January 2011
4 posts
Aliens
I recently read James Cameron’s screenplay for Aliens which got me re-obsessed with the franchise in a way I haven’t been since I was 7. I found out a bunch of stuff I never knew. So am I the only one who never put together that Jenette Goldstein who played Private Vazquez was also John Connor’s foster mom in Terminator 2?
Perhaps because she’s not actually hispanic...
“Facebook runs on a very stiff, crude model of what people are like. It herds...”
– Lev Grossman’s profile on Mark Zuckerberg for Time. (via johnaugust)
This properly articulates the awkward feeling I experience — but could never quite pin down — every time I sign into Facebook.
New Tenacious D Album in 2011
We’re gonna be talking about love, there are gonna be some songs about sex and there’s gonna be songs about food
Jack Black on the upcoming new Tenacious D album.
Damn Herbal Tea
For no good reason I’ve decided to go on a little detox to start the new year. I’m cutting out caffeine, alcohol, fried food and most cheese. Not forever mind you, I’m not stupid. Just until. Um. Well, probably until the exact moment I crave one of those things. But it seems like a good idea. I’ve been addicted to caffeine since age 6 and developed the habit of having a...