i don't like fun


hamlet (the other one)
23 January, 2013, 1:51 pm
Filed under: dogs, i was born in the wrong decade, music, the band

the band with hamlet

the band & hamlet the dog.
[photo is, i believe, by elliott landy.]



arrested misérables
20 January, 2013, 11:59 pm
Filed under: arrested development, crazy, friends, movies, tv, victor hugo

take a look at banner, michael!

arrestedmiz-milford

please check out my “side project,” created with my good friend z.

it’s here at lesmiserabluths.tumblr.com

…and don’t edit this for your broadcast
so it looks like i’m screaming “i killed earl milford!”



quote of the day: cicero on julius caesar
20 January, 2013, 11:48 pm
Filed under: books, history, politics, quote of the day, rome, things i like

“when i notice how carefully arranged his hair is and when i watch him adjusting the parting with one finger, i cannot imagine that this man could conceive of such a wicked thing as to destroy the roman constitution.”

– attributed to cicero in plutarch’s life of caesar



the play’s the thing
19 January, 2013, 12:14 pm
Filed under: art, daniel day-lewis, magic

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daniel day-lewis as hamlet, 1989.



EX LIBRIS VICTOR HUGO
16 January, 2013, 3:46 pm
Filed under: art, books, french, history, victor hugo

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my photo from maison victor hugo, place des vosges, paris.



bowie birthday
8 January, 2013, 1:14 am
Filed under: david bowie, magic, music, things i like

bowiesmush

happy birthday, you beautiful creature.



quote of the day: the race
6 January, 2013, 12:48 am
Filed under: books, hunter thompson, quote of the day

“the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but to those who see it coming and jump aside.”

– hunter thompson, the rum diary



waking up in 2013
3 January, 2013, 1:18 pm
Filed under: current events, hugh laurie, jeeves & wooster, tv, whine

waking up in 2013

…is much the same as waking up in 2012. oh well.