March 2012
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From the Steve Jobs biography, about his colleague Jef Raskin:
“When [Raskin] got fed up with teaching, he rented a hot air balloon, flew over the chancellor’s house, and shouted down his decision to quit.”
Forget about Steve Jobs, I want to know more about THIS guy. You can’t just slip this kind of story into a paragraph and then move on like nothing happened. Raskin...
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of monsters and men
lasbicicletas:
NPR is streaming Of Monsters and Men’s debut album, My Head Is An Animal. It is so good, I can’t even handle it. OBSESSED.
Listen here—
http://www.npr.org/2012/03/25/149062982/first-listen-of-monsters-and-men-my-head-is-an-animal
Seriously, do yourself a favor and listen to this band.
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Got a job today! I’ll be writing about music for a website about to be launched. HELL YEAH.
And, because that wasn’t enough, one of my favorite writers recently wrote back to my email, saying he remembered me from a book signing last spring and would be happy to grab coffee with me and share journalistic advice.
I win this round, New York.
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Gale: You're on the phone with your baker he's upset
Katniss: oh no
Gale: Goin' off about some cake that he burnt
Gale: 'cause he doesn't know how to hunt like I do
Katniss: Gale stop
Gale: I'm in the woods it's a typical Sunday afternoon
Gale: I'm hunting the kind of squirrels he doesn't like
Gale: He'll never be able to hunt like I do
Gale: CUZ HE BAKES BREAD
Gale: I MAKE SNARES
Gale: HE EATS CUPCAKES
Gale: AND I HUNT BEARS
Katniss: Gale just stop
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“Being a writer is a very peculiar sort of a job: it’s always you versus a blank...”
– Neil Gaiman: On Writing (via tonksftmemories)
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Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.
Girl: I kinda' like horses.
Ty: WE MADE YOUR ROOM INTO A HORSE AND DECORATED IT WITH HORSES AND HERE, WE GOT YOU 3 PET HORSES AND WE ARE PAYING FOR SURGERY TO MAKE YOU INTO A HORSE.
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