One of my friends read my post from yesterday on the Oscars and noted that I hadn’t written my post on my favorite films from last year. It had slipped my mind for the most part, as I had been focused on the hellish nightmare that has been grad school and the less painful experiences [...]
Entries from February 2009
February 23, 2009
Worst Oscars Ever?
Alright, I’ll admit it. I like to watch the Oscars. Fuck it, I love to watch the Oscars. As I’ve said a million times before, I am a huge snob, and it reflects through my taste – music, film, literature, what have you. Add that to my inherent compulsion for competition, and the Academy Awards [...]
February 20, 2009
Keep Your Head Up, Kid
Don’t know how you keep on getting up
From all those ghostly blows
And all that pain that lingers
Deep down in the darkness where it grows
I know that I wrote about Amos Lee and his song “Kid” in the last post, but it still resonates with me today. I’ll explain why in a second, but I wanted [...]
February 4, 2009
Into This Bitter World
Listening to the song “Kid” from Amos Lee makes everything seem better and worse at the same time. It captures the essence of feeling ostracized while attempting to instill hope for redemption. It’s been helping me through a lot of what’s happened here in the past month or so. Here’s a quick update on events [...]
