Weltschmerz
Main Entry: welt·schmerz
Pronunciation: \ˈvelt-ˌshmerts\
Function: noun
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: German, from Welt world + Schmerz pain
Date: 1864
1 : mental depression or apathy caused by comparison of the actual state of the world with an ideal state
2 : a mood of sentimental sadness
I’m suffering for a bad case of this badboy right now, namely of the apathetic [...]
At 195 we have a new roommate that I’d like you to introduce to you.
Class, say hello to our new student, Kabul.
Yes Kabul is different; he has no legs. The reason why, you see, is that Kabul is a fake passenger. He won’t be doing much driving ’round these parts, though. So far he’s mostly [...]
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The strangest people on the face of the earth are new parents.
Today, McParty went shopping for a baby shower and discovered Rockabye Baby!, a line instrumental lullabies based on rock songs from bands like Metallica, AC/DC and the Pixies.
Send your baby off to Never-Never Land with Enter Sandman.
“This is gonna make the baby demented.” — [...]
Spent the evening at the Tavern on the Green with McParty and a bunch of rich old people who made the trip out for the free food and booze.
Last night I went to the ISSUE Project Room and caught performances by Mattin and Bernhard Gal. It was, to say the least, an experience.
I’m doing a freelance story on the place, so I can’t give too much away, but here are the highlights from my notebook:
It makes sense that it’s raining.
Do I clap? Do [...]
This Saturday, I went with hot new artist Diablo Blanco to the opening of Doug Aitken’s Migration at 303 Gallery. Aesthetically? The video was beautiful. I also loved the light boxes.
What’s with the serious Planet of the Apes no-humans-left-on-Earth thang going on in the art scene today.
We get it, we fucked up, it’s the [...]
I keep coming back to William Vollmann. Right now I’m reading Riding Toward Everywhere. I bought the book, despite tepid reviews, when I caught Vollmann doing a reading for it this past February. (The trek through a blizzard was totally worth it when he signed and illustrated two books for me, then carried the conversation [...]
My name is Heather, and I’m an exaggerator.
Well, I guess I mean to say, I was an exaggerator, at least until I decided to stop last week. I guess I never noticed, but when my manfriend pointed it out I couldn’t argue. He asked me why I do it, and I guess the reason is [...]
Over the past two days I have learned a lot about birds thanks to the good folks at PBS.
Yesterday, I watched a program called Raptor Force. Did you know, raptors are nature’s aerial killing machines? When a Peregrin Falcon sees a small bird, such as a grouse, it flies thousands of feet high, twitches its [...]