December 2009
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Dec 31st
“David Tennant is currently on BOTH BBC Breakfast and GMTV at once! I thought...”
– (via fuckyeahdavidmitchell)
Dec 31st
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“The game derives its meaning from metaphor. A female acquaintance of mine played the game for about ten seconds before remarking to me “Peter! This game is sexist!” The difference between the boy and the girl’s movement are there to suggest a distinction in gender representation in the narrative and also to satire gender representation in video games in general. The boy...
Dec 29th
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Dec 27th
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Dec 27th
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Dec 23rd
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oldjewstellingjokes: The 10 Best Jokes of 2009 These are our ten favorite jokes from the past year, in no particular order.  They’ll run one after the other, so click play, sit back, and relax!  Thank you for making Old Jews Telling Jokes such a success. This video series makes me so happy.
Dec 23rd
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Music to write modern art papers to. Also:
Dec 21st
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Dec 19th
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(Oh, I’m through with Marx. I’ll never call again. // Said adieu to Marx… will never fall again // for it must be Lou or no-one, ‘cause I’m through with Marx)
Dec 15th
Done with the Marxism final. Blue-book tests are, in some ways, quite the exhilirating race to the end, and I actually think they’re a little fun. Which saddens me to say that my Modern Art test (which certainly WAS fun at midterm) has been transformed into a paper. Far less fun. So now, if I can write two papers by Friday, I can be home for the weekend! Can it be done? Stay tuned.
Dec 15th
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“ALL THAT by David Foster Wallace”
– All That : The New Yorker (Well, those are some exciting words.  As soon as I have time to breathe, I’ll happily read this… and get around to finishing Infinite Jest.  I wonder if this was just unpublished and they got the rights, or what?  Can’t find anything about it online...
Dec 8th
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Dec 7th
Finally broke out the winter-coat today. It’s about time, I suppose. On one level, it’s a less fashionable coat than most New Yorkers wear, but more practical, I hope, which reflects a New England sensibility.
Dec 7th
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Spiral Poppy, 1970/2009
Dec 7th
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Dec 7th
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“Bigger studios are focused much more on commercial success that’s why they are...”
– INTERVIEW – In Conversation With Jakub Dvorsky, Founder Of Amanita Design And Creator Of Machinarium « Alternative Magazine Online (Amen, brother!)
Dec 4th
“this song is copyrighted in u.s., under seal of copyright #154085, for a period...”
– pete seeger, accounting a message on mimeographed copies of woody guthrie’s lyrics distributed to fans in the 1930s (via nosex) [Kickass.  (Also, I’m thinking next next semester of taking Hacker Ethos and Copyright in tandem.)]
Dec 3rd
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Dec 2nd