February 2012
219 posts
“i started asking the sun about the big bang. the sun said: it hurts to become. i...”
– i sing the body electric, especially when my power’s out, andrea gibson
“you mistake her name for the moon”
– wasabi, andrea gibson
“can you imagine anything more frightening? can you imagine anything more alive?”
– wasabi, andrea gibson
the past ten days have been pretty special ones.
overanalyzing
satireintrees:
is my specialty
“If you asked me now who I am, the only answer I could give with any certainty...”
– Evelyn Waugh (via misswallflower)
“and i know that it ain’t worth much, but it feels good to touch, and i...”
– golden age of radio, josh ritter
i didn't know how to play when i was a kid →
Women’s College Problems #440
womenscollegeproblems:
When your professors put “no knitting/crocheting in class” in their syllabus
“please don’t make me face my generation alone!”
– all the pretty girls, fun.
“you still wear boots and your hair is too long.”
– all the pretty girls, fun.
A Collection of Rare and Obscure Words →
ifyoureallycared:
Cheiloproclitic - Being attracted to someones lips. Quidnunc - One who always has to know what is going on. Ultracrepidarian - Of one who speaks or offers opinions on matters beyond their knowledge. Apodyopis - The act of mentally undressing someone. Gymnophoria - The sensation that someone is mentally undressing you. Tarantism - The urge to overcome melancholy by dancing....
to make sense of silence
i breathe in fire. i breathe out morning air.
i layer my realities. i sort.
i attach wisps of steel to my skin, turn my face to the wind, pretend to be the sum of words and glances the reflected world feigns right back to me.
and on cold nights, i keep the stardust i found on the pathway home beside me in my bed, because god knows nothing else makes sense.
“studying beautiful things was my job.”
– alice wilder
“However, I spend a lot of time trying to reconcile this love for propriety (and...”
– alice wilder
“That’s how I learned the best way to make a book mine. I fold and underline. I...”
– alice wilder
“I feel like when someone carefully selects 20-25 songs, places them in an order...”
– alice wilder
“try twice as hard and i’m half as liked”
– some nights, fun.
Could you guys make a road trip playlist? Like,...
autostraddle:
http://www.autostraddle.com/dinah-shore-road-trip-2010-38898/
Ask Rachel a thing
for reference.
“what the water wants is hurricanes and sailboats to ride on its back-what the...”
– Sufjan Stevens (via rachspace)
