March 13th

Dinner table discussion began with Mr. Jefferies noting that Thing 1 looked a good bit like Luke Skywalker (M. Hamill version). This led to a discussion of who that would make everyone else.

The Ex - Darth Vader, clearly.

Me - Padmé, by association with aforementioned and my maternalness.

Thing 2 - well, he didn’t seem to want to be Leia, as would be indicated by the familial relationships. We agreed he would make a fine Han Solo.

Mr. Jefferies - Obi-Wan, by arbitrary but unanimous decision.

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March 3rd
“In a nation ruled by swine, all pigs are upwardly mobile—and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely. We owe that to ourselves and our crippled self-image as something better than a nation of panicked sheep.”—Hunter S. Thompson, The Great Shark Hunt, 1979

“In a nation ruled by swine, all pigs are upwardly mobile—and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely. We owe that to ourselves and our crippled self-image as something better than a nation of panicked sheep.”
—Hunter S. Thompson, The Great Shark Hunt, 1979

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February 5th
i12bent: Arty type… No principles… Photo - Bryon Gysin: William Burroughs near the Beat Hotel (Naked Lunch Launch series, Paris, October 1959) “What’s with the serum?” I don’t know, but it sounds ominous. We better put a telepathic direction finder on Benway. The man’s not to be trusted. Might do almost anything…Turn a massacre into a sex orgy…” Or a joke.” Precisely. Arty type…No principles…”    ― William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch

i12bent:

Arty type… No principles…

Photo - Bryon Gysin: William Burroughs near the Beat Hotel (Naked Lunch Launch series, Paris, October 1959)

“What’s with the serum?”
I don’t know, but it sounds ominous. We better put a telepathic direction finder on Benway. The man’s not to be trusted. Might do almost anything…Turn a massacre into a sex orgy…”
Or a joke.”
Precisely. Arty type…No principles…”

   ― William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch

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January 25th

a dispatch from the city of angels

2:00pm wheels down LAX
2:25pm retrieve baggage from carousel and stash coats inside
2:45pm board Flyaway bus headed for Union Station (coach style bus, comfy, fare $7)
3:20pm arrive at Union Station, retrieve luggage, buy metro TAP pass
3:35pm depart on Gold line train (light rail, above ground, fare $1.50) for Pasadena
4:00pm arrive Lake Station, Pasadena
4:20pm sitting in an outdoor cafe, drinking coffee, watching the people and the cars and the sunset, and sending dispatches…

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January 22nd
“ Look here Vita — throw over your man, and we’ll go to Hampton Court and dine on the river together and walk in the garden in the moonlight and come home late and have a bottle of wine and get tipsy, and I’ll tell you all the things I have in my head, millions, myriads — They won’t stir by day, only by dark on the river. Think of that. Throw over your man, I say, and come. ”
— Virginia Woolf, from a letter to Vita Sackville-West (via brainpickings)

(Source: awritersruminations, via cfbwe)

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January 12th
nevver: Happy Birthday HAL

nevver:

Happy Birthday HAL

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January 9th
i12bent: Birthday of Simone de Beauvoir - Jan. 9, 1908 - 1986 - a frequent flyer on OF… “I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. No one knows me or loves me completely. I have only myself.” ― Simone de Beauvoir My role model.

i12bent:

Birthday of Simone de Beauvoir - Jan. 9, 1908 - 1986 - a frequent flyer on OF…

“I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. No one knows me or loves me completely. I have only myself.” ― Simone de Beauvoir

My role model.

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December 24th
moviebarcode: Rare Exports (2010)

moviebarcode:

Rare Exports (2010)

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December 20th
beauvoiriana: Simone de Beauvoir et Jean-Paul Sartre. Paris, 1959. Photo: Georges Pierre. (À gauche, Évelyne Rey, actrice, soeur de Claude Lanzmann, qui avait une relation amoureuse avec Sartre). — Celui-ci est le dernier post de 2011. Mais les rencontres avec Simone de Beauvoir continuent l’année prochaine. Happy New Year! —

beauvoiriana:

Simone de Beauvoir et Jean-Paul Sartre. Paris, 1959. Photo: Georges Pierre.

(À gauche, Évelyne Rey, actrice, soeur de Claude Lanzmann, qui avait une relation amoureuse avec Sartre).

— Celui-ci est le dernier post de 2011. Mais les rencontres avec Simone de Beauvoir continuent l’année prochaine. Happy New Year! —

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December 5th
“ It’s hard leaving money on the table, especially if you don’t know where your next project is coming from. It takes character to turn down a big project from a respected brand, even when you know it’s the right thing to do. However it’s usually worth it. The number of times I’ve seen agencies take on a mediocre project only to have to turn down their perfect client a week later because they are already committed is astonishing. Turning down a project which is under budget closes one door, but you’ve no idea how many other doors this will open in the future. ”
— Why Designers Are Holding Themselves Back, Andy Budd
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