April 2010
39 posts
Net Neutrality →
azspot:
The Internet as we know it is facing a serious threat. There’s a debate heating up in Washington, DC on something called “net neutrality” – and it’s a debate that’s so important Google is asking you to get involved. We’re asking you to take action to protect Internet freedom.
In the next few days, the House of Representatives is going to vote on a bill that would fundamentally alter...
Subscription Surprise
Tony surprised me with a subscription to The New Yorker ! So happy, and can’t wait to start reading it. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Updated: Facebook Further Reduces Your Control... →
squibble:
“Today, Facebook removed its users’ ability to control who can see their own interests and personal information. Certain parts of users’ profiles, “including your current city, hometown, education and work, and likes and interests” will now be transformed into “connections,” meaning that they will be shared publicly. If you don’t want these parts of your profile to be made public, your...
Cannibals
I saw a bird eating a thrown out chicken leg the other day. And I wondered if that was somehow wrong…
cant escape the shortness...
So apparently my sister did some made-up personality test on me and these were her results…
“My sister is nice, joyful, kind, creative, cranky and small.”
Me: Small?!
Amparo: I’m small too!
Me: (in my head) but you’re seven.
Amparo: Oh, and I almost wrote cranky but I crossed it out.
Me: -_- thanks.
shortstory
The shortest story ever written:
For Sale: Baby Shoes. Never Worn.
By Ernest Hemingway
The funny thing about writing is that usually the less you write the harder it is.
I might post up the revision of the short story that I did in my fiction class. But I’m still contemplating…
booksmart
After examining statistics from 27 nations, a group of researchers found the presence of book-lined shelves in the home — and the intellectual environment those volumes reflect — gives children an enormous advantage in school.
^ This is why I need a house with walls covered in bookshelves! Plus, a ladder that I can move along those bookshelves :) oh and french shutter windows, just because i...
Write, Write, Write
I’m trying to finish my short story and of course I’m waiting for the last possible minute. But sometimes my so-called creativity just kicks up into gear when its pressured and I come out with some pretty good stuff. I’m just hoping its decent and I tell myself I’ll work harder with the revision xP
But in other news I won an English Award at school :) I think its a bad way...
Yo Yo, is that a Cell Phone??
cheaperthanacupofjoe:
The Yo-Yo Mobile Phone by Emmanuel Hanson
Talk about technology being inspired by toys! A mobile device has been created which allows you to “walk the dog” and charge your cell phone at the same time. That’s right, simply going through the up and down motions of a yo-yo will generate enough kinetic energy to charge this mobile phone!
Via: Yanko Design
Happy days...
Things have been pretty well just recently. And I just wanted to take a minute to appreciate it before something comes along, trips me, and makes me fall on my face :)
“I want my world to be fun. No parents, no rules, no nothing. Like, no one can...”
– Justin Bieber, proving to Interview Magazine why parents should occasionally spank their kids (via samuraifrog) (via loldisney)
geebus-shitus:
I have no problem blogging about stuff that’s important to me but when it comes to this Personal Statement that I have been working on for months it is the hardest thing in the world to finish! I am not a happy camper.
Gretch, you’re not alone. I havent even really started this personal statement of mine and I’m just looking at screen filled with very little about...
Calculating how to spend less money on MTA and Groceries is making my head hurt :(
Nine Words Women Use
1. Fine: This is the word women use to end an argument when they are right and you need to shut up. 2. Five Minutes: If she is getting dressed, this means a half an hour. Five minutes is only five minutes if you have just been given five more minutes to watch the football before helping around the house. 3. Go Ahead: This is a dare, not permission. Don’t Do It! 4. A Loud Sigh: This is...
La Maison en Petits Cubes →
La Maison en Petits Cubes (Tsumiki no Ie) created by Kunio Katō with music by Kondo Kenji.
Won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2009.
I’m so sensitive. This video has made me tear each time I’ve seen it. But I love it just the same.
Church Announcements...
cheaperthanacupofjoe:
“Well, I kind of lost my voice screaming at the strippers last night… but I’ll definitely be there next week.”
“Being in love is like peeing in your pants… everyone can see it, but only you...”
– (via cheaperthanacupofjoe)
Futile
In Sestina form.
She came home tired and placed her coffee on the table and sat on a chair to watch tv, then came in the father who held out his hand for the remote. Get Out he said with his impatient stare its the way he’s come to greet the daughter.
His ways had long been too much for the daughter who looked for comfort in the smell of her coffee. She tried not to cringe from his...
Like Mother Like Daughter
I start falling asleep by my computer, stubbornly trying to stay awake for some reason. I go to wash up and get ready for bed. I come back, sit down, and see my mom at her desk with her head slumped down. She had fallen asleep by her computer, too.
“Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle,...”
– Another quote by James Baldwin.
It definitely is. But if its real, its so worth it.
“You think your pains and your heartbreaks are unprecedented in the history of...”
– by James Baldwin.
I don’t think I’ll ever get over how good of a writer James Baldwin is. His craft was unprecedented in his time and today his memory is a great inspiration to the writing soul. I wish I could write half as good as Baldwin; I’d be happy with even having a quarter...