Monthly Archives: April 2007

David Halberstam

Close to five years ago David Halberstam delivered the commencement speech at my graduation ceremony. When I found out he was our speaker I was partly thrilled because I was reading one of his books for class in that final … Continue reading

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Gillian Anderson hates television

Although I am sure the sentiment isn’t a new revelation; we sort of knew she was weird like that, this interview with the Daily Telegraph paints a picture of an actress that is almost maniacally disdainful of the medium that … Continue reading

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Scarlett Johansson on SNL

I liked Scarlett Johansson since Lost In Translation. I didn’t realise she could be so funny like she was on SNL last weekend: “This is mah daughter – not by vagina, but by marriage.” Precious. Just precious.

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quoting without regard to context

“Take it out and show it to me.” – D *eg*

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oh snap!

Look what arrived in the mail: Now I’m never gonna get any work done. I’ll be busy creating sims and kill them under very strange circumstances.

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hit me like a one hit wonder

Holy freaking flashback. I’ve got 2300 something songs on the iTunes (a paltry number compared to most, I’m sure) but there are some songs in there that hardly gets spinned. Tonight I heard Sonia’s You’ll Never Stop Me From Loving … Continue reading

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Yellowcard is playing across the street

No, really, they’ll be performing across mah street at the frat house’s parking lot. It’s the weekend of the Little 500, boys and girls.

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Va Tech

I can’t think today. I won’t be able to for a few days.

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How F1 is educational

Look y’all, Formula One shows you where the G-spot’s at. Heehaw. p.s. What a race! And Kimi looks smashing in Red. *insert all kinds of happiness here*

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Not so long, not so far…

Yeah we all know this, but it made me think of you

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A call for submission

To my guestbloggers and supposedly-wanting-to-guestblog guestbloggers… where the hell have you been? Look, for the next couple weeks I’ll be up to my ass in alligators and assignments. Plus I’ll be away from broadband the week after that. So, if … Continue reading

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No One Belongs Here More Than You

“[A] whole website on a dry erase board.” I want to be creative like that, too.

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Harry 15 years later?, the debate continues

People dissin my choice of Jake Gyllenhaal as a grown up Harry. Maybe DanDan read it and decided we needed a head-to-head comparison and so, thanks to Mugglenet I saw that, he showed up at a public event recently looking … Continue reading

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thing to do, not food related, when back home

I’m working on the food list but meanwhiles I’m really excited that this exhibition will still be going on in June – Neither East Nor West – The Lafayette Collection: Asia in the Age of Monochrome at the Islamic Arts … Continue reading

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I wouldn’t even know how to make this up

The New York Post certainly hires some really creative journos to come up with this headline: Attack of The Killer Lesbians (Man Felt Like ‘I Was Going To Die’) The body of the article contains colourful labels for the attackers … Continue reading

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