A More Cosmopolitan Jew... Back to LA!

claytonator: (via nickandthecandlestick)

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:47:52 -0500

claytonator:

(via nickandthecandlestick)

meerkamper: ilovecharts: caffeinatedlife: My friend posted...

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:27:02 -0500

meerkamper:

ilovecharts:

caffeinatedlife:

My friend posted this up on Facebook…it’s too true xD

SO TRUE.

Dude. I don’t play with the font that much.

glynnis: Flickr is full of creepers.

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:30:06 -0500

glynnis:

Flickr is full of creepers.

meerkamper: the-indecisive-reader: Oh no. THINK ABOUT IT

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:28:11 -0500

meerkamper:

the-indecisive-reader:

Oh no.

THINK ABOUT IT

glynnis: Yang Maoyuan (via crappytaxidermy)

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:22:17 -0500

glynnis:

Yang Maoyuan (via crappytaxidermy)

Julian. I certainly did not ask you for a poem. But Carolyn said she likes it.

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:59:00 -0500

Julian. I certainly did not ask you for a poem. But Carolyn said she likes it.

"I breathed in an autumn bouquet that combined everything small-town America with rugged splashes of..."

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:03:00 -0500

“I breathed in an autumn bouquet that combined everything small-town America with rugged splashes of the Last Frontier.”

- A ‘sentence’ from the first paragraph of Sarah Palin’s book, as quoted by today’s NYT. Apparently even the professional editors at Harper Collins can’t save the English language from this woman. (via meerkamper)

She never answers questions! I often wonder if she understands the words!!!

meerkamper: sblack: Oxford Physics professor Josh Silver has...

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:59:42 -0500

meerkamper:

sblack:

Oxford Physics professor Josh Silver has developed cheap glasses that can be adjusted without the help of an optometrist which he hopes to distribute to 1 billion of the world’s poor over the next decade.

“Inside the device’s tough plastic lenses are two clear circular sacs filled with fluid, each of which is connected to a small syringe attached to either arm of the spectacles.

The wearer adjusts a dial on the syringe to add or reduce amount of fluid in the membrane, thus changing the power of the lens. When the wearer is happy with the strength of each lens the membrane is sealed by twisting a small screw, and the syringes removed. The principle is so simple, the team has discovered, that with very little guidance people are perfectly capable of creating glasses to their own prescription.”

(via The Guardian)

WOW.

(via thingsthatexciteme) i wish i were you.

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:27:29 -0500

(via thingsthatexciteme)

i wish i were you.

Lady Gaga, The Illuminati Puppet

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:56:10 -0500

Lady Gaga, The Illuminati Puppet :

glynnis:

The symbolism surrounding Lady Gaga is so blatant that one might wonder if it’s all a sick joke. Illuminati symbolism is becoming so clear that analyses like this one becomes a simple exercise of pointing out the obvious. Her whole persona (whether its an act or not) is a tribute to mind control, where being vacuous, incoherent and absent minded becomes a fashionable thing.

This website is remarkable!

fuckyeahreading: glitterbombs: unicornology: eeelizabeth:(via...

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:43:00 -0500

fuckyeahreading:

glitterbombs:

unicornology:

eeelizabeth:(via scout)

SO. I went to the midnight premiere screening of THE FANTASTIC...

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:31:00 -0500

SO. I went to the midnight premiere screening of THE FANTASTIC MR. FOX tonight at the Arclight on Sunset with several good friends. I honestly hadn’t even heard of it until they invited me, it seems the film hasn’t been publicized very much. But, I absolutely loved it and I encourage everyone and anyone out there who likes

a) Wes Anderson

b) furry critters

c) Jarvis Cocker

or d) apple cider

(even just a little bit) to go see it. This is probably the best film Wes Anderson has ever done. It’s certainly my favorite. I sort of feel like he’s found his medium. All of the beauty and complexity of his colors/textures/patterns and his camera technique and quirkiness come through, only his style comes off much more sentimental and sincere in the animated genre. My biggest complaints about his films are how his human characters never seem human, their emotions are stale and staged and none of them are ever allowed to or able to fully express any feelings, but somehow (it makes perfect sense to me now) through the magic of stop-motion animation and anthropomorphization, Wes’s animated animal characters are actually better at connecting with humans than his human characters, because they’re animals (who act sort of human-like) but who realize deep down that they’re really animals. Also it has like an actual plot. This sounds kind of stupid. I’m no film critic and it’s 3:30 am. But really, go see it. Totally worth it, and I loved the soundtrack.

plus- the making of is kind of breakthrough. 29 sets going at the same time. 160 GB of data produced daily. 13.8 Terrabytes of data total.

audreyhepburncomplex: glisteningsnow: pineapplecrystallize: th...

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:07:28 -0500

audreyhepburncomplex:

glisteningsnow:

pineapplecrystallize:

thedailywhat:

Oh.

[via. (nsfw)]

hahahaha

claytonator: But it does NOT explain why I am not getting...

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:06:22 -0500

claytonator:

But it does NOT explain why I am not getting any.

Clay. I love you. You are wonderful. But- in order for me to keep following your blog I need less sappy and I need less references to you and sex. Not that sex is not a natural part of life. Sex is fine. I am all about it. Sex-positive. But, I just don’t want to think about YOU and SEX because you are Carolyn’s little brother. Thank you.

Another one of my day-to-day fears: actualized

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:14:43 -0500

cbk:

“CRIME ALERT: Health and Wellness Center Locker Room Intruder

On Nov 9, 2009 at approximately 4:45 pm, a male entered the lower level women’s locker room in the Health and Wellness Center and looked into two shower areas (2 females were in the showers at the time of the incident). The male was subsequently confronted by another female in the locker room and he asked her the location of the men’s locker room and he quickly left the area.

Subject description: white male, 30-35 years, 6 feet tall, thin build, wearing a green shirt, blue jeans, and a baseball hat.”

honest mistake?

danifine: mothmilk: glitterguts: villejavat: frangry: The...

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:13:02 -0500

danifine:

mothmilk:

glitterguts:

villejavat:

frangry:

The Blue Lagoon (1980)

weren’t they brother and sister? wasn’t this one of the creepiest movies of this half-century? i always thought that was the deal..

(via audreyhepburncomplex)

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:26:52 -0500

(via audreyhepburncomplex)

Last night's dinner party

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:26:00 -0500

glynnis:

Fall salad with roasted beets, cinnamon cranberry chèvre, pears, toasted walnuts, and vinaigrette

Butternut squash risotto

Fesenjan

Key lime pie with twice the lime juice and sour cream topping

Thanks to everyone for coming to eat!

I turned 21 yesterday i.e. last last night. Julian’s friends Indra and Aaron of Peaking Lights fame invited us over for a delicious dinner of phad thai, along with Zola Jesus (the goth barbara streisand aka. banshee of the midwest). Then the 5 of us went out for desert and festivities to The Weary Traveler (Roasted beets ‘fall salad’ seems to be extremely popular this year, they are serving it at the Willy St. Coop in Madison and at TWT as well.) Anyway, in honor of Katia, whom I was supposed to visit in Chicago for my b-day until she got sick and Julian’s bumper got torn off, I ordered a chocolate martini as my first official, legal beverage and waited until the stroke of midnight to take a sip.. Katia insisted on several occasions that the first drink must be extremely girly, so I delivered. I paired with a slice of key lime cheesecake which made for a heavenly combination.

I came home today to California and of course my mother made a family b-day dinner for me… complete with not only numerous thick, juicy steaks, but a rack of lamb as well…. oh post-soviet mommy, how I love you. My favorite part of dinner is always when she tries to lie to my sister about the kolbasa not having pork in it, and then my sister throws an outraged fit at the table about how no one respects her pseudo-religiosity and then everyone criticizes her husband for not liking fish (i.e. he won’t eat pickled herring or crab salad!!!! outrageous!!)

Home sweet food-guilt, conflict-ridden, home.

Tonic is a campus bar, FYI

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:01:59 -0500

cbk:

“Tonic is hosting their Student Loan Night (first Saturday of every month). You can bring in your student loan ticket, and whoever owes the most money gets a prize.” -FoBoBlo

My mother.

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:26:16 -0500

Ida says:

novembre 1st, 2009at 23:28(#)

Hi Julian.
I love your music, it’s so soothing and relaxing.

This is a comment my mom left on this interview after she decided to google Julian so she could figure out what his music sounds like.