July 6, 09
is there still hope for a big bite of #moonfruit? the moontweets confuse me.
it would’ve been an even better weekend if it hadn’t ended. *sigh*
dad slowly being won over by the linux on mom’s new netbook. \:D/
(via withafunnyheart)
i hope this happens.
I think this would be my new favorite stop motion. You have to watch it. :D
mlq3:
Universal Newsreel, 1945. Starts with film of Manila in flames, and tanks clearing the Rizal Memorial.
in a chemo limo mood http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/reginaspektor/chemolimo.html
mlq3:
Angelus Novus (1920)
Paul Klee
Watercolor
Israel Museum, Jerusalem*
“A Klee painting named ‘Angelus Novus’ shows an angel looking as though he is about to move away from something he is fixedly contemplating. His eyes are staring, his mouth is open, his wings are spread. This is how one pictures the angel of history. His face is turned toward the past. Where we perceive a chain of events, he sees one single catastrophe which keeps piling wreckage and hurls it in front of his feet. The angel would like to stay, awaken the dead, and make whole what has been smashed. But a storm is blowing in from Paradise; it has got caught in his wings with such a violence that the angel can no longer close them. The storm irresistibly propels him into the future to which his back is turned, while the pile of debris before him grows skyward. This storm is what we call progress.” —Walter Benjamin, Theses on the Philosophy of History
mlq3:
July 4, 1946: the Republic of the Philippines becomes independent at last. Newsreel.
I can’t decide which independence day date is more appropriate, considering our history. 12 June 1898 or 4 July 1946? With the first one, we declared it ourselves but didn’t get recognition; Spain sold us to America, anyway. With the second one, we got recognition, but it seems the independence was practically given to us. America didn’t want to keep us because rebuilding the little island outpost would have cost them too much.
Hmph.
Sometimes I wonder (1) if we ever did become truly independent and (2) whether we really are all a country, considering the number of nations (Tagalog, Bisaya, Muslim, etc.) inside us.
in a soviet kitsch mood, actually. i love this album.
“simultaneously a parody of the game show format and an experiment in dadaist television.” - i would watch that. http://tinyurl.com/9akzng
yes, kat, that’s thunder. no, you did not bring your umbrella. yes, only a bitty canvas bag is there to protect your precious netbook.
updated: http://kemra.tumblr.com
My Gran used to say that comics were the “devil’s papers” and that they “rot” our minds
along with the Wilson’s Cream Sodas we drank……I guess she was right in a way because after comics I only wanted to write!
Cover Browser
Hey, Sandman fans. Recognize the three biddies in the upper-left corner? They appeared in this series before Neil Gaiman gave them roles in his. Cain and Abel also had their own horror titles (“House of Secrets” and “House of Mystery,” if I’m not mistaken) before appearing in Sandman.
My proof? A stack of these horror comics from my mom’s childhood; she’s got them stashed in a cabinet somewhere. But if you don’t believe me, there’s always Wikipedia.
I actually encountered the weird sisters, Cain, and Abel in the horror comics first before I read “Sandman.” It was pretty trippy and delightful to see them again, but kind of a pity that their houses didn’t rib each other.
looking at a ton of witching hour covers over at coverbrowser now. reliving childhood AND giving myself nightmares, woohoo!
ooh. for once i can take part in comic geekery bragging. http://tinyurl.com/qb68hq
trying out persia grill at sm with martin. also trying out sm’s free wifi. want #moonfruit with kebabs. :p
