March 2012
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anthrodynia
dictionaryofobscuresorrows:
n. a state of exhaustion with how shitty people can be to each other, typically causing a countervailing sense of affection for things that are sincere but not judgmental, are unabashedly joyful, or just are.
“Old George Orwell got it backward. Big Brother isn’t watching. He’s singing and...”
– Chuck Palahnuik, Lullaby (via kindofpersonal)
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“We’re all golden sunflowers inside.”
– Allen Ginsberg (via thenocturnals)
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“To the person in the bell jar, blank and stopped as a dead baby, the world...”
– Sylvia Plath - The Bell Jar. (via micoolsniper)
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February 2012
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Is the whole Texas/Dodger/Jodie thing just going to end up a reverse of the whole Kris/Nancy/Ravi thing that happened a few years back? Are we meant to have wiped that from mind? With that and Mercy making passes at her sisters’ husbands it feels a bit like an infinite loop…
Six types of Love
Eros
a passionate physical and emotional love based on aesthetic enjoyment; stereotype of romantic love
Ludus a love that is played as a game or sport; conquest; may have multiple partners at once
Storge an affectionate love that slowly develops from friendship, based on similarity
Pragma love that is driven by the head, not the heart
Mania obsessive love; experience great emotional highs...
“No one could blame American women here if they all suddenly decided to leave the...”
– John Oliver on American contraception debates, The Bugle 183 (via sixpencesoulcake)
God, I wish I had the money to do so.
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Well I am in art school…….>:D
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To the next Burglar →
The (other) greatest thing I have read in ages- notice from Mark Twain to any potential burglars, pinned on his front door after he was broken into, and kept there from then on.
Thou eunuch of language →
This is quite possibly the best thing I have read in my life. I love this site- why haven’t I been on it in so long?!
Letter from Robert Burns to a critic who had bemoaned his use of “obscure language” and “imperfect grammar”, i.e. Scots!
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samulinky:
I like my characters beaten and broken down with a side of anger problems
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My Brendan catch-up round-up in 13 points (with...
OK, I’ve fallen majorly behind with HO because of pesky work the last few weeks, and not done any Brendan blogging, so I thought I’d catch-up on all I’ve missed tonight. And seriously it was a lot; so glad to have him back. I couldn’t resist doing my highlights since I’ve missed all the talk.
1. Brynsey- Just how seriously behind I was should be apparent when I...
“I shall not exist if you do not imagine me.”
– Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita (via littlefoxpaws)
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