January 2010
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“sometimes what i wouldn’t give to have us sitting in a bar again at 9:00...”
– from Jesus’ Son
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god damn.
Lee whateveryournameis,
i promise to find my balls next time you come into Myopic and actually ask you out. i am completely smitten. we’ll have lunch & you can tell me about your new job, i’ll talk about books.
yours,
Jordan
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“To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the...”
– Howard Zinn (via)
giddy as a gangbanger.
cameronchristopher asked: Just because you work at a used bookstore doesn't mean you know what's good for other people, silly. OBVIOUSLY it's your blog and you can do what you want, but it would be inconsiderate to dismiss a lot of feelings people have about certain books, especially the masses of people who read Catcher in the Rye at just the right time in their life to feel like Holden was the only right...
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Bunch Of Phonies Mourn J.D. Salinger →
CORNISH, NH—In this big dramatic production that didn’t do anyone any good (and was pretty embarrassing, really, if you think about it), thousands upon thousands of phonies across the country mourned the death of author J.D. Salinger, who was 91 years old for crying out loud. “He had a real impact on the literary world and on millions of readers,” said hot-shot English professor...
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really really want to post a snidely retort
but i’m pretending to be beyond that.
goodnight, an hour ago.
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i'm beginning to "like" too many things by the...
Mike & Will, you’re the only ones who understand what i need.
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“i like Cleveland, always did. I find the much maligned town - beautiful. Stark...”
– Anthony Bourdain on Cleveland.
i miss you, sometimes.
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FURTHERMORE
why the fuck hasn’t anyone on my dashboard been talking about Howard Zinn?
he died 2 days ago and there has NOT BEEN ONE mention of him from anyone.
i think i’m following the wrong people. thank god i talk to booksellers IRL.
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Catcher in the Rye sucked.
it was one of those books that i felt completely wasted my time. how on earth anyone decided a book about a whiny teenager was likable is beyond me.
i just can’t stand how many inane quotes from & declarations of love for this book i’m seeing today.
of course it might be your favorite book ever (!) if you don’t read anything besides required school books - in that case,...
wamiv:
Tainted Love (cover) - Soft Cell
again...
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final hurrah
my winter wonderland - my last refuge - has been dismantled.
Chicago is no longer offering my any Christmas cheer.
what a day.
Everyone’s dropping dead!
thefeeling:
“Lonely Girls,” Lucinda Williams
...
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“Jelly is slowly figuring things out, realizing that she’s lying, maybe has...”
– from Other Electricities by Ander Monson.
this one’s pretty long, but rull good.
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"ample package space but zero allowance for... →
should have been included.
also, i’ve determined that i don’t have nearly enough conversations about underwear. if you have any desire to start one email me, ask me something, or call me. really, i want this - and i want you to want this too.
furthermore, say it with me now: Badunkadunk.
Badunkadunk.
class dismissed.
love me less, but love me a long time.
Elizabeth, Journey fan, good and experimental kisser, left the world with the radio on, which is something, we suppose.
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Big Fish Little Fish Swimming in the Water: an...
Dear Discovery Channel: I’m writing to you as a TV network that has some expertise in predatory sea mammals, as evidenced in the periodic “Shark Week” programming block you feature over the cable. I’m glad America has a “Shark Week,” and every time I see an add for this or that year’s upcoming “Shark Week,” I make a mental note to add it to my...
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“He has read that, farther south, people drag their Christmas trees to the lake...”
– from Other Electricities
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Dream Obits for Liz.
Elizabeth, Journey fan, good and experimental kisser, left the world with the radio on, which is something, we suppose.
(from Other Electricities)
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apple pumpkin spice pancakes, tea, blanket, comfy...
this is my day.
be envious.
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the way i see it
you can be as hairy as you want below the waist, but as soon as you start pushing north of the navel you’re bending rules that ought not be bent.
you’re welcome.
oh oh it's magic
you know
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“It’s not as if she’s the first woman through the ice, or the last. And it’s not...”
– from Other Electricities by Ander Monson. (via harmlessbalderdash)
I am so entertained by the fact that your blog is similar to the 52 book project, except you read more books per week and better books. Seriously, you have a gem of a blog here, mr. jordan.
(via drowl)
correction: i rarely read a...
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“It’s not as if she’s the first woman through the ice, or the last....”
– from Other Electricities by Ander Monson.
“If he had not been a writer, he says, he would have wanted to design religions....”
– The New Yorker (Jan 25, 2010) “Kid Goth,” an article about Neil Gaiman (via izelana) (via snakecharmer)
Fuck yeah, Neil Gaiman.
(via thefeeling)
hell yes.
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story time!
when i lived in MKE i used to have a Clean Day every few weeks when i’d just clean my entire (tiny) apartment. it would be an all day event.
so i’d get naked, start drinking vodka, put on some loud music & get to cleaning.
all day i’d be drinking steadily & scouring the apartment, making it nearly a sterile environment. i’m talking hands & knees scrubbing the...
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gonna be eating cauliflower curry for days.
wheredidourlovego:
The Temptations VS. Peter...
all ya’ll bitches who abandoned our Indian Feast are missing out. PEACE.
Whenever Lauryn Hill comes on my shuffle
wamiv:
I feel like I need to sit up a little bit and pay attention, shit is about to get fucking real.
check it.
almostnever:
sexmusic:
ain’t no sunshine //...
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mykicks:
Etta James - “Stormy Weather”
...
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chitty chitty
: what do we do now!?
: start swimming!
: i don't swim!
: then start drowning!
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cameronchristopher:
harmlessbalderdash:
Watching Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Don’t judge.
If I judge it would just be to assume you’re AWESOME!
Sweet, toot, sweet, toot
this was honestly one of the most awesome movies i’ve ever seen.
IT HAS EVERYTHING!