December 2011
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Billie Edington: The Happiest Year →
this is truly a wonderful note about the end of 2011.
[I’ve never been a new year’s resolution maker. why start tonight on what I thought about doing last week? why plan to do tomorrow what you want to do today? why wait until a stroke of midnight for things to change. why imbue one day with so much meaning — shouldn’t all your days mean just as much as this one?]
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2011: events, people, books
this morning, on an airplane, I finished a post started earlier this week entitled ‘2011: a review.’ I surprised myself by how much of january and february I forgot, how much of march and april I remembered, and how quickly may through december seemed to move. this year was filled with a whole lot of learning. I’m not sure the actual events would be quite as interesting if they...
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Infinity Shots of Jameson
megsokay:
I did “infinity shots of Jameson” last night, but I sadly only remember the first two. Or maybe three.
Hi, I’m 27 now.
[this is how to do a birthday.]
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and — then she was gone.
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Watchneuropsy: Every morning we wake up and regain consciousness — that is a marvelous fact — but what exactly is it that we regain? Neuroscientist Antonio Damasio uses this simple question to give us a glimpse into how our brains create our sense of self.
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“the only ones for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to...”
– Jack Kerouac | On the Road
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the people we aren't writing about
what about the people we don’t mention in our writing? they’re probably discussed in conversation — so much of our days are filled with spoken word, how could you not mention the boy you briefly dated this summer? the one who insisted on paying for dinner and drinks and holding the door open. who woke up early and made you coffee while you brushed your teeth. the one with the...
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is downton abbey really as good as everyone says?
[when I start watching a new show, I need to see every single episode that has ever been created. e.g., I watched (while very sick) the first seven seasons of law & order svu — the only seasons available at the time — in, I think, three weeks. so if I start downton abbey, that will be the only thing I do for an entire day.]
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Lists of Note →
AMAZING.
the most overlooked movies of 2011 →
[like crazy + others]
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remember that night I planned to be asleep by 11, but then stayed up writing and writing until 2:30?
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I just sent off an email to a friend from college from whom I haven’t heard in five years. in his original message, he’d said that a life update was in order, so I set out to update him. here’s first thing I typed (which I put at the end of the message): I have no idea what to say here.
I don’t know what it would look like to type too much or too little, because we...
Letters of Note: Free trip to Mars?
Back in 1950, looking to publicise a new exhibition named “Conquest of Space,” the Hayden Planetarium in New York publicly announced that they were accepting reservations for the first trip into space, whenever that may be. Unsurprisingly, in the coming weeks and months applications from all corners began to arrive at the museum, from would-be space travelers of all ages.
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most awkward show on tv: friendzone (mtv)
[sometimes I watch shit tv when I’m visiting my parents, but I couldn’t make it through this one. oh my.]
an interview with joan didion →
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The 11 Best Science Books of 2011 →
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“Once in a while it really hits people that they don’t have to experience the...”
– Alan Keightley
gaslighting →
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“writers are always selling somebody out.”
– Joan Didion
Rye Is Back, With Flavors of Americana →
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I try to tell people that I’m dying only they don’t believe me. They say we’re all dying, that we’re all dying. But if you are dying, why aren’t you scared? Why aren’t you scared like I’m scared?
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He walked out of the hospital and into the cool December air. It stung his eyes as his body struggled to adjust to the transition from uncomfortably warm, unnaturally lit hospital to blindingly bright sun, which shone directly overhead in a clear, blue sky.
This weather outside didn’t fit with his feelings inside. When things like this happen, he thought, isn’t the weather supposed to...
7 Must-Read Books on the Art & Science of... →
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“If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you...”
– Ernest Hemingway | A Moveable Feast
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The 11 Best Psychology and Philosophy Books of... →
I’ll be adding these to my ever-growing stack of to-be-read books.
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“whatever the ill-advised origins of you and me, we did have some fun times that...”
– things people say to each other as the new year approaches; a message sent by email to me tonight; a sentiment I’ve heard before
[sometimes a new year comes and goes with little fanfare as we continue down an unimpeded path. other years, we grasp into the cold december air, hoping to catch...
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