Archive for the “Media” category

Remembering Whitney in Neon and Denim

by naomi on February 15, 2012

This video has been making the rounds on blogs, and yes, Ms. Houston will be remembered for more than “I Wanna Dance With Somebody,” but still–this video! The colors, the permed bangs, the neon accents, the paint-splattered backdrops, the lighting (…)

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How All Great Decisions Should End

by naomi on February 8, 2012

That is all.

Yeah, I’m Reading the Hunger Games

by naomi on December 7, 2011

And I signed up on their little movie promo site for a Panem badge. So sue me. I’m a farmer from District 9. I was for sure certain I lived in the Capitol and had green skin and rose tattoos. (…)

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The Oxford Comma

by naomi on October 18, 2011

This was hammered into my brain during Jschool, but just in case you forget how to use it, there’s this: Brought to you by BluishOrange, and @KAFetters

The Naked and Famous: All of This

by naomi on October 17, 2011

This video mesmerizes me… Something with the coffee beans and the stomping? Also, great song.

Apologies via the Cartolina app

by naomi on September 10, 2011

Although everyone should be a fan of paper cards (why don’t folks send those anymore? eh?), a digital compilation can still be cool…see below: Cute, right? It’s from the Cartolina iPhone app. For less than the price of a single (…)

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Ooops, now I love Pinterest

by naomi on August 16, 2011

First pinned by Lindy Boynton onto Random. Good riddance to my messy Google doc of links. No longer will I have to wonder what you are by your URL. Now I can see exactly why I saved you. Follow me (…)

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One Book, One Tweet: Episode 3, The Social Animal and My New Nook

by naomi on August 4, 2011

One Book, One Tweet met last week for episode three. This time we chatted about The Social Animal by David Brooks. As you can see from the scorecard above, there were definitely mixed reviews. Personally, I thought there was good (…)

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Fail better

by naomi on July 10, 2011

This Samuel Beckett quote from Worstward Ho has found me twice this weekend. First written on the wall at the Francis Alÿs exhibition at the MOMA, then in a literary tattoo book (The Word Made Flesh) I leafed through in (…)

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All of the lights

by naomi on July 10, 2011

Photo from flickr by EJP. I love these lights. This makes me feel like summer. Like electric hot New York summer.