March 2012
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“The only reason women will have sex with them [straight men] is that sex is the...”
– Stephen Fry, a stupid person’s idea of a clever person.
Anonymous asked: Your opinions are your own but don't put your hate in the tags.
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People who annoy me:
Ricky Gervais. Incredibly smug, and, when separated from Stephen Merchant, not actually that funny. We get it, you’re an atheist, congratulations.
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Stephen Fry. Incredibly smug, and, when separated from his QI trivia cards, not actually that smart. (Oh wait, knowing trivia isn’t the same as being smart anyway.)
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Advice from Billy Wilder →
Billy Wilder is responsible for some of the greatest movies of all time: Some Like it Hot, Double Indemnity, Sunset Boulevard, The Apartment, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
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January Jones eats her own placenta →
I’m usually liberal and cool with whatever crazy stuff people want to do, but… this is seriously disgusting.
Edit to add:
Other reports show that some people make a dish that would normally contain meat, like stew or lasagna, then replace the meat with placenta.
NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE.
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My review of The Hunger Games!*
Read it here! (*now with working link)
Gifs via caper-cranes
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“If there is no love in the world, we will make a new world, and we will give it...”
– Everything is Illuminated, Jonathan Safran Foer
Deep Gremlin: The Hunger Games →
deepgremlin:
My 2 cents, being worth approximate £0.01. Waiting for my friend to write his review on it, and hoping he will forgive my will full amateurism.
Okay, so I just came back from watching The Hunger Games. As a bit of background, I am pretty much impartial. I’ve only read the first book, I liked it,…
No amateurism here. I agree with you about the pacing being off and the love...
When the best part of your weekend is seeing a group of drunks swear at the Mayor (who, having recently left a concert, is decked out in his official chains)… you’re having a bad weekend.
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Brief book reviews
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Haruki Murakami
A suburban man enters a surreal journey, guided by a succession of bizarre characters. There’s a lot of grand themes here, fate, love, sacrifice, but ultimately it’s a very human story, funny and sad, and offers few answers. It made me realize I read far too much Western literature.
Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov
Nabokov’s love letter to...
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“If you’re going to read this, don’t bother.
After a couple pages,...”
– Choke, Chuck Palahniuk.
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BREAKING: 5 Southern Mississippi University... →
stfuconservatives:
abaldwin360:
Southern Mississippi University announced today that it would revoke the scholarships of five members of the college’s pep band after they led a bigoted chant during an NCAA basketball tournament game last Thursday. The students, who have not been identified, chanted, “Where’s your green card?” at Kansas State basketball player Angel Rodriguez, who was born in...
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STFU, Conservatives: nom-chompsky: hermione-ganja:... →
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feistyfeminist:
Illinois students grill Rick Santorum after teacher interrupts stump speech
sarahlee310:
GOP presidential challenger Rick Santorum faced three tough questions from high school students…
Someone’s doing high school incredibly right.
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Pretty much perfect day:
Good exam results (with maybe a tinge of Schadenfreude)
Finished an essay due in end of the day
Ate a Snickers bar
2 hours of studying the US Presidency
Spent lunchtime polishing a review of Dead Snow
Ate at Subway
Got home to find two new people following the blog
Staying up late to finish history coursework (yes I do actually enjoy this)
I’m easily pleased.
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“I detest the theatre as being a primitive and putrid form, historically...”
– Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov.
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Lifeline
… is a play brimming with teenage frustration and ironic meta-textual deliciousness. It’s about people who live more in fantasy than reality, because it’s easier to control. I doubt if tonight’s the last we see of it.
