Awesome Ringerud

27 Jan

So… I guess Jaime and I just got this new cat. HIs name is Bull and he’s fat and beautiful. We’re fostering him for a couple of weeks, but then we’ll maybe (probably) keep him around. We just have to see if Meg gets along with him.

25 Jan

…clearly the most awkward live chat session either of us has ever been a part of.

25 Jan

I’M LEARNING SO MUCH ABOUT ANIMATED .GIFS!

(Source: youtu.be)

25 Jan

Roger Ebert on Nicolas Cage:

“There are often lists of the great living male movie stars: De Niro, Nicholson and Pacino, usually. How often do you see the name of Nicolas Cage? He should always be up there. He’s daring and fearless in his choice of roles, and unafraid to crawl out on a limb, saw it off and remain suspended in air. No one else can project inner trembling so effectively…. He always seems so earnest. However improbable his character, he never winks at the audience. He is committed to the character with every atom and plays him as if he were him.

Truth be told, I originally made this post to advertise for Ghost Rider 2, but then they decided not to advertise with us, so I just posted it as it was.

[Nicolas Cage’s Most Underappreciated Roles]

25 Jan

The 2012 Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art Writing Contest is now open! Deadline: February 1!

jaimealyse:

Hey! Submit to our contest, and please pass this on to any writers you know who might be interested.

(In case the name of the journal is confusing— this is a magazine published at Columbia, not one meant for publishing Columbia students’ work. Past issues have included work by Matthew Derby, Eula Biss, and other such stars of my personal pantheon.)

To be repetitive and blunt: please enter, and please reblog the heck outta this.

$500 prizes in each genre: fiction, nonfiction, and poetry

Plus publication in our landmark 50th issue.

Judges:

Nonfiction:
Anne Fadiman
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
National Book Critics Circle Award 1997

Fiction:
Dinaw Mengestu
How to Read the Air
The New Yorker “20 Under 40” 2010

Poetry:
Eileen Myles
Inferno: a poet’s novel
Lambda Literary Award 2010

Runners-up will be considered for publication on our website.

Entry fee is $14 and includes a copy of Journal 50.
Deadline: February 1, 2012.

Submit your work via our submission manager: https://columbiajournal.org/submissions/

Please note: after your file is uploaded, you will be automatically directed to our payment portal, which will allow you to buy a virtual “ticket” to the contest ($13 plus 75₵ processing fee).

Literary fame and cash can be yours!

Go do this! You’ll get selected then you’ll be famous.

25 Jan

Lindsey just taught me how to make .gifs. I’m putting my new skills to good use.

24 Jan

Oldest trick in the book.

(Source: beckybuckwild)

23 Jan

Related.

19 Jan

Enough with the reinventions, DC.

We all love you. Some of the New 52 books are really, really strong. I’m interested in what you’re doing for the first time in like 10 years. You don’t need new logos.

I’m not a designer, but even I can tell those are going to look stale and outdated in just a couple of years.

19 Jan

brianfeldman:

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