I'm on the move again :)
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July 2008
70 posts
“A fast car and the last 90 seconds of a Beethoven symphony are the perfect recipe for a speeding ticket.”
—Jason Rico
“A person feels good listening to Rossini. All you feel like listening to Beethoven is going out and invading Poland.”
—Thomas Pynchon
“Tchaikovsky thought of committing suicide for fear of being discovered as a homosexual, but today, if you are a composer and not homosexual, you might as well put a bullet through your head.”
—Sergei Diaghilev
“The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety.”
—Felix Mendelssohn
I have a new phone number
If you don’t already have it, and think you should, email me. jason.rico@mac.com.
it is 8:30 am. I am in a very upscale hotel in Chicago. How am I awoken? By a graceous wake up call? By a trendy iHome? By a cute travel companion?
No.
By the sounds of 2 heteros breeding in the room next door.
It’s been 30 minutes. Bitch, cum already. Christ
“There is only one computer to use when making music and that’s a Mac. [And] there are two prerequisites to becoming a great audio engineer. First, you have to play an instrument and second, you have to use a Mac.”
—Greg Price, audio engineer
“Oh my God!”
“The fish have made off with the cooler full of booze!”
“Those fishsluts!”
“Boy I sure am thirsty.”
“Yes, me too, Mixy. I’m thirsty as well, but our friends took the booze to keep it safe.”
“They’re just gonna drink it all.”
“Yes.”
“You’re a dumb fuckin’ idiot.”
“I realized that I had fought and nearly died to secure rights for others that I myself was not free to enjoy. I had proudly served a country that was not proud of me.”
—Eric Alva, Iraq war veteran, openly gay, testifying before the House today for the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”. (via fzerox)
ROCK on the CTA
I know none of my Chicago friends read my Tumblr, but for Nana K. and anyone else who knows the joy of the CTA (Chicago public transit), you may find this blog enjoyable:
http://rockonthecta.blogspot.com/
He takes photos of people on the CTA trains and buses (mostly the Red and Brown lines) and comments on them.
Sometimes nice, usually catty, it’s funny as hell!
fridayisdonutday top 5 songs of the week
Gronlandic Edit - Of Montreal
Traffic Light - The Ting Tings
Queen of Apology - The Sounds
Unconditional - The Bravery
Find a New Way - Young Love
Sad day :(
Thank you for being a friend, Estelle Getty.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/22/estelle.getty.obit/index.html
Not happy
My MBP, which has been unboxed for less than 5 months is in need of a new graphics card. This means he needs to be sent to depot tomorrow and this makes me very unhappy.
Grr.
Wow...
Fox, I wish you hadn’t posted this…
It’s made me $299 poorer…
Free PANDORA application + streaming over 3G network + free iTunes tagging + road trips = INFINITELY FUCKING AMAZING!!!
Tub
JERRY: All right, let me ask you this: when she comes over, you’re cleaning up a lot?
GEORGE: Yeah.
JERRY: You’re just straightening up or you’re cleaning?
GEORGE: Cleaning
JERRY: You do the tub?
GEORGE: Yeah.
JERRY: On your knees, Ajax, scrubbing, the whole deal?
GEORGE: Yeah.
JERRY: Okay, I think you’re in love!
GEORGE: Tub is love?
JERRY: Tub is love. So there you are. You’ve got a nice girl and a clean apartment.
So I feel embarassed...
In defense, I am pulling from the 1998 list that does not include Toy Story, Titanic, Lord of the Rings, or The Sixth Sense. It doesn’t make your argument any less valid, but does exclude me from having to watch some ridiculous movies.
I wouldn’t feel obligated to see the top 100. We’re talking about a list that features Star Wars, Toy Story, Titanic, Lord of the Rings, and The Sixth Sense as the best movies of all time.
Srsly? Star Wars? I mean, I love the movie and all, and it is permanently ingrained in modern culture, but it certainly wasn’t a GOOD movie.
So I feel embarassed...
that I have never seen such greats as Casablanca, To Kill A Mockingbird, Vertigo or Citizen Kane. So I decided that this summer I will see all the AFI top 100 films I have not seen yet. I started the other day with A Clockwork Orange. 77 more to go…
God bless Netflix.
