January 2013
“Memory sometimes makes merciful deletions.”
– H.P. Lovecraft (via nathanielstuart)
Date By Numbers: on desperation →
datebynumbers:
We can do better than this.
I. I can do so much better than this.
This morning, 27 years old, I drank the coffee I’d left on the kitchen table the night before. I carried my bike down the stairs and surveyed the driveway for black ice. Even at 10 am, it was too cold for pedestrians. The streets were empty, and the cold burned my eyes at stop signs. I pedaled through town to...
“I’ve always lived my life by a code of magic. I believe in luck, fate, hope,...”
– Date By Numbers
I think this is a beautiful quote to start 2013 with!
(via gypsycowgirl)
It's Time.
My List of 12 Kinds of Resolutions for the Year 2012
spiritual resolution: go to church more often. go to confession when necessary. physical resolution: take my vitamins. eat healthier. habitual resolutions: - accept my newfound smoking habits, but don’t let it progress any further. - clean my apartment more often and don’t let it get to the level of brothel crack den. - now that I possess a...
December 2012
November 2012
KILLING IT OUT HERE. →
i made a tumblr for my online journalism class and i’m so goddamn glad that i’m done with it AND that i’m so proud of it.
must’ve put in honestly 24+ hours into it at this point.
cccccccccheeeck it out.
i’m so over this semester.
“It sounds tedious, but there’s a lot you can learn from looking at floor boards.”
– A Henry James house tour with Jessica Chastain and Dan Stevens: http://nyr.kr/QJhfV6 (via newyorker)
October 2012
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See the Devastating Aftermath of Superstorm Sandy... →
Superstorm Sandy blew through the east coast Monday, leaving millions without power and a huge mess to be cleaned.
Many people, including the majority of New York City, are still without power this morning. Residents woke up to the disaster area Tuesday and captured the damage.
Our thoughts go out to everyone affected by Sandy. We hope you’re safe and dry this morning.
I’m from the hood stupid what type of facts are...
September 2012
The Benjamin Franklin Effect →
jtotheizzoe:
Utterly fascinating account of how we end up liking those we do nice things for, and hating those we harm, which is exactly the opposite of what we think we are doing, from the book/blog You Are Not So Smart (which is in some ways both exactly the same and completely the opposite of this blog).
“Let’s start with your attitudes. Attitude is the psychological term for the the...
May 2012
“Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different...”
– Hermann Hesse (via loveyourchaos)
“Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different...”
– Hermann Hesse (via loveyourchaos)
loveyourchaos:
At this moment, I’m not unhappy.
“But I must admit I miss you quite terribly. The world is too quiet without you...”
– Lemony Snicket, The Beatrice Letters (via loveyourchaos)
“I think too much when I kiss.
If love did not exist,
I would be so goddamn...”
– Andrea Gibson (via loveyourchaos)
I JUST LIKE TO BE BY MYSELF.
you think you’re like a bird, but you wanna be a part of a flock.
i’m a lone goddamn eagle and you know what, i can fend for myself.
it’s crazy how many things you can realize about someone you thought you knew so much about…
and besides everyone i’m referencing in my mind, this statement mostly applies 200% to myself.
“When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via nathanielstuart)
“If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull.”
– W. C. Fields (via simko)
“Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a...”
– Dennis Wholey (via simko)
