#this recording

[fiddleabout]

Honestly I'd still feel pretty freaking cool to walk around listening to my Sony Walkman instead of listening to music on my phone. There's just this sense of authenticity to it.

YOU GET IT

[frankandlolamovie]

In Which Michael Shannon Cooks An Elaborate Dinner

In Frank & Lola, the brilliant directorial debut from Brooklyn resident Matthew Ross...

Thanks for the great review Ethan Peterson...

[blondrichclosetwitch]

First song.

[hi-raethia]

ok but nothing goes harder than ray chen’s recording of the bruch violin concerto in g minor first movement (shakes you) listen 

[poppyspeed-blog]

What is true is not always nice, and it is true that happiness begets happiness. People who luck into money or beauty find more of it, and more; its early absence only makes its later arrival more unlikely.  She was lucky: those of us raised in New York have no other half, no dream-island to fall back on when the real city disappoints. We are all New York, and it is the rest of the world that seems unreal. Failure here means failure in full; a life lived elsewhere would be less than a life. In the end, of course, it hardly matters. Nobody wins the game: youth is all anybody demands of a woman, and we are not so long young. The best we can hope for is to die and be buried in New York.

Elizabeth Gumport, "In Which We Always Retain The Image Of Ourselves As An Outsider"

[brookebunce]

Sometimes you read a piece that isn’t necessarily new, or revolutionary, or trendy, or “the thing” of the moment—but it still hits you in the gut. That’s exactly what this did for me.

[justhardtosay]

Hey,

I recently was dumped by my girlfriend of two years. While she was in med school, I was always there for her. She says that she has met someone in her school who she has really clicked with, and although nothing happened yet, she realized it wouldn't be fair to either of us to continue the relationship when she is having doubts and feeling more attracted to someone else. She wants to take a break and reevaluate things in three months.

She also says that she doesn't know how she is going to feel in the future. I was her first serious relationship, so I understand she might want to explore other options. At the same time I think about how good we are together and don't understand her decision. I feel very crushed and can't stop thinking about how I could have made this work. Am I wrong to think that some time apart could make her realize what we have?

Andrew B.

Dear Andrew,

 There is only one possible way to regain a woman's interest when you have lost it, and that is by dating a more impressive woman and flaunting it before her very eyes. This strategy has worked throughout history - remember when Rachel on Friends was jealous of that British girl Emily even though Em was a personality b-minus? Ross unwittingly woke a dragon.

You need to start showing this young female Doogie Howser that you have moved on extremely quickly and that women desire you.  Post pics of your new relationship on every social media. If you cannot find a woman, hire someone to play a credible stand-in. This ruse will drive your ex crazy.

In addition, immediately after doing this, call up your ex and be like, "I met someone else. I'm sorry. What we had was great, but I'm too much of an alpha male to ever wait in the wings. My penis is shaped like a scimitar. Goodbye forever. I have had you, and now I move on to greener pastures." Then stroke a small dog (a Yorkshire terrier named Kale, perhaps?) and enter a helicopter.