August 2011
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fabiolaalondra:
Before, I almost used to think there was something wrong. Everybody else seemed to have the brakes on. I never feel the brakes. I overflow. And when I feel your excitement about life flaring, next to mine, then it makes me dizzy. - Anais Nin
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i feel like my efforts to be healthy and normal
have left me rather uninspired and boring. i’m trying to write about anything right now and am dry of any ideas.
i don’t want to talk about love, which is my usual, because frankly now, love and heartbreak bore me. i’m intrigued by it of course, as is my nature, but nothing sounds original anymore. unrequited love. badly timed connections. choosing the wrong person. not...
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ignify:
yearning, n. and adj.
at the core of this desire is the belief that everything can be perfect.
david levithan, the lover’s dictionary
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ignify:
detachment, n.
even when i detach, i care. you can be separate from a thing and still care about it. if i wanted to detach completely, i would move my body away. i would stop the conversation midsentence. i would leave the bed. instead, i hover over it for a second. i glance off in another direction. but i always glance back at you.
david levithan, the lover’s dictionary
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september vogue
yay! notably more asian models than usual.
boo. having the gorgeous caucasian karlie kloss in the fantastic “go east” beijing photospread made up to look decidedly asian.
there’s a case to be made that it’s like asian blackface.
there’s also a case to be made that it’s flattery since for years so many asians buy into the western standard of beauty, with...
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great dating advice: lovers vs. boyfriends. →
think about what it is, not what it isn’t.
imnottotallykidding:
when i think of my past lovers, guys i just had sex with and maybe enjoyed a preliminary drink or snack or meal or day with and it was fun and we liked each other and used each other for company and mostly sex, i feel so much affection. because at the end of the day, some thing kept us from being together and whatever that...
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“I don’t mean to criticize. Anyone. Actually. Except for MTV. You might have had...”
– Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon on MTV (via nedhepburn)
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“the greatest irony of love:
loving the right person at the wrong time,
having...”
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“I desire the things which will destroy me in the end.”
– Sylvia Plath (via dailystendhalnitesaudade)
nearerthemoon:
Pay attention to the energy in your body after an interaction with someone, this can be very revealing.
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“I’m not going to mislead anybody. Politics is really hard. And it is harder for...”
– Hillary Clinton On Politics & The Double Standard For Women | The Frisky (via thefrisky)
Umph
(via dominickbrady)
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“Love is the answer, but while you’re waiting for the answer, sex raises some...”
– Woody Allen (via santosha65)
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thevoiceproject:
This is a really powerful...
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“Tomorrow is the anniversary of Katrina making landfall in New Orleans. New...”
– @somebadideas (via kateoplis)
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hugeinjapan:
Nice N Smooth — Sometimes I Rhyme...
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preparing for the hurricane
refrigerator is stocked with food because i just happened to go to the co-op.
going to get some whiskey tonight. we have campari and ricard in the house.
neighbors bought a case of wine and some vodka. molly’s making guac.
oh, and we got some religious icon candles.
i think i might have some weed.
bring it on.
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“The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea”
– Isak Dinesen (via crookedindifference)
girlscout:
if you just post music videos and funny pictures on your facebook page, you should probably just get a tumblr account. if you post one liners/non-sequiturs on your tumblr, you should probably get a twitter account.
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“Just hours after a 5.9 magnitude quake hit Washington D.C., San Francisco...”
– Californians Are Being Insufferable About This Earthquake
(via brooklynmutt)
yeah. we are. 5.9 isn’t anything to scoff at, but where most people was, it didn’t feel like shit. just sayin’.
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Environmental activism in China: Poison protests |... →
A huge demonstration over a chemical factory unnerves officials
THESE are worrisome times for China’s rulers. The Communist Party’s credibility was already damaged by a collision of two high-speed trains on July 23rd that left 40 people dead and prompted even the state-supervised media to indulge in a rare outcry about official disregard for public safety. Now comes a demonstration in the...
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“We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it’s forever.”
– Carl Sagan (via crookedindifference) 