middle cyclones and other references

“Basically, asking for jobs!”

Fri, 18 May 2012 10:12:08 -0600

“Basically, asking for jobs!”

laughingsquid: Animal Pocket Knife

Fri, 18 May 2012 05:23:23 -0600

laughingsquid:

Animal Pocket Knife

Procrastination Theatre: May 5, 2012 This is actually a...

Thu, 17 May 2012 19:25:08 -0600

Procrastination Theatre: May 5, 2012

This is actually a completely new genre of movie that I like to call “emo-heist”.

Whatever - it’s really poorly written, and basically the plot does stupid things with no acceptable rationale. As expected, Eddie Murphy is the only reason you should see it. Ben Stiller isn’t bad either - it’s nice to see him in a role where he is competent, not just neurotic.

Procrastination Theatre: May 3, 2012 You should see this movie...

Thu, 17 May 2012 14:49:16 -0600

Procrastination Theatre: May 3, 2012

You should see this movie if you like any/all of the following:

Strong women with insane fighting skills
Steven Soderbergh
Self-aware, stylized action thrillers
Bill Paxton
Pam Grier movies
Any of the men whom Gina Carano beats up
Fight choreography that feels real and brutal and efficient
Realistic accounts of how sore a person would be after that much fighting
Short, terse, well-crafted little movies without any padding
Feeling like the many attractive Hollywood men had a lot of fun getting beaten up by a woman in the making of this movie
Gina Carano (is a babe)

You should not see this movie if you like the following:

Sunset walks on the beach (you will get this joke if you have seen this movie already).

joannastarks: # I think I am loving ygritte so much because her...

Thu, 17 May 2012 09:53:48 -0600

joannastarks:

# I think I am loving ygritte so much because her reaction to jon snow is my reaction to jon snow

I hope everyone recognizes Ygritte from Downton Abbey? She was Gwen, the intrepid typist. Also, see above. Jon Snow is so boring. Jon Snow is like if I was forced to read the mopey Romantic hero of Thomas Hardy or whatever whom I usually avoid.

theatlantic:If We Are What We Read, Who Are We, Exactly? We...

Thu, 17 May 2012 05:36:03 -0600

theatlantic:If We Are What We Read, Who Are We, Exactly?

We love books for being books. But books are more than just words on pages, lovely or terrible adventures, weird imaginings, plot twists and romances and things that would never happen to us in real life and therefore we should read about. Books have the power to change us—but not just in our minds, apparently. According to research recently published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology by Geoff Kaufman of Tiltfactor Laboratories at Dartmouth College and Lisa Libby of Ohio State, the act of reading of and identifying with a fictional character means also that we tend to subconsciously adopt their behavior. In reading about our favorite characters, we may actually become more like them.

Read more at The Atlantic Wire. [Image: Shutterstock]

We knew this, right? I mean, I knew this about myself, at any rate.

gastrogirl: violet cake. So beautiful.

Wed, 16 May 2012 19:25:20 -0600

gastrogirl:

violet cake.

So beautiful.

gastrogirl: salted caramel chocolate ganache tart with cookie...

Wed, 16 May 2012 14:46:40 -0600

gastrogirl:

salted caramel chocolate ganache tart with cookie crust.

Procrastination Theatre: May 3, 2012 So, because we were...

Wed, 16 May 2012 10:10:14 -0600

Procrastination Theatre: May 3, 2012

So, because we were informed that the only showing of The 5-Year Engagement that afternoon was a “Mommy & Strollers Only” showing (don’t ask), my mother and I saw this together instead. Which. Yes.

I guess really the problem here is that the movie couldn’t commit to its initial premise, which was “Let’s try to make this a funny take on Snow White, wherein the Evil Queen is fun and saucy.” And I mean Julia Roberts was perfect for this, because I find it very difficult to not love Julia Roberts. Her face is so likable and interesting and she makes terrible dialogue lively. But then instead of sticking with her, and continuing to make fun of Snow White for being, well, boring and one-dimensional (sorry, Lily Collins, but it’s true), they try to make Snow White interesting and they move away from Julia Roberts, who is the only entertaining part of the movie.

And then during the end credits there’s a Bollywood dance number that’s really weird and abrupt. But maybe interesting to those of you (Sarah, really) who know stuff about Bollywood movies? Also, Armie Hammer is goofy in this. And often shirtless. And the dwarves are okay but still, Julia stole the show.

slaughterhouse90210: “If youth is the season of hope, it is...

Wed, 16 May 2012 05:38:01 -0600

slaughterhouse90210:

“If youth is the season of hope, it is often so only in the sense that our elders are hopeful about us; for no age is so apt as youth to think its emotions, partings, and resolves are the last of their kind. Each crisis seems final, simply because it is new.”
― George Eliot, Middlemarch

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Tue, 15 May 2012 19:25:50 -0600

arcaneimages: Gibson Uncle Gibby, living up to our endearment...

Tue, 15 May 2012 14:49:35 -0600

arcaneimages:

Gibson

Uncle Gibby, living up to our endearment for him.

Final tally of all the worries, anxieties, panic attacks, MCAT-related breakdowns, application agonies, and interview stress of the past (three) years:

Tue, 15 May 2012 11:15:00 -0600

Accepted at Dalhousie, University of Alberta, University of Calgary.Waitlisted at Queen’s and...

"At the beginning people [say], ‘You’re going to be going to the Oscars,’ and you’re like, ‘Whatever,..."

Tue, 15 May 2012 10:39:38 -0600

““At the beginning people [say], ‘You’re going to be going to the Oscars,’ and you’re like,...

Domesticity Log: April 21, 2012: Thin Pear Tart Still working my...

Tue, 15 May 2012 10:08:00 -0600

Domesticity Log: April 21, 2012: Thin Pear Tart

Still working my way through Martha Stewart’s Pies & Tarts. I liked this one because a) the cream cheese crust was sinfully easy and b) the pear slices really look beautiful. I mean, I thought I’d done a poor job arranging them, but actually they look like a rose, don’t they? Lovely.

Because I could not for the life of me find pear brandy, I soaked the pears in amaretto instead, because pear & almond is a lovely flavor combination. Side note: this is a very, very small pie. If you’re feeding a hungry crowd, I’d recommend scaling the whole thing up. You bake the thing on a flat surface, so you wouldn’t be constrained by the size of the pie dish.

elizabitchtaylor: Happy Mother’s Day Also a mother I would be...

Tue, 15 May 2012 05:36:58 -0600

elizabitchtaylor:

Happy Mother’s Day

Also a mother I would be proud to end up as. Like, proud in a perverse way.

What if tomorrow after I find out from all the other medical schools, I just watch both Deathly Hallows movies and cry for five hours.

Tue, 15 May 2012 00:16:50 -0600

Would that be weird?

newsweek:inothernews: Henrik Lundqvist checking the score:...

Mon, 14 May 2012 20:43:40 -0600

newsweek:inothernews:

Henrik Lundqvist checking the score: Rangers 3, Devils 0, New York up 1-0 in the Eastern Conference Finals.

Atta boy, Hank! (For the non-sporties, the Rangers are “the good guys” in this series, in our not so humble opinion.)

Whatever. Lundqvist is indeed the Rangers’ godsend because the Devils outplayed the Rangers beautifully in the first two periods. So give it a rest, NY-centric news centres.

oldloves: James Cameron & Linda Hamilton, 1997 Oh my God...

Mon, 14 May 2012 19:25:41 -0600

oldloves:

James Cameron & Linda Hamilton, 1997

Oh my God this picture says a frightening amount about the relationship. As soon as you see a man do this, you should get worried.

My future mothering style, hopefully. I already do this to my...

Mon, 14 May 2012 14:49:31 -0600

My future mothering style, hopefully. I already do this to my brothers.