February 2011
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“If she refuses him, we’ll just have to take her abroad. In these moments,...”
– the grandmother in Downton Abbey, episode 6
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transit →
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SweetChicken hosts mixtape contest!!! →
No definite word yet on the prizes, but the deadline is February 13th at midnight. I’ve already submitted my list… BUT I KNOW YOU CAN TOP WHATEVER I SUBMITTED! Yes, you. You know who you are, you follower-types. You’re musical. You’re creative. And you’re all very attractive, I just know it. The first two of those qualities are really going to help you think up...
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“We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings.”
– Audre Lorde (via thissinkingboat)
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5.6 miles Thursday night
Thank you, thank you. For weeks I’ve been stuck around 4 or 4.5. Next stop, half marathon! …ok, we all know that’s not the next stop. REAL next stop: trying to do it again!
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“I loved growing up in Canada. It’s a great place to grow up, because—well, at...”
– Ryan Gosling (via murderer) If I didn’t love Ryan Gosling before, this would have made me love him. He apologized to the TREE, and he learned kitties don’t live FOREVER. (via exbestfriend)
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Flickr: Amy Rice's Photostream →
Amy Rice everybody… I love her designs AND the fact that she has some free Valentine’s cards available for download. Enjoy!
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isolation →
steam curls up then vanishes,
tenderly strokes last night’s dishes
poking up out of a fetid sink,
never reaches the humming lights.
how long can a grown man last
in this indelicate condition? …
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Oxford University Press: Friend v. Friend: Ethan... →
Ethan Lieb’s latest strikes me as Robert Carneiro meets Robert Putnam… this is definitely going on my library list. Maybe even my book club list. Thinking of EL and TL. And EB. And, honestly, a heckuva lot of people. You should probably check it out. I’ll post about it again once I’ve read it.
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Orangette: And try to be cheerful →
There’s a book called The Breakfast Book? That I haven’t read?!
*casts lingering look in amazon.com’s direction*
This is Why Everyone Shopping at Trader Joe's... →
*the quick rush of wisdom, blowing across my inbox*
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“Our culture’s worship of the “quick-n-easy” over the engaged and rewarding has...”
– smitten kitchen
This quote has stuck in my head since I read it the other day while searching for chili recipes.
(via swordgirl)
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import issues?
um. the posts from my wordpress feed aren’t importing whenever i have tumblr posts in my queue. does anyone know what i might be doing wrong? bah. grumpy.
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and did i mention...?
SO MUCH happened last week. Here’s a quick run-down:
* started writing regularly again
* submitted 13 resumes (really getting into a rhythm with this)
* first post grad school paycheck
* uh, let me say that again: FIRST POST GRAD SCHOOL PAYCHECK
* amazing cuban dinner party, courtesy of KS
* pizza with friends
* watched Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Flower of Her Secret, and Harry Brown...
darrenandthemachine asked: I just read a bunch of your poetry on your Wordpress site. It's rather fantastic.
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darrenandthemachine asked: I just read a bunch of your poetry on your Wordpress site. It's rather fantastic.
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so much hope
ireadintothings:
This is the place where things work out, and nobody is ever mad at you; not even you.
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so much hope
ireadintothings:
This is the place where things work out, and nobody is ever mad at you; not even you.
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truth on my dashboard...
ireadintothings:
We escape into other people’s lives, celebrities, artists, or fictional characters, through movies, songs, paintings, and photographs. Because we don’t find ourselves so interesting and we want something else… but our most secret hope is that someone else will find us interesting and will want to escape into our lives.
*thanks, iread*
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truth on my dashboard...
ireadintothings:
We escape into other people’s lives, celebrities, artists, or fictional characters, through movies, songs, paintings, and photographs. Because we don’t find ourselves so interesting and we want something else… but our most secret hope is that someone else will find us interesting and will want to escape into our lives.
*thanks, iread*
daily four « getting it →
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daily three « getting it →
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