ve always wanted to watch; I ordered it from Netflix with the purest of culture-craving intentions. But alas, in nearly two short months, I will have had this DVD for a year, so this weekend I dared admit to myself that I was never going to be satisfied...
“Because neither party is blameless for the decisions that led to this problem,”...”
– Obama Pleads for Budget Deal - NYTimes.com
I don’t understand how blame is incurred when, while watching minority activists in the House pillage their way through Rome, attempting to sack it to completion, you start to suggest that they might be irresponsible and self-serving.
Members of the...
“One of the core messages of Christianity is a rejection of worldly power. The...”
– Andrew Sullivan, “A Living Definition of Christianism,” on the perpetrator of the terrorist acts in Norway.
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here's the thing
-There is no such thing as a tragedy competition. You might think it sounds noble to suggest it, but it actually reveals a lack of empathy. Obviously there are events that are serious on a global level - serious failings of humanity, and there are events that are sad on a publicly personal level.
-Someone does not deserve to die because they are an addict. They have a problem that, no matter how...
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“The more insecure I felt, the more I’d drink. The more insecure I feel,...”
– Amy Winehouse
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never die young (live) // james taylor
David...
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I have a future.
Today during my endless job search, I stumbled on the description of the career I want. Not the career I want tomorrow, or at the end of this round of job-searching, but for the rest of my life. For the past year, I’ve been trying to articulate the combination of things I’d like to do and why I feel a need to develop an understanding of the law and the way policy is made and explain to...
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Milwaukee Mayor has declared July 22 Bon Iver Day... →
On the eve before Justin Vernon and Bon Iver kick off two nights of sell-out shows at the Riverside Theater, Mayor Tom Barrett has declared tomorrow a holiday in honor of Bon Iver’s ties to Wisconsin.
The City of Milwaukee joins community members and supporting fans on the occasion of Bon Iver’s international tour kicking off at the Riverside Theater on Friday, July 22, 2011; and,
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Male Sexual Attractiveness: Based on Shoes →
Ladies. I think a lot of you are going to appreciate this.
via goodaesthetic
I read this, and then I read this, coupled with this article about the ignorance of politicians in Wisconsin about the numerous uses of public transit and the people it serves, and I am overwhelmed by our society’s collective disregard for pedestrians.
I’ve never understood drivers’ impatience with pedestrians, especially in cities or areas with heavy pedestrian traffic....
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Fifteen more pictures of Ryan Gosling looking hot →
In keeping with the themes of this day (things that are hot, Ryan Gosling, etc.) here are some pictures of Ryan Gosling looking hot in Crazy, Stupid, Love, a movie that I will probably begrudgingly have to see after looking at this informative slide show.
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Beyoncé // Schoolin Life
Apparently this is...
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Watchqueenieinmanhattan:
A little Mareillaise for your Bastille Day enjoyment.
Allons enfants de la patrie…
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The Minnesota government shutdown has a problem... →
MillerCoors now famously did not renew their Minnesota distributing license in time, and tragically, consumers will soon not be able to enjoy the champagne of beers in Minnesota. Even more unfortunately, many restaurants and bars have liquor licences that will expire on August 1st, leaving the ENTIRE PROSPECT OF DRINKING very uncertain in Minnesota. As the Atlantic notes, the entire bureaucratic...
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brief update
In case you were unaware, this blog has shifted from being a liveblog of my 2011 nervous breakdown and an outlet for the expression of my personal neuroses to a Friday Night Lights/Tim Riggins appreciation blog ALL THE TIME. It is nice that one of the only television dramas I’ve ever enjoyed is ending, because I was clearly in need of something to think about other than myself for a little...
A Friday Night Lights Soundtrack: The 10 Greatest... →
thebronzemedal:
Oh man. And it mentions one of series all-time greatest scenes:
Iron & Wine/Calexico “Dead Man’s Will”
The unofficial Riggins boys theme. In Episode 108, Tim Riggins visits his absentee father, to his older brother Billy’s dismay; when he returns, the two scuffle on the floor amid crushed beer cans and open pizza boxes. Blows are thrown, heated words are exchanged. Later...
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“Y’all all self conscious, I’m just the first to admit it.”
– Kanye (via bluebears)
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Texas Forever. Amaze article on FNL →
kaylabirds:
Aubrey: I remember Taylor [Kitsch]’s audition in particular. He auditioned on tape from Canada. He had two tall boys of beer, and he was already referring to himself as Rigg.
Taylor Kitsch (Tim Riggins): I brought in a cooler, put a big, black blanket behind me, and my agent filmed it. I found this Texas beer — Lone Star beer — and I was chugging those, just in my introduction.
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high horses.
I think it’s pretty funny that the only post I’ve written that has received more than fifty notes which were all (surprisingly) mostly affirmative, is a post about Julia Allison. I can’t say I don’t understand the internet’s collective eye-rolling in her direction, because I clearly do, it’s just that it’s always surprising to me to see the way in which...
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