http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ Only for the melancholy, geeky, weird or insecure en Vox Fri, 09 May 2008 00:01:13 +0800 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/great-moments-in-literature-6-1.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Yasmine) http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/great-moments-in-literature-6-1.html?_c=feed-rss http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/great-moments-in-literature-6-1.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 09 May 2008 00:01:13 +0800 Oh my god: Be pleased then, you, the living, in your delightfully warm bed, before Lethe's ice-cold wave will lick your escaping foot. -- Goethe, Roman Elegies Lethe: In Greek mythology, one of the rivers of Hades whose waters will cause comple... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521cde4549d00f48cf612040002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> books films http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/26.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Yasmine) http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/26.html?_c=feed-rss http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/26.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 07 May 2008 18:36:25 +0800 Last week I went to view flats and at the second flat we went to, the agent who greeted us asked, "Who is the buyer?" I said, "Me," and he stared at me and said, "Huh?! So young? How old are you?" Asshole. Anyway I was thinking about it today and... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521cde4549d00f48cf5b69e0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/chinese-books.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Yasmine) http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/chinese-books.html?_c=feed-rss http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/chinese-books.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 05 May 2008 00:14:39 +0800 Why is it that whenever I finish a book, I can never decide what to read next, despite the fact that I have close to 40 unread books on my shelves (and table and floor)? Anyway. How effective would a theme-based reading regime be? I just read thi... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521cde4549d00e398f666540005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> books http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/ugh.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Yasmine) http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/ugh.html?_c=feed-rss http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/ugh.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:26:21 +0800 There is such a feeling of dread that sloshes around inside me at the thought of the weekend ending. I will be listening to a nice song, and then when the singer hits a particular note of yearning, I will be reminded of work. Or the reminder could... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521cde4549d00f48cf00ab10003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> work modern life is rubbish http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/great-moments-in-literature-6.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Yasmine) http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/great-moments-in-literature-6.html?_c=feed-rss http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/great-moments-in-literature-6.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:49:00 +0800 You think me jaded and effete. You are mistaken. If you are delicious, if you have lovely eyes,..., if your body and mind... are so lithe and tender that I feel I could mingle more intimately with your thoughts by sitting on your lap..., there is ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521cde4549d00f48cef47ad0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> books http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/lessons-from-proust.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Yasmine) http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/lessons-from-proust.html?_c=feed-rss http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/lessons-from-proust.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:44:33 +0800 1. Read for yourself Find the people you know in the books you read. Find yourself, even, in the characters of 200 years ago. They say things you have never dared to speak aloud, they feel things you have tried to suppress for fear of being perver... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521cde4549d00f48cef56e20003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> books http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/a-repository.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Yasmine) http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/a-repository.html?_c=feed-rss http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/a-repository.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:37:28 +0800 Joon and I have started a new blog where we'll write about things we like and want to share with you. It's called The Portable Reader's Guide to Good Things. There isn't much up yet because we just started it today, but we promise lots of, well, g... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/a-repository.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521cde4549d00f48ceeadfc0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/since-we-are-now-broadcasting-stuff-like-this.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Yasmine) http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/since-we-are-now-broadcasting-stuff-like-this.html?_c=feed-rss http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/since-we-are-now-broadcasting-stuff-like-this.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:32:23 +0800 Men are all the same. They say they'll call, but they won't. This is basically the root of all problems. I'm so upset. I'm so upset. I'm so upset. We fritter away time as if we have so much of it. I feel like handing in my resignation letter. 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I feeling like it's now about time to take another trip (somewhere easier on my nerves this time... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521cde4549d00e398ef7c280005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> travel the russian http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/late-night-recollections-of-hanoi.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Yasmine) http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/late-night-recollections-of-hanoi.html?_c=feed-rss http://merrykillingspree.vox.com/library/post/late-night-recollections-of-hanoi.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 13 Apr 2008 04:08:35 +0800 I should be sleeping now because I have to wake up early but my brain is still quite active. I was lying in bed just a while ago trying to let my thoughts run their course and into the darkness but instead I ended up with the urge to write. I was ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521cde4549d00f48cedd8de0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> friends travel