June 2012
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One of the things people always say to you if you get upset is, don’t take it...
– Nora Ephron, ‘96 Wellesley commencement address (via katiecookies)
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My Weekend at BAM
This weekend I caught a bunch of movies at BAMcinemaFest 2012. It was great.
First, Gayby directed by Jonathan Lisecki starring Jenn Harris, Matthew Wilkas.
Funny, Sexy, Charming. See it if you can. There is a distributor, so you may be able to see it this fall.
Then, Nobody Walks directed by Ry Russo-Young, co-written by Lena Dunham, starring Olivia Thirlby, John Krasinski and Rosemaire...
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Book Report: The Hitman's Guide to Housecleaning
The Hitman’s Guide to Housecleaning by Hallgrímur Helgason My rating: 4 of 5 stars A Creed-loving Croatian hitman who prides himself on putting the victim first in professional killing, finds himself on the lam after a bad kill in New Jersey. He punches a stolen ticket to Reykjavik and finds himself in Iceland, a land long on daylight and short on guns. That is, his worst nightmare....
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When people asked why I had left government, I explained that I’d come home not...
– Magazine - Why Women Still Can’t Have It All - The Atlantic
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It’s rare that a modern-dance concert hits all the right notes: a good length...
– Keigwin Company: Dance That Hits Your Pleasure Receptors : The New Yorker
I got to see this show last weekend at The Joyce. It’s hard to choose a favorite piece, but I really liked “Contact Sport.”
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All well and good, right? Women should feel free not to have babies, or not to...
– Women Do Not Need ‘Reasons’ for Being Single or Childless (via theatlantic)
I, for one, am running out of room on my sad-sack single-lady fridge.
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Yes, but. Yes, but, and the “yes” gets softer and the “but” gets louder. And...
– The Chumbawamba Principle: A Commencement Address : Krulwich Wonders… : NPR (via birdmechanical)
I’m over commencement addresses, but I’m still a fan of Krulwich.
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Everything You Need to Know About My Feelings for...
This morning I realized that I have been mishearing the lyrics of Lady Gaga (& Beyonce’s) Telephone. The lyric is “tonight I’m not takin’ no calls cause I’ll be dancing.” For years I thought they lyric was “and I am not takin’ no calls cause I’ll be dead soon.”
I like my version better.
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Book Report: You're Not Doing It Right
You’re Not Doing It Right: Tales of Marriage, Sex, Death, and Other Humiliations by Michael Ian Black My rating: 4 of 5 stars You don’t actually know anything about Michael Ian Black, but I do because I read this book. Yes, this book is “darkly hilarious” but it’s also darkly honest and darkly heartfelt. It’s not often that you hear a man, especially a man...