December 2009
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09' Faves (Music)
(Freelance Whales are the breakout band of the year and surprisingly enough, I’ve not seen them mentioned in any other year-end list. The strange chants and jaunty melodies featured in their debut album, Weathervanes, exudes a palpable amiability and fragility that simply wins you over with every spin.)
Most people list their resolutions, I tend to use the end of the year to compulsively...
Christmas is a time for...TV?
For us non-denominationals, it’s sometimes kinda hard to get into the Christmas spirit. The sheer commercialization of it, the fact Jesus was actually born in March and my overwhelming pogonophobia made a cynic of me for a long time. But thankfully, television was there to show me what Christmas was all about….kinda. You see, Christmas-themed movies tend to be terrible and cheesy (except Die...
“I practiced all my sainthood, I gave to one and all, But the rumours of my...”
– Leonard Cohen - Came So Far for Beauty
Killing In The Name Of - Rage Against The Machine
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“I knew the murder of Adolf Hitler as a fact. I had read the script, been...”
– Sheldon Roth (My Son Killed Adolf Hitler | Opinion | Jewish Journal) (via clembastow) (via inthetrees)
“We were taught that communication campaigns should be transcendent, not...”
– Hidzir. I fucking love this quote, as utterly insincere as it is. Being the narcissist that I am, go check out the rest of the press release here!
Like Syphilis
I’m back again! I know I keep taking Tumblr hiatuses but life’s been just…overwhelming lately. So, I’m sorry. So here’s a brief rundown of my last 3 months. I’ve just finished my degree, been hella busy with school and this conference called Project Reach, got my heart broken (again), still dealing with my dad’s death everyday, still get my heart broken...