Hello. My name is Justin Porter Stephens. I am a writer living in Boston. I have an MFA in creative writing from Lesley University. I like toy cameras and video games.
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John Linnell - The Second Longest Night
Written by Jonathan Lethem. I like to pretend it’s a Monster Eyes b-side.
You know you’ve been playing too much Tetris when you start seeing colored, falling blocks when you’re away from the computer.
This Flickr group, Tetris Tetris Everywhere, mixes instances where actual Tetris blocks have been placed in the real world with real world images that look like they’ve come straight out of Tetris. Shipping containers, construction sites, beer crates, you name it, it’s here and it looks like Tetris.
Mirim, 01210
Polaroid 600 film, expired 9/09
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Of Montreal - Disconnect the Dots
I love how this is played at the end of The Puffy Chair.
“When life hands you lemons… MAKE ARNOLD PALMERS.”
— Handmade sign at Bagel Rising
From NPR:
It seems he claims to be a yo-yo champion who uses his skills to spread a message about environmental awareness. But once he’s on the air, it becomes clear that K-Strass is not what he seems. He’s more “no-yo” than yo-yo.
There’s a video on the page, and a few others on the official K-Strass site. They’re way more hilarious than you can even imagine. I don’t understand how these things happen, though. Do local news stations ever check anything out ever?
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Broken Social Scene - Texico Bitches
A week ago I had never heard this band. Then Kevin left their new record at my apartment and I’ve been listening to it non-stop.
inkiworld asked: Hi Justin! I think it was me who asked about the scanning!
I have a good scanner at home, but I never get to scan the texture that's in the white polaroid frame. How do you get it? :)
Thanks! Greetings, from the Netherlands!
I did answer this but I think it got lost in the shuffle. Sorry if you missed it! Anyway, I auto level using Photoshop but that doesn’t really do anything to the border. You could try and play with your resolution (I scan at 300dpi) and that may solve your problem. My scanner’s not the best in the world (a Canon MP480) but it gets the job done. So it may just be your settings.
Let me know if that helps!
Commonly mispronounced literary names. From The Panorama Book Review in McSweeney’s Panorama newspaper from last year. A certain, Unbearable Lightness of Being obsessed friend, who shall remain nameless, has been known to use “Kun-DEHR-a” and “KOON-de-ra” multiple times in the same seminar. Click to enlarge.
First, Greta Gerwig starred in Greenberg. Now the Duplass Brothers are about to release Cyrus, their studio debut, starring John C. Reilly and Jonah Hill. It looks awesome.
I think the weirdest thing about all this is that the film is produced by Ridley Scott.
As I was rushing to finish the final draft of my thesis I emailed my thesis advisor in a panic about how I was afraid the revisions and edits I had been making were minimal for I was becoming too familiar with the work and losing perspective. He responded:
Putting it aside for a month or two after you’re done with the thesis is an excellent idea; one does lose perspective after a time. I’ve found it helpful to put work aside…and oddly enough, sometimes a solution comes to problems in the work completely unbidden when you’re not thinking directly about it. This happened to me with the ending of a story, which I suddenly realized while hiking in a California canyon some years ago.
No guarantees in this business, unfortunately.
