A Crippling Sense of Loss and a Deep Sadness
A Crippling Sense of Loss and a Deep Sadness
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johnlockhotson: that awkward moment when i’ve drank with over half of the kids featured on this billboard in the past month
Goodnight Saigon - Billy Joel
Track #7: “Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard”
Artist: Paul Simon
Used In: The Royal Tenenbaums
How It’s Featured: In keeping with the prankish theme, Anderson uses this bouncy Paul Simon song to set up a montage where Grandpa Royal (Gene Hackman) takes his two sheltered grandsons on a whirlwind tour of misbehavior all over Manhattan, from riding go-carts down alleyways to launching water balloons at a passing car.
Why do I do things.
I have broken up with my boyfriend. Yes, it hurts, but it was my idea, and despite the pain I feel, I remain convinced it is for the best. I am looking forward to summer, and, to my amazement, excited about college next year. Now I shall go to my room without taking questions. Ignore any muffled screams you may hear, especially if they’re Quinn’s.
“Community never ceases to amaze me! This gem is truly genius!”
Via Reddit. People not born between 1987 and 1991 won’t get this.
Wow.
omg yes.
“I’m not much for public speaking, or much for speaking, or, come to think of it, much for the public. And I’m not very good at lying. So let me just say that, in my experience, high school sucks. If I had to do it all over again, I’d have started advanced placement classes in preschool so I could go from eighth grade straight to college. However, given the unalterable fact that high school sucks, I’d like to add that if you’re lucky enough to have a good friend and a family that cares, it doesn’t have to suck quite as much. Otherwise, my advice is: stand firm for what you believe in, until and unless logic and experience prove you wrong; remember, when the emperor looks naked, the emperor is naked; the truth and a lie are not ‘sort of the same thing’; and there is no aspect, no facet, no moment of life that can’t be improved with pizza. Thank you.”
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Are there two people on television right now with more chemistry between them than Don and Joanie? No, right? I have been trying to put my finger on them ever since I watched this episode on Sunday, because what I get from them isn’t necessarily the type of powder keg intensity that could go off at any point and end up with at least one person pinned against a wall (although that does play into it). Joan and Don are equals in a world that will never let them them actually acknowledge this fact, in a way that isn’t in marriage-worthy but might (just maybe) be worth at least one good evening together, and they both know it. They both know how to manipulate a situation with flirtation; they both know how to know when the other person is trying to manipulate them with flirtation. Don’s decision to take Joan on an extended liquid lunch wasn’t an opportunity to possibly cheat on Megan. It was his way of saying, “Look, occasionally our public personalities have to crack, and that’s fine, but you have to nip it in the bud.” Some part of me thinks that Joan has known for ages that Don Draper is not a real person, and she doesn’t care. Nobody is real at work. So what happens when your life is your job?
Also, let’s talk about the mise en scene of this speakeasy (and other type locations - the upscale whore house, for example) as being the places where Don feels the most at home/honest. If it’s not the same place he went to with Roger last season, then it might as well should be. Mad Men is ultimately a show about people coming to grips with who they really are. Don Draper/Dick Whitman is probably Batman.
Poster: The Newsroom
After sharing a few drinks and reminiscing the past year, I had to say goodbye to one of my really good friends tonight. She’s leaving town for a job offer in Banff which would really do wonders for her career. I am so proud of her but at the same time i’m very sad she has to leave. Oh well… there’s always facebook for that. Cheers for the memories.
Moving On
Sun Kil Moon - Sunshine In Chicago
