December 2008
45 posts
Number one on this post from the other day should have been Elvis Costello, but for some reason I was too chicken to admit it. I recognize that he is Cool and Important, but I have yet to ever hear a song of his that touches me in any way, on any level.
Feel free to gasp, judge, or try to sway me. I’m still open to changing my mind if properly persuaded.
The Eternal Question
Is a grilled cheese sandwich at its best when the cheese is hot and too gooey to chew, or five minutes later, when it’s cooled a little and started to coagulate?
(If you can’t handle the word coagulate in regards to your food, perhaps you should go sit at the kids’ table.)
The Dyatlov Pass Incident →
energyface:
I recently became aware of this. The details surrounding the deaths of these 9 Russian hikers in the mountains are extremely creepy and weird.
The first thing I thought while reading this was did the X-Files ever do this one?
Twice now I’ve clicked on this picture and both times I automatically breathed through my mouth instead of my nose.
Bands I have tried and tried to like but they just...
Aimee Mann
Afghan Whigs
Ryan Adams
Smashing Pumpkins
Red Hot Chili Peppers (okay, I never tried too hard on this one)
All of The Shins except for like two songs
Your boyfriend’s band
Twilight
Oh wait
I don’t know what’s wrong with me but I can’t think of one single thing I want to look up on Wikipedia.
distorte:
Some people lie when they fall in love, some people tell the truth. Some people do both, by telling honest lies, which is what most of us do. ‘Yes, I like jazz,’ we’ll say, when we mean, ‘I could like it with you.’
— A character from Julian Barnes’ Love, etc.
At home
At my parents’ house. Apparently my mother and I answer the phone the same way. I say, “Hello?” and everyone says, “Hi Pam,” and just starts talking, and then I have to interrupt and correct them. This morning I decided to stop correcting them, and so far I’ve had a really awkward conversation with my uncle and maybe arranged for some outings with people I...
December 20, 2008: Blog like a parody of yourself...
osmium:
I was on the bus today and a guy died. He was old, and had palsy, was looking out the window in childlike wonder only moments before. The bus driver didn’t notice, but she did yell at me for having my feet on the seat, although they were on the floor. This reminds me of everything from back in Tennessee—no matter where you are, at a rowdy high school football game under the white...
“Like everyone else, I got caught up in some amazing trends this year. Here are...”
– David Rees’s “Best of 2008: Trends” (via esandberg)
"This kind of movie usually has a scene where a... →
Scheherazade
forcessweetheart:
Tell me about the dream where we pull the bodies out of the lake and dress them in warm clothes again. How it was late, and no one could sleep, the horses running Until they forget that they are horses. It’s not like a tree where the roots have to end somewhere, it’s more like a song on a policeman’s radio, how we rolled up the carpet so we could dance, and the days were...
It's baaaaaack! →
Patience, etc.
Free Consultation
distorte:
So here’s what This Recording needs to do, since you asked (nobody asked): - It needs to stop redirecting http://www.thisrecording.com to http://thisrecording.wordpress.com/ and properly assign the domain name. - It needs to get rid of the 4953 links to blogs off the front page (and every page). Move it to a backwater somewhere. Google is just going to assume these pages are link-farms...
Other Sarah Brown Update
Haven’t done one of these in awhile, but we’ve had some real gems lately.
Joanne the landlady is changing purple carpet for beige neutral color and painting again after the bountyhunter moves out. She will not be taking the plasma TVs (there are 3 of those) nor the bbq & patio furniture or the firepit or dining room table or the other piece that goes with it on along the wall?...
"Young Adolf Hitler Campbell will be getting a... →
(Via Danielle)
THIS RECORDING OMG GIVE IT A REST WITH THE ORSON...
For god’s sake give yourselves In Which We Take A Day Off from Reblogging Each Other
How did I not know about dickipedia until tonight? →
Thanks, Josh.
I just like junk food.
It’s a pretty open secret that the bodega across the street from us also sells weed. I didn’t know this until recently, but now everytime I go across the street with my galoshes and raincoat over my pajamas to buy soda and ice cream and tortilla chips, I wonder if they wonder why I’m not buying from them.
Lisa and Todd included this song on their wedding...
“I signed up for the Article Rescue Squadron, having seen it mentioned in...”
– The Charms of Wikipedia (via yesand)
This is fantastic.
On the last day of your life, don’t forget...
BeTaMaXMas →
It’s December 18, 1988, all the time.
Weekend eating
I hate it when I get in bed and then my stomach starts growling.
distorte:
Sometimes I’m pretty sure the reason I am alone in this world is because I have to go into the bathroom and take my t-shirt off to eat an orange without making a mess. You think I am joking and that’s probably better for both of us.
I don’t think you’re joking because I know how many times I had to change clothes last week alone after eating pecan pie.
esandberg:
unburyingthelead:
Dear Max, I’m sorry to say that I have secretly found out that Mr. Blume is having an affair with Miss Cross. My first suspicions came when I saw them frenching at the museum, and then I knew for sure when they went skinny dipping in Mr. Blume’s swimming pool, giving each other hand jobs while you were taking a nap on the front porch. Why am I telling you this now?...
“Children under 5 get a ball.
Boys ages 5-12 get a pocket knife.
Girls ages...”
– It is a good time to revisit Marc Balgavy’s* holiday gift-giving guide, if you haven’t already.
*Technically the guide is Marc’s cousin Dave’s, but credit on the internet always goes to the person with the blog.
(via kfan)
My cousin’s teenage daughter always gets one of those artist palette...
