Writings from Galifrey

Wed Nov 25

maybe the single greatest thing i have seen this year.

Tue Nov 24

ewilcox:

seanbury:

Oh man… they are so wrong!  Hilarious.

scottgairdner:

Enjoy this documentary about the Beatles made 1000 years in the future.

What’s going to be really funny is when there’s a documentary about Scott Gairdner made 1000 years in the future, and it talks about his famous defense of web video as a vehicle for truth and animal rights activism.

so very very awesome.

Sat Nov 21
finished “the road” this afternoon.  i don’t remember the last time a book moved me so much.  the last time was probably when i read ‘the sound and the fury’ in college.  i mean, just, fucking… i don’t even know.  the scene where (and i’m being broad to avoid spoilers) the man gives his son instructions on what to do, after coming out of the house with the people in the basement, if they might be captured just shook me so hard i haven’t let go of it in days.  and then there’s the prose itself… the subtle manipulation of the pronouns through the last thirty pages or so that shifts the reader’s perspective is truly remarkable. best book i’ve read in many, many years. and then, of course, playing directly into cliche, gave the book to my dad to read.

finished “the road” this afternoon.  i don’t remember the last time a book moved me so much.  the last time was probably when i read ‘the sound and the fury’ in college.  i mean, just, fucking… i don’t even know.  the scene where (and i’m being broad to avoid spoilers) the man gives his son instructions on what to do, after coming out of the house with the people in the basement, if they might be captured just shook me so hard i haven’t let go of it in days.  and then there’s the prose itself… the subtle manipulation of the pronouns through the last thirty pages or so that shifts the reader’s perspective is truly remarkable.

best book i’ve read in many, many years.

and then, of course, playing directly into cliche, gave the book to my dad to read.

Thu Nov 19
awesome.

awesome.

Wed Nov 18
so i just finished watching this movie, and i really enjoyed it (i went in knowing, despite adam sandler, seth rogen, and judd apatow, that it wasn’t a comedy), and when i did the obligatory imdb search after it, i discovered that the movie is loosely based on ‘the great gatsby.’  it’s one of those things that when you hear it, you immediately go ‘ohhhh yeah.’  good movie either way, but cool to look back and see the parallels.

so i just finished watching this movie, and i really enjoyed it (i went in knowing, despite adam sandler, seth rogen, and judd apatow, that it wasn’t a comedy), and when i did the obligatory imdb search after it, i discovered that the movie is loosely based on ‘the great gatsby.’  it’s one of those things that when you hear it, you immediately go ‘ohhhh yeah.’  good movie either way, but cool to look back and see the parallels.

Sat Nov 14

just finished watching a bootleg of a show matt nathanson played in chicago last year.  i haven’t had the fortune of seeing him live since a was a sophomore in college and he was touring with dar williams, but i’ve always a fan of his, and was really impressed with how far he’s come as a performer.  his most recent album, ‘07’s ‘some mad hope’ is, in my opinion, one of the best pure pop albums in the last five years.

plus, he managed to drop in between days, pictures of you, fake empire, laid and living on a prayer, and some enrique iglesias song i didn’t know, seamlessly into his songs.

[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

this is an old friend of mine… i completely forgot about this song… itunes says the last time i listened to this song was 05.

‘fried tobacco eyes’ - superinhalerman

Thu Nov 12

i love community so very much.

Wed Nov 11

unfortunately i came to the party late on this one.  i’d never heard of sharon jones and the dap kings until i was at the birchmere a couple years ago for kathleen edwards, and the couple sharing the table with us were huge fans.  there needs to be more of this.

dollhouse has been cancelled.  balls.

at least fox is going to air all 13 eps of season two, rather than pulling a firefly.