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Films seen in 2013 (164/??)Star Trek (rewatch)

My old buddy...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0a77001e070acc7d1756c44fc9235415/tumblr_mn1zkm0G9j1qfj1cco1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;a href="http://cinemastatic.tumblr.com" target="_blank"&gt;Films seen in 2013&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt; (164/??)&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Star Trek&lt;/strong&gt; (rewatch)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My old buddy Zach is like….a super famous dude now named Spock&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://genhowell.tumblr.com/post/50842022239</link><guid>http://genhowell.tumblr.com/post/50842022239</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 15:19:07 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>"You tried to change didn’t you?
closed your mouth more
tried to be softer
prettier
less volatile,..."</title><description>“&lt;p&gt;You tried to change didn’t you?&lt;br/&gt;
closed your mouth more&lt;br/&gt;
tried to be softer&lt;br/&gt;
prettier&lt;br/&gt;
less volatile, less awake&lt;br/&gt;
but even when sleeping you could feel&lt;br/&gt;
him travelling away from you in his dreams&lt;br/&gt;
so what did you want to do, love&lt;br/&gt;
split his head open?&lt;br/&gt;
you can’t make homes out of human beings&lt;br/&gt;
someone should have already told you that&lt;br/&gt;
and if he wants to leave&lt;br/&gt;
then let him leave&lt;br/&gt;
you are terrifying&lt;br/&gt;
and strange and beautiful&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;something not everyone knows how to love.&lt;/p&gt;”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;&lt;p&gt;-“For Women Who Are Difficult to Love,” Warsan Shire&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I couldn’t love this more&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://genhowell.tumblr.com/post/49270023959</link><guid>http://genhowell.tumblr.com/post/49270023959</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:08:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>MA GURL</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fc299bcead8fb719fc85c73123cecc7a/tumblr_mk0i59Fova1qdm4tlo1_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;MA GURL&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://genhowell.tumblr.com/post/49156379271</link><guid>http://genhowell.tumblr.com/post/49156379271</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:12:59 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>lomographicsociety:

Lomography Camera of the Day - Lubitel...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bd940b11b28f8c720988957cb6681bfb/tumblr_mluuv8rIoK1qzd0p8o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://lomographicsociety.tumblr.com/post/49001001800/lomography-camera-of-the-day-lubitel-166-get" target="_blank"&gt;lomographicsociety&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Lomography Camera of the Day - &lt;a href="http://www.lomography.com/photos/cameras/3315480-lubitel-166-plus/popular?utm_source=www&amp;utm_medium=tumblr&amp;utm_term=cameraoftheday&amp;utm_campaign=campaign" target="_blank"&gt;Lubitel 166+&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://shop.lomography.com/ph/cameras/premium-cameras/lomo-lubitel-166" target="_blank"&gt;Get it online!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://genhowell.tumblr.com/post/49154021286</link><guid>http://genhowell.tumblr.com/post/49154021286</guid><pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 23:38:47 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>suicideblonde:

Women in combat photographed by Danielle Levitt
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4bc37185892e5af1936daf3286a2d05e/tumblr_mlvzx0SxjW1qz9qooo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://suicideblonde.tumblr.com/post/48979280475/women-in-combat-photographed-by-danielle-levitt" target="_blank"&gt;suicideblonde&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Women in combat photographed by Danielle Levitt&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://genhowell.tumblr.com/post/49149773441</link><guid>http://genhowell.tumblr.com/post/49149773441</guid><pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 22:43:41 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>"The ultimate definition of bravery is not being afraid of who you are."</title><description>““The ultimate definition of bravery is not being afraid of who you are.””&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Chogyam Trungpa (via &lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://24freedinners.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"&gt;24freedinners&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://genhowell.tumblr.com/post/49149747968</link><guid>http://genhowell.tumblr.com/post/49149747968</guid><pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 22:43:23 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/960cf0aabfbf6253dd4bf6438095abe0/tumblr_mlxh4uYtIw1s9dnijo1_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://genhowell.tumblr.com/post/49149632128</link><guid>http://genhowell.tumblr.com/post/49149632128</guid><pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 22:42:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/01b2b6d6b882e095a0dc3f99ebec9e36/tumblr_mhnc5zBGQA1qzqju7o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://genhowell.tumblr.com/post/49146289790</link><guid>http://genhowell.tumblr.com/post/49146289790</guid><pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 22:02:12 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>
Lovebirds Jean Seberg and Jean-Paul Belmondo in À bout de...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/37a50b0716785f83598a48e5877931e4/tumblr_mlmppcBCHl1qc94oqo1_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/dc8438246d8684ac735e68e783a0d008/tumblr_mlmppcBCHl1qc94oqo2_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/395ccd396cc4b2ab851c06d7825e82b1/tumblr_mlmppcBCHl1qc94oqo3_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/cf713cde1d3e070101a84b653f67f900/tumblr_mlmppcBCHl1qc94oqo4_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;Lovebirds Jean Seberg and Jean-Paul Belmondo in &lt;/small&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;em&gt;À bout de souffle&lt;/em&gt; directed by Jean-Luc Godard in 1960.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt; I miss kissing you…&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://genhowell.tumblr.com/post/49143778166</link><guid>http://genhowell.tumblr.com/post/49143778166</guid><pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 21:32:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>nevver:

Rebel, with or without.

ALWAYS</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6744febc92806bf76c26683ac5ebe338/tumblr_mlzgrl8NOk1qz6f9yo1_r1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/49121844484/rebel-with-or-without" target="_blank"&gt;nevver&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://artisnotdead.blogspot.com/2013/04/james-dean-in-colour.html" target="_blank"&gt;Rebel, with or without&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;ALWAYS&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://genhowell.tumblr.com/post/49143647238</link><guid>http://genhowell.tumblr.com/post/49143647238</guid><pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 21:31:15 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ab7862914d60d2507ebc52364ff5dbf0/tumblr_mkk8wj8FxZ1qzob6do1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://genhowell.tumblr.com/post/46992540375</link><guid>http://genhowell.tumblr.com/post/46992540375</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 22:55:32 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>bvttons:

To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering, one must not...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8ad13faa69a5f4c6017411df06aa9327/tumblr_mjefjbabHa1rso4uto1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://bvttons.tumblr.com/post/44941040232/to-love-is-to-suffer-to-avoid-suffering-one-must" target="_blank"&gt;bvttons&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering, one must not love. But then, one suffers from not loving. Therefore, to love is to suffer; not to love is to suffer; to suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to love. To be happy, then, is to suffer, but suffering makes one unhappy. Therefore, to be happy, one must love or love to suffer or suffer from too much happiness.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Woody Allen&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://genhowell.tumblr.com/post/46991797776</link><guid>http://genhowell.tumblr.com/post/46991797776</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 22:46:59 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>strangewood:

Antonioni and Nicholson
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly0v03atdC1qf7r5lo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://strangewood.tumblr.com/post/16091157004/antonioni-and-nicholson" target="_blank"&gt;strangewood&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Antonioni and Nicholson&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://genhowell.tumblr.com/post/46991639488</link><guid>http://genhowell.tumblr.com/post/46991639488</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 22:45:10 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>huffpoststyle:

The best in doggie fashion?

heheeheheheheh</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e163ba710d299b499b40006e2f9f7d4a/tumblr_mkl72ktPLP1qbo4m5o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://huffpoststyle.tumblr.com/post/46860106725/our-favorite-new-magazine" target="_blank"&gt;huffpoststyle&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/xoVain/status/318772328798498816" title="Our favorite new magazine." target="_blank"&gt;The best in doggie fashion?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;heheeheheheheh&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://genhowell.tumblr.com/post/46867258373</link><guid>http://genhowell.tumblr.com/post/46867258373</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 15:07:28 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title> Boy, van, legs, happy</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/eaf954afe4c8f6179640fa63f1577fce/tumblr_mjojr0nNx51qdduago1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt; Boy, van, legs, happy&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://genhowell.tumblr.com/post/45390792982</link><guid>http://genhowell.tumblr.com/post/45390792982</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:18:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Ya I know. It’s deep….</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e354b9caff060fdd81315ece6a6f0495/tumblr_mhzs2dprtK1qdduago1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ya I know. It’s deep….&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://genhowell.tumblr.com/post/42734858810</link><guid>http://genhowell.tumblr.com/post/42734858810</guid><pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2013 01:44:37 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Your welcome guys…you are welcome.</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d2f339897bb6cc661e9883a25c2d2aa0/tumblr_mhz0movjYg1qdduago1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Your welcome guys…you are welcome.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://genhowell.tumblr.com/post/42691608488</link><guid>http://genhowell.tumblr.com/post/42691608488</guid><pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2013 15:52:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Lovin the situation @showerthepeoplewithlove</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f0309f7b666e587a1625c84eb694fd99/tumblr_mhoi9hTMCW1qdduago1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lovin the situation @showerthepeoplewithlove&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://genhowell.tumblr.com/post/42252933030</link><guid>http://genhowell.tumblr.com/post/42252933030</guid><pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2013 23:39:17 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Being smaller people</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d295451cdf74ab5e1ba48f760f264d1d/tumblr_mhigk60pQs1qdduago1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Being smaller people&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://genhowell.tumblr.com/post/41971858518</link><guid>http://genhowell.tumblr.com/post/41971858518</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:16:54 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>nedhepburn:

Aaron Sorkin, What I’ve Learned.

Everybody does...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/018e855f4d0521a2a86ff920a95481d7/tumblr_mhha47O7MC1qz7wfjo1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://nedhepburn.tumblr.com/post/41932077556/aaron-sorkin-what-ive-learned-everybody-does" target="_blank"&gt;nedhepburn&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Aaron Sorkin, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.esquire.com/features/what-ive-learned/meaning-of-life-2011/aaron-sorkin-interview-0111" target="_blank"&gt;What I’ve Learned&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Everybody does lists&lt;/strong&gt; of the hundred greatest movie lines of all time. “You can’t handle the truth!” always seems to be in there, which is very nice to see. But for me, the best line will always be: “We’re going to need a bigger boat.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The rules are&lt;/strong&gt; all in a sixty-four-page pamphlet by Aristotle called &lt;em&gt;Poetics.&lt;/em&gt; It was written almost three thousand years ago, but I promise you, if something is wrong with what you’re writing, you’ve probably broken one of Aristotle’s rules.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You’re allowed&lt;/strong&gt; one &lt;em&gt;fuck&lt;/em&gt; in PG-13. The rules are silly. Not all &lt;em&gt;fuck&lt;/em&gt;s are equal and not all &lt;em&gt;cocksucker&lt;/em&gt;s are equal.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I had a lot of survival jobs.&lt;/strong&gt; One was for the Witty Ditty singing-telegram company. I was in the red-and-white stripes with the straw boater hat and kazoo. Balloons. Even when you’re sleeping on a friend’s couch, you have to pay some kind of rent.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I desperately need&lt;/strong&gt; the love of complete strangers. That’s one reason I overtip. I love when skycaps, waiters, and valets are happy to see me.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The only political experience &lt;/strong&gt;I’ve ever had came in sixth grade when I had a crush on Jenny Lavin. Jenny was stuffing envelopes after school at the local McGovern-for-President headquarters. So I thought it’d be a good idea if I volunteered, too. One weekend they put us all in buses and took us to White Plains, the county seat, because the Nixon motorcade was coming through. We went with signs that said MCGOVERN FOR PRESIDENT. I was holding up one of these signs and a 163-year-old woman came up from behind, took the sign out of my hand, whacked me over the head with it, threw it on the ground, and stomped on it. The only political agenda I’ve ever had is the slim hope that this woman is still alive and I’m driving her out of her mind.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I do not diminish&lt;/strong&gt; the incredible symbolic importance of a black man getting elected president. But my euphoria was a &lt;em&gt;smart&lt;/em&gt; guy getting elected president. Maybe for the first time in my lifetime we had elected one of the thousand smartest Americans president.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I kind of worship&lt;/strong&gt; at the altar of intention and obstacle. Somebody wants something. Something’s standing in their way of getting it. They want the money, they want the girl, they want to get to Philadelphia — doesn’t matter. And if they can &lt;em&gt;need&lt;/em&gt; it, that’s even better.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Whatever the obstacle is,&lt;/strong&gt; you can’t overcome it like &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt; or the audience is going to say, “Why don’t they just take the other car?” or “Why don’t you just shoot him?” The obstacle has to be difficult to overcome. And that’s the clothesline that you hang everything on — the tactics by which your characters try to achieve their goal. That’s the story that you end up telling.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Oh, I’d love&lt;/strong&gt; to get &lt;em&gt;A Few Good Men&lt;/em&gt; back. I feel like there isn’t a scene where, if I could have it back for half an hour, I couldn’t give you a better scene.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I keep thinking &lt;/strong&gt;that I graduated from college a couple of years ago when it was actually 1983.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You’ll be able to say&lt;/strong&gt; ”motherfucker” on network television before you’ll be able to take God’s name in vain.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When you’re a hit,&lt;/strong&gt; you get a little more elbow room and you walk with a bigger stick.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Except when&lt;/strong&gt; I didn’t have any, money has never been that big of a deal to me.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A friend is&lt;/strong&gt; somebody who says the same things to your face that they would say if you’re not in the room.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;By the way, &lt;/strong&gt;you don’t have to necessarily always enjoy being with your friends. It’s possible to have friends that drive you out of your mind. Don’t you have friends that you’ve had since you were a little kid? And you constantly have to explain to people who’re just meeting him: “I’ve known him since fifth grade. He really is a good guy. Trust me. Really — he’s got a heart as big as Montana.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I feel like&lt;/strong&gt; if I’d gotten married once a year, every year since I was twenty-five, there would never have been the same five groomsmen twice. Two new people would always be coming in. My brother is a constant. He would stay.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;There are these signposts&lt;/strong&gt; along the way of getting older. The first is when the Playmate of the Month is younger than you are. Suddenly you’re starting to feel dirty because you’re twenty-three and she’s nineteen and you really shouldn’t be looking at that picture.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The next thing&lt;/strong&gt; that happens is professional athletes are younger than you are.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Then coaches&lt;/strong&gt; and managers are younger than you are.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;And finally, &lt;/strong&gt;the last one that happens: I’m the same age as the president of the United States.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When I’m done &lt;/strong&gt;with an episode of television,I feel euphoric for about five minutes and then I’m Sisyphus.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;All being finished&lt;/strong&gt; means is that you haven’t started yet.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://genhowell.tumblr.com/post/41943640243</link><guid>http://genhowell.tumblr.com/post/41943640243</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:57:42 -0500</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
