yr city's a suckr: Archive

This Thanksgiving, I am thankful for America, for my new friends, my new life, my old friends, my cat who I miss immensely, and whichever roommate bought ice and kept it in our freezer.

Nov 25th

May 2nd

Tolstoy's 10 Rules of Life

[F]or happiness-project purposes, Tolstoy is particularly fascinating — both because he wrote so extensively about happiness and because he made and broke so many resolutions himself. Spectacularly… Tolstoy wrote these rules when he was eighteen years old: Get up early (five o’clock) Go to bed early (nine to ten o’clock) Eat little and avoid sweets Try to do everything...

Feb 6th

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Nov 30th

Nov 12th

Oct 3rd

Sep 12th

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80 people and the things they carry →

Aug 28th

The Hague/Noordwijk/Amsterdam Days 4, 5 and 6

The festival was awesome,though it was too bad Snoop couldn’t play. We saw some good European bands and being at a music festival felt like home. The ride from the Hague to Noordwijk is beautiful. 20something km along the sandy coast, it’s fantastic and feels like another country. Noordwijk has a nice beach and was enjoyable. That night was crazy. I met a 7 foot tall Dutch...

Jun 29th

Amsterdam/Haarlem/Hague Days 3 and 4

Well, we got bikes. And we biked to Haarlem. And Haarlem is amazing. We found a huge, old church and a great farmer’s market with delicious food. However, we could not find our way out of the city and towards the Hague. So after about 30 km of pointlessly cycling around beautiful Dutch countryside, we went back to Haarlem and got a train to The Hague. That is where we are now. In...

Jun 26th

Amsterdam Days 1 and 2

This city fucking rules. I love the people, I love how they speak English, I love how I can drink legally, I love the soccer team, I love the buildings and I love being here. I’ve never been somewhere with so many pretty girls on bikes. I learned that the prettiest girls can be found in parks and museums, not bars. Amsterdam can be as calm or as wild as you want it to be; it’s like...

Jun 24th

Jun 2nd

I still don't really know wat is een verjaardag...

“Let’s do some celebration this year. Yep, Parkpop is 30 and we’re celebrating. Where should you be? In the South Park on June 27. Okay, that sounds logical, but we serve you this year not only our line-up, there’s more! Besides the program presents Parkpop something really special on his special jollification So halfway through the program, all three stages while still on...

May 24th

superhero for a day →

not all people suck some of them are pretty fucking amazing

May 20th

i was a teenage anarchist

if against me’s new single is autobiographical, its effectively depressing and tongue in cheek if it’s not, it just sucks

Apr 19th

I want Chris Brown’s shirt that changes colors in the With You video.

Apr 14th

Mar 26th

Fiction vs. Reality

1. I’m going to spend my week reading Dave Eggars, Charles Bukowski and Best American Travel Writing. 2. I’m going to struggle over a 1000 word French essay, pseudo-intellectual journalism articles and Brad’s Nightly BS 3. I’m going to leisurely drive to my preferred destination. 4. I’m going to finally have that ham and cheese crepe I’ve been wanting. 5....

Mar 22nd

Things I'm Not Looking Forward To Tomorrow

-Waking up early -Taking a shower early -Eating breakfast early -Dealing with parents early -Trying to find Ticonderoga pencils early, preferably Tri-write -Driving early -Seeing people I don’t like early -Standing in a line early -Listening to instructions early -Taking the SAT anytime

Mar 13th

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Some Music I've Been Listening To A Lot

-LCD Soundsystem -Mark Bernes -Deltron 3030 -Miles Davis -Ugly Cassanova -Paul Simon -BOAT -Justice -Bulat Okudzhava -Speaker Speaker

Mar 11th

Things I Hate part 1

-Sousbois -When people ask “oh really?” for no reason -Sue Grafton novels -Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s politics -Steamed vegetables -People who only talk about sex -Uneven hood strings -Extracurricular activities on a sunny Friday -That high note Brandon Flowers hits at the end of “Somebody Told Me” -Card games I’m bad at

Mar 10th

Fla. woman sues 50 Cent in NYC over her sex video →

i had to read the first sentence a few times for this to fully sink in.

Feb 25th

Feb 19th

Censorship is alive and ridiculous →

blame him for saying that? blame the network for airing it live? i say blame the absurdity that anyone should apologize for that in the first fucking place.

Feb 19th

Feb 18th

Jan 28th

the great akinator →

he reads minds. and pisses me off ‘cause he’s right.

Jan 21st

Watch

“An Italian singer wrote this song with gibberish to sound like English. If you’ve ever wondered what other people think Americans sound like, this is it.”

Jan 19th

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Nomenus Quarterly →

A $6,500 per issue magazine

Jan 2nd

haiku film reviews →

Dec 25th

Dec 22nd

Dec 17th

keenan likes being peed on and sammy hates...

apparently getting peed on is actually way more fun than swimming. and hear tell is that midgets are just bad people.

Dec 16th

Fairytale of New York - The Pogues even he...

Dec 14th

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indietastic

Dec 11th

people are stupid.

white girl: is your mom's hair like yours?
black girl: no, she's actually white
white girl: ohhh, really?
black girl: yeah, she's blonde too
white girl: ohhhhh, is she albino?
black girl: no, she's german

Dec 11th

Dec 9th

Ohio executes inmate with 1-drug lethal injection

“The mother, sister and brother of Biros’ victim, Tami Engstrom, applauded as the warden announced the time of death. “Rock on,” Debi Heiss, Tami’s sister, said a moment earlier as the curtains were drawn for the coroner to check on Biros. “That was too easy.”“ people suck.

Dec 8th

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Nov 30th

“Planned Sequels to Nicolas Cage’s Upcoming Film Bangkok Dangerous. BY...”

– McSweeney’s

Nov 30th