May 2009
Five Shitty Things About Me:
1) i often say ‘i’m trying to come up with a way to say…’ or ‘i want to say…’ to avoid admitting i don’t want to craft a tactful or respectful way of saying something rude / mean / hurtful.
2) i ‘warn’ people about my many weaknesses of character and negative traits, as though being able to point back to that warning somehow absolves me...
another small change. →
I’ve changed my twitter account from @brokengentleman to @joncrowley.
Just a quick FYI. Back to your regularly scheduled programming.
“I honestly couldn’t care less if you like the same bands or you’ve read the same...”
– (via parcequejemesens)
“It’s all bullsh… Everything, everything you just said is bullshit....”
– Wesley Snipes, as Shadow Henderson, in Mo’ Better Blues.
(I was exposed to this through the Roots’ ‘Things Fall Apart’, and it is still hugely relevant. If there’s an audience, you should probably care about what they want.)
i did not take pictures of the National
but it was completely awesome, including the company.
i will always adore watching a vocalist completely immerse themselves into the song, seemingly forgetting the audience.
‘mistaken for strangers’ resulted in me feeling better than i have in some time.
guybert:
scubed:
deepr:
I think I may fuck off to New York some week(end) soon.
NEW YORK! LETS GO
Okay, all for one…
yes fine one for all.
just putting it out there
jaimeleighfairbrother:
I really need a new macbook. Like, really need.
when mine was giving me trouble, i just ended up reformatting it, installing leopard, iwork and ilife, and leaving off adobe CS3. more or less felt like a brand new macbook, for 1/10th the price.
“Writing is really hard work—mostly because thinking is really hard work. When...”
– Ta-Nehisi. Every day, in every way, he makes me want to marry him. (via wannablessedbe) (via jaimeleighfairbrother)
i’ve gone from respecting hitchens (the dude being torn a new one / author of letters to a young contrarian) to feeling humiliated on his behalf.
going to see the national tomorrow.
which means i should actually get some sleep tonight.
Coffee Gives... And Coffee taketh away →
cafficionado:
Coffe Machine Killed a boy in India
even in the face of this, i will not renounce coffee. in fact, i’ll get one right now.
housekeeping note. →
brokengentleman has been stagnating somewhat, and I’ve decided a bit of a change of pace is necessary to keep it interesting and relevant.
I’m keeping the site (and the name), but I’m going to do…
“everyone in the frame hits something, every time anything explodes, for two...”
– my terminator salvation spoiler-free review.
First CD you ever bought. GO!
shadeofgrey:
frictionlesssuperfeet:
danieleric:
menstrom:
thomasmurray:
kevinslane:
mattgorman:
Mine: Oleander - February Son
Fastball - All the Pain Money Can Buy
Baha Men - Who Let The Dogs Out
The Presidents of the United States of America - Peaches
Blink 182 - Dude Ranch
Mariah Carey - Music Box
Dance Mix 94. I know you guys. I KNOW.
smashing pumpkins - mellon collie...
“I still am going to Napalm my insides with vitamin C”
– Me while sick today (via scubed)
sometimes i think in sentences without context.
“you didn’t grow up there. you make this claim to it, but this is the only place you’ve known.”
“i grew up there as much as i needed to. surrounded by people who have the place deep enough in their flesh that they can’t actually leave. i didn’t live there. i lived in the idea of there.”
break-up realizations (2).
i didn’t think telling people would be as difficult as it is. not telling people would come across as evasive, or in denial. they’ll find out anyway. but it’s just so awkward saying it. makes it more real.
and really, is there anything as self-indulgent as letting someone know the status of your relationship, without them asking? it’s like i put up a huge...
all that to say: Tumblr is making us dumblr
(via jaimeleighfairbrother)
I generally vote against anything based on the assumption people need HELP to be dumb.
you want me to choose two tags and you don't make...
jaimeleighfairbrother:
Come on, Tumblr. Know your people!
i’m more amazed that media isn’t an option. or anything related to communication. i understand that people who aren’t artists aren’t the target market, but comms geeks are the ppl who will obsess over a good interface, and evangelize like a mofo.
gah. (more break-up revelations.)
i’ve got this insanely long, ever expanding list in my head - the things that i didn’t know about the last time i was single. this includes: most of my favourite bands, most of my favourite TV shows, books, magazines, movies.
the years between 20 and 25 are pretty formative ones, for those things.
so i’ve been, every so often, staring into space and telling myself things like...
This is kind of embarrassing and personal and I'm... →
(via alexbalk)
great. now he’s not only a better writer than me, he’s also a better person. i needed that today, thanks balk.
rofl.
i can’t help but note that after getting dumped, my tumblarity went down 5 points.
(it’s most likely due to a lack of posts, but goddamn is it funny.)
getting it out on paper.
last night, my girlfriend of almost five years broke up with me. i’m not angry. i don’t really understand. but it was on good terms, or at least as good terms as possible in a non-mutual break up.
i feel like someone died.
and i don’t mean that in a metaphorical way. i mean, i know how i feel when someone dies. i very clearly remember the feelings i had when i lost each...
don't look crazy. →
The New York Times launched v2.0 of the TimesReader app today, and it’s pretty but useless unless you plan on paying in the neighbourhood of $180 a year to have the website in an app, with better…
time travel.
The future is already here - it is just unevenly distributed.
- William Gibson
for the first time last night, this quote took on a different meaning for me. i was watching blog reactions and video clips of the Tamil protest that was, at the time, shutting down the Gardiner Expressway in both directions, and i realized: if this is an issue of distributed future, those protesting are basically...
A New Business Model for Digital Agencies →
mikearauz:
What if your digital creative agency sold 100 little digital experiences instead of 1 big website? Last Thursday I attended The One Show Creative unConference. I met some great people from…
when i complain that the future of business is being impeded by old models, what i’m saying is: i wish more people were this creative, and had the cojones to go make things happen.
catering to idealised selves.
the worst advice is to write how people talk. real conversation isn’t interesting. throwing in pauses and repetition and uh, um, delaying syllables doesn’t make writing realistic.
realistic is bullshit.
crafting a character is like everything else. feeling true and real and relatable is more important that being accurate. write to the idealised self that readers / viewers would...
i can't wait...
to see what the tumblarity algorithm looks like. wondering if it’s heavily weighted toward time (current post / reblogs), or if it remains fairly stable.
also, i want to see it fight the algorithms from digg and reddit.
nedhepburn:
how the fuck do i turn off the Tumblarity thing? its so fucking tacky.
now its going to be some big fucking popularity contest. what a fucking joke.
the real joke is that there are people who don’t think this was always a popularity contest, layered atop a bunch of people who actually just wanted to talk.
admission:
tumblr is probably the only online service i’ve used that doesn’t piss me off every time they update / upgrade something.
semi-justified flame bait.
i have never understood the assertion that looking at attractive women, or acknowledging that you find a woman or certain type of woman attractive, or even noting that an idealized, inaccurate depiction of a woman is attractive, is somehow offensive, or at least anti-feminist.
what really bothers me, is the overlap between the people who accuse me of causing anorexia by looking at the cover of...
whiskeyandgoatsmilk:
“PEOPLE WHO MISS DEADLINES ARE LAZY, ARROGANT, UNPROFESSIONAL C*CKS*CKERS WHO ARE IN NO SMALL WAY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATH OF THE INDUSTRY. AND THE “FANS” WHO SUPPORT THEM ARE BRAINDEAD ELITIST MORONS.” — John Byrne on comic book creators (via nickmaynard)
*cough* j. scott campbell *cough*
small pleasure of the day:
my old iPod has become the office iPod. meaning, my personal music collection is always playing.
c’est bon.
the internet is made of context. →
I found the ad to the right looking at the latest iteration of This Magazine’s website. It looks great, and I like the magazine, so I have less than no problem using my blog as ad space…
another correct prediction. →
Back in 2007 (in a less focused time for this blog), I predicted that someone would make a sci-fi product based on the Svalbard Seed Vault.
And now, due to being followed by the creators on…