February 2011
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Sometimes
When watching a show, I prefer to watch the actors re-acting rather than those acting.
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Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.
– Friedrich Nietzsche
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Addicted
to the Etsy taste test. Procrastination at its finest.
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You're not a Jedi →
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"Unbirthday Party"
I went home on Friday to see my family for my birthday (which actually isn’t until Monday), managed to convince my whole family to go see Tangled, even though I was the youngest there at an almost-22.
Obviously it charmed everyone. I remember seeing The Little Princess for my birthday when I was about 7. I loved seeing Disney films on my birthday, it was like being 7 again. Only this time...
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The Rules of Dissertation Club
therealgraceface:
1st rule: You do not talk about Dissertation Club.
2nd rule: You DO NOT talk about Dissertation Club.
3rd rule: If someone says “stop” or goes limp, taps out the Dissertation is over.
4th rule: Only one person to a Dissertation.
5th rule: One Dissertation at a time.
6th rule: No dissertation writing services, no Wikipedia.
7th rule: Dissertations will go on as long as...
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Sometimes, you just gotta love people. →
You know some people have too much time on their hands, but I, for one, am grateful that they do.
p.s. ‘Stumbling’ away on the train. Free wifi = genius.
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Train
Getting the train at an absurdly early time today. Going home to see the family for my birthday. I normally love trains and train journeys but not today.
a. It’s too early
b. My family will be at the other end. On their best behaviour. Oy.
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Why!?
Do I insist on staying up late and watching ridiculously shit films?
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Six Days Seven Nights:
Robin Monroe: Aren't you one of those guys?
Quinn Harris: What guys?
Robin: Those guy guys, you know, those guys with skills.
Quinn: Skills?
Robin: Yeah. You send them into the wilderness with a pocket knife and a Q-tip and they build you a shopping mall.
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Overheard in the library...
Student One: The internet isn't working. Do you know how to fix it?
Student Two: Nah. Google it.
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Putting ‘shops’ on the internet was a really dangerous idea. Giving me Google was probably worse.
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Damaged human capital was repaired and worthless labour was warehoused in the...
– J. Melling, ‘Accommodating Madness’ in Insanity, Institutions and Society (1999)
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Do you ever find yourself tuning into a song at the same line every time?
Oklahoma was rich with the stench of black oil
Every. Time.
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