Casey Johnston!

"The truth is I don’t think I’ve ever found anything as purely ‘moving’ as the end of The Velveteen..."

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:42:00 -0500

“The truth is I don’t think I’ve ever found anything as purely ‘moving’ as the end of The Velveteen Rabbit when I first read it.”

- DFW.

Good writing is the Skin Horse talking about how by the time you become Real, your fur has been “loved off.”

popculturebrain: somuchfunithurts: nathanieljames: Lazy...

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:43:42 -0500

popculturebrain:

somuchfunithurts:

nathanieljames:

Lazy Sunday | Andy Samberg & Chris Parnell ft. The Roots
live on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
(via merdeetmerde; fuckyeahandysamberg)

This was, in a word, rad.

Sara Schaefer wins.

Curses that I can’t stay up late to watch Jimmy Fallon anymore.

sarahschneider: thedailywhat: Stop What You’re Doing And Watch...

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:53:41 -0500

sarahschneider:

thedailywhat:

Stop What You’re Doing And Watch The Hell Out Of This of the Day: Glorious shot-for-shot live-action adaptation of the opening scene from Disney’s A Goofy Movie.

I’ve watched this video at least half a dozen times today, as well as clips of the movie’s other songs “Stand Out” and “Eye to Eye”, and am now positive that somewhere in the deep recesses of my childhood mind is every line in this movie.

Stand Out and Eye to Eye: 100% in my iTunes.

"I’ve noticed that some younger writers are really being brave, trying out new things, and I think..."

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:20:46 -0500

“I’ve noticed that some younger writers are really being brave, trying out new things, and I think they may sense that a lot of big publishing is shitting the bed anyway, that getting out of the mindset that there is a nice living to made writing serious fiction is the important first step. Then you are free. I think the internet has been great for new fiction. That’s been the big change. People are still writing stories and novels and a few are great and some are good and most aren’t very good at all. I guess what’s different is that you could go through your awkward stage in private. Back when I was figuring out how to write the internet existed but not like today. We’d have the same conversations that people have online now, rants about the more established writers we revered and hated, and we made a lot of stupid pronouncements about the state of literature and how it’s all shit except for so-and-so and what’s-her-name and, of course, us, but the only witnesses were a few people and a sofa and some beer cans. Or you might show somebody a story you wrote, but there was no posting it on a blog. So there was no real record of when you were a dumb, scared, angry baby who didn’t know how to write yet.”

- ha, sam lipsyte. (via meaghano)

I met this guy when I went to an interest meeting for the creative writing department at columbia. I spend a couple of minutes every day wishing I’d taken a class with him.

Grown Up Crayon Colors

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:30:00 -0500

Grown Up Crayon Colors:

my list on McSweeney’s Internet Tendency!

Photo

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:00:00 -0500

This is my mom outside of the coolest thing I have ever stumbled...

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:45:00 -0500

This is my mom outside of the coolest thing I have ever stumbled upon: Bettie’s Double Decker Cupcake Stand in Albany. They sell cupcakes (amazing, delicious, perfect frosting) on the first deck, and on the second deck there are little booths to eat in. Your argument is invalid, for there is a TRAVELING CUPCAKE RESTAURANT out there!!

In light of the results of the Super Bowl, I forgot to remind you all how important it is to smile...

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:10:38 -0500

In light of the results of the Super Bowl, I forgot to remind you all how important it is to smile in your pictures. Super Bowl winners smile, and Super Bowl losers maybe still smile but feel a growing ocean of emptiness on the inside.

Maybe a little self-conscious

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:48:00 -0500

It snowed a lot here yesterday, and since then I’ve had a lot of trouble finding someone who will play in the snow with me. So I’m going to go play in the snow by myself now, and throw snowballs at trees or something. What I liked about living in New York is you will get very little scrutiny for doing weird stuff by yourself, since there will always, always be weirder people around doing weirder things alone, even one or two that don’t think they are alone and talk to everyone within earshot. If I’m making a snow fort, there’s a schizophrenic in his underwear down the way, shoveling a sidewalk.

In Albany, I have no such luxury— if I’m doing something weird by myself, I’m going to be the only one. So cars will be driving by, watching me make a lonely snowman (I know this because I watch those people too when I’m driving a car), saying to whoever is in their passenger seat, what is that girl doing in the middle of that field all by herself? And I will yell to them I AM FROLICKING IN THE SNOW, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE. MIND YOUR BUSINESS. SHOW’S OVER.

thedailywhat: Lunch Links: What’s In A Name: Teddy McHuggin hugs 7,777 people over the course of...

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:25:42 -0500

thedailywhat:

Lunch Links:

What’s In A Name: Teddy McHuggin hugs 7,777 people over the course of 24 hours in world record breaking attempt.

At first I thought this guy must have been ultra speed hugging, but math suggests this is about 5 hugs per minute. Even after alloting time to finding the next person to hug, assuming a sufficiently populated place, those are still 5 to 7 second hugs. That’s a pretty quality hug.

Having the same last name and cover jacket design as a...

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:29:28 -0500

Having the same last name and cover jacket design as a prolific(ally rich and famous) author so people looking for his might read yours too strikes me as not the worst idea in the world.

"Engineers are retarded. They have some kind of brain damage that allows them to not have social..."

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:27:01 -0500

“Engineers are retarded. They have some kind of brain damage that allows them to not have social skills, that they can concentrate long enough to write code. But it’s a disease. That’s why I had to quit, I mean, I’m like an engineer in recovery. I don’t want to write code anymore, it just makes you retarded.”

- Jim Reekes, former Apple engineer

Thank you… thank you… thank you… thanks...

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 09:22:53 -0500

Thank you… thank you… thank you… thanks Channel 1031… Oh!… Aw, AT&T, you shouldn’t have!

CBS approves, Neil Patrick Harris inches closer to ‘Glee.’ | EW

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:08:16 -0500

CBS approves, Neil Patrick Harris inches closer to ‘Glee.’ | EW:

popculturebrain:

The only barrier between NPH/Whedon/Glee has been lifted. Commence the awesomeness.

This is like that part in The Perfect Storm where all anyone can do is watch the three storms on the screen converge into total and complete musical awesomeness. Wait, what?

Or Abroad, Maybe?

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:24:00 -0500

I will level with you: I am struggling at getting a job. I do not have one yet. But I’m thinking if I frame up the next few months as not “unemployed” but instead “taking a semester off exterior to the constraints of the academic system,” I’ll feel a lot better about myself.

(500th post! High five, Internet!)

proofmathisbeautiful: macmankev: Saturday Morning Breakfast...

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 11:06:00 -0500

proofmathisbeautiful:

macmankev:

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Truth.

You can also ask them if they’ve read any of Brian Greene’s books.

And so the Jobs brought down the tablet from on high, and the...

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:13:33 -0500

And so the Jobs brought down the tablet from on high, and the tablet was good!

Went back to my old hometown today with my mom to visit a family...

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:47:19 -0500

Went back to my old hometown today with my mom to visit a family friend. The kind of place where gas stations support the high school football team, TAKE THAT, (NEWLY REBORN FROM YOUR OWN ASHES, SO THAT’S A LITTLE FRIGHTENING) CORPORATE AMERICA.

I keep having daydreams where it’s like the end if...

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:37:00 -0500

I keep having daydreams where it’s like the end if It’s a Wonderful Life, except that instead of neighbors, every person and company who’ve I’ve applied for a job to and every person I’ve ever worked hard for come rushing into my house and shower me with contracts and job offers and paychecks. What’s sad is that even if we weren’t in a recession, this wouldn’t happen.

Very Mary-Kate

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:09:01 -0500

Very Mary-Kate:

jess-agi:

heyelaine:

I wrote a new web series about the life of Mary-Kate Olsen. First 3 episodes are up. More to come next week! Enjoy!

Elaine is my hero. She should be yours, too.

These are hilarious. I loved when Elaine did the Olsen Twin Minute, and am overjoyed that one of them is back! Watch!