January 2009
46 posts
Why did we write about the 111 year old woman?
BECAUSE SHE’S 111. I mean, shit. She was born in the 1800s! THE 1800s!
Army suicide rate hits a three-decade high,... →
:(((((((
Ricky Gervais in the 80s. →
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
“Interested in getting away this summer? Why not study abroad? It’s not too late...”
– From a Grady email. SALT IN THE WOUND, YOU JERKS!
Bloody marys
anavalentina:
Kingsley reminded me about ‘em - I resolve to have one this week. Transmet makes a good one. Where else?
I think someone once told me that Last Resort makes a good one…or has a build-your-own bar. Something like that. Then again, it’s Last Resort (I don’t love the place). Also, I know nothing about Bloody Marys. I don’t relish the thought of drinking...
“Abby asked her readers to write in to say whether it was rude to ask about a...”
– OH JIMMY. From “Optional Ethnicities: For Whites Only?” by Mary C. Waters (via anavalentina)
I remember reading this! It was one of my favorite things the whole semester.
Demons?
The computer keeps making weird noises at me.
Why is there the option to order a pizza online?
anavalentina:
How does that make anything easier for anyone? I think it must be left over from when instant Internet gratification first sounded really wild.
Sometimes I order pizza online. For me, it’s more about being able to see what’s available while I’m ordering. Plus, I can add things at the last minute that I might otherwise have forgotten. That, and there are sometimes...
More things from my inbox
Dan Deacon + Future Islands + Teeth Mountain
04/09 Athens, GA at 88/cp
04/10 Atlanta, GA at Eyedrum
Possibly showing my ignorance here, but 88/cp?
High School Tastes v. 2.0
Death Cab, Cold War Kids, Matt Costa, Ra Ra Riot are coming to ATL in May. I know it’s super fucking lame and stuff, but I loved them back in the day, so whatever.
It’s like all these groups I used to love are coming around again (HEY STROKES).
“I don’t care what the British do”
– Brits want to reshape the bulldog; Uga’s owners say his line is just fine - Local & State - Macon
Feb. 6, 4 p.m. in the SLC...
(Room 148) Panelists Christine Becker (University of Notre Dame), Noel Holston (Peabody Awards) and Doris Kadish (UGA Romance Languages and Women’s Studies Institute) discuss the success of the Emmy Award-winning drama Mad Men. Richard Neupert (Film Studies) and Horace Newcomb (Peabody Awards) co-moderate.
Just putting it out there.
YouTube - azz100c's Channel →
Putting a bunch of songs through Songsmith is kind of terrifying for some reason.
WatchPistol Youth - In My Eyes on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
???
I wish I knew my dad's friends
Apparently one is headed to Africa with Clint Eastwood or some equally ridiculous something.
Also, my lunch was delicious.
I just opened up Merriweather Post Pavilion
anavalentina:
half-expecting to be able to pshaw it back to the Internet, where its album art performs, I figured, .gif-induced swirls. But guess what. This piece of paper is freaking me out, man. It’s swirling.
Are you sure that’s not the airborne hallucinogens included in every CD?
Millennial Hipsters Outpace Gen X in Buying Power... →
Market research (or whatever the term is) makes me laugh. I love it. It gets it right, but somehow they’re always just a little off. It ends up sounding really removed from the demographic while trying to claim an understanding of it.
Also, the Forbes article (linked in the link) is pretty dry, but still has some gems.
YouTube Symphony Orchestra. →
“Your video entries will be combined into the first ever collaborative virtual performance.”
It’s almost as cool as CNN’s holograms! I’m still wondering when the flying cars will come though.
“To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to...”
– -Macbeth (5.5.19-28)
(I’m read The Sound and the Fury for the fourth or fifth time)
OBAMA
I almost had to watch the festivities in a bowling alley. A bowling alley. I left though. Fuck that. It’s way too historic and important and awesome to sully with one of my least favorite pastimes.
You think you know...
…but you have NO idea. This is the Diary of…
A song I listen to sometimes.
I complain about it a lot
But I’m really going to miss UGA.
So I was going to upload a song, but I don’t want to make tumblr angry.
Why do I get these emails?
“Are you a graduating senior with a serious interest in music and global issues? Consider applying for a Fulbright-mtvU Fellowship. In its second year, the Fulbright-mtvU Fellowship was established to promote the power of music as a global force for mutual understanding.
Fulbright-mtvU Fellowship winners conduct research abroad for one academic year on projects of their own design, around...
“Checking the stats for our page, we find someone Googled “where do lemon...”
– That faculty blog. WHAT IS THIS INSANITY?!
Lunch at the Faculty Center →
Weird Grady faculty blogging about eating and food. They like lemon bars.
New peanut varieties available →
It made me laugh. Also, I like peanuts.
Interesting
So Athens is listed as one of the “Dozen Distinctive Destinations” in the US. Franklin, TN, where my dad lives, is also listed. I feel like this is a little too boring to cover, but a source of pride all the same.
Also, Juanita sent the news to me, and she works at the AP. Somehow that strikes me as weird and lucky.
YOU GUYS,
anavalentina:
Conrad Fink doesn’t give a fuck either way if I’m in his class or not. Even though I really want to take it and am willing to overload my schedule to 19 hours and don’t need it at all to fulfill any requirement because, P.E. aside, I HAVE my journalism degree already, he doesn’t care!
I told him I was willing to audit it AND do the work! He said no. He said I’m in or I’m out (just...
“Nature doesn’t play that way.
…son.”
– My stupid biology textbook written for freshman in preschool, on the law of conservation of mass (via anavalentina)
National Endowment for the Arts Report Finds... →
Woo. GO BOOKS.
“Leave it to BON IVER to make blood donation sound sexy. Have we ever found love...”
– An email apparently sent by a creative writing student.
s--l--o--w
Is Gmail acting weird, or is it just me?
Food: UK's Great New Squirrel Chips →
SICK. And yet, there’s a part of me that wishes I hadn’t missed out on these.
A thought
The new Kings of Leon single sounds like a David Cook song (or something equally bland).
Bomb threat, scuffle on Atlanta-to-LAX flight; man...
FBI agents and Los Angeles airport police detained a man who claimed he had a bomb and assaulted at least one crew member of a Delta Airlines flight bound for LAX from Atlanta, authorities said.
The unidentified man was aboard Delta Airlines Flight 110, which was approaching Los Angeles, when he got up and stated he had a bomb, FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said.
There was an altercation with...
A few cute quotes
anavalentina:
from a police officer who helped me and a friend change a tire in Atlanta over the summer. Adorable, right?
“You’re lucky you’re cute.”
“Sweetheart, put that [tire] down. You don’t need to get any dirtier.”
“If you bend over again my partner here is going to have a problem.”
“Next time, it’ll cost you more than a smile… … … … … … … …two smiles.”
OMG, WTF, etc etc etc.
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