May 2012
7 posts
When I try to join a serious conversation
whatshouldwecallme:
Elie Wiesel
Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
April 2012
4 posts
why are rich people always ugly
Top 10 Most Misunderstood Lines in Literary... →
amandaonwriting:
10. Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken
Famous Quote: “I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.”
The United States’ most famous poet’s most famous poem is a timeless ode to the American ideals of “individuality” and “forging your own path.” It’s one of those poems that’s so famous, even people who hate poetry can quote it. These are the reasons it...
“peace” tattoos lol
March 2012
4 posts
“Instead of saying “I don’t have time” try saying “it’s not a priority,” and see...”
– Wall Street Journal Article on being busy. (via cavesoflilith)
Ode to the Cat
There was something wrong
with the animals:
their tails were too long, and they had
unfortunate heads.
Then they started coming together,
little by little
fitting together to make a landscape,
developing birthmarks, grace, flight.
But the cat,
only the cat
turned out finished,
and proud:
born in a state of total completion,
it sticks to itself and knows exactly what it wants.
Men...
February 2012
11 posts
te quiero locamente
“Only hang around people that are positive and make you feel good. Anybody who...”
– Amy Poehler (via stupidhandshakeything)
WatchRaces “Big Broom” ( Edward Chase Masterson )
“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners. I wish someone had told me. All...”
– Ira Glass
> I wish I had read this and taken it to heart two years ago when I gave up on art school.
i like how everyone is pretending they know who don cornelius is now that he’s dead
you’re my cave and i been hidin out
January 2012
2 posts
“These people are going on mushroom trips in the lab setting and months later, in...”
– Nicholas Money talks about psilocybin, a psychedelic compound found in over 200 species of mushrooms. Psilocybin is currently being used in highly-supervised lab studies to see how people react to the hallucinogen, which mimics the effects of serotonin on brain receptors. (via nprfreshair)
December 2011
6 posts
“Work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to...”
– Vaclav Havel (via think-progress)
2008: wow i was so stupid last year
2009: wow i was so stupid last year
2010: wow i was so stupid last year
2011: wow i was so stupid last year
took the babies to the Science Museum today and saw an IMAX movie about Hubble and then we walked around holding hands looking at asteroids EEEEEE so fun and cute
November 2011
4 posts
monday evening
bought a pair of bellbottoms, ate chicken nuggets, baked a cake, watched willy wonka & the chocolate factory, painted my nails emerald green
October 2011
13 posts
Miranda July
I made orange juice from concentrate and showed her the trick of squeezing the juice of one real orange into it. It removes the taste of being frozen. She marveled at this, and I laughed and said, Life is easy. What I meant was, Life is easy with you here, and when you leave, it will be hard again.
—No One Belongs Here More than You
"Don't let it get to you"
The Frenemy.: When I'm In a Rut →
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thefrenemy:
There’s a low point you reach at bars sometimes.
I get it, I’m in my twenties, I’m supposed to high five people at bars. I’m supposed to be enveloped in the kind of life that supports people who wear plaid shirts and Axe body Spray and tips a dollar for drinks. I’m supposed to wait on bathroom…
sometimes i’m like
AHHH I SUCK AT EVERYTHING RELATED TO BEING A HUMAN BEING
and then i get over it
Yesterday was my 23rd birthday. My mom and I talked about starting to pay off my student loans, where I’m going to live, and how my uncle just broke his back. Then I had to go to work for the first time on my birthday, too. Adult?
“Everybody suffers. If you can accept your suffering, you will understand other people better. And strangely enough, you will be grateful for pain.”
