June 2009
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in which there is some lamentation, but also some...
as i come closer to the so-called middle age, turning 33 in a little under a month, there are certain aspects of my personality that i’ve come to accept as having very little chance of changing. among them, i am by nature shy and an introvert. from my earliest memories to everything older family members have told me, it seems like it’s always just been this way. at family gatherings as...
Jun 30th
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summer '09 mixtape: long days, pleasant nights
summer ‘09 mixtape: long days, pleasant nights (47:36, 65mb zip) with summer pretty much in full swing now, this short mixtape was put together to accompany a weekend poolside bbq that ended up getting cancelled. rather than waste a short little mix of indie rock and dance flavored with a little hip hop and a just a dash of 70s and 90s, i thought i’d share it with you. enjoy. keep...
Jun 17th
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single serving review: the escapist
presented as a straightforward prison break movie, the british film the escapist is a gritty portrayal of cramped prison life executed with high-intensity cuts and a very fast-paced story. well, two stories actually: the lead up to the prison break is told in flashback while simultaneously showing the tense break in progress. veteran actor brian cox’s frank perry is the grizzled lifer who...
Jun 16th
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Jun 15th
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Jun 11th
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in which i henceforth wear only tuxes to work.
fashion scale: here’s a classic 3 button single-breasted striped suit accented with a striped bow tie, and here’s ed hardy. any questions? lately i’ve been doing a metric butt-ton of research on men’s fashion on account of needing to buy a suit for the semi-formal wedding of one of my oldest friends. in truth, up until this very weekend i didn’t even have one at...
Jun 8th
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“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
– Arthur C. Clarke
Jun 6th
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single serving review: the curious case of...
twee - noun - something that is sweet, almost to the point of being sickeningly so. i like brad pitt (fight club, se7en, 12 monkeys). i like cate blanchett (i’m not there, heaven, the life aquatic with steve zissou). i like david fincher (se7en, fight club, panic room, zodiac). so it should be a given that i like the curious case of benjamin button. except that i didn’t. it’s...
Jun 3rd