May 2012
217 posts
Listening to: Papas Fritas “Way You Walk” (on KEXP)
Eating: Nada, it’s past dinner.
Drinking: A giant bottle of H2O
Reading: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs and Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin
Watching: Gilmore Girls, season 2
Wearing: gigantically too big, plaid, fleece pj pants and a black tshirt
Writing:The usual.
Thinking:...
Last night, as I was sleeping, I dreamt — marvelous error!— that a spring was breaking out in my heart. I said: Along which secret aqueduct, Oh water, are you coming to me, water of a new life that I have never drunk?
Last night, as I was sleeping, I dreamt — marvelous error!— that I had a beehive here inside my heart. And the golden bees were making white combs and sweet honey from...
We also have this idea that our bodies are only worth their value to other...
– Dianne Sylvan
If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat. Just get on.
– Sheryl Sandberg’s Inspiring Speech At Harvard Business School (via courtenaybird)
YES (via joshmohrer)
If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat. Just get on.
– Sheryl Sandberg’s Inspiring Speech At Harvard Business School (via courtenaybird)
YES (via joshmohrer)
The Opposite of Lonliness
The piece below was written by Marina Keegan ‘12 for a special edition of the News distributed at the class of 2012’s commencement exercises last week. Keegan died in a car accident on Saturday. She was 22.
We don’t have a word for the opposite of loneliness, but if we did, I could say that’s what I want in life. What I’m grateful and thankful to have found at Yale, and what I’m...
I spent money I shouldn’t have to back this project (and, let’s face it, I wanted the t-shirt that came with my level of pledge) and you should definitely check it out. Andy Smetanka is a Missoula local—and he did the animation for the music video of The Decemberists The Bachelor and the Bride. Help him! He only has a few days left to fund the project.
It’s the oldest story in the world. One day, you’re 17 and you’re planning for...
– Nathan Scott (via no-one-hears-before-i-disappear)
I had a dream that I met John and Hank Green...
thedoctorwillsaveme:
WHY CAN’T THIS BE REAL?!?!?!
I know Katherine and I met Hank! Not John yet, though.
Have you seen most of the plus-size sections out there? It’s horrifying....
– Tim Gunn
(via galaxy-hearts)
There's a 14 year old songwriter who loves Stephin... →
If you’re young, try not to get involved with the “too cool” crowd. That quickly...
– (via humansofnewyork)
Anonymous asked: Why do you write so much?
taweesha:
Because kidnapping people and forcing them to act out your interesting make-believe worlds is technically illegal.
Brutal honesty hour:
A - If I'm in love.
B - Who the last person I talked to on the phone was.
C - How long it's been since I've kissed someone
D - If I have a preference for boys or girls.
E - How many holes I have in my ears.
F - Give me any options, like 'hot or cold?'
G - The last person I said 'I love you' to.
H - The last person I hugged.
I - The last time I felt jealous, and why.
J - How old I am.
K- What my full name is.
L - If I have siblings.
M - If I forgive betrayal.
N - If you want to know how I treat my friends.
O - If I like my school.
P - What kind of music I like.
Q - What the last party I went to was, and when the next will be.
R - For me to tell 10 of my curiosities.
S - 2 habits.
T- 5 things I love unconditionally.
U - How many texts I send daily.
V - 3 big dreams.
W - An idol.
X - If I've done something I regret very much.
Y - If I like my town and why.
Z - Ask any question you want.
Femme Pink: "I feel so fat today." "Today is a fat... →
havingafatday:
Some times when this is okay to say:
When you are experiencing your body and its fat.
Some times when this is NOT okay to say:
When you feel lazy.
When you feel like you can’t do anything correctly.
When you feel stupid.
When you feel ugly.
When you feel useless.
Those feelings are very valid, and should be recognized. However, using “fat,” as a synonym for those...