January 2009
104 posts
Why am I such a masochist?
Why do I insist on visiting the Wikipedia article on the book I’m reading when I know it’s going to ruin everything for me?
“…But broken hearts are what give us strength and understanding and...”
– This is from an email I got at work today. You know, from that one lady in the office who is always forwarding garbage to hundreds of people and you can’t figure out why you got added to her spam list? Who knew she’d actually pass on this nugget of wisdom.
loosegoose:
bebelestrange:
“your birthdate meaning”
Aries
Taurus
Gemini
Cancer
Leo
Virgo
Libra
Scorpio
Sagittarius
Capricorn
Aquarius
Pisces
scroll down the page of your sign to find your birthdate
(mine’s oct. 11, btw)
Geminis born June 4 combine daring with practicality and discipline with artistry. They have a sparkling personality and are very much aware of the...
a note upon starvation
ragbag:
about the fourth day you begin to feel almost intoxicated panic subsides one sleeps well: 12 to 14 hours, and most unusual one continues to defecate. the vision grows more acute everything is seen with a new clarity.
a note upon starvation, charles bukowski (1980)
Well, hell, when you put it that way I’m almost tempted to try it!
Set Fire to Flames - Love Song for 15 Ontario (w/...
“I’ve been blessed with the inspiration to take what little I have and...”
– Hatebreed - “Hollow Ground”
I’d post a song from this band but I figured I’d spare you all.
I decided that I cannot safetly browse Tumblr in...
loosegoose:
I’m sitting on a public computer in a very busy hall in school waiting for class to start and I got a new follower slutsoft. I just got a few dirty looks for opening that page.
At least they’re not wearing anime contact lenses.
Seriously though, is there a block feature on Tumblr? Talk about ulterior motives.
The Mercury Program - To/From Iceland
Another...
“There’s nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and...”
– Red Smith
What's wrong with me
Is that title a question or a statement? No idea.
So, yesterday. Around 4:30pm my garbage plate started to catch up with me (along with the 15 or so beers from the previous night’s 300-cup beer pong game) and I decided to take a nap of sorts. Mostly I just passed out on my bed facedown.
But it wasn’t a deep sleep by any means, although I did dream. And it’s the dreaming that...
City and Colour - Casey’s Song
Lame...
“The moment one learns English, complications set in.”
– Felipe Alfau - Chromos
Make Nick Dance →
This is way more entertaining than it should be.
NaS - I Want to Talk to You
He put on an amazing...
“You’re all the way over there,
but we can dance to your music from here.”
– Murder By Death - “Holy Lord, Shawshank Redemption is Such a Good Movie!”
I just got home from a pants-optional party.
That felt GOOD.
“once in a while there’s this girl I don’t know in my dreams
she...”
– Built to Spill - “Terrible/Perfect”
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-1-18) →
Last.fm Tumblr Weekly Top Artists
joelaz:
If you’d like to highlight your music interests from Last.fm on your Tumblr page but don’t want to inundate friends with posts for each track, check out this simple tool I made called Last.fm Tumblr. Instead of generating a post for every individual track you listen to, this feed updates once a week with a list of your top 5 artists from the prior week. Less noise, same effect. See my...
Russian Circles - Upper Ninety
I saw these guys...
“For I am not so enamoured of my own opinions that I disregard what others may...”
– Nicolaus Copernicus
I just got my first law school acceptance.
Shouldn’t I be a bit more excited?
Cocoon - Cliffhanger
It would be beautifully...
fuck
ragbag:
Hearing a curse elicits a literal rise out of people…Their skin conductance patterns spike, the hairs on their arms rise, their pulse quickens, and their breathing becomes shallow. Interestingly, said Kate Burridge, a professor of linguistics at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, a similar reaction occurs among university students and others who pride themselves on being educated...
And what if we forget to take ourselves less...
beenthinking:
It’s a wonder we survive this winter madness. And I almost mean that without irony. These long soulless days of January and February that leave us profoundly discontent for no reason we could justify. Despondent by each day’s propensity to merely arrive. Annoyed that the laundry continues, that the bath water goes cold.
These days, everything is under the microscope – analyzed and...
“…And so to all other peoples and governments who are watching today, from...”
– President Barack Obama
Mr President: I accept your challenge.
That was, bar none, the most moving speech I’ve ever heard.
“The older I grow, the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings...”
– H. L. Mencken
Explosions in the Sky - A Poor Man’s Memory
...
a request
ragbag:
first an update: it seems that the pink eye virus has now infiltrated my right eye (my ogling eye). i wish that my immune system could have figured out the secret code for defeating the virus beforehand, but at least my eyes match now.
anywho, my usual sources for finding such information are frustrating me to no end, and scanning lines and lines of google results is excruciating, so i...
I really don't understand...
amyyy:
how can somebody obliviously just take everything they can from a friendship, and give absolutely nothing back to it? I have a friend who, and it never fails, just asks for everything I can give (time, energy, advice, favors, etc.), takes it, asks for more, takes some more, and then disappears the moment I ask for advice or anything. The smallest little request that doesn’t benefit them…...
500 Days of Summer →
(via pammy)
This looks amazing.
“I bet the guy that sells roofies probably pops his collar.”
– Ernest Soulsteen