Where I Want to Live Now: November Digest

Phony Express

Joel's new project



Maiden voyage this week.

Corn, and the End of Corn

"It is almost over. You can feel it in the cold air: twelve degrees on Wednesday. Hard winter descended on South Dakota this week, froze the prairie potholes, and pulled a steel gray curtain over the sky. Farmers reached into the back of their closets and pulled out their insulated Carhartt overalls..."

I Don't Know How I Got Here

But I somehow found myself watching some of the many, many amateur "Deceptacon" videos on youtube tonight. This song really inspired people. There are many versions, but I think that I will herein collect only those made by teenage girls. It seems in keeping with the spirit of the music:



My favorite thing about those girls is that in another one of their videos they have a dance-off over a Jones soda. They dance to DDR music, even though they are not doing DDR. It's just that that music is so fucking great.





This one might be my favorite:



I want to make it very clear that I am not making fun of these girls. You know how in all the videos it kind of seems like one of the girls is really into the song and the other(s) are just going along with her weird little project? I was definitely that girl.

Shit gets weird when you write a really catchy song, huh Kathleen Hanna?

It Calls to Me...

Hans Wegner peacock chair

Comics Day

Emily posted a comic. I'm going to too.

Kate Beaton does a series of "History Comics" that I like. Emily M. and I were just talking about the Battle of Hastings, so I thought I'd put that one up.

Why is the date of the Battle of Hastings so easy to remember (1066! 1066!)? It just is...

Woman Posed as a Sphinx

Woman Posed as a Sphinx

From the George Eastman House Flickr photostream, via Shoot! The Blog.

This photograph has the same colors as my living room.

Also, she totally looks like Little Edie, no?