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Indecision Awareness Day

Well Buzzfeed really nailed it .  In particular: You don't have a closet full of clothes, you have a closet full of potential decisions that will eventually make you late. Any menu that is longer than one page is going to give you nightmares. Netflix = the thing that makes you waste more time deciding between 46 different options than actually watching one thing. You have definitely stood at the store trying to decide what to get for so long, that you finally just quit and went home. (Even if you went to the store SPECIFICALLY to buy something.) **also applies to Netflix Choosing what to read next is kind of torture. Friday night = the night when you argue with yourself for two hours about whether to go out or stay in. You really wish that Google maps would give you one route option, instead of three.  **New York edition: You can't decide the best train combo to get to 25th and 3rd, so you walk.

Jungian Maps

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This is an excellent YouTube channel, with excerpts from audiobooks of Jung's works together with surrealist film clips. You're welcome.

emojinalysis caption challenge

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What do Angiepymy's recently-used emoji say? [narrate/caption in the comments below]

nothing new under the sun

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so i was getting a post ready about how much we really need to watch black orpheus and then when i went to add it to our extra-official film list page thing ...well black orpheus was already there. i don't even know why i'm making this post now.

Bleach HaBleachim

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WOTD Friday: Fatiloquent

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fa·til·o·quent   adjective   \fā ˈ tiləkwənt, fə ˈ -\ Prophetic; fatidical; speaking of fate. · Other form(s) : Fatiloquist · Etymology : Latin fatiloquus : fati- (fr.  fatum * ) + -loquus (fr.  loqui ) · See also : Fatidic ; Psalm 33:9   · Sample usage : In the beginning, a fatiloquent fellow spoke spake the world into existence. " Fatiloquist " is not to be confused with "ventriloquist". *So apparently the Latin noun fatum  is itself derived from for/fārī/fātus sum , a deponent verb meaning "to speak, talk, say". PIE = *bʰeh₂- BTW, you need to click each and every hyperlinked word above, because one of them is not like the others... #suspense

Words Of The Day: An Announcement

Lately in the course of daily reading, I've been acquainted with some particularly delicious English adjectives. It has been my custom [A] to raise an eyebrow whilst typing in a dictionary search, then [B] to grin-smirk at the monitor for anywhere from 5 seconds to 25 ( t  being correlated inversely to the Credibility Factor of the proposed PIE root), before finally [C] filing under Things That Exist and getting on with my day. But some of this shit is too good to keep to myself. So I'm gonna tack on a Part [D]: posting the word here. And I'm gonna call it WOTD , because ¡abbreviations! And when I'm bored at work I'm gonna scout out a word that be Fun and Interesting ( forms thereof  duh), and I'm prolly gonna match the first letter to the day of the week because ¡alliteration! And I'm gonna invite you to do the same, whenever you have occasion.  ~ Angiepymyjew

Emoji Nation, by Nastya Pticheck

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Thought you might appreciate these. See links for full works at bottom.

Patti Smith has strong feelings about Selling Out™

There are a lot of funny things in here http://nymag.com/thecut/2014/04/patti-smith-judges-you-for-selling-out.html and here is the full article if you're interested. (You are. Thank me later for saving you from having to read to the bottom.) http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/patti-smith-interview-the-godmother-of-punk-talks-the-bible-noah-and-what-really-makes-her-angry-9233372.html

prewar is the old black

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So last weekend I was watching me some OITNB in the middle of the day... it looked like this and like this ...when, suddenly, it happened: perfectly prewar bathroom set! complete with yellow and black porcelain tiles and the black towel rack that leaves gaping holes in the wall upon removal and that "IS NOT YOUR GYMNASTICS BAR, RACHIE!!!" Thank goodness Tabitha for screenshots!