December 2009
31 posts
Household Interactions
Me: (jokingly reaching towards a lump bundled in paper labeled “Caitlin Xmas”)
Greta (12-year-old sister): Don’t touch that! Don’t you want it to be a surprise?
Me: (reaching closer) I dunno…
Greta: I always want it to be a surprise. Even if I had a present sitting right here in front of me, I wouldn’t peek.
Me: Maybe if you had actually wrapped it like...
My family has been arguing a LOT about what...
I highly recommend that you all learn to sing this...
“HAMLET
Lady, shall I lie in your lap?
OPHELIA
No, my lord.
HAMLET
I mean,...”
– Hamlet, Act III Scene ii.
Awkward innuendo with an awesome pun.
Whistlers
Howe Third Floor is FULL of them. And most of them totally suck to the point that they sound like anti-melody noise terrorists on their way down the hall. Except, I just heard a guy quite deftly whistling the Snow White “Whistle While You Work” using vibrato. HEY. I’m the only whistler at Skidmore who uses vibrato.
(P.S. Nerdy train of thought: After writing about...
Red Hot Chili Peppers: “Scar Tissue”
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The Cassette Tape: "Nobody Listens to Me Anymore" →
The site says this is a “vintage t-shirt” but I don’t really think so. I was just thinking about how vintage things are “cool” these days, while things from just one generation back are decidedly uncool. Like cassette tapes. While vinyl is super cool. I wonder if someday those beige rear-projection computer monitors and floppy disks will turn cool!
jazzchannel:
kmonk:
Wes Montgomery -...
“Ain’t No Grave” by Crooked...
SMELLS. Beware: the length of this post is...
I know this is weird, but I was just thinking today how cool the sense of smell is. I’ve mentioned on here about how much nostalgia music can provoke, but I’m pretty sure I learned in Psych class (and it’s almost obvious to me by my own experience) that smell is the sense most closely tied to memory and nostalgia. Maybe it’s something to do with the fact that the only...
A famous part of Puccini’s “Madame...
Rabbit, Rabbit!
It’s the first of December!
jazzchannel:
tomathy:
La Vie En Rose - Louis...