January 2010
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“This whole philosophy of politics as a team sport is pervasive, the celebratory...”
– Town screamer.
CON: Gawker comment. PRO: BUT HEY, PRINT IS DYING ANYWAY. WELCOME TO THE WORLD. ALSO: Perfectly articulates the sheer, frothing frustration I feel about the blind, petty nihilism of the Tea Party movement. IN CONCLUSION: Fuck you and fuck your tea, miss.
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Must Love Dogs
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon
Neat little one-trick pony, written in quick, precociously-stilted prose. However! Pretty much this book is HOURS AND HOURS of talking to an autistic kid. THIS IS THE POINT! However, this is not all that fun! Perhaps I am a hard-hearted monster, but Narrator’s Curious Condition pretty much set my teeth on edge and mMust Love...
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MEH
Things I Am Not That Into:
The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood.
I would’ve loved this when I was sixteen what with all the Subversion and the Oppression and the How Dare They and the Stylized. Staccato. Language (i.e. I was grim and ironic, did you see that?). However! Now! The plot, themes, language — everything seems a little ham-fisted, heavy-handed, and over-cooked....
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We’re Back (Vitalic Remix), Heartbreak,...
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Stereotyping People by their Favorite Indie Bands →
CSS Girls who throw up at every party.
Yeah, ok, getting in my pigeonhole.
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“I am the false character that follows the name around.”
– White Noise, Don DeLillo
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Grass is Always Greener
How to Ring In the New Year
Have an absolutely acrid, soul-stripping conversation with your parents that reveals the yawning paucity of your ambitions and abilities*. Weakly hold back tears and flap at your eyes with both hands as you sit in front of your computer, blasting Taylor Swift, while trying to compose emails to professors, mentors, and other people you have blackly disappointed...