July 2011
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Watchthebronzemedal:
A.O. Scott on Back to the Future:
Do you remember the 50’s? Do you remember the 80’s? Do you remember how we used to remember the 50’s in the 80’s? Or do you remember “Back to the Future?”
book recommendations
Please give me some! I am going to Spain and I need some good reads. So whatcha got?
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craigslist buyer: Is the wardrobe still available?
me: Hi Craigslist Buyer! Yes it is. Let me know if you'd like to discuss pick-up dates. Thanks!
craigslist buyer: Is it too heavy?
me: Too heavy for what?
craigslist buyer: {silence}
me: TOO HEAVY FOR WHAT?!?
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chapters
It’s the hottest day of the year. I am packing, which means I am sitting on my bed, which is broken, next to my air conditioner, which is working, and staring at all the stuff I need to pack so I can move into my new apartment tomorrow. I have a playlist on my computer that is simply called “hot,” and it is labeled like that, with no capital letters or anything. It’s too...
Reader Request Week!
BWDR TURNS TWO!
This month marks the official SECOND ANNIVERSARY of this fine site, known in its first several months as Filmosophy, until somebody threatened to sue us for copyright violations and/or shut down the site altogether (remember that?), and known ever since as A Bright Wall in a Dark Room. That silly little site that a handful of us (me, Tess, Michelle, Chris Cantoni, Amanda)...
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key foods, 12:39 a.m.
I was at the grocery store late at night recently. I decided that I was in desperate need of cereal and I needed it right that second—as immediate as possible!—so I ducked into Key Foods and wandered around. I found myself looking up and down aisles, carefully selecting my grain of choice (rice, too flimsy; corn, too controversial) and settled on raisin bran. I weaved through the...
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“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that...”
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In other words, fuck the police.
Thomas Jefferson, you sassy, eloquent fool.
a bright wall in a dark room.: Wedding Week:... →
brightwalldarkroom:
I’M NOT A GUY THAT’S BIG ON CHANGE
by Danielle Lee
I have the Instant Nostalgia disease. This one time, a few weeks ago, I had this wildly romantic affair. Except… without the romance. Or the really, truly liking each other part.
But why would I let boring rationality wipe the Vaseline…
DANIELLE LEE. You amaze me.
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