On Friday morning I walked past a couple that didn’t clean up after their dog. I stared at them with dead eyes. Their eyelids were cut with guilt.
And so began what is turning out to be one of the best weekends of all time.
the humanities centre looks like a limp dick + balls. i can’t be the only one who sees it, right??
whenever i point this out, people are like “okay then.”
THANK YOU. I thought this every time I walked to my French classes. EVERY TIME. I guess it’s true that at the University of Alberta, the Humanities departments really do get the SHAFT. Rahahahaha. RIGHT?
Soviet Punks
(via daysrunaway)
Cookie Monster explaining the finer points of museum etiquette.
via peterstichbury
I have a degree in Art History and I can’t tell you how many times I was almost kicked out of my program for eating the picture.
Today is a special GPOYW comparison edition. When I try to explain what I was like in high school, people think they get it but they don’t really. I’m not saying I’m some definition of cool and hot times ten years later because let’s be real. I’m just saying that maybe it took my face a bit of time to catch up with my nose.
So here I am today eating a piece of Terry’s Chocolate Orange (haha, Lamebook):
And here I am ten years ago:
Note the Pochacco paraphernalia on the shelf very deliberately arranged as some sort of shrine, the Sailor Moon wall scroll behind me, the Serial Experiments Lain wallpaper, and the fact that I am playing Tetris instead of HAVING FRIENDS. So I am pretty much exactly the same person except that now my hair is short and I am really fucking good at Tetris at this point.
Well, it's official.
Remember when I was lamenting about Vancouver and its living costs? Apparently it has been ranked the least affordable urban center in the world. So. I guess it’s time to move again.
“Erotic films will never be the same!”
If only this were true. Imagine a 14 billion dollar industry entirely devoted to making stuff like this! (NSFW)
I haven’t seen this movie (yet), but I suspect it might be the first porn that’s worth watching all the way through. It looks like a real life version of “Like A Velvet Glove Cast In Iron” the surreal porno in Dan Clowes’ comic book of the same name. It was made long before Velvet Glove, so perhaps it was an inspiration?
This trailer reminds of the time one of my favorite character actors, Crispin Glover, convinced me to hate him. I went to a screening of his art film ”What Is It?”, which was basically a pretentious version of “Night Dreams”. Just a needy plea to be called a ‘controversial’ filmmaker. ”Hey guys, I’ve got people with down’s syndrome holding swastikas and fornicating! Am I edgy yet?” Ugh.
What bothered me wasn’t so much the content of the movie (bad movies get made all the time) it was the fact that this guy has never been called on his shit. Every interview I’ve come across is nothing short of laudatory. Even Vice and The Onion (publications you’d think would know better) get down and suckle by question two. I’m not saying that he should be humilated, but in a world where legit entertainers are made to face criticism, shouldn’t an outright lousy one be (politely) told his stuff don’t work? At least once? Why does he keep getting placated?
This Just In: Apparently you can break into showbusiness through porn! I just looked up Night Dreams on IMDB and the writer was none other than Jerry Stahl, staff writer on “ALF”, “Moonlighting” and “Twin Peaks”. Ben Stiller also played him in a movie based on his life. The director also went on to greater things.
I am reblogging this because I was with Mr. Bourée at this screening of “What Is It?” and it is true. It was HORRENDOUS. Now any time I see Crispin Glover’s name in the credits I am immediately discouraged from watching whatever film it is because he left such an atrocious taste in my mouth. The question and answer portion of the night was particularly grueling and we left halfway through, largely because NOBODY ELSE SEEMED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE ENTIRE NIGHT WAS THE WORST EXPERIENCE OF ALL TIME. There is even a part of me that wants to hate Back To The Future because of him. Of course I don’t, I could never, but the fact that the inkling exists makes my disdain even more prevalent. You ruined yourself, Glover! At least in the eyes of Bourée and I.
Anyway, watch the sweet porn trailer too!
I’m not a rabid fan of Lady Gaga and I know there are a number of readers who totally hate her (hi Cameron!) but I’d like to know why more people aren’t into this song. I think this one’s way more consistent than her other songs and the piano motifs are pretty rad.
Also the “but we got no money” part. I relate to that.
