January 2010
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Explore Origins of Tim Burton’s Goofy Gothic →
A whole lot of interesting pictures by Tim Burton.
“One of Tim Burton’s most famous characters, Edward Scissorhands, is way older than you think. “It was an idea from when I was a teenager,” says the director of Beetlejuice and the upcoming 3-D adaptation of Alice in Wonderland. “It had been in my mind for a long time.” Ditto Jack Skellington, the leading ghoul in The Nightmare Before...
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Moliere
TO MONSIEUR DE LA MOTHE LE VAYER(Upon the death of his son) by: Molière (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, 1622-1673)LET thy tears, Le Vayer, let them flow;None of scant cause thy sorrowing can accuse,Since, losing that which thou for aye dost lose,E’en the most wise might find a ground for woe. Vainly we strive with precepts to foregoThe drops of pity that are Pity’s dues;And Nature’s...
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“I sometimes wonder what the fuck I’m doing. I have these accidents, these...”
– John Mayer, Rolling Stone (February 4, 2010 Issue) (via justahappykid) (via fuckyeahjohnmayer)
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Death Sentence
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Nicholas "Nick" Hume: It was never gonna balance.
Detective Wallis: What did you say?
Nicholas "Nick" Hume: The equation. Sometimes it's... just chaos. That's all there is.
II
Owen: What's that "order in the universe" thing?
Nicholas "Nick" Hume: Well, our insurer spent 300,000 bucks on this new model - new field data, new society. Who is the ideal employee? Who dies how and when? And they sent it over to show what a great job they're doing. And you know what it says? It says that people with kids live longer than people with no kids. People with two live longer than people with one. Smoking is bad. Speeding is bad. Deaths in the family are bad. Divorce is bad. It's just kind of nice to see that all that junk is still true.
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Jane Austen's Unfinished Novel: Sanditon →
Sanditon (1817) is an unfinished novel by the British novelist Jane Austen. In Sanditon, Austen explored her interest in the verbal construction of a society by means of a town – and a set of families – that is still in the process of being formed. The manuscript for Sanditon was originally titled “The Brothers,” likely after the Parker brothers in the story. After her death, her...
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Early risers are more proactive than evening... →
Source: Research Digest Blog.
“I’ve always envied early risers, those who spring out of bed at the crack of dawn, ready, it seems, to take on the world. Of course their early vitality could be short-lived. Morning friskiness gives the impression of a positive nature but are ‘larks’ really more proactive people than ‘owls’?
Yes, according to Christoph Randler...
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Closer
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Dan: I want Anna back.
Larry: She's made her choice.
Dan: I owe you an apology. I fell in love with her. My intention was not to make you suffer.
Larry: So where's the apology? Ya cunt.
Dan: I apologize. If you love her you'll let her go so she can be happy.
Larry: She doesn't want to be happy.
Dan: Everybody wants to be happy.
Larry: Depressives don't. They want to be unhappy to confirm they're depressed. If they were happy they couldn't be depressed anymore. They'd have to go out into the world and live. Which can be depressing.
II
Larry: You forget you're dealing with a clinical observer of the human carnival.
Anna: Am I, now?
Larry: Oh, yes.
Anna: You seem more like the cat that got the cream, you can stop licking yourself.
III
Dan: And you left him, just like that?
Alice: It's the only way to leave. "I don't love you anymore. Goodbye."
Dan: Supposing you do still love them?
Alice: You don't leave.
Dan: You've never left someone you still love?
Alice: Nope.
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Larry: Alice, tell me something true.
Alice: Lying's the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes off - but it's better if you do.
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Dan: At six, we stand round the computer and look at the next day's page, make final changes, add a few euphemisms for our own amusement.
Alice: Such as?
Dan: "He was a convivial fellow" - meaning he was an alcoholic. "He valued his privacy" - gay. "He enjoyed his privacy" - raging queen.
Alice: What would my euphemism be?
Dan: She was... disarming.
Alice: That's not a euphemism.
Dan: Yes, it is.
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Larry: [on a photography exhibit] What do you think?
Alice: It's a lie. It's a bunch of sad strangers photographed beautifully, and all the glittering assholes who appreciate art say it's beautiful 'cause that's what they wanna see. But the people in the photos are sad and alone. But the pictures make the world seem beautiful, so the exhibition is reassuring which makes it a lie, and everyone loves a big fat lie.
Larry: I'm the big fat liar's boyfriend.
VII
Dan: You think love is simple. You think the heart is like a diagram.
Larry: Have you ever seen a human heart? It looks like a fist, wrapped in blood! Go fuck yourself! You writer! You liar!
VIII
Anna: Love bores you.
Dan: No, it disappoints me.
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“As I have walked among the desperate, rejected, and angry young men, I have told...”
– Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence
(via thecurvature) (via robot-heart-politics) (via bowfolk)
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Cabikan Asa
Aku sering merasa hampa, akunya. Ia lantas membuang puntung rokok yang sudah habis ia hisap ke tanah dan menginjaknya. Memungutnya untuk kemudian membuangnya ke tong sampah. Terutama pada malam-malam kelabu seperti ini, seakan segala musik, hingar-bingar, canda ria, bahkan komedi dalam kotak elektronik tak terasa menghibur. Ia meneruskan monolognya. Kadang aku sendiri pun bingung mengapa rasa ini...
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Mal by Dick Jones →
Strange word, ‘stroke’ — a gentle sleep and then you wake up, changed. Caressed by infirmity on the brown hill, kissed by disability as you climb the long drive. The farmhouse tips and, heart in crescendo, you embrace the grass.
Indifferent sheep manoeuvre, crowding out your sky. You lie in a lump, adrift at the field’s edge, floating on the dead raft of your limbs. The sun nails light into...
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Cidade de Deus
Cabeleira: Hey, Bernice. Listen, I've got something real important to say. Tell me, you ever heard of love at first sight?
Berenice: Sure, but hoods don't fall in love, they just get horny.
Cabeleira: C'mon, you cut everything I say to pieces.
Berenice: Hoods don't talk, they just vomit words.
Cabeleira: Jesus, I'm gonna stop wasting my saliva on you, you sure ain't easy.
Berenice: Hoods never stop, they just take a break.
Cabeleira: Jeez, Bernice, talking about love with you is pretty complicated, isn't it?
Berenice: Love, you gotta be kidding. You're just leading me on.
Cabeleira: But it's just that this jerk here loves you.
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ke-Tanpa Jeda-an.
Lidah saya kelu. Gamang rasanya. Pelabuhan terasa jauh, dihempas ombak ganas, tertatih-tatih menuju peraduan. Badai tiada henti. Tampak tak teraih, seonggok nyawa tanpa nama. Mendiami gua gelap. Menggema batinnya. Retak hingga berkeping.
Saya gemetar. Berputar dan berotasi tanpa ujung.
Tanpa nada. Tanpa batas. Hilang. Titik itu lenyap.
Nano detik terlewati, tidak satu ruas ekspresi nampak. ...
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Siulan Terakhir
Suasana malam itu sepi. Bunyi siulan terdengar di kejauhan.
Aneh, lingkungan ini terkenal dengan hingar bingar. Seakan seluruh negara berkumpul dalam satu kompleks tersebut. Tidak mesti tetangga rukun, hanya anak muda di daerah tersebut terkenal dengan keramaiannya. Bukan rusuh, hanya saja selalu ada kegiatan yang mereka lalukan. Namun kali ini malam tampak semakin biru, atmosfer terlihat muram....
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“It’s a choice, Wesley, that each of us must face: to remain ordinary,...”
– Wanted
December 2009
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Watch“A strange man builds a world using holographic tools for the woman he loves. This award winning short was created by filmmaker Bruce Branit, widely known as the co-creator of ‘405’. World Builder was shot in a single day followed by about 2 years of post production. Branit is the owner of Branit VFX based in Kansas City. More info, background and info on future releases can be...