2008

Jul

very pretty, painting by angela bentley fife

is she running away or running toward something? a rorshach...

the namesake

The Namesake is Mira Nair’s latest project, a film both small and sweeping in scope as it...

shooter

Didn’t want to see Shooter. Didn’t know much about it. Wasn’t really interested....

24 season 2

When I was home visiting my parents, my dad and I watched season 2 of 24 on DVD. We’d watched...

prime

I watched Prime three times last week. It’s good, not great, but I’m strangely addicted...

cleaning up shop

i was looking at my old blog on blogger earlier and when i signed in i found another blog project...

“As happens at the opera, one usually laughs (if one laughs...”
— from the nyt’s...

i don’t know about this vid, but this song is rad. the tiny: another swedish band to love.

musicphobe

my ipod went kerplunk about a week after my laptop got stolen - such luck! - and it’s really...

courtesy of justin. so the movie was basically awesome, yes?...

this is rad

riotrepublic: What’s the difference between a million, a billion, a trillion? A million seconds is...

“We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those...”
— William Somerset Maugham, via...

me, by botticelli, maybe. via some website that does this...

Jun

a squirrel and a blackbird are having an...

oh, hello ryan gosling, man of my dreams, via claudia

the two things you need to know about...

1. texas rangers is a historical drama about the group of young men who banded together to clean up...

i just spent two hours reading old...

—many people don’t fall in love for the first time until their 30s or 40s—at the...

hha, via eec, zoee, pibity

leanne shapton did one of the rfk portraits in the nyt...

really love anne watkins’ work. quick and dirty and...

i read 'the road' last night

i started at about midnight and finished who knows when. it was a quick read, and putting it down...

chan marshall / cat power is so rad and lovely and is one of...

so last month my macbook was stolen out...

seriously? seriously. groan.

and the hot boys don’t hurt either

i knew friday night lights was a good show before i could...

love this shot of amy adams from a fashion spread in the nov...

May

check out this naomi wolf piece in ny mag...

“you expect a great deal from other people, but you are...”
— from an astrology book on...

my brother got me this movie for my bday, and i watched it...

from "east wind," by julian barnes,...

“Do you think you could love me?” “Yes, I think I would love you.” “Is that a would or a could?”...

"all i want" by joni mitchell

I am on a lonely road and I am travelingTraveling, traveling, travelingLooking for something, what...

whether your heart hurts or is about to fly away, joni has...

“you just need to stay alert…everything we need to know...”
— from feast of love, a not that...

hha what a badass, via zoee

“There he was, walking down the street: unshaven, carrying...”
— Alex Balk in a post titled...

hha i love jack black, via eec

i’m somewhere in this shot. my fav part was when...

Barack Obama, giving a speech at a rally in Portland: I’ve been running for president for...

reminds me of the camera obscura line: “i like the...

last summer, i attended a birthday fete for a new friend. we...

i’d like to channel this image all summer long, by...

that looks like such fun. and i want that dress, via sugar...

“Last night I danced with a stranger, but she just reminded...”
— bob dylan , from standing in...

Ooops

lovepuppy: Should not have sent that e-mail. I’m cringing. you should send it to...

“you either think you can, or you think you can’t”
— susan-the-spinning-teacher,...

ha. my friends once had an intervention to get me to stop...

the album cover for throw me the statue’s moonbeams. i...

i like this song. and her voice. well done, scar jo.

“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No...”
— W.C. Fields, via simko

“The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions:...”
— Louis E. Boone, via simko, via...

paul by linda, via sailingonthesea

“do you want to know who you are? don’t ask, act!...”
— thomas jefferson. don’t...

i tend to be quite hard on myself, but sometimes i do feel...

i used to have a magnet of this, lost to a fridge somewhere,...

haha, by mark chamberlain, via apartment therapy

when the library of congress’ collection was destroyed...

Apr

“Every man has his own patch of earth to cultivate. What’s...”
— jose saramago in his speech...

yesterday i woke up in a funk. it was one of those days that...

via boredorborder, via CinemaCowgirl

listening to the lovely neko case and dreaming of summer....

“Normally [comedies are] about a guy who gets dumped by a...”
— lorne michaels on baby mama,...

dan savage writes some wonderful words about...

omg i laughed with glee at about a two-and-half-minutes. seriously. seriously. it blows my mind...

this reminds me of ophelia, via boredorborder, via...

yesity yes yes yes. this reminds me a bit of the attic room...

i saw this tonight at the second-run theatre, and it...

bikespiration, by and via skeppshult bikes

“Part of what’s special about this is that I get to...”
— geoff berner, a canadian...

i no longer live in california, but i admit it’s a...

by chris kenny, via tender

“Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if...”
— claude monet, via tender. i...

via bellavita, via almostlovers

“I can see exactly where my episodes of unhappiness have...”
— elizabeth gilbert in eat pray...

“You were given life; it is your duty (and also your...”
— elizabeth gilbert in eat pray...

amelie director jean-pierre jeunet was inspired by the work...

i really like bears lately. which is lucky, because they...

i went snowshoeing a few months ago with my bff jill and it...

Mar

“ Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I...”
— edna st vincent milay, via...

“I start a book and I want to make it perfect, want it to...”
— Joan Didion, via mollycaitlin,...

“I still say that some of the biggest criminals are those...”
— bob dylan in 1962, via larry...

boredorborder, via face it

by etsy artist bueller

“I do everything I do because I love to do it, even when I...”
— maira kalman, via inspiration...

by maira kalman

“i think happiness may be as simple as finding a way to...”
— rachel

i love this speech from wedding crashers, and it’s even more fun told through type and sound,...

via john mayer’s blog (i know, right?)

st john’s bridge in black and white, looking rather...

st john’s bridge at night. looking rather pretty, by...

a bit late on this, but obama wrote a thank you note to...

a thought

sunday nights are depressing even when you don’t have to work in the morning. por que?

“Most people are together just so they are not alone. But...”
— from broken english which i...

more bikespiration, via flickr

“And by the way, everything in life is worth writing about if...”
— sylvia plath, via...

uh, yes please. cinque terre, italy, via claudia, via...

this flickr user has thousands of pictures of life in...

i want to ride my bike more. in theory it seems so lovely,...

girl on bike, via elston

wes anderson in paris, via the sartorialist. which life do i...

or maybe we could just stay in this hammock in the woods,...

oh, hello, john krasinski. want get married and stay in bed...

one of my favorite times of day. wish i was in this pretty...

bedroom of a country house in france. yes, please, via...

sam reich was curious so he did some...

the following things occured in the following...

vogue 1961, bar du soleil, via lovepuppy

this feels like summer to me. imagine joni mitchell...

my friends have chickens that wander in their backyard....

“I don’t want her talking to Putin, I don’t want...”
— larry david in the huffington...

so cool, via cakeface, via lomo, via s640x480

by rene gruau. i want some red tights!

"just like curb your enthusiasm, but with...

audrey hepburn and her pet deer named pippin, via joanna...

“style makes you feel great because it takes your mind off...”
— isaac mizrahi at TED

19 cities in the world with 20 million people...

frozen salt lake city. isn’t it pretty. but thank g it...

“the natural condition is one of insurmountable obstacles on...”
— from shakespeare in love, by...

also, none are as a lovely as gwyneth patrow.

clever and beautiful and sad and wonderful. is it blasphemy...

“There is a subtle powerlessness that I feel in NYC that is...”
— from jakob lodwick’s...

Feb

“i just saw an army jacket at the thrift store. the nameplate...”
— justin. what a mensch.

by jennifer zwick, via ffffound

i hahhah’d this when i first saw it, and i’m...

i want to be friends with these boys,...

Sam Reich: I'm a serious person, Josh. I read a lot of Proust and drink fizzy water.
Josh: I wear and itchy sweater and keep my mouth shut.
SR: I play single notes on the piano and have a vague unibrow.
Josh: I watch foreign films and call my father by his first name.
SR: I paint pictures of my ex-girlfriends.
Josh: I only screamed only once and it was into the mirror.
SR: I eat mints with a knife and fork.
Josh: I scold strangers' children.

via onemoretimewithfeeling

glam, by anna wolf

i am sitting in a coffeeshop. a perfectly wonderful coffeeshop, one that is more like a library,...

“Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common...”
— w.h. auden (via hrrrthrrr)

the original. love her. love. la dee da.

still loving the men’s clothes, via toast

“why can’t chips and salsa be a meal? cereal and milk...”
— justin, asking the tough...

michael cera gets the amelie effect, via my blogging...

more shenanigans, thankyou thankyou, bellavita

st vincent covers nico’s these days. gorgeous.

annie clark plays music as st vincent and is basically...