Justin Porter Stephens

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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Listening to "You Can Call Me Al"

3 notes  09/05/10

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A Boy Named Thor - Dance Party USA

0 notes  08/05/10  #records

Flavors.me

I just got a flavors.me. It’s an online content aggregator.

0 notes  08/05/10  #meta

The Golden Age of Movie Critics

“Forget about becoming a film critic. Become an intellectual, a person to whom ideas matter. Read in history, science, politics, and the arts generally. Develop your own ideas, and see what sparks they strike in relation to films.” (via synecdoche)

My favorite Roger Ebert quote is, and forever will be, this, though.

169 notes  05/05/10

Famicom games that transform into characters. (Why is Mega Man wearing red shoes?)

Famicom games that transform into characters. (Why is Mega Man wearing red shoes?)

0 notes  03/05/10  #video games

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The Anniversary - All Things Ordinary

This song still rules.

1 note  30/04/10  #records

Free Comic Book Day is Saturday

Free Comic Book Day is this Saturday. As I said last year, basically you go to your local shop and they have a ton of free books published by Marvel and DC specifically for this day to promote the movie adaptations of their big releases this summer, such as Iron Man, Superman, and Green Hornet. Lots of stores usually open their bargain bins for free to clear out inventory so you can can pick up gems such as this and this. And what would a somewhat vaguely niche event of my particular interest be without Lady Gaga sticking her nose in it? 

Still unconvinced? Then listen to Jess from Gilmore Girls.

0 notes  29/04/10  #comics

“The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible.”

— Vladimir Nabakov (via deadwriters)

912 notes  29/04/10  #fiction

The Movie Title Stills Collection

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Opening titles for hundreds of films from 1920 to 2010.

287 notes  27/04/10

It’s come to my attention that in current DC Comics continuity, Wonder Woman no longer travels around in an invisible jet, having gained the power to fly unaided. To this I say, who can tell? It’s invisible! Maybe she’s still using it, but isn’t telling anyone. Even if she’s not faking, who’s to stop her from taking it out for the occasional spin? Some times, an Amazonian princess sent into this violent and unjust world of men just wants to get above it all and travel first-class, no hassle; to wear the proud spangled hot pants and gold-plated bra of her native people and not get stares. Let the boys in spandex fly around and do their thing. She’s going to kick back with her invisible pomegranate martini and make her own way. via theshallowend

It’s come to my attention that in current DC Comics continuity, Wonder Woman no longer travels around in an invisible jet, having gained the power to fly unaided. To this I say, who can tell? It’s invisible! Maybe she’s still using it, but isn’t telling anyone.

Even if she’s not faking, who’s to stop her from taking it out for the occasional spin? Some times, an Amazonian princess sent into this violent and unjust world of men just wants to get above it all and travel first-class, no hassle; to wear the proud spangled hot pants and gold-plated bra of her native people and not get stares. Let the boys in spandex fly around and do their thing. She’s going to kick back with her invisible pomegranate martini and make her own way.

via theshallowend

2,603 notes  22/04/10  #comics

huts: GALAGA!! THE LOVE OF MY LIFE.

huts:

GALAGA!!

THE LOVE OF MY LIFE.

0 notes  20/04/10

Time Traveler Caught in Museum Photo?

The man with what appears to be very modern sunglasses seems to be wearing a stamped T-shirt with a nice sweater, all the while holding a portable compact camera!  Internet people reached to the obvious conclusion: it’s a time traveller caught on camera on 1940! Finally, we have proof!

Every half-meter. Everywhere.

0 notes  20/04/10

“Like most North Americans of his generation, Hal tends to know way less about why he feels certain ways about the objects and pursuits he’s devoted to than he does about the objects and pursuits themselves.”

— David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest, pg. 54

0 notes  15/04/10  #fiction

Third Grade Hate Mail

Eight year-olds hate people who say Pluto isn’t a planet. My favorite is the one where the student draws Saturn with tear-filled eyes asking where his/her friend Pluto has gone.

0 notes  14/04/10

via Comic Book Cartography

via Comic Book Cartography

0 notes  08/04/10  #comics