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A quoi ça sert l’amour? is a beautiful duet by Edith Piaf and Theo Sarapo. The French production house Cube made this video about 5 or so years ago, and you’ve probably seen it already. Regardless, I still love revisiting it. If your French isn’t so hot, the translation goes a little like….

TS:
Ah, what use is love?
You always hear
silly stories,
What good is being in love?
EP:
Love cannot be explained,
It’s not like that,
It comes out of nowhere
And hits you all at once.
TS:
As for me, I’ve heard
That love brings suffering,
That love makes you cry,
What good is being in love?
EP:
What good is love?
It brings you joy
With tears in your eyes…
It’s sad and wonderful!
TS:
However people always say
That love is deceiving
That one of the two
Is never happy…
EP:
But even when one has lost it,
A love that one has known
Leaves you with a taste of honey -
Love is eternal!
TS:
All this is very pretty,
But when all is said and done,
You’re left with nothing
But an immense sorrow…
EP:
But all that seems to be
Tearing you apart right now
Will become a
Joyful memory tomorrow.
TS:
So essentially, if I understand correctly,
Without love in your live,
Without its joys and its sorrows,
There is nothing to live for?
EP:
Of course! Look at me!
I’ve believed it it every time!
And I will believe in it forever…
That’s what love is for!

As for you, you are the last!
As for you, you are the first!
Before I had you, I had nothing,
With you I am complete.

You’re what I want!
You’re what I need!
You’re the one I will always love..
That’s what love is for!

michaelpop:

kfan:

the debate rages on (via .April.)

One of the funniest things I ever read happened in the comments on one of April’s Facebook status updates.

So many choice quotes (“BIG BEAUTIFUL NACHOS” “WHY ARE FRIES EVEN UP IN THERE”).

Also that Michael has to pull his car over to the side of the road in order to participate in this debate, only to have April accuse him of having dystentery.

Epic. Click through, view large, live large.

ETA: add’l link in case you can’t work flickr.

This thread had just gotten started as I was leaving work and if there’s one thing I know, it’s that people are really passionate and territorial when it comes to fast food so an argument was bound to ensue.  So I check in on my phone (technology rules!) at this one red light on my way home that takes forever, and sure enough, comments were like 30 deep already.  So I’m reading and laughing along because I really don’t have a dog in that race and to my horror I see April’s dragged my beloved Jack in the Box into the mix!  That’s when I had to pull my car over and rush to its defense.  I just couldn’t let her slanderous words sit idly by for another minute longer.

INCIDENTALLY, I went to Del Taco for dinner last night.  I’d had Taco Bell earlier in the week and the way all those people on there were talking up Del Taco I was like, “okay, I’ve got an open mind, let’s give this another shot.”  Ugh, why!  All it did was reinforce what I already knew!  Their tacos are totally blah but their fries and Coke are awesome.  Here’s the thing: I actually find myself craving taco bell from time to time but I never get a hankering for Del Taco.  There’s a Del Taco a block from my apartment and I’m never there!  Sorry Del Taco, you lose.

2010 is gonna have to reach deep to top this shit. So many shades of awesome.

copycats:

Flume by Peter Gabriel
originally by Bon Iver
(posted by bunkercomplex)

holy holy holy.

totes have a tumblr crush on her (I think it’s a her?) and you should follow.

Spoon, “Don’t You Evah”

(I like the new record! I just wanted to share this, one of my favourite things… evah.)

1000th track: Van Morrison - Gloria 14 Feb 2005
2000th track: The Beatles - I Want You (She’s So Heavy) 05 Mar 2005
3000th track: Garbage - As Heaven Is Wide 04 Apr 2005
4000th track: Björk - Heirloom 26 Apr 2005
5000th track: The Smashing Pumpkins - Tristessa 13 May 2005
6000th track: Madonna - Take a Bow 18 Jun 2005
7000th track: Common - Chi City 23 Jul 2005
8000th track: Modest Mouse - Out of Gas 16 Aug 2005
9000th track: Hayden - Steps Into Miles 09 Sep 2005
10000th track: The Smiths - Asleep 29 Oct 2005
11000th track: Sting - It’s A Lonesome Old Town 05 Dec 2005
12000th track: Missy Elliott - Work It 25 Dec 2005
13000th track: David Bowie - What in the World 30 Jan 2006
14000th track: St. Germain - La Goutte D’Or 25 Feb 2006
15000th track: Depeche Mode - A Question Of Time 31 Mar 2006
16000th track: The Hollies - Long Cool Woman 14 May 2006
17000th track: Madonna - Isaac 16 Jul 2006
18000th track: Thom Yorke - Skip Divided 09 Aug 2006
19000th track: Nine Inch Nails - All The Love In The World 18 Sep 2006
20000th track: Madonna - Take a Bow 08 Nov 2006
21000th track: Spoon - You Gotta Feel It 09 Dec 2006
22000th track: Massive Attack - Light My Fire (live) 01 Jan 2007
23000th track: Thrush Hermit - From the Back of the Film 06 Feb 2007
24000th track: Lily Allen - Smile 04 Mar 2007
25000th track: The Magnetic Fields - Nothing Matters When We’re Dancing 27 Mar 2007
26000th track: The Darkness - I Believe in a Thing Called Love 23 Apr 2007
27000th track: Arcade Fire - Keep The Car Running 22 May 2007
28000th track: The Black Keys - The Lengths 29 Jun 2007
29000th track: Dead Kennedys - Too Drunk To Fuck 04 Nov 2007
30000th track: Fiona Apple - Please Please Please 03 Feb 2008
31000th track: Fiona Apple - Oh Well 01 Apr 2008
32000th track: Billie Holiday - Autumn In New York 18 Jun 2008
33000th track: Van Morrison - Madame George 02 Aug 2008
34000th track: The Sadies - Why Would Anybody Live Here? 27 Oct 2008
35000th track: Spoon - The Underdog 06 Dec 2008
36000th track: Radiohead - Bullet Proof… I Wish I Was 06 Jan 2009
37000th track: Richard Ashcroft - A Song For The Lovers 26 Jan 2009
38000th track: Radiohead - How to Disappear Completely 15 Feb 2009
39000th track: The Pogues - The Broad Majestic Shannon 14 Mar 2009
40000th track: Portishead - Wandering Star 11 Apr 2009
41000th track: Tegan and Sara - I Won’t Be Left 21 Jun 2009
42000th track: The Sound - Party of the Mind 24 Jul 2009
43000th track: Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Zero 05 Nov 2009
44000th track: José González - Heartbeats 03 Jan 2010

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Original prop manuscript from The Shining; Stanley Kubrick Archive.

George Clooney, Up in the Air.

A colleague I love dearly, who I consider a great friend, quit work today. I’m bummed out in a strange way because clearly, it’s good for my (ex-?) colleague’s mental health and life in general but damn it, I am selfish.

Whenever I feel sick is when I wish I had a partner. “Baby would you make me some grilled cheese, bring me a ginger ale and kiss my forehead?” I’d say.