Category Archives: webshit

Love streaming

Posted on November 25, 2012 by

I have becomes totally obsessed with livestreams of TV shows. There exists sites to stream things, live. Some GENIUSES decided the best things to do this with are…TV shows. Whole series, running in loop, 24/7, and then repeating. The first … Continue reading →

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Housekeeping note

Posted on June 21, 2012 by

That magazine article thing I was doing? Fun, but sort of clogged up this blog since I was doing it every week. So now I have moved it over to Tumblr: thearticleoftheweek.tumblr.com Tell your friends!

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In which I nerd out.

Posted on May 6, 2012 by

You may not know that much about me, but one thing I really love is writing. And writers. And most especially, writing about culture, and thus, culture writers. Don’t get me wrong – I love journalism in general, especially good, … Continue reading →

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What, exactly, is the big black box for?

Posted on April 24, 2012 by

Right at this moment, I am fully caught up on two ongoing television shows – Girls and Mad Men. Three if you count Parks and Rec, since I am only one twenty-minute episode behind on that. I could watch it, … Continue reading →

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“Liberal Arts.” Come on.

Posted on October 30, 2011 by

I was reading an article about the new Footloose movie (“You have to treat it like the revival of a play” says the director) when I thought to myself, whats Zac Efron up to these day? He’s in a Nicolas Sparks movie … Continue reading →

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The end, and what comes after

Posted on July 26, 2011 by

Madison, my intern (my what?) has a professor, she told me, who is working on a research project about the generation that grew up with Harry Potter, and what the books and the movies have meant for their conception of authority. … Continue reading →

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The B is for…block? Back? Neither?

Posted on April 20, 2011 by

It turns out, boy band combinations work exponentially, rather than additively: 5 waaaaay old boy banders who no one remembers (-1 who found some extra self-respect/got too old/who knows) + 5 pretty old boy banders remembered as second best ___________________________ … Continue reading →

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Media nerdery

Posted on March 30, 2011 by

I was on vacation last week, in Hawaii (!). Somehow I thought that being on vacation would mean I would have so much time and so many thoughts and do all this posting, the wind in my hair as I … Continue reading →

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A conflation of adorable things I love

Posted on March 13, 2011 by

In addition to blogging pretty much all the time (?), your friendly Neon Apologist also walks dogs at the Washington Animal Rescue League. While poking around through incredibly heartwrenching Youtube videos that the League puts up to get people to … Continue reading →

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Valentine’s Day recommendations!

Posted on February 14, 2011 by

The podcast I listen to, NPR’s “Pop Culture Happy Hour” (this is the only podcast/NPR product I participate in, but its realllly delightful – a good way to entertain yourself when you have to walk somewhere on your own, for … Continue reading →

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