since we're humans, our things--stuff we own, objects with which we habitually interact, even miscellany we randomly encounter--things become attached to people, places, times, thoughts, feelings....things become synonymous with our memories of them.  a stuffed dog is not just a stuffed dog.  that stuffed dog has a name - Elanor.  that stuffed dog ( Read more... )

tonight, i will be seeing the midnight show of Dark Knight.  i am so excited i don't know what to do with myself.

this in no way compares to the excitement of seeing a midnight show of Lord of the Rings.  that excitement began to build up about a week in advance.  you knew about the impending NerdStorm as if you had seen it on a meterologist's ( Read more... )

john darnielle, the singer and often solitary member of the uber-rad indie folk endeavor The Mountains Goats (my favorite band), has several blogs.  this doesn't surprise me.  his lyrics mingle deep-yet-relatable poetry straight out of after-midnight soul-searching sessions with cultural references, both those embedded in the [inter]national ( Read more... )

the lakefill was not just muddy.  it was the-things-they-carried-lethal, sink-into-the-ground-up-to-your-knees mud.

i lost my flip flops.  so, no matter what i do from here on out, i've left a piece of myself at northwestern.

yes, i know that some poor soul from mayfest committee, cursed with the task of cleaning up the post-dillo debris and ( Read more... )

one word meme
fill out a one-word answer for each topic
Yourself:  ballin'
Your partner:  moral
Your hair:  unruly
Your Mother:  loopy
Your Father:  mystery
Your Favorite Item:  iPod
Your dream last night:  nothing
Your Favorite Drink:  beer
Your Dream Car:  sexy
Your Dream Home:  historical
The Room You Are In:  confined
Your Ex:  wry
Your fear:  boredom
Where ( Read more... )

Runners Up:  Superstar, Lie to Me, Band Candy, Lovers Walk, Fool for Love

10.  Tabula Rasa
9.  Hush
8.  The Body
7.  Restless
6.  Graduation Day 1&2
5.  Becoming I & II
4.  Chosen
3.  Passion
2.  Once More, With Feeling
1.  Surprise/Innocence

Runners Up:  Fight the Future! (The Movie) and Unusual Suspects (Season 5, Episode 1 ( Read more... )

Just passed the halfway point in my American Drama paper.  Works Cited = finished, so just 4 more pages left to type.  And, frankly, I've gotten an A on everything else in the class, so if I don't argue this point REALLY well, it's not the end of world.  Frankly, I just want to be done.  I wish I had the energy to care about it, because it's a ( Read more... )

a nice list from Stylus Magazine:

1. Once - Yes yes yes.
   
2. The Wind That Shakes The Barley - Cillian Murphy?  Do me on it.
   
3. The Host
4. Eastern Promises
5. Away From Her

James Forsyte - Marco M
Mama Soames - Laura N
Soames - Kevin S
Housekeeper - Elise W
Irene - Sarah M

Philip Bussiney - Joey deB

George -
Irene's Step-Mom - Becca N

Aunt Hester - Emily F
Aunt Julie -
Aunt Ann -

Annette - Anne L
Fleur -
Prosper Profund - Jeff L
Michael Mont - Jason K

Monty Darty - Joel S
Winifred Darty nee Forsyte - Nicole K
Imogen - Ellie R
Val ( Read more... )