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Wavves - So Bored
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December 2010
9 posts
“The rich are always going to say that, you know, just give us more money and...”
– Warren Buffett (via frothyparadise)
“‘Altogether, I think we ought to read only books that bite and sting us. If the...”
November 2010
3 posts
September 2010
5 posts
July 2010
3 posts
June 2010
7 posts
The Brothers Bloom
Postmodern deconstruction of the caper movie by the director of Brick.
Sweet, funny, complicated, slightly hyperreal romance/caper. Either reminiscent of, or taking aim at, Wes Anderson. I can’t really decide which. Uses the third party notebook-style narration trick to detach you a little from the story, keeping you off balance, stopping you immersing yourself in it too much.
The central...
And for my next trick
I have broken my leg when a fat man fell on me, tore open my head 20 miles from the nearest road and had it stitched up in the woods by a fat, dreadlocked fisherman, fallen off a bridge, fallen in a stream and come out with a log stuck in my face, fallen out of a moving car, fallen (well jumped) into a 60’ deep quicksand pit, been stung by jellyfish, and by a bee.
The only one that really...
May 2010
7 posts
Dignity
Martin: i like a picnic
Martin: and by picnic i mean getting drunk in a layby
Kathryn: classy
Martin: i'm drinking gin from a tonic bottle with a straw
Martin: let's not kid ourselves here
Kathryn: true. i wish i had a giant straw so i could just drink wine out of the bottle without having to lift my head
Martin: you're a girl after my own heart
Kathryn: preferably a crazy straw so at least i would be entertained whilst simultaneously losing all my dignity
Martin: very few situations cannot be improved by a crazy straw
Martin: except catheterization
Kathryn: eeeeeeeeeeeeeew
The Morning After
Martin Kelly: i actually live in fear of accidentally hooking up with a tory
Kathryn: would you feel violated after?
Martin Kelly: given my slutty nature and poor impulse control it's going to happen sooner or later
Martin Kelly: i would feel cheap
Martin Kelly: which for me is quite a fucking feat
Kathryn: hahaha
Martin Kelly: but what i really dread is the breakfast conversation
Martin Kelly: i mean picture it
Martin Kelly: you've had a great night
Martin Kelly: you wake up in the morning and go "oh wow. not a troll. win"
Martin Kelly: you're affectionate in the bathroom, using a borrowed toothbrush
Martin Kelly: you walk downstairs and she's started breakfast and you finish making it together
Martin Kelly: sit down at the sunny little table in her cute little camden kitchen
Martin Kelly: and she opens the daily mail
Kathryn: oh my god
Kathryn: that is so horribly vivid
Martin Kelly: i gave myself a shudder
Kathryn: jesus christ
Martin Kelly: i just wondered if i'd rather find out she was a dude, or a daily mail reader
Martin Kelly: and i am not really sure
Kathryn: i need to think about puppies and kittens for a minute
April 2010
4 posts
