better late than pregnant

'i love Philo, even though it can be a drab at times, but i guess i like origins of morality. because its philosophical like that. its nice to think about it.
during Philo, we were reminded of:

the story of the Elephant and the 6 Blind Men:
6 blind men were asked to find out what an elephant looked like.
blind man 1: touched the tail of the elephant and said the elephant was like a rope.
blind man 2: touched the trunk of the elephant and said the elephant was like a tree branch.
blind man 3: touched the tusks of the elephant and said the elephant was like a nail/pipe.
blind man 4: touched the body of the elephant and said the elephant was like a wall.
blind man 5: touched the legs of the elephant and said the elephant was like a pillar.
blind man 6: touched the ears of the elephant and said the elephant was like a fan.
they all disagreed on what the elephant looked like.
just because they disagreed, didn’t mean that the elephant didn’t exist. just because they touched the elephant, didn’t mean that only one was right. just because they disagreed, didn’t mean that no one was right or wrong. its true we all don’t have the complete picture. even if we try to fit the pieces of the jigsaw, we might not get the whole elephant.
we could all just be having different parts of the same story.
a bigger story.
an elephant.
a part for everyone.
a story we don’t understand.
yet, a story that exists.'
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'let's face it - emerging labels can be 'a dime a dozen', but we can only cope with so many strapless mini dresses with bows attached. give us something meaningful, lasting, design focussed.'
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August 12, 2010 at 4:11 am
Alicia says:
'it’s something my friend told me when i was crying and complaining about my plans and ideas that never come to fruition. his response was simple: 'shut the ---- up and do it.' profound. no, really. it was at the time and i still use it for motiviation.

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Marie Hill – Womenswear:
describe your graduate collection: it’s about power women. it’s about the aim for physical perfection and luxurious self indulgence. basically modern decadence!
if you weren’t a fashion designer, who would you be?: i’d probably be a hardcore critic on aesthetics.

Dean Quinn – Womenswear:
describe your graduate collection: i worked for ThreeAsFour in New York and they find it hard to make it commercially, and then coming back to London, it's also really hard to be commercial because people make such crazy things but they don't care. for me, i wanted it to be a mix of both and create clothes that women would wear as opposed to a studenty collection.
where do you see yourself in ten years time?: i'd like to work for a major house like Christian Dior, where they have the embroidery people, the design people, the dyeing people and you have all these groups that can make something together in a day.

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'i shouldnt be too critical; perhaps cynicism has become my way of life. occupational hazard.'
- Bright Flows the River, Taylor Caldwell

'in an effort to get people to look into each other's eyes more, and also to appease the mutes, the government has decided to allot each person exactly one hundred and sixty-seven words, per day.
when the phone rings, i put it to my ear without saying hello. in the restaurant i point at chicken noodle soup. i am adjusting well to the new way.
late at night, i call my long distance lover, proudly say 'i only used fifty-nine today. i saved the rest for you.'
when she doesn't respond, i know she's used up all her words, so i slowly whisper 'i love you' thirty-two and a third times.
after that, we just sit on the line and listen to each other breathe.'
- The Quiet World, Jeffrey McDaniel

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notes:
pub rock, burnt cds, late night Rage, Indie / Showtunes / Japanese classic music / Mathcore / Math Rock

'Muddy Pop - affairs for the heart & groin' - Black Kids vocalist on his band's music
Saturday Night is the first solo single from Matt Van Schie (of the band Van She). Matt says: 'download it, spread it on your toast, but most of all - love and respect each other.'
‘funny how we’re so advanced now, we live in boxes’ – Horrorshow
'maybe the wolf is not the devil, he just plays him on tv' / 'they say a saint is just a dead prick with a good publicist' - The Matches

i'm glad marriage hasn't turned him into a soppy wuss like it seems to do for most songwriters.
piss off / TOO DARK / expected more / am sure it will grow / couldn't pick a hit
i love the original, but this cover still floors me. don't ever talk to me if this is playing.
i think this is the greatest duet ever. listen to how they trade places in their vocal roles. brilliant.
still get chills from this song. if you don't get chills, you certainly must not have a soul.

i miss 2007 for Minimal because it was less heavy and less heroine.
it sounds very Strokes..more electronic, less skinny jeans, more Casio.
the past coming in as 2:22 is the catchiest, yet most amazing, bit of a song ever. it just flows and sticks like a mantra. i love it.
i love the video and the song, but i cant do both at the same time, i already have my own picture in my head when i listen to it.
it annoys me that people thinks all this is based on religion. why even bother.
i have this on my ipod and listen to it when i'm treadmilling. keeps me moving! truly i hate exercise and i'm angry every second. somehow the overstimulation fuels me to keep agoin'.
saw them last Friday. it kinda ruined this song for me actually, just so epic live that this doesn't even compare.
definietly a desert island disc, if ever there was one.
don't forget The Machine. her band is what makes it happen.
this album is kinda like a Maps twin, experimental collage of sounds. it's at least worth a listen.
this is the first song i have heard that has made me question my values. truth has a way of doing that!
..what, because every song should have a beginning middle and end? it's music, not a sandwich.