Ok, so if I am looking at this right-- There's a boy, who is using his mother's dress to dress a blowup doll...This is wrong and hilarious on so many levels.
October 12, 2009
inappropriate
Ok, so if I am looking at this right-- There's a boy, who is using his mother's dress to dress a blowup doll...This is wrong and hilarious on so many levels.
October 11, 2009
MONEY hole
I thought about this today picking pumpkins and remembered how hilarious I found 'the money hole'
OH. EE. DEE.
I love the Oxford English Dictionary.
While it's a heavy and debatable question, I think knowledge comes from consciousness. Human consciousness is formed by a desire to communicate. Communication is formed through words. Yeah?
So, in a way, epistemology, for me, is linked to the historical context of English words.
I love theorizing the context and cultural content behind a single word. Each word we speak, we think, we use, everyday, can be coated and analyzed with a historical context.
This is where the OED comes in.
I found that there is no word between 'lost'/'found' that something is either lost or found. There are no words to describe the in between. What happens if something is neither lost or found? The fact that so many words are described in a strict binary form, really speaks volumes about the thought patters English speaking countries. I mean, we thrive on the idea of one or the other, with no spectrum of in between.
Also, the word 'solitude' is derived from the latin root, "Solus" which means, "Single or alone" The english word was first used in 1374, by Chaucer, "She hath so grete compassion on her knyght, That dwelleth in solitude til she come" I just think the context of that particular word is beautiful. It was used in comparison or contrast to be together.
I just think the fact we can learn so much about culture through words is so fascinating.
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Sidenote: Fall colors?
While it's a heavy and debatable question, I think knowledge comes from consciousness. Human consciousness is formed by a desire to communicate. Communication is formed through words. Yeah?
So, in a way, epistemology, for me, is linked to the historical context of English words.
I love theorizing the context and cultural content behind a single word. Each word we speak, we think, we use, everyday, can be coated and analyzed with a historical context.
This is where the OED comes in.
I found that there is no word between 'lost'/'found' that something is either lost or found. There are no words to describe the in between. What happens if something is neither lost or found? The fact that so many words are described in a strict binary form, really speaks volumes about the thought patters English speaking countries. I mean, we thrive on the idea of one or the other, with no spectrum of in between.
Also, the word 'solitude' is derived from the latin root, "Solus" which means, "Single or alone" The english word was first used in 1374, by Chaucer, "She hath so grete compassion on her knyght, That dwelleth in solitude til she come" I just think the context of that particular word is beautiful. It was used in comparison or contrast to be together.
I just think the fact we can learn so much about culture through words is so fascinating.
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Sidenote: Fall colors?
October 8, 2009
(Cliche opening statement)
As fall is approaching (rhetorical link to photo) I can't help but strongly desire hot toddies.
In my family, anything hot and alcoholic is considered a 'hot toddy.'
We aren't picky.
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I heard the new Vampire Weekend single today--
I don't know how I really feel about it. For me the melodic and slightly poppy music fits well with sun, summer, beaches, sunsets-- so the timing is a little off. Releasing the CD in the dead of winter? Maybe it will provide a pick-me-up amidst the rain and the gray.
http://www.vampireweekend.com/
October 2, 2009
Seexxxy.
This weeks This American Life is titled, "The Book That Changed Your Life" a re-run from Oct. 99.
Ira Glass talking about books! Oh. God, Ira.
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=137
Ira Glass talking about books! Oh. God, Ira.
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=137
WILD THANGGGS & Other books & a CD.
I know I've said this before, but I will say it again, I am so incredibly excited for the movie "Where the Wild Things Are" It touches on something intricately woven into my own childhood nostalgia.
It looks so well done, besides the tender place it holds in my heart.
So this got me thinking about other books my parents used to read to me when I was little. The one that stuck out in my mind was 'The Talking Eggs' a story derived from a Louisiana Creole Folktale. It's all about finding beauty in ugliness and reaching your potential despite external circumstances. Amazing.
Then, there was 'The Giver' the book solely responsible for showing me the beauty of words and literature.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Giver
I won't rant on about this book, I just know that it was incredibly important to me.
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Heartless Bastards.
The first album I have listened to that is considered 'indie' while touching on the beauty of imperfection and rawness. It is also wonderful to paint to or have it as background music. Plus the lead singer, Erika Wennerstrom has a really unique deep, rough voice that I love. Her lyrics are something that I can identify with. The song "Hold Your Head High" was pretty much the reason I survived the summer.
So, I'm not going to review it because that's just not my style, but I would highly suggest just giving it a listen, just once. I think its good, very good.
So, I'm not going to review it because that's just not my style, but I would highly suggest just giving it a listen, just once. I think its good, very good.
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