January 2011
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“I’m going to be shot for saying this. But who said art has to cost money? And...”
– Francis Ford Coppola on making a living as an artist. The context: “You have to remember that it’s only a few hundred years, if that much, that artists are working with money. Artists never got money. Artists had a patron…or they had another job. I have another job. I make films. No one tells me...
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“We may safely assume that children and young people have been a component of...”
– from the Introduction to All The Word’s A Stage: Modern Plays for Young People edited by Lowell Swortzell
A collection of plays I’m reading in order to find scenes for my classes. I found this profound and pointed, considering how difficult it is to find good material to work on that...
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“Now, I think you’re just remembering the good stuff. Next time you look back, I...”
– Rachel Hansen (via littlemissgayle)
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“I’ve fallen in love with the musical genre. It’s the art form of the...”
– Slings & Arrows
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The Big 2-8
Ok, so turning 28 isn’t really a big deal. Other than that it’s an even number and I like even numbers.
In fact, this year, more than any other I can currently remember, feels really like nothing. Void. I’m not sad or depressed about getting older. But I’m not excited about “my day”. I guess I’m officially an adult…?
Last year, I wrote a post...
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My First Lyric Credit
I’m excited to post a link to Mousehunt - a companion album to the Facebook game of the same name by HitGrab, Inc, the gaming company of Joel Augé , friend of mine and artist of my husbands. (Whew…mouthful)
This game is so big in Asia that they have conferences about it and even flew Joel Augé out to attend one as an honored guest.
Since he’s a recording artist, he decided it...
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“There are roughly three New Yorks.
There is, first, the New York of the man or...”
– I love this quote from EB White in “Here is New York” (via thenycnomad)
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my year in books and movies: THEY JUST DON'T MAKE... →
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I know, I know. You’ve heard it before. Most who shakily avoid anything made pre-1980 merely roll their eyes when some film-nerd or classic-fanatic utters the phrase above.”Thank GOD they don’t make ‘em like they used ta or I’d be snoring in the theater,” skeptics say as they push up…
“My Husband: So…Taylor Swift is single again. Jake Gyllenhaal broke up with...”
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I really like Emma Watson but this short haircut of hers makes her look like Winona Ryder in 1993. Who advised her on this? A pixie is one thing but never ask for the “Receptionist with Upper Management Dreams from a 1995 Day Time Soap”. You’ll regret it every time. If she wanted to go short, why couldn’t she do something cool like Rhianna or Keri Hilson? That girl can rock...
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You’re not writing anything worthwhile if you don’t spend the first hour of writing your writing time surfing the Internet, sending emails, changing your sweater two times, making a snack, playing a level of Angry Birds and moving from one couch to the other to the dining room table at least once.
All of that is writing. Trust me.
I’m a writer.
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Far greater than YOU'VE been told, maybe.
Just watched the preview for “I AM”. I’m intruiged but the voice over of someone saying “We’re far greater than we’ve been told” kind of made me scoff. The bubble that non-believers live in must be made of steel with no windows. How this could be a revolutionary concept is beyond me. I’ve been told this as far back as I can remember!
But I guess...
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redvelvetteacake:
These looks are just too good.
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“You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make...”
– Pearl S. Buck (via quote-book)
One of the tenets of Christianity.
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“does any one else feel like making some douche millions upon millions of dollars...”
– My friend Nicole on the Goldman Sachs/Facebook Situation.
Can’t say I entirely disagree. Living in another country from most of my friends and family makes Facebook a necessary evil. I didn’t start using it regularly until I moved to Canada. Let’s all just use Tumblr and Twitter!!...
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Lanii Be Expecting! →
Blogging about my pregnancy.
It’s going to be cooler than that sounds. I swear!
“You’re pwegnan??? (plays a scary “duh duh duuuhhhh” on piano)”
– 19 yr old down syndrome friend to my pregnant friend
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Best CatchPhrase Moment of the Night
Mom: Ok - it's a country in Africa.
Me (and everyone): Zambia! Ghana! Zimbabwe! Congo!
Mom: They're very hungry there!
Me: It's AFRICA! They're hungry everywhere!!
(It was Somalia)
“There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others...”
– Pablo Picasso (via lastchatwithphontaine)