Word: awkwardness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...grooving to such tracks as “Panic” and “Treat Me Right” back in 1997 when I was rocking my latest polyester selection from the Rave. Fast-forward ten years, and I’m just left uncomfortable. New heights of awkward are reached in “Everything But Mine,” when the group starts spouting such innuendos as “I’m gonna leave the light on / And I won’t let you down.” I dare you to keep...
...women’s bathroom.RR: Was it cleaner?PS: It was definitely cleaner. They treat women so much better.RR: Did you put the seat down?PS: I put the seat up because I was taking a piss.RR: But did you put it down afterwards?PS: Oh. No. Also, really awkward, because there was like a girl right next to the bathroom and I think she saw me.RR: How does that experience inspire you for your role in “Urinetown?”PS: I think it’s just all about the character work. Method acting...
Remember those precious high school years? The dabbling in drugs, alcohol, and those first awkward forays into love and sex? That time when we didn’t have pestering things like midterms, problem sets, or eRecruiting to worry about? OK, maybe most Harvard students spent most of their teenage years saving Darfur and curing AIDS. But whether you got all of those beautiful awakenings in high school or during a crash-course on one hazy night on your first weekend at Harvard, they were undoubtedly great times. Watching Sophia Coppola’s “Marie Antoinette?...
...your average rock documentary. There are no introductions to characters: the focus is not on the band but rather the landscape and the audience. There are no huge arenas: the performances happen in obscure places like a gymnasium or sculpture garden. There are no long interviews: only short, awkward, and often-humorous reflections. The musicians come across as modest and down to earth, which is surprising considering only seven years have passed since they boasted on their Web site, “We are simply gonna change music forever, and the way people think about music. And don?...
...course, such comments could be simple opposition politics seeking to exploit an awkward moment for the government. Whether Montebourg's analysis actually finds resonance in public opinion should become clear when polls on the question are published later next week. And then there will be the next important demonstration of French society's enthusiasm (or lack thereof) for Sarkozy's reform agenda: the success of the nationwide strikes on Nov. 20 and the level of public support for them...