January 2012
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The Believer Interview with Laurie Anderson
The Believer: A lot of your work is about interconnectedness and giving everything a voice, and how everything is vibrationally connected in some way. I was thinking about that, and about the Large Hadron Collider, and about the God particle, and in some ways your work is like “String Theory Live!” It’s like a manifestation of string theory in a lot of ways, and I was thinking about the God...
The Modern Quilt Guild
Also on the bucket list: make a quilt. A modern quilt.
Birds of a Feather Quilt by Rita Hodge
Pixelated Colorwheel by Kati Spencer
Museum of Jurassic Technology - Where Outlandish... →
“Is this a variation on ‘Ripley’s Believe It or Not’? Not really, because Ripley’s affirms incontrovertible truth. Here some things are invented but seem true; others are true but seem invented. And it is not always clear which is which. The museum’s publications are models of pedantic scholarship with elaborate citations, some of which lead to nonexistent sources, others...
December 2011
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November 2011
4 posts
Rainy Day Noodle Bowl
what you need:
1 T fresh ginger, minced
1 small, least terrifying member of the onion family, i guess a shallot, because even though you hate onions you should probably do this, minced
lil bit of oil
extra firm tofu, cubed
your favourite veggies from the crisper
plenty of soy sauce
plenty of sriracha sauce
2 T sesame oil
2ish cups of chicken broth
1 package of udon noodles...
October 2011
6 posts
Watchwhat i’m listening to when i’m not listening to beyonce or watch the throne—
one hundred dollars - where the sparrows drop
finally got cable installed (after 3 tries!) and pizza, stella and “sticky fingers” at inter steer, spared at the toronto music industry’s late night curling league night at the beautiful high park club, got a haircut, latte, and new book in roncesvalles, enjoyed a delicious fall meal (complete with 3 different coloured carrots!), watched a friend finish her first marathon and...
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September 2011
6 posts
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August 2011
4 posts
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songs you taught me: joyless divisions →
sashafrerejones:
Last year, when I was reading “Freedom,” I got stuck on the idea of rendering material details. The emotional microscopy of “Freedom” (which is huh? it’s the semi-word I settled on to describe the hundreds of disconnects between the characters) is conducted with even distributions of magnification…
July 2011
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Bruce Springsteen's Eulogy for Clarence Clemons →
“Of course, also enchanted was Sam’s dad, from the first time I saw my pal striding out of the shadows of a half empty bar in Asbury Park, a path opening up before him; here comes my brother, here comes my sax man, my inspiration, my partner, my lifelong friend. Standing next to Clarence was like standing next to the baddest ass on the planet. You were proud, you were strong, you were...
June 2011
7 posts
i’m not angry that the lifeguard was asleep during lane swim— just disappointed.
May 2011
3 posts
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lyndsaysgarden:
If we don’t have the baby by Saturday, my Mother’s Day present is a free luxurious hotel room down the street from our house, a bucket of fried chicken and Pay-Per-View to watch the Pacquiao Mosley fight.
This is why we will make great parents. Priorities.
Don’t tell my midwife.
my niece is going to have the coolest parents in the world.
April 2011
14 posts
Watchcarloscoreas:
MEAN DISNEY GIRLS.
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