January 2010
18 posts
If we had to lose to anyone....
Yadda yadda, great game, etc. etc. Go Saints. Next season, please.
In the deepest hour of the night, confess to yourself that you would die if you...
– Rainer Maria Rilke (via mongermonger)
I should probably start reading this once a day. I’ve been so bad about this lately I need several swift kicks.
David Lynch Week: Blue Velvet (1986)
Come take the Blue Velvet Cosmo quiz at the center of my piece for Bright Wall Dark Room!
brightwalldarkroom:
WHAT YOUR BLUE VELVET COCKTAIL SAYS ABOUT YOU
by Danielle Lee
In addition to being a brilliant, surrealist exploration of American conformity, disease and nuclear family fall-out, David Lynch’s Blue Velvet (1986) proves an excellent guide to the kind of woman, man or sociopath you...
100% of UNICEF donations going to Haiti.
tragos:
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davidseger:
servemyworldblog:
One of my friends asked, “Who do I donate to for Haiti?” I’ve been obsessed with Aid and Development blogs and have been reading them for a while now and I learned this: Always go with someone who has EXPERIENCE in the country, who knows the culture and the political structure. UNICEF has been in Haiti since 1949.
100% of your donation goes...
Seattle Seahawks formally introduce new coach Pete... →
Second only to Favre’s horned helmet in recent team-switch mindfucks.
I guess we all should have expected Pete to desire a future return to the big bucks of the NFL. It was just hard to picture in the midst of his love for the players, expert recruiting and overall joy for the collegiate experience. Not to mention his local philanthropy efforts and the enrollment of his children at USC. But...
Pining over Michael Hutchence in an old INXS video prompted me to research the specifics of a death I remember more as an interruption to my local “alternative” radio station in junior high, which then led to the Wiki entry of fellow erotic asphyxiation news-grabber Sada Abe, who performed this on her lover 61 years earlier before chopping off his penis and testicles and carrying them...
List for a Decade: Danielle
My top 10 movies of the decade list for the website formerly known as Filmosophy. Some that I love and just missed the cut and I can’t resist honoring with a mention:
The Lives of Others, A History of Violence, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Squid and the Whale, Dogville, There Will Be Blood, Far From Heaven, Anchorman, Knocked Up, Elephant, The Namesake, Closer, The Wrestler,...