thinking and reading

I found a really great quote on the art website www.20x200.com the other day. 

All I want to be is

Someone that makes

new things and 

Thinks about them

I am reading Tricia Rose's The Hip Hop Wars, her follow up to Black Noise. 

A few other things I am thinking about:

1. DC's use of twitter

2. meghan mccain having a hard time getting dates

3. why do people hate Criminal Intent's Det. Eames? oh wait, i kind of hate her too. 

4. kindle 2, do i want one?

O'Reilly

I hope people are watching the show today. What is usually an awful, awful show was just doing a quiz show for no reason. i guess there is no news to pretend to report on. 

Plane in the Hudson

A United flight crashed into the Hudson due to a faulty take off from LGA. It is sooo cold outside today that and it totally sucks to be in a plane crash. 

http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/1/us-airways-crash-rescue-picture-citizen-journalism-twitter-at-work 

bananas 

Tool Academy

my friend is dating someone awful. she can't come to "he's just not that into you," she read the book but hasn't gotten the picture. desperate times call for desperate measures - should i tell her about tool academy on mtv?! i wish i didn't know about this show. i might have been able to keep a few more brain cells.  

Ryan Adams is pretending he is quitting music. I blame mandy moore and his 4 hour long concert sets. both of which are his own fault. 

http://www.jambase.com/articles/16319/ryan-adams-quitting-music

one of my friends asked me to recommend a book about the arab-israeli conflict so i recommending: 

"Palestine and The Arab-Israeli Conflict: A History with Documents" 

by Charles D. Smith 

seems pretty obvious to me

My mom said something the other day that i had never been able to put into words before but i believe is absolutely true. it was supposed to be a bit of guidance for my brother being recently married and all, she said, when a woman is telling you about a problem she just wants you to listen not to figure out a solution. my brother responded by saying, yes, he had learned that one the hard way. 

Jean-Claude Van Damme

I am not the only woman in the world who doesn't want to see a man do a split. Thank you Chelsea!