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December 2010
Road trip back to VA with my brother. Thank God for cruise control. #12hourdrive
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I HAVE NO, NOR HAVE I EVER HAD, INTEREST IN READING A CHUCK PALAHNIUK BOOK. AM I MISSING ANYTHING? PLEASE TELL ME WHY I SHOULD READ A CHUCK PALAHNIUK BOOK. WILL YOU PLEASE SELL ME?
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“After playing Chopin, I feel as if I had been weeping over sins that I had never committed, and mourning over tragedies that were not my own. Music always seems to me to produce that effect. It creates for one a past of which one has been ignorant, and fills one with a sense of sorrows that have been hidden from one’s tears.”
—Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray (via ivresse-de-vivre)
I have a “book reading” tomorrow…I’m nervous. whatever…come on out! http://on.fb.me/gWDc1B
I’m the proud new owner of a Dolphins snuggie. Dinner with @el_cupcake, then off to see @riverjames at the Naro.
“I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.”
—Tom Waits (via ikilledjackjohnson)
An anecdote from my Kierkegaard professor at the University of Copenhagen
In the original text of Sickness Unto Death, Kierkegaard plays with the Danish language to describe humanity’s relation to the self. He writes that our selfhood is not a “gave” but an “opgave.” This roughly translates to say that the self is not a gift, but a given. In other words, the fact that we have a self is an assignment rather than a blessing. We are not given a self, but are forced to choose and create ourselves.
(Submitted by pyrrhosrepublic)
30 days of books
I’m way behind…
30 Days of Books
Day 01 - Best book you read last year
—I think it was “The Joke” by Milan Kundera
Day 02 - A book that you’ve read more than 3 times
—um..I don’t think I’ve read a book 3 times. I’ve read “The Stranger” twice, I’ve read over certain parts of “Fear and Trembling” numerous times, and probably “The Grand Inquisitor” 2 or 3 times.
Day 03 - Your favorite series
—I’ve read numerous books by Kierkegaard, Dostoevsky, and Kundera…although, I wouldn’t consider their books a series. Oh yeah, Sarah Vowell too.
Day 04 - Favorite book of your favorite series
—Good question—from Kierkegaard—Fear and Trembling; Kundera—I’d say “The Unbearable Lightness of Being”; Dostoevsky—um, this is too hard!
Day 05 - A book that makes you happy
—Take the Cannoli—Sarah Vowell
Day 06 - A book that makes you sad
—Hey Nostradamus—Douglas Coupland
Day 07 - Most underrated book
—hmm, this is difficult because I don’t usually read contemporary literature that would be vulnerable to reviews. After reading a Kierkegaard biography, I learned that some of the books I love of his were actually derided in his day. “Unlikely Disciple” was different than I thought in a good way, but I’m not sure it was underrated per say. Whatever.
Day 08 - Most overrated book
—“Galapagos” was a book I didn’t enjoy too much which was surprising because I love Vonnegut; but I think that “On The Road” takes the cake as far as books that I hear people speaking highly of so often. I didn’t connect with that book at all.
Day 09 - A book you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving
—After I started reading Orthodox by GK Chesterson, I thought I might give up, but it ended up being pretty good. I wouldn’t say I love it though. I never really start a book I presume that I won’t enjoy since there countless books I haven’t read that I presume I will enjoy.
Day 10 - Favorite classic book
—This one is easy, “The Brothers Karamazov” by Dostoevsky. So f*cking amazing.
Day 11 - A book you hated
—This book called “The Political Mind” was bad enough to stop reading pretty early on. I forget who wrote it.
Day 12 - A book you used to love but don’t anymore
—At a loss on this one.
Day 13 - Your favorite writer
—Soren Kierkegaard, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and Milan Kundera…ugh, it’s hard to pick one!
Day 14 - Favorite book of your favorite writer
Day 15 - Favorite male character
Day 16 - Favorite female character
Day 17 - Favorite quote from your favorite book
Day 18 - A book that disappointed you
Day 19 - Favorite book turned into a movie
Day 20 - Favorite romance book
Day 21 - Favorite book from your childhood
Day 22 - Favorite book you own
Day 23 - A book you wanted to read for a long time but still haven’t
Day 24 - A book that you wish more people would’ve read
Day 25 - A character who you can relate to the most
Day 26 - A book that changed your opinion about something
Day 27 - The most surprising plot twist or ending
Day 28 - Favorite title
Day 29 - A book everyone hated but you liked
“The hipster movement did not produce artists, but tattoo artists. It did not produce photographers, but snapshot and party photographers. It did not produce painters, but graphic designers. It did not yield a great literature, but it made good use of fonts.”
—NY Magazine (via notforthethrill)
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“It is so expansive. Let’s take the healthcare litigation example. What the federal government is saying, the decision of someone not to buy health insurance should qualify for regulation as commerce the same way that buying something in commerce does. Well if not participating in commerce and participating in commerce are both regulated, (then) there’s nothing left that the federal government can’t reach.”
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-Attorney General of Virginia Ken Cuccinelli (via npeaks)
I’d rather commerce and financial institutions be regulated rather than be told what I can or can’t do with my body, how I live my life, whom I want to marry. Social conservatives seem fine with laying off of how the financial institutions work, thereby opening the door to all types of predatory/risky/downright greedy practices when it comes to the way the government, lobbyists, banks, corporations spend money..whether it be theirs, the countries or anyone else’s. Although, on the issue of HUMAN rights, they have no problem with giving state or federal government the right to say no or yes when it comes to personal liberties and protection from abuses by the same entities they wish to give free reign in the market. Oh, and let’s not even mention the wasteful spending regarding the wars over the past decade, which both democrats and republicans are guilty of. Don’t talk to me about irresponsible spending, it’s political posturing.
Work party with @el_cupcake…her work party. I don’t have a job. #gettingawaywithmurdet
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30 days of books
30 Days of Books
Day 01 - Best book you read last year
—I think it was “The Joke” by Milan Kundera
Day 02 - A book that you’ve read more than 3 times
—um..I don’t think I’ve read a book 3 times. I’ve read “The Stranger” twice, I’ve read over certain parts of “Fear and Trembling” numerous times, and probably “The Grand Inquisitor” 2 or 3 times.
Day 03 - Your favorite series
—I’ve read numerous books by Kierkegaard, Dostoevsky, and Kundera…although, I wouldn’t consider their books a series. Oh yeah, Sarah Vowell too.
Day 04 - Favorite book of your favorite series
—Good question—from Kierkegaard—Fear and Trembling; Kundera—I’d say “The Unbearable Lightness of Being”; Dostoevsky—um, this is too hard!
Day 05 - A book that makes you happy
—Take the Cannoli—Sarah Vowell
Day 06 - A book that makes you sad
—Hey Nostradamus—Douglas Coupland
Day 07 - Most underrated book
—hmm, this is difficult because I don’t usually read contemporary literature that would be vulnerable to reviews. After reading a Kierkegaard biography, I learned that some of the books I love of his were actually derided in his day. “Unlikely Disciple” was different than I thought in a good way, but I’m not sure it was underrated per say. Whatever.
Day 08 - Most overrated book
Day 09 - A book you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving
Day 10 - Favorite classic book
Day 11 - A book you hated
Day 12 - A book you used to love but don’t anymore
Day 13 - Your favorite writer
Day 14 - Favorite book of your favorite writer
Day 15 - Favorite male character
Day 16 - Favorite female character
Day 17 - Favorite quote from your favorite book
Day 18 - A book that disappointed you
Day 19 - Favorite book turned into a movie
Day 20 - Favorite romance book
Day 21 - Favorite book from your childhood
Day 22 - Favorite book you own
Day 23 - A book you wanted to read for a long time but still haven’t
Day 24 - A book that you wish more people would’ve read
Day 25 - A character who you can relate to the most
Day 26 - A book that changed your opinion about something
Day 27 - The most surprising plot twist or ending
Day 28 - Favorite title
Day 29 - A book everyone hated but you liked
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“Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man’s original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.”
—Oscar Wilde (via thebackspacer)
I’m not sure this is real or not, but it’s funny either way. http://bit.ly/foDGPW
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I’m an idiot tonight. everyone follow seanscheidt.tumblr.com.
seriously.
if you're going to say its cliche you must say why. Thats the important part of any criticism of work.
I wasn’t aware that NYC was related to your work. My comment that it was cliche was related to the fact that the dream of an existence in NYC is cliche, but cliche in a way that it is understood..in a way that is generally obvious. Where I’m from…people want to go to NYC just to go, as if the city is easy, to have roof top parties. I see NYC as a challenge with gaping hungry jaws. But this is all neither here nor there. I was not meaning to criticize your work at all. I’m sorry for the misunderstanding.
