My name is Janna. I used to live in Brooklyn, now I live in Oregon. itsjanna {at} gmail my audio parsermy buds: garrett / jeff / joe / lillianSlow Century MagazineTumblr (3.0; @itsjanna)http://itsjanna.tumblr.com/<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://itsjanna.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/236618072/tumblr_ksrw1bEP0t1qzoxdl&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p>“You Got Me” - The Roots</p> <p>Boooo, embedding on <a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBBBhQUl99w">the video</a> for this song has been disabled. Just wanted to express my amazement that ten whole years have passed since this song was released! While I associate a lot of songs with specific times and places, “You Got Me” exsists all by itself for me, so it was quite a surprise to find that an entire decade had passed since the first time I heard it.</p>http://itsjanna.tumblr.com/post/236618072http://itsjanna.tumblr.com/post/236618072Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:19:00 -0800musicsongsthe rootsErykah Badueve<img src="http://23.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksra1gJilI1qzoxdlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>British zombie double feature time! It’s been a hard couple of weeks.</p>http://itsjanna.tumblr.com/post/236242118http://itsjanna.tumblr.com/post/236242118Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:24:52 -0800movies28 Days Latershaun of the dead<img src="http://14.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksmvvmJzX21qzxlvao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Carrie Fisher and her stunt double on the set of <i>Return of the Jedi</i>.</p> <p>(via <a href="http://dbg.tumblr.com/post/234218707/dubliner-pedantics-carrie-fisher-and-her" target="_blank">dbg</a>/<a href="http://dubliner.ie/post/233828628/pedantics-carrie-fisher-and-her-stunt-double" target="_blank">dubliner</a>/<a href="http://pedantics.tumblr.com/post/233822674/carrie-fisher-and-her-stunt-double-sandi-gross" target="_blank">pedantics</a>/<a href="http://scifiwire.com/" target="_blank">scifiwire.com</a>)</p>http://itsjanna.tumblr.com/post/236232431http://itsjanna.tumblr.com/post/236232431Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:12:24 -0800moviesstar wars<img src="http://7.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksr876La931qzoxdlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Coney Island.</p> <p>I think it makes her face look like a sweet little flower.</p>http://itsjanna.tumblr.com/post/236211477http://itsjanna.tumblr.com/post/236211477Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:45:03 -0800my lifemy monstersjojo<img src="http://15.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksqrfd02R01qz4yzxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.uncrate.com/men/style/shoes/converse-all-star-rain-boot/" target="_blank">Converse All Star Rain Boot | Uncrate</a></p> <p>(via <a href="http://neourbanite.tumblr.com/post/235955815/converse-all-star-rain-boot-uncrate" target="_blank">neourbanite</a>)</p>http://itsjanna.tumblr.com/post/236114623http://itsjanna.tumblr.com/post/236114623Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:39:40 -0800fashion<img src="http://1.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksq6hfAWqi1qzw3gpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://sofresh.tumblr.com/post/235751747" target="_blank">sofresh</a>/<a href="http://w33d.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">w33d</a>)</p>http://itsjanna.tumblr.com/post/235807495http://itsjanna.tumblr.com/post/235807495Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:44:12 -0800televisionThe X-Filesdavid duchovny<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Pl0d8lVm9xk&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Pl0d8lVm9xk&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://roseann.tumblr.com/post/235681795/thedailywhat-lights-out-the-ladies-of" target="_blank">roseann</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://thedw.us/post/235661285/lights-out-the-ladies-of-australian-all-girl" target="_blank">thedailywhat</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><b>Lights Out: </b>The ladies of Australian all-girl quartet <a href="http://www.myspace.com/thekayaladies" target="_blank">Kaya</a> perform, while a fiberscope snaked down their throats spies on their vocal chords.</p> <p>Sweet dreams.</p> <p>[<a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/06/glottal-opera-vocal.html" target="_blank">via</a>.]</p> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://itsjanna.tumblr.com/post/235685338http://itsjanna.tumblr.com/post/235685338Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:43:49 -0800<img src="http://2.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kso6ayh95y1qzcdtro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://bon-bon.tumblr.com/post/235006676" target="_blank">bon-bon</a>/<a href="http://seductiontheory.tumblr.com/post/234891233" target="_blank">seductiontheory</a>/<a href="http://regardless.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">regardless</a>)</p> <blockquote> <blockquote></blockquote> </blockquote>http://itsjanna.tumblr.com/post/235668092http://itsjanna.tumblr.com/post/235668092Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:21:53 -0800i don't even know how to tag this<img src="http://14.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksq3jidcxf1qzoxdlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>One more.</p> <p>(photo by <a href="http://f427.fourtwoseven.com/" target="_blank">Mike Chaput-Branson</a>)</p>http://itsjanna.tumblr.com/post/235655321http://itsjanna.tumblr.com/post/235655321Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:06:54 -0800my lifemy weddingMike Chaput-Branson<img src="http://20.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksq38yn5yQ1qzoxdlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Just got the last of my wedding photos. Altogether, I have over a thousand of them, and I just spent an hour editing them down into a 130 or so that I’ll turn into a Facebook album for public consumption.</p> <p>(photo by <a href="http://meganmcisaac.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Megan McIsaac</a>)</p>http://itsjanna.tumblr.com/post/235649580http://itsjanna.tumblr.com/post/235649580Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:00:34 -0800my lifemy weddingmegan mcisaac<img src="http://16.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqn5dbDSjQ1qzcdtro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://sofresh.tumblr.com/post/198439382" target="_blank">sofresh</a>/<a href="http://regardless.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">regardless</a>)</p>http://itsjanna.tumblr.com/post/235206345http://itsjanna.tumblr.com/post/235206345Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:45:37 -0800art<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://itsjanna.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/235193464/tumblr_kspciy6Wb31qzo16p&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p>“Flashing Lights” - Kanye West</p> <p>“There are a few songs I never get sick of…and this is definitely one of them.”</p> <p>(via <a href="http://forwhenifeellikesharing.tumblr.com/post/235191266/kanye-west-flashing-lights-there-are-a-few" target="_blank">forwhenifeellikesharing</a>)</p>http://itsjanna.tumblr.com/post/235193464http://itsjanna.tumblr.com/post/235193464Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:26:36 -0800musicsongskanye west<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://itsjanna.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/235094850/tumblr_ksp671Vzo01qzoxdl&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p>“Have the Time” - The Slackers</p>http://itsjanna.tumblr.com/post/235094850http://itsjanna.tumblr.com/post/235094850Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:06:37 -0800musicsongsthe slackersJoe and I just removed a dead squirrel from our lawn. I held the bag and the lantern while Joe...http://itsjanna.tumblr.com/post/234724309http://itsjanna.tumblr.com/post/234724309Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:53:23 -0800eugene, ormy lifenew york<img src="http://3.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksoamqes8V1qzw8hfo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><i>Hank Willis Thomas</i></p> <p>PSA time, Tumblr: Always post the artist’s name or link to your source!</p> <p>(via <a href="http://joehoe.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">joehoe</a>)</p>http://itsjanna.tumblr.com/post/234722651http://itsjanna.tumblr.com/post/234722651Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:50:48 -0800artphotographyhank willis thomas<img src="http://6.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kso5t6XFb11qzoxdlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>There’s something…off about this photograph, but for some reason I keep coming back to it.</p>http://itsjanna.tumblr.com/post/234584097http://itsjanna.tumblr.com/post/234584097Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:00:42 -0800my lifephotographyjhgLately I’ve been itchy all over, like there’s something I’m supposed to be doing...http://itsjanna.tumblr.com/post/234281084http://itsjanna.tumblr.com/post/234281084Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:20:00 -0800my lifenanowrimonational novel writing monthphotography<img src="http://7.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksnmkdKgnA1qzpzfmo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1934826,00.html?xid=rss-mostpopular">On Wednesday</a>, the Iowa Department of Public Health reported the first confirmed case of H1N1 in a house pet, a 13-year-old domestic shorthaired cat.</p> <p>(via <a href="http://sofresh.tumblr.com/post/234221711" target="_blank">sofresh</a>/<a href="http://robotindisguise.tumblr.com/post/234219046/i-can-has-swine-flu-a-cat-comes-down-with-h1n1" target="_blank">robotindisguise</a>)</p>http://itsjanna.tumblr.com/post/234227797http://itsjanna.tumblr.com/post/234227797Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:15:09 -0800newsh1n12012The final twist in Nabokov's untold story: “Vladimir Nabokov was one of the most influential...http://itsjanna.tumblr.com/post/234093376http://itsjanna.tumblr.com/post/234093376Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:06:40 -0800booksliteraturevladamir nabokov<img src="http://1.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksn6caJaLa1qzrip0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://ragbag.tumblr.com/post/233967315/defrocking-your-books-it-took-me-until-pretty" target="_blank">ragbag</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><b>defrocking your books</b></p> <p>it took me until pretty late in life to realise that book covers, by and large, are tacky and more or less useless. using them to keep dust from your books is akin to using neon plastic to preserve your furniture.</p> <p>there are surprises in store for the adventurous defrocker of a hardback book…gold and silver foil stamping! linen! typography! earthtones! what’s more: since the binding of books has been more or less standardised over the last 3.2 million years, the dan brown bestseller that you bought yesterday will harmonise with your grandmother’s edition of <i>fanny hill </i>when they are both naked together on your bookshelf.</p> <p>added bonus: you can upcycle your discarded covers into fashionable outerwear!</p> <p>more unsolicited advice on how to arrange your bookshelf can be found <a href="http://ragbag.tumblr.com/post/148392800/roy-g-biv-has-a-posse-or-melvil-dewey-has-got" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> </blockquote>http://itsjanna.tumblr.com/post/234027596http://itsjanna.tumblr.com/post/234027596Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:35:36 -0800books