janvier 2009
30 billets
Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won’t...
– Louise Erdrich
Nine Scenes I'd Like To Share With You
Ok. I’ve spent the past couple of hours finding some of my favorite movie scenes ever. Some of them had the embedding feature disabled, like a clip from The Breakfast Club, and that was a big bummer. I suppose I could just make a link, but I didn’t feel like it.
Anyway, these are just some of my faves. I tried to keep the genre varied. Some of these are the plotline climaxes or even...
Kansas City: A Destination to Watch in 2009 →
I’d like it if someday KC because an awfully cool place to be, a la Austin, TX.
Obama Issues Directive To Shut Down Guantánamo →
I can’t wait to read about this stuff in some high schooler’s history textbook someday.
DO WORK. →
Barack Obama’s first day in office. I feel like it’s Christmas.
Smile.
You are now living in an America under an Obama administration.
I must admit that I am feeling quite hope-y. I lately find it increasingly difficult to jump on the hopewagon, but after today and listening to the man’s speech, it’s not so hard for me to believe that we shall once again overcome all of our obstacles. Even the creation of a sustainable future. If he can’t do it, no...
We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth;...
– Barack Obama
What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility — a recognition,...
– Barack Obama
I will not calm down until cocaine enters my system!
– Burt the Banana
Then he just knelt in the ashes. He raised his face to the paling day. Are you...
– The Road by Cormac McCarthy
No lists of things to be done. The day providential to itself. The hour. There...
– The Road
Again. Sorry. It’s just a really good book. Better than I thought it’d be.