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Alex
31 December 2008 @ 01:04 am
 
Movies I've Seen in 2008:
  1.  Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
  2.  There Will Be Blood
  3. Michael Clayton
  4.  The Counterfeiters
  5. The Bank Job
  6. The Chicago 10
  7.  The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
  8.  Boogie Nights
  9. . Network
  10.  Helvetica
  11. . The Flight of the Red Balloon
  12. Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? (Piece of shit.)
  13. . Harold and Kumar: Escape from Guantanamo Bay
  14. Iron Man
  15. Son of Rambow
  16.  Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
  17. Diminished Capacity
  18. Get Smart
  19. WALL•E
Next on Schedule: Dark Knight/Hellboy 2

Books I've Read in 2008:
1. Song of Solomon (kind of.) - Toni Morrison
2. Y: The Last Man Volumes 1 - 10 - Brian K. Vaughn
3. I'm not reading nearly as much as I hoped I would.
3. Me Talk Pretty One Day - David Sedaris
4.  Dress Your Children in Courdoroy and Denim - David Sedaris
5. The Ten Cent Plague - David Hadju
6. The Great Derangement: A Terrifying True Story... - Matt Taibbi
7. Me of Little Faith
- Lewis Black
8. When You Are Engulfed in Flames - David Sedaris
 (And yes, I'm consciously not recommending a David Sedaris book.)

Currently reading: The Post American World - Fareed Zakaria

Underlined = Recommended.
 
 
Alex
03 July 2008 @ 02:26 am
 
My roommate (or the only kid on Facebook who has the same name, graduated highschool this year, and from the same city) rejected my friendship request.

... something's weird.

PS: Not sleeping so I'll sleep like a baby on the plane. Woo, jetlag.
 
 
Alex
02 July 2008 @ 08:12 pm
lolololracism  
Even though I'm flying to China tomorrow, I have to say this. Goddamit, Japan, I love you.


I just don't understand why the Monkey is crying. Is he just so overwhelmed by being able to offer low-low-incredibly-low cellphone pricing plans? THAT'S NOT CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN.
 
 
Alex
01 July 2008 @ 07:02 pm
Again, I paraphrase Jay Sherman: BUY THIS BOOK, BUY THIS BOOK  
Yes, I know I mentioned this a few months ago, but IT'S FINALLY FOR SALE



IT'S INCREDIBLE READING
and not just because my name is in the back with the acknowledgments. No, no. Nothing to do with that.

GO BUY IT ALREADY
 
 
Alex
26 June 2008 @ 03:32 pm
EX-TER-MI-NATE-.. er... GRAD-U-AT-ION  


GUESS WHO'S FINALLY GRADUATING

also, can someone tell me the difference between a graduation robe and a "muumuu"?

I find it hard to delineate the difference.

 
 
Alex
23 June 2008 @ 07:54 pm
Something for the New Yorkers out there.  
I guess we now who the VIP Club Member 10 was.

Also, life's seemed very macabre lately. Sydney Pollack, Sam Winston, Harvey Korman (Count De Money), Tim Russert, and now George Carlin? Goddamit, this is really depressing. I'm supposed to be excited about graduating, not being face to face with another celebrity I like on the front page of the New York Times.

Also, graduation Thursday: still wut
 
 
Alex
22 June 2008 @ 12:19 am
D:  


WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT

(also, that shouldn't be anything of a spoiler.)

I've had surge a dearth of "what the fuck" television moments that my freaking out quota's been waiting for something to make me freak out. Why am I going to be in China two days before the finaleJESUS CHRIST MEDIA BLACKOUT OF THE WORST KIND

Also, I'm graduating Thursday? wut

 
 
Alex
03 June 2008 @ 08:44 pm
Barack the Casbah/Barack to the Future  


BARACK OBAMA IS THE 2008 DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE! HOLY FUCKING SHITCAKES



Okay, I know, I need to stop with the heavy picture posts. But I have to admit, it's rare that there's a crack in my neurotic, cynical, pessimistic, mysanthropic heart of mine. And for it to be the American people to break this shell, of all people, is even doubly amazing. It's a rare sight to see: take heed, tell your children, because me being this happy might not happen again for a while. Well, until he's elected president.







PS: Fuck you, Hillary. Way to class it up.
 
 
Alex
01 June 2008 @ 12:13 am
This part sucks.  


:(

There is no emoticon politician's face to describe my emotion. So here's a few.






 
 
Alex
16 May 2008 @ 07:08 pm
I'm so punny.  
Goddamit. This is one of those times I really wish I lived in Oregon.

The Barackman's Gambit? When The War Came (That I Called Stupid in the First Place)? O! Bama,? My Mother Was a Kansasian Social Worker? ... I can keep going.

And in more hedonistic news, I got a new iMac! And it is fucking incredible.
 
 
Alex
08 May 2008 @ 01:54 am
I'm Pro-Bono. I also like U2.  

Oh, cool! My Colin Meloy Sings Live vinyl came in the mail! Let me open it...


Wait a minute! That picture looks awfully familiar...


Oh, wait! That's right! I took it, because I'm awesome!

 
 
Alex
05 May 2008 @ 04:48 am
I really don't think this is fake, guys  
Why so seri-OH GOD



Balls to the wall, Nolan. Balls to the wall.
 
 
Alex
28 April 2008 @ 08:55 am
 
I really wish I was able to screen print clothing.

I must make this shirt. Also, yes, I'm this bored with senior year.

 
 
Alex
15 April 2008 @ 10:22 am
Captain, we're recording incredible amounts of win in this sector  
winwinwinwinwinwinHUGBEESwinwinwinwinwin
 
 
Alex
14 April 2008 @ 07:40 pm
In the modified words of Jay Sherman,  
BUY THIS BOOK

Wait, why are you asking the reason I'm linking this book? Because it's damn fine reading. How can I have read it when it hasn't come out yet? Well, I have my ways. And no, there's no correlation between me and the first name on the book. ALL CONNECTIONS YOU MAKE ARE HEARSAY AND SLANDER. Lay off the conspiracy theories, and lay off the bong.
 
 
Alex
09 April 2008 @ 07:49 pm
And now for something completely different.  
John Cleese and Morrissey are backing Barack Obama? Okay, that's just awesome.


"Bitch, I got the Pope of Mope and Basil Fawlty!"
 
 
Alex
30 March 2008 @ 07:11 pm
It's like Obama Girl, except excepitonally less annoying.  
I think I have a new favorite website.

It contains my two favorite things in the world.
  • a. politics
  • b. boobs

And for your ladies, there's also a Chippendale option.
 
 
Alex
28 March 2008 @ 08:00 pm
 
2:00 PM TODAY



8:00 PM TODAY

Congratulations, and welcome to Boston University. You have been admitted to the College of Communication from a highly talented and remarkably competitive group of applicants. The Board of Admissions believes you will be an excellent addition to the Boston University community and will take full advantage of the wide variety of academic, cultural, and extracurricular opportunities that await you here. Our offer is made with the understanding that your current academic work will be successfully completed.

FUCK YEAH SEAKING BU
 
 
Alex
19 March 2008 @ 10:31 pm
Not pronounced "chk-chk-chk"  
!!!

It's never going to happen, but it'd still be cool none-the-less. The hipster in me is somewhat disturbed by how much the Beatles have re-entered the public consciousness. Not that they ever really left, really. But they've sort of become really relevant to pop culture again. I think it's interesting that the music industry has gotten so testy from keeping a band on tab if their first album doesn't do well, that they've had to re-introduce bands that they know will do well. And what band has done better than the Beatles? Don't get me wrong. I love the Beatles. I'd much rather deal with them, then let's say, T-pain. But it feels like they're being shoved back into the pop culture lime light somewhat inorganically.  The outcome of it has been largely mixed: sometimes it's good (the Love album) sometimes it's really weird (Across the Universe) and sometimes it's just god awful (the fact that FOX got the rights for the Beatles for the last two weeks of American Idol.) However, rocking to While My Guitar Gently Weeps on my Wii? That I can get behind. And it's a certainly better idea that what can only be described as Squeezebox Hero. Speaking about video games, though; I can't get my Wii to connect on WiFi to play Smash Bros. online. And it's making me all kinds of sad.

Also, bonus points for getting the subject.
 
 
Alex
17 March 2008 @ 04:38 pm
 
This was my face after the IB examiner told me I should have done more computer graphics pieces, besides the two that I did.



This is what I was feeling, after I spent two years of my art teacher yelling at me not to do anything with computers.



PS: Weirdest conversation ever with the IB Examiner.

"Oh, I really like this piece. Is your mom here?"
"Uh... no?"
"Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that."
"wh..."
"..."
"W-wait. Do you mean here like sh-- she's alive."
"Oh."
"...Just not, uh... in this room."
"Well, she should frame it."

PPS: On an completely unrelated notes, this is my favorite thing ever.
 
 
 
 

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