December 2009
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From SEA to shining SLC
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT NOTICE.
Plane tickets have been purchased. Street performer’s license applied for.
My brother and I are officially going to Sundance. We’ll be busking, hitting record, and maybe even watching a film or two January 27-29.
THIS HAS BEEN AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT NOTICE.
“Indeed, as my brother Marke once pointed out, saying “arguably” to ostensibly...”
– Zooey (via themadeshop)
“Following the parallel of con artistry and storytelling Johnson sets up in his...”
– Collider’s Matt Goldberg places Bloom atop his top 10 of 2009! (via brothersbloom)
Glad to see I’m not the only one.
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Top 10 Records of 2009
1. Zoe Boekbinder, Artichoke Perfume
2. Nathan Johnson, The Brothers Bloom soundtrack
3. Frank Turner, Poetry of the Deed
4. The Redwood Plan, self-titled EP
5. Mark Growden, Saint Judas
6. 100 Damned Guns, Musica De Tormento
7. The Mountain Goats, Life of the World to Come
8. People Eating People, self-titled
9. William Elliot Whitmore, Animals in the Dark
10. Mandy Moore, Amanda Leigh
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The Joys of Customer Service
Me: Would you like to stick with the standard overnight shipping? That would be for an estimated Thursday arrival, although because of the holiday your order could be delayed until Monday. Your other option is priority shipping, which is an additional $6. That would guarantee a morning delivery, but would not change the day of arrival.
Customer: So if I pay $6 more, it would definitely arrive Thursday?
Me: *headdesk*
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Cookies.
I recently uncovered a spiral-bound notebook from high school with a number of amusing notes and drawings inside. The following is a short story I seem to have written, though I don’t recall the inspiration. Did I make up these characters? Were they from a book I read? I’m not certain. I transcribed it faithfully: every spelling, every punctuation mark.
Nothing in the notebook was...
Is it now?
itsthenineties:
December 16, 2009
15 bus to downtown
Ballard, Washington
He has two backpacks on the seat next to him, a sleepy expression, an unkempt mustache, and an honest-to-God rat tail. As I settle into my seat, he pulls a full sized bottle of some clear liquor, bare of paper bag, from inside his coat. Ducking his head slightly, he surreptitiously takes a swig.
A pasty, bulbous white...
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Manly and impulsive
Ryan: Hey, I finally caught an episode of Castle the other day.
Me: Oh man, we need to watch that when we're done with Torchwood. How was it?
Ryan: It's basically an hour of Nathan Fillion mugging for the camera.
Me: So it's awesome?
Ryan: Exactly.
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Watchronenreblogs:
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featuring a new Channukah song by The Cinematic Underground
2 years ago, during the scoring of the brothers bloom..
Fuuuuck I want sufganiyot.
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Word of the day: Awesometegrity →
Best portmanteau since quixaudacity!
ronen-v:
n., like integrity, but with awesome.
awe⋅some [aw-suhm] –adjective 1. inspiring awe: an awesome sight. 2. showing or characterized by awe. 3. Slang. very impressive: That new white convertible is totally awesome. in·teg·ri·ty [in-ˈte-grə-tē] -noun 1. firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values :...
Check yes or no
zucherman:
I saw the first [Harry Potter film] on a snowy night with a bunch of people and also with my ex-girlfriend, whose name was Kristen, and she sat on the other side of the aisle than me, and so I wrote her a note that went like this:
“Do you want to sit next to me and hold hands? Yes. No. (Circle one)” But instead of circling one, she wrote “Hell no.”
Zing.
“That’s literally incredible!”
– Marke Johnson (via ronen-v)
I’ve been saying this a lot lately. It’s a nicer (or at least sneakier) way of telling someone to their face that you believe they are lying. ;) (via themadeshop)
I am officially stealing this. I sometimes do the opposite, and say, when something is amazing, “I...
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Auntie Sarah's Learnin' Corner!
Have you ever wondered if the phrase “spic and span” came from racial slurs? After all, “spic” is a derogatory slur for Hispanic people, and it does refer to cleaning, which is a field stereotypically dominated by that minority.
Well, you can feel free to use the phrase to your heart’s content, because it’s totally unrelated. The slur was first recorded in...
WatchI have loved those little chocolate bickies called Tim Tams ever since an Australian friend sent them to me in a care package years ago. However, it was only recently that I heard of a practice called “Tim Tam Slam.” A few weeks ago, my bandmate Annie and I gave it a shot.
Watch and learn.
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What Gentiles Should Know About the Holiday Season →
themadeshop:
sarahalyse:
I want to kiss the writer of this blog full on the mouth. Please share this handy guide with your friends and relations.
So this was a really interesting article, and now I’m wondering does this mean I shouldn’t send Christmas cards to my Jewish friends? I’m an atheist, as are most of my Jewish friends, but I’ve always sent out Christmas cards to all my friends...
What Gentiles Should Know About the Holiday Season →
I want to kiss the writer of this blog full on the mouth. Please share this handy guide with your friends and relations.
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At a comic convention, sometime before 2005
Me: People are always asking me, "What is Tycho really like?"
Jerry: The same thing happens to me. They always say, "What is Sarah Shay of Angry People really like?"
Me: And you tell them the truth, of course.
Jerry: Absolutely.
Me: That I'm a complete bitch.
Jerry: "Space Bitch" is the term I use, actually.