January 2009
104 posts
“i don’t like big things….i don’t like big unexpected things”
– Sal
kari-shma:
Damien Rice - Volcano
(another one...
“Any economic system, but especially a market economy, produces winners and...”
– Henry Kissinger, from The Economist’s: The World in 2009 book, essay titled “An End of Hubris.” (via vaughnshirley) (via robot-heart-politics)
Dating A Banker Anonymous →
bluenemesis:
Is this real? NYT says yes…
What? From the nyt article:
…Another wrote, fearfully, that her beau had told her to make a list of their favorite New York restaurants before the bad market forced a move to the Midwest. “Next time you are stressing over some finance guy, remember that he is just a math-club nerd,” one woman wrote after recounting a breakup. “This recession just...
“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive....”
– Harold Whitman (via skysignal)
“I don’t want you to get married any time soon, cos your husband...”
– Ricky to me via txt
Things i need to do:
Eat less
Sleep less
Study more
“Everywhere I go, I find a poet has been there before me.”
– Sigmund Freud (via psychotherapy)
“It’s a positive thing to have grown up not feeling nationalistic in any...”
– Hofesh Shechter, choreographer
“it really would be nice to wake up in a brave new world where “social...”
– Lisa Appignanesi on the madness of Big Pharma’s
“Human beings are funny. They long to be with the person they love but refuse to...”
– Sigmund Freud (via constellation) (via suzywire) (via tuesdayslove) (via unicornology) (via brokenmachine) (via taylorswaim)
decisions
skipping breakfast makes the decision of what to have for lunch so much harder.
the four stages of now
i am: cold
what i’m doing: eating ice cream whilst holding on to my hot water bottle. and tumbling.
what i should be doing: finishing the essay due in 5 days ago
what i’ve convinced myself i should do instead: fill in my diary.
copycats:
“Wild Horses” by The Sundays
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“The love that lasts the longest is the love that is never returned.”
– William Somerset Maugham (via kari-shma)
“The true reason [we read books] remains the inscrutable one - we get pleasure...”
– Virginia Woolf on her love of reading | Books | The Guardian (via buyhercandy) (via tarts) (via unicornology)
“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient...”
– Dr. Seuss
today was my first time seeing a dead body.
for me, the strangest thing was seeing the person exactly how i remembered them to be, but knowing that everything that actually made them who they were, had gone. it was like looking at an empty vase.
“Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with...”
– Audrey Hepburn (via reckon) (via spaceships)
elemeno
wordjournal:
noun • a nonexistent letter of the alphabet which some children think comes between ‘k’ and ‘p’
comments?
i’ve just added the comments feature to my page…
be nice kids x
“The worst thing a guy can do is make a girl fall for him with no intentions of...”
– (via littlemiss) (via finallyseeing)
unicornology:
bon-bon:
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“Idiot. You wouldn’t have this problem if you had killed yourself after the prom...”
– Andy Richter ( talking to self ) / Andy Richter Controls the Universe (via nevver)
speeding
i’ve spent the last half an hour going through my dashboard and reblogging. For once, it’s not because i’m avoiding writing an essay (ok, it is a little), but mainly it’s because i’m trying to avoid the traumatising events of last night.
last night.
i went speed dating.
this is a big deal for me, as i don’t really date but in the space of one night i met 50...
radarchive:
lazystar:
Ryan Adams - WW24
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“So that’s the best advice that I could give: is just to keep moving forward and...”
– Johnny Depp (via littlemiss) (via kari-shma) (via anjum)
“…I believe laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing; kissing a...”
– Audrey Hepburn (via heyaloverly) (via tuesdayslove) (via unicornology)
“It doesn’t matter if it’s true or not, if you believe in it, it doesn’t matter...”
– Unknown (via thresca)
“You know what? Fuck beauty contests. Life is one fucking beauty contest after...”
– Little Miss Sunshine (via filmquotes) (via unicornology)
probably my favorite movie quote ever.
(via awesomeface)
“If you’re not failing every now and then it’s a sign you’re not doing anything...”
– Woody Allen (via msbojangles)
this makes me feel better
smarthistory.org →
hydeordie:
Ok, this is officially my new favorite website.* You can search for art related posts by Time, Style, Artist, or Themes. It has a super easy layout (Lotte Meijer is responsible for the slick design) and really interesting posts, artworks, and podcasts.
This site is being developed by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker as a dynamic enhancement (or even substitute) for the static...
“But for the people of the Middle East, the absence of the word “Gaza” – indeed,...”
– Robert Fisk: So far, Obama’s missed the point on Gaza… - Robert Fisk, Commentators - The Independent (via anjum)
things i have vs things i would like to have
Things i have:
an overdue essay
an inappropriately positioned hole in my favourite jeans
99 darjeeling tea bags which i don’t think i’ll ever drink
cherry flavoured lips
an overwhelming sense of fear
Things i would like to have:
no essays
no hole in my jeans
a taste for darjeeling tea
someone to appreciate my cherry flavoured lips
a kick-ass attitude to life that would...
organisation is the key to success
“So she had to satisfy herself with the idea of love—loving the loving of things...”
– Jonathan Safran Foer (Everything Is Illuminated) (via redballoon) (via ledgeradio)
msbojangles:
emilyfofemmely:
indierawk:
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