icelandwantstobeyourfriend:

Mr. Ingólfur Bruun made this ”gif” for you. (But I made the eruption.)

!!!

and

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—2000s: lady dumps longtime manfriend, who (shortly thereafter) suffers a blow to the head and has amnesia. his ex-lady is still listed as his emergency contact, and she arrives first at the hospital and has to help him regain his memory. not wanting to begin on a depressing note, she omits the fact that they’ve just broken up, and tells him that they’re just friends. in the process of helping him reconstruct his memory, she rediscovers the man she fell in love with. w/ cute soundtrack. starring ryan gosling and emily mortimer. woody allen directs.

— cast of a low-budget movie are flying to a new location in an attempt to shoot a viable ending for their floundering film, when their plane crashes near a small suburban town. the actors all suffer collective amnesia, and are taken in by various residents of the town while they wait for an amnesia specialist to arrive. the cast begins to recover what they believe are their lost memories, but they are actually remembering their parts in the movie. starring paul giamatti, frances mcdormand, bud cort, and william hurt. james l. brooks directs.

—struggling, up-and-coming director takes a creative retreat to thailand while his first blockbuster is in production. while in thailand, he suffers from a bout of amnesia induced by an allergy to malarial medication. post-amnesia, he’s gripped by an idea for a new movie, and has to put it to film right away. he crafts a small masterpiece, casting only local non-actors, but doesn’t realize that it’s essentially the movie he’s already made. upon returning from thailand, his studio sues him on behalf of himself for copyright infringement. starring john cusack. wes anderson directs.

spring lunch:

jasmine rice, avocado, tofu, cilantro, with a dollop of wave & joe’s homemade kimchi.

the inaugural edition

Lana Turner has collapsed!

Frank O’Hara

Lana Turner has collapsed! 
I was trotting along and suddenly
it started raining and snowing
and you said it was hailing
but hailing hits you on the head
hard so it was really snowing and
raining and I was in such a hurry
to meet you but the traffic
was acting exactly like the sky
and suddenly I see a headline 
LANA TURNER HAS COLLAPSED!
there is no snow in Hollywood
there is no rain in California
I have been to lots of parties
and acted perfectly disgraceful
but I never actually collapsed
oh Lana Turner we love you get up


(P.S. special thanks to lauren for the lovely new look!!! check out her other works in my links section...)

mishima: a life in four chapters

reviewed by zak

“philip glass did the music; i felt like everything was constantly about to happen”

the anthologist by nicholson baker

reviewed by claire

“good in a narcissistically-sad aging college professor overshare kind of way”

reviewed by zak (sight unread)

“it’s just nicholson baker being nicholson baker”

a visit from the good squad by jennifer egan

reviewed by claire

“can we just agree to not write about teh fUtr anymore?!”