fourinthemorning
19/10/2009
Monday.
A brief list of things to contemplate before setting out to write your first novel or draft your first screenplay or run your first startup or record your first album or build any other big idea into something from which you ultimately hope to draw a paycheck:
- 80 million people bought The Da Vinci Code
- 16 million people tune in each week for “Two and a Half Men”
- 8 million people subscribe to Reader’s Digest
- Billions and billions have been served at McDonalds
- 42 million people bought The Eagles: Their Greatest Hits
Text posted at 22:42
12/10/2009
what if tumblr was one big high school what would it be like ?I think of this and the only thing I can imagine is design classes where everyone gets graded on how good their meme’s are and religious classes would be made up of debate teams. Noel would head the atheists, I’m pretty sure cos he’s got phat lawyer skills. Lunches would be filled with food fights and everyone would be at like “Old School TV Shows Appreciation” clubs or something. Ariel and I would start a Star Wars fan club but it’d be like, the best club there was. With way better events and way more fun than any other preexisting club. There would be photographers and darkrooms and writers and artists everywhere. The school would be covered in graffiti and stories and images. All the walls would create just one gigantic collage of art in every sense of the word. Musicians would play in stairwells and on the roof. In classrooms and hallways. Just everywhere. A whole clique thing would most likely exist cos you can’t escape that no matter what high school you’re in. Even Tumblr High. Oh, and at night there would be classes but it would just be like a softcore porno. Maybe hardcore. Depending on which room you’re in. At least. That’s what I imagined.
OMG this would totally make me the cool English teacher… wait, all my Tumblr buddies are in high school? Ah, well, they post neat stuff :)
Photo posted at 20:13
There is no stupid metaphor to explain away THIS broken heart.
Text posted at 19:36
09/10/2009
MLB PLAYOFF STANDINGS
Dodgers - 2
Cardinals - 0
Phillies - 1
Rockies - 1
Angels - 1
Red Sox - 0
Yankees - 1
Twins - 0If you haven’t been watching, the Cards lost game 1 due to poor hitting and pitching. Carpenter had a pretty bad night. In game 2, the Cards had 10 hits and could only score 2 runs. Holliday dropped a routine line-drive in the bottom of the 9th with 2 outs that setup the Dodgers win. The Rockies bats were on fire today. The Phillies had a late rally in the game but couldn’t pull it out and lost the game 5-4. Torii Hunter of the Angels had a big three-run homer in the 5th, and the Angels pitching staff shut-out the Sox to take an early lead in the series. And the Yankees didn’t surprise anybody by beating the Twins in their first game. Jeter added to his impressive stats with another homer.
Text posted at 01:21
08/10/2009
I still listen to Stacy’s Mom/ Fountains of Wayne all the time. Do you?
I have not heard that song in the longest time! But now it is stuck in my head, and I am okay with that :)
Text posted at 19:16
05/10/2009
Alright! My curtains that have been on back-order since mid-August have finally shipped! Photos are: my closet as it is right now - I don’t know anything about that stuff on the desk, it is not mine ;) The next picture IS the curtain, and then wonderful #3 is my projection as to what it will look like when it arrives! Enjoy!!!
Video posted at 11:45
04/10/2009
Entering the sixth inning of today's season finale vs. the Devil Rays, Alex Rodriguez had 28 home runs and 93 RBI's for the season. Before that sixth inning was over, he had a nice, even 30 HR's, and 100 RBI's. Awesome.
(via inothernews)
Text posted at 16:59
29/09/2009
Someone go wake Green Day up...
it’s almost the end of september ;)
Text posted at 16:43
24/09/2009
» At least 60% of the population experiences depression, an anxiety disorder or substance dependence by the age of 32
Some mental disorders aren’t merely common—they’re the norm.
Depression, anxiety disorders, alcohol dependence and marijuana dependence affect roughly twice as many people as had previously been estimated, a new study finds. Nearly 60 percent of the population experiences at least one of these mental disorders by age 32, say study directors and psychologists Terrie Moffitt and Avshalom Caspi, both of Duke University in Durham, N.C.
That figure probably gets higher by the time people reach middle age, Moffitt suggests, as additional people develop at least one of these four ailments for the first time.
In a paper published online September 1 and in an upcoming Psychological Medicine, Moffitt and Caspi present results from a study of more than 1,000 New Zealanders assessed for mental disorders 11 times between ages 3 and 32. This study took a prospective approach, following people as they aged, and assessed prevalence rates based on long-term data. Moffitt’s team focused most intensely on the period from age 18 to 32, when these disorders first start to appear. Earlier prevalence estimates for mental disorders in the United States and New Zealand relied on self-reports and therefore adults’ ability to remember and willingness to recount their own past emotional problems.
“Like flu, if you follow a cohort of people born in the same year, as they age almost all of them will sooner or later have a serious bout of depression, anxiety or a substance abuse problem,” Moffitt says.
Link posted at 10:11
i had an uncle named
Sol who was a born failure and
nearly everybody said he should have gone
into vaudeville perhaps because my Uncle Sol could
sing McCann He Was A Diver on Xmas Eve like Hell Itself which
may or may not account for the fact that my Uncle
Sol indulged in that possibly most inexcusable
of all to use a highfalootin phrase
luxuries that is or to
wit farming and be
it needlessly
added
my Uncle Sol’s farm
failed because the chickens
ate the vegetables so
my Uncle Sol had a
chicken farm till the
skunks ate the chickens when
my Uncle Sol
had a skunk farm but
the skunks caught cold and
died and so
my Uncle Sol imitated the
skunks in a subtle manner
or by drowning himself in the watertank
but somebody who’d given my Uncle Sol a Victor
Victrola and records while he lived presented to
him upon the auspicious occasion of his decease a
scrumptious not to mention splendiferous funeral with
tall boys in black gloves and flowers and everything and
i remember we all cried like the Missouri
when my Uncle Sol’s coffin lurched because
somebody pressed a button
(and down went
my uncle
Sol
and started a worm farm) „
(via eecummings) (via quote-book)
Quote posted at 09:01
Ahh hahaha - This just in via e-mail forward:
Yeah… it’s really Wisconsin…
God meets Peyton, Tony and Brett at the Gates of Heaven!
God asks Peyton Manning first:
“What do you believe?”
Peyton thinks long and hard, looks God in the eye, and says,
“I believe in hard work, and in staying true to family and friends. I believe in giving. I was lucky, but I always tried to do right by my fans.”
God can’t help but see the essential goodness of Manning, and offers him a seat to his left.
Then God turns to Tony Romo and asks, “What do you believe?”
Tony says, “I believe passion, discipline, courage and honor are the fundamentals of life. I, too, have been lucky, but win or lose, I always tried to be a true sportsman, both on and off the playing fields.”
God is greatly moved by Tony’s sincere eloquence, and he offers him a seat to his right.
Finally, God turns to Brett Favre: “And you, Brett, what do you believe?”
Brett replies, “I believe you’re in my seat.”
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Text posted at 08:16
22/09/2009
OMFG
Remember that boyfriend I used to have? The one who was a bit of a bad influence sketchball, but I overlooked all that stuff in favor of his better qualities? The one I supported for 8 months? The one who would have been homeless if it weren’t for me? Then walked out one day because he ran out of energy from being angry with me all the tiem? That one? The other night he told me I ruined his life. Because having a girlfriend who is loyal to a fault, a place to live, three square meals a day, lots of friends by default, etc. is totally awful. Sorry dude, your life sucked when I met you, I don’t date for status, but to credit ME with ruining your life? It’s hard to break something that’s already shattered…
Text posted at 14:08
16/09/2009
Anybody else find it confusing that Silver now has short hair and Aid now has long hair?
Or am I the only moron still watching this show?
Take comfort in the fact that you are not alone. Hate to love it.
OMG all I could think about last night was how fast Ad’s hair must grow!!! That, and finding a good picture of Silver’s haircut to take to my barber/stylist lady. Hmm.
Photo posted at 09:51
14/09/2009
» Philadelphia to close public libraries -- all of them
Wow. So sad. In the very city where Benjamin Franklin founded the first lending library almost 300 years ago. Is there really no way to save them…?
Haha. Wow. Not what I needed AT ALL.
Link posted at 08:33
