January 2011
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“They all run together and never make sense,
but that’s how we like it,...”
– Looking for Astronauts by The National
“Take all your reasons and take them away
to the middle of nowhere, and on your...”
– Looking for Astronauts by The National
“If it doesn’t come bursting out of you
in spite of everything,
don’t do it....”
– So You Want To Be A Writer by Charles Bukowski
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Dear Girls of Tumblr, →
putablueribbononmybrain:
By this I mean all girls that I follow and all girls that are following me. Because I don’t want to have to spend a couple of hours a day scrolling through my dashboard to catch up on tumblr but I also don’t want to miss anything I don’t follow a lot of people. However, you can trust me when I say…
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“How did it get so late so soon? It’s night before it’s afternoon. December is...”
– Dr. Seuss
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“Bottle eyes, glassy blue
I watch the rain come out of you”
– Cold Girl Fever by The National
Everywhere you go is swirling, everything you say...
(I love that the second part of this was said by Matt’s wife in an argument she was having with him. it makes him all the more genuine.)
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In a fashion coat I float down my city
Don’t you think I look pretty anymore
I’ll do everything to you but I can hardly come
Cause I’m so afraid of you falling
I die fast in this city
Outside I die slow
I’m not stupid I swear
I read the foreign news to understand my nation
You get two options in The You Estates
Black city bloodbath or white country rape
I die fast in this...
ficklemind-deactivated20120420 asked: You're getting all of ma luuuv.
ficklemind-deactivated20120420 asked: So apparently, you're my tumblr crush.
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i really am the funniest person i know
-break silence randomly- me: right, now that you reminded me, what scary movie should i get for the party tomorrow? little sister: how the hell did i remind you of that? me: well, quite simple. i just looked at your face and horror struck me, and i remembered i needed a movie just as scary. little sister: hahahahhaha- wait HEY THAT’S MEAN.
Brazil Green Lights Amazon Dam Disregarding... →
malefeministandthenakedsamba:
New Dilma Government Approves Fast-Track Forest Clearance and Commencement of Controversial Belo Monte Construction Site
The Brazilian government has issued a “partial” installation license allowing the Belo Monte Dam Complex to break ground on the margins of the Amazon’s Xingu River despite egregious disregard for human rights and environmental legislation, the...
ficklemind-deactivated20120420 asked: It felt creepy, asking as an anon. Seriuzly.
Anonymous asked: I just want to see how being on anon feels like.
AND GUESS WHO THIS IS.
AND GUESS WHO THIS IS.
i don’t want to be the person you run away from, but the person you run to.
“People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.
If you...”
– Mother Teresa (via blogosophia)
Letter to a Young Novelist →
somewhereoverthesunnovel:
You don’t learn love from listening to people who have loved telling you what to do and not do. You lay in bed with a person and do or not do things. You spend time in the nooks and crannies of who they are. One person at a time you decide what you…
“Remember that all through history, there have been tyrants and murderers, and...”
– Mahatma Gandhi (via blogosophia)
“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via blogosophia)
look, i successfully woke up at 4:16 AM
to revise for the chemistry final that could’ve well been revised yesterday. “man, i swear, 2011, PROCRASTINATION SHALL BE DEFEATED.” i think my resolution for 2012 will be not to make any resolutions.
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arab mothers, honestly
me: i’m hungry, i’m gonna go make noodles.
mom: no, no, why won’t the maid cook you some hot dogs?
me: mama, i don’t eat meat.
mom: but it’s turkey hot dogs.
me: but i don’t eat meat.
mom: but it’s turkey.
me: which is meat.
mom: TUR-KEY.
me: ME-AT.
“When someone is crying, of course, the noble thing to do is to comfort them. But...”
– Lemony Snicket (via justsmilecourtney)
The Kinds of People You Can Date. →
promotingpeace:
You can date someone in the summertime when it’s too hot to have rules. This person might not make sense in February when you’re wearing thick coats and eating too much, but they’ll fit in nicely at a Fourth of July barbecue or a pool party. Your bodies will stick together in the heat and sometimes…
“Censorship is telling a man he can’t have a steak just because a baby...”
– Mark Twain
obviously I need more, I have different versions...
29-years:
insert gif of matt lying down because I can’t find it ugh
i just died.
I’ve been listening to this song on repeat...
What's that?
gallifreyangato:
You have a Scottish Accent?
An Irish accent?
Or is it a Welsh accent?
Oh, so it’s an English accent then?
“One reason for writing, of course, is that no one’s written what you want to...”
– Philip Larkin (via theparisreview)
Awkward.. →
garishlightofday:
What’s the deal with people making conversation in public toilets?
No, Mike from Corporate Admin, I will not accept your invite to ‘Casual drinks after work with the boys’ on Outlook, even though I appreciate the effort you went to in order to create an actual event and invite everyone which…
lol, i can’t even begin to explain how much i laughed at this.
Cool your heels: An open letter about why everyone... →
coolyourheels:
Hot guys who like music and cooking are a dime a dozen; you can find one who isn’t someone else’s boyfriend. - Auntie Sparknotes
Hey, so, Sara, this one is for you so you don’t cut me when you wake up at 4:30 in the morning and see that I haven’t posted. Look, I am posting! See? DON’T CUT ME.
…
so when i show people Dean's Amulet
andwehadmagic:
supernaturalvampire:
theresadevilstraponmyceiling:
supernaturalvampire:
i’m all;
but they’re like “That’s ugly”
and i’m like “That is Dean’s Amulet!”
so they’re just like;
and i’m like;
UGLY? EXCUSE ME?
IF I SAW SOMEONE WITH THAT I’D BE LIKE
I’M GOING TO HAVE ONE IN A FEW DAYS
CAN I COME TO YOUR BED THEN ;D
I HAVE DEAN’S BRACELET HELLS YEAH
OMG...
That moment when you feel someone doesn't want to...
brocat-:
MY. ENTIRE. LIFE.
When I try to talk to people and they give me...
garishlightofday:
silentyouth:
This is for Sara; I know that this is how you feel when we speak :P
I’m glad you’re aware of the great attitude you provoke in me, haha
