November 2010
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The Book is always better than the Movie,...
“Film versions of Fitzgerald’s masterwork inevitably fail because of the kind of novel Gatsby is—frankly thin on story, but incredibly thick with introspection, thoughts unspoken, intricately woven metaphor, and long, dazzling descriptions of otherwise mundane things like sunsets, front lawns and angry wives that are only special because of how the narrator describes them. ” via...
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zombies are little yellow flowers →
Dogtooth answered a (seriously fucked up) question we’ve all pondered…. what would happen to children raised in isolation? FREAK OUT, it seems, perhaps because the great unknown is way harsher to confront a quarter- century in, rather than being slowly robbed of your innocence like the rest of us more lucky mortals raised in only minorly dysfunctional settings. IDK, that seems too...
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“It’s hard not to think “death drive” every time I go on the internet. Opening...”
– Alice Gregory, n+1:Sad As Hell
That I read this article on my iphone via the facebook app, which then opened safari, makes me feel like Sally Draper looking at the Land-O-Lakes box.
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Unfortunate Metaphors
“Perhaps literature is like weed.”
Lol. From Jonathan Culler’s A Very Short Introduction to Literary Theory.
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Worst Christmas Gift:
“It was $50 cash in a Tiffany ring box, from my boyfriend at the time. I think in his early teen years he may have sniffed a lot of glue. Picture me, breathless, opening this Tiffany box and finding $50.” lol samantha bee
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my real hair is the color of rat fur. →
it isn't every day that someone shows up at your... →
