March 2012
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Lend me your hand and we’ll conquer them all
But lend me your heart and...
– Mumford & Sons, Awake My Soul
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Higher quality video of Darren and Kermit’s duet
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so Amazon has a 'liquor' section recommended for...
Um.
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February 2012
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new somewhat immature life goal:
samraadeni:
when typing my surname into google, I want to be the first hit (disclaimer: positive results, I’m not looking for infamy here)
currently the top result is an aunt of mine who is apparently a very badass pediatrician. go figure.
I am adopting this. Distant cousin who is an actor, I’m coming for you. Look out.
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careers advisor: what do you want to do when you're older?
me: middle aged british actors
careers advisor: what
me: what
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gahhh
I hate loud mouth noises more than anything else in the world.
And there is a girl in this room who is chewing and smacking her food so fucking loud I might actually have to leave.
I don’t know why it bothers me so much, and I hate it, and I can’t even concentrate on anything else and what is this. Why am I like this.
Gum is the same thing. It’s even worse. I can’t stand...
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Palm Tree of Life: The sneaky profundity of The... →
Nominated for five Academy Awards, boasting an 89 percent rating from Rotten Tomatoes, and tallying a healthy $75 million (and counting) at the box office, The Descendants is hardly in need of a defense—but it is in need of further discussion. For all its success, Alexander Payne’s film has been less unappreciated than unexamined…
Indeed, in its obsession with the past, with ancestors,...
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Once Upon a Time in Tehran →
I remember the first time I read The Handmaid’s Tale. I liked the story, but I found the premise utterly absurd. No group of people could accept devolving from the freedom of modern life to living as sex slaves without rights in the span of a single lifetime.
And then I read about Iran.
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