I am feeling at peace with the world right now, perhaps brought out by this self imposed solitude and giving ol’ Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s 2006 release another go. Perhaps it is the fact that it is warm outside again, and with it a false sense that things are going to be ok.
I especially like the [...]
Archive for November, 2006
And two sad mice / chew up your bed
Posted in Naveling on November 29, 2006 | 3 Comments »
Two more sleeps…
Posted in Naveling on November 29, 2006 | 2 Comments »
…until I start unleashing Christmas hell on your collective asses.
I even created a new tag, check it
What day is it again?
Posted in Academic, Naveling on November 29, 2006 | 2 Comments »
So last night’s cryptic post about the poo smell turned out to be much, much worse than you, or I, could ever have dreamt. I will refrain from the gory gory’s, but use your imagination and I guarantee you that it was worse. Traumatized.
Trust me, you really don’t want to know.
I got to school this [...]
One time…
Posted in Naveling on November 29, 2006 | 2 Comments »
I was at my cousins house once whan I was little, and their house always smelled funny (there were 9 kids, so this fact is not surprising). This one time I went there, and it was the worst smell you could imagine. It turned out that a hamster had got loose and then died in [...]
Extreme Cold Edition
Posted in Calgary on November 28, 2006 | 7 Comments »
This is from the Weather Network’s warning for Calgary and Southern Alberta. Note the apocalyptic ALL CAPS that they use, SO YOU KNOW THAT THEY ARE NOT MESSING AROUND:
THE STATIONARY YUKON HIGH WHICH BROUGHT FRIGID CONDITIONS TO MUCH OF ALBERTA REMAINS ENTRENCHED OVER WESTERN CANADA. NORTHWESTERLY OUTFLOW WINDS FROM THIS HIGH OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN [...]
One more thing…
Posted in Naveling on November 28, 2006 | 1 Comment »
(click here)
You can thank me later.
In which John Hodgman reads 700 Hobo Names
Posted in Literature on November 28, 2006 | 3 Comments »
I love this: 700 Hobo Names (be sure to check out the illustrations while you’re at it!)
On my travels between Calgary and Deathbridge, I have been listening to an audio copy of John Hodgman’s The Areas of My Expertise. When I am done with it, you can borrow it if you like!
The full title [...]
The Striped White Jets
Posted in Naveling on November 28, 2006 | 1 Comment »
For future reference:
Posted in Academic, Art on November 27, 2006 | 8 Comments »
My favourite thing is when people take big books and type long passages out of them for me to sprinkle in my papers…
Such as this guy did with the best book I read this year, John Law’s After Method: Mess in Social Science Research.
When I am researching a paper, I do this as well, and [...]
They Peed on My Rug
Posted in Internet Culture on November 27, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Don’t watch if you can’t stand a thousand f-bombs…
Hot Chip: Boys From School
Posted in Music on November 27, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Hot Chip: Boys From School
I listened to this song many times early this summer, and listening to this again is sort of like inviting an old friend over for pie (a weak excuse to revive some blocked, distant trauma).
For some reason, I forgot. I saw the video on The Wedge a while back, and had [...]
Stop everything you are doing…
Posted in Internet Culture on November 27, 2006 | 1 Comment »
APPARENTLY the feud between PARIS HILTON and LINDSEY LOHAN has been heating up…
<- blatant hotlink
(this is blatantly copy and pasted. I did not write a word of it)
Lindsay Lohan has accused her on-again-off-again rival Paris Hilton of hitting her for no reason at a party held at a mutual friend’s house in LA.
Sporting a bruise [...]
Explosions in the Sky
Posted in Music on November 27, 2006 | 3 Comments »
For those of you, like me, who are up at this ungodly hour writing about Jack Katz and wishing he never lived (…bastard), here is some night-time post-rock instrumental inspiration, in liquid form.
Explosions In The Sky: Welcome, Ghosts /Look Into The Air/A Song For Our Fathers/Memorial/Your Hand In Mine/A Poor Man’s Memory /Yasmin The Light
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“late [...]
Dissertation Calculator
Posted in Naveling on November 27, 2006 | 3 Comments »
I found this nifty little Dissertation Calculator.
This is a note to my PhD cohort: we should each pool 50 bucks or something and the pot goes to the first person to successfully defend (aka: me).
Remember: it is quantity, not quality.
The Pick of Destiny
Posted in Film on November 26, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
So after a hard afternoon (and with a long night ahead) of manning this very keybord, I decided to take in some fine cinema in the form of Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny.
A few things first:
I came into this film a fan of the D, dating back to their Mr. Show appearances. Secondly, I [...]
The Perry Bible Fellowship
Posted in Internet Culture on November 26, 2006 | 1 Comment »
For those of you with a perverted sense of humor, may I present you with The Perry Bible Fellowship, my favourite web-comic.
A bunch of my favourites:
Music man, I’m the music maaaaan…
Posted in Music on November 26, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Here is something new to listen to while thinking about maybe doing some writing…
Maritime’s We The Vehicles is in my top 10 albums of 2006, which I will post near the end of December: Calm /Tearing Up the Oxygen / Parade of Punk Rock T-Shirts
I am pretty sure that Owen’s At Home With [...]
Commodity Fetishism: Pet Sounds 40th Anniversary LP
Posted in Music on November 26, 2006 | 3 Comments »
This weekend, I got the best present ever…
The limited edition, numbered vinyl (10,000 copies worldwide, mine is 5972), with mono and stereo mixes of Pet Sounds on yellow and green vinyl in a gatefold sleeve. Very hard to find online, I almost gave up hope that I would ever get my hands one one without paying [...]
Don’t drop the…
Posted in Art on November 26, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
The Simpsons Grad Student clip(s)
Posted in Academic, Naveling on November 26, 2006 | 1 Comment »
as described last week, and then check out this one (thanks Sheena!)
