July 2010
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March 2009
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Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show - Freakin’ at...
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A man, a plan, a canal: Panama.
Know what word disturbs me? Milquetoast. I can only ever think of Milk + Toast when I see it. Reminds me of French Toast. Yummy. Oh! The other day, I had a dream in which I used the word “kerfuffle.” I woke up an immediately looked it up because that’s just how I roll, and man alive (!) it is in fact a real word, AND I used it correctly in my dream. Wow. My subconscious mind has a...
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“The “what should be” never did exist, but people keep trying to live...”
– Lenny Bruce
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Bitch
I’ve been doing so much reading/philosophizing/news-keeping-upping/worrying lately that my brain’s about to blow. Basically, I’m living the dream. I spend most of my days thinking about what I’m going to post on this blog and not posting anything at all. In fact, right now, I’m listening to NPR news and trying to write at the same time. The fact that it just took me five minutes to write this very...
February 2009
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Caetano Veloso - Carolina
Despite the fact that...
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“A man walks down the street. He says, “Why am I soft in the middle now?...”
– Paul Simon - “You Can Call Me Al”
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Bizzaro World
Long time no update eh? Well, that’s probably because nothing interesting ever tends to happen to me. I’m not complaining. Things could be much more interesting…in some horrific way! It’d be pretty “interesting” to say my house spontaneously burst into flames in a freak accident involving an Indian burial ground, but I’ll settle for ho-hum, at least for now.
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So, I’m proud to...
January 2009
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Grammar Police
The other day I was reading a box of frozen pie and found out the motto for Sarah Lee is “Nobody doesn’t like Sarah Lee.” A double negative? What were they thinking? I always thought it was “Nobody does it like Sarah Lee.” Either way, I doesn’t like this Nobody fucker. I have officially started a personal boycott against the Sarah Lee Co. Though, I fully intend to drive by their factory on 8th...
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Lost in Translation
I love term “carne viva” in Portuguese, so savage. It basically means raw flesh, which in itself is kind of disturbing, but as per usual it sounds much more poetic in a Romance language.
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Malapropisms
So, I promised my ex-roommate/current friend that I would wander around the city with her this weekend. She’s an aspiring filmmaker (sounds cool, right?) and has to make a documentary about Nashville for a film class. I’ve been trying to help her come up with something cool, but all that keeps coming to my mind is the image of this homeless guy I saw wandering around outside campus last...
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“Amor é um estranho passarinho, canta sem ter pena, nasce sem ter ninho”
– Leléu (Selton Mello) em Lisbela e o Prisioneiro
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The Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now
I love this song....
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Porcelain Goddess
What is it about toilet water that is so creepy? Anytime I’ve accidentally dropped something in there (happens more often then I care to admit), I have to work up the courage to dart my hand in. I’m not even talking about a public toilet. In that scenario, I would let whatever fell in there fucking drown, even if it was a 100 dollar bill. I don’t even sit on those things.
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“Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself...”
– Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
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Curtis Mayfield - Miss Black America
In honor of...
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To begin with
Okay this is it. Today is the day I definitively start my blog. As usual I’ve been putting it off like crazy, and something I thought I might start at the very beginning of the year is just happening now, almost a month into 2009. Typical.
So, I’m going to have to start with a little bit of an intro to this mother before I embark on the journey to the center of my brain. First off:
North versus...
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“I hate writing, I love having written.”
– Dorothy Parker