12.28.2009

Top 10 movies of 2009, according to John Waters. I haven't seen any of them.

Image: from a 1920's Kodak camera.

I'm happy to report we are getting a pretty solid collection of posts up at NKSScreative!


This wing carabiner is awesome and affordable - woulda made a great stocking stuffer! Via the very cool Hickoree's Hard Goods.

“But the more blatant lesson of Avatar is not that American imperialism is bad, but that in fact it’s necessary. Sure there are some bad Americans—the ones with tanks ready to mercilessly kill the Na’vi population, but Jake is set up as the real embodiment of the American spirit. He learns Na’vi fighting tactics better than the Na’vi themselves, he takes the King’s daughter for his own, he becomes the only Na’vi warrior in centuries to tame this wild dragon bird thing. Even in someone else’s society the American is the chosen one. He’s going to come in, lead your army, fuck your princesses, and just generally save the day for you. Got it? This is how we do it.” - In Which We Teach James Cameron a Thing or Two, by Lauren Bans

Today marks the official start of Bar Study: Round 2 for me. Actual class starts Monday but my preparation begins today. So far in addition to the hurdles of concentration and boredom, there are also significant mental hurdles - the general reality of facing this process again, combined with having to hear from all the lectures in the video "The Bar isn't that hard! Do it once and do it right! You'll never have to take this test again!"....it can be difficult. But that's why I'm starting prep a week early - hopefully, I can get some of this emotion out at the beginning, and get down to the actual learning as soon as possible.

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