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...Elliot Smith song, filled with dark and brooding imagery; but the video for “Believe” wastes its existential potential on cheap cliches. What should have been a deeply moving and raw music video becomes a glorified iPod commercial, with slightly worse lighting, defective editing, and awkward crowd surfing. As the band plays on a stage lined by flailing arms and hands, the camera randomly freezes the action into what resembles Warhol-esque snapshots. Yet these stills only remind the audience that The Bravery will probably never reach the epic proportions that made Elvis a legitimate subject...
...RR’s laptop and looks her up. Picture is scandalous.] She’s really into applications on Facebook. So she sends me things on occasion. She asked me to be part of her “Kingdom” the other day.RR: That’s awkward. Any other funny applications?DBS: So there was one application, “Are you interested?” that you send to people and they click “yes” or “no.” So she sends this...
...great, funny, well-acted film. It wasn’t.Jennifer Garner was high-strung and anxious, as if she were in an episode of “Alias.” The only role Michael Cera’s capable of playing—the aloof and awkward George Michael of “Arrested Development”—worked well in the hit “Superbad,” but made for a strange, apathetic teenage dad-to-be in the context of “Juno.” The charm of his gaucheness completely...
Enter Photoshop. After a disastrously awkward trip to John’s office hours, I decided to channel my undying affection into artistic means. The wedding photo satisfied my passion for a while, but eventually I needed to take our relationship to the next level—so I ordered the picture on a tote bag. Ostensibly it was a gift for my best friend, which I swore was ironic, but when she failed to use it everyday, I stole it back (sorry, Kippy...
Despite being the hub of one of the most famously awkward dating scenes in all of America — where else do people meet on the steps of the library to go on their first date? — Harvard is nevertheless home to many happy couples on all ends of the romantic spectrum. In a school where a rumored 70 percent of graduates end up married within the Ivy League, couples range from hand-holding in the dining hall to saying “I do” in Memorial Church...