January 2012
25 posts
One right above the other on my Twitter news-feed. These two things pretty much sum me up.
“Nor is this a class in writing, beyond the unassailable condition of words as...”
– my WRTG 3020 syllabus.
I'm sorry but Emma Stone does not get to be funny...
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sometimes you just have to hope it will all work...
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“Yearning. n and adj.
At the core of this desire is the belief that everything...”
– The Lovers Dictonary, David Levithan
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“Trying to write about love is ultimately like trying to have a dictionary...”
– The Lovers Dictonary, David Levithan
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“You leaned your head into mine, and I leaned my head into yours. Dancing cheek...”
– The Lovers Dictonary, David Levithan
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“thing about champagne,” you say, unfoiling the cork, unwinding its wire...”
– The Lovers Dictonary, David Levithan
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“catharsis, n.
I took it out on the wall. I LOVE YOU. I LOVE YOU. YOU FUCKER,...”
– The Lovers Dictonary, David Levithan
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“There has to be a moment at the beginning when you wonder whether you’re in love...”
– The Lovers Dictonary, David Levithan
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“Perhaps it never happened. Perhaps it happened while I was asleep. Most likely,...”
– The Lovers Dictonary, David Levithan
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“was after sex, when there was still heat and mostly breathing, when there was...”
– The Lovers Dictonary, David Levithan
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I read this really sweet book called "The Lovers...
It goes through the beginning, middle, and eventual end of a relationship all by using letters of the dictionary and short snippets from one point of view.
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Andrew Sullivan: How Obama's Long Game Will... →
“If I sound biased, that’s because I am. Biased toward the actual record, not the spin; biased toward a president who has conducted himself with grace and calm under incredible pressure, who has had to manage crises not seen since the Second World War and the Depression, and who as yet has not had a single significant scandal to his name. “To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a...
“I think when men hear that women want commitment, they think it means commitment...”
– Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? By Mindy Kaling
You've got to remember that there are two separate Los Angeleses. You probably know it and don't even realize it. Think of LA as an iceberg. There's that tip that everyone can see. That's Hollywood, and all the glitz and the big houses and beautiful women and BMWs. Upper Los Angeles. The mythologized Los Angeles. That's the LA you and I write about.
"And lower LA?"
"You probably grew up in lower Los Angeles. That's the better part."
"The Valley? That's the better part?"
"It's not geographic. It's more psychographic. It's the part of Los Angeles that's too dull to be the subject of a TV show or Joan Didion novel. It's normal life. It's people who came out here to be Cameron Diaz of Brad Pitt nd ended up working for Allstate instead. At first, they're disappointed, but you realize that lower Los Angeles is just like where you and I came from -- families, homes, small businesses - but with better weather and less of those East Coast affections or that Midwestern stuffiness. It doesn't matter what school you went to out here, or who your family is - you get to invent yourself. Or reinvent, if your first attempt fizzles."
“I like to see people reunited, maybe that’s a silly thing, but what can I say, I...”
– Jonathan Safran Foer (via troubled)
December 2011
30 posts
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“We all have the potential to fall in love a thousand times in our lifetime. It’s...”
– Favorite Quotes. Part One. (via eft47)
Reblogging myself. I love going through my very first blog posts. Some things never change.
“What motivates you to want to engage in social justice work?”
– When I turned 18 years old in 2008, I became wrapped up in the Obama for America Presidential campaign. At 18, with the power to vote, I suddenly felt as if I had a duty to become an informed and engaged citizen. Every weekend for 9 months I would phone bank for the Obama campaign in a park near...
Portrait of an Idealist →
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“Maybe our mistakes are what make our fate. Without them, what would shape our...”
– When in doubt there is always Sex and the City.
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BUS YOUR OWN TRAY: Angeleno-to-English Dictionary:... →
spiegelman:
“I’ll be there in 5.” — It will take me 10 minutes to get there, then another 5 to 10 to find parking, plus I’m not leaving for 5 minutes.
“I’m in traffic.” — I haven’t left yet.
“I’m around the corner.” — I’m in traffic.
“It’ll take me 20 minutes to get there.” — (irregular) It’ll take me 20…
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“We are young and we are driven. We are hopeful about the future. We aren’t...”
– claimyourgeneration.com
I believe in connections. I believe in missed flights, trains caught at the very last moment, and the ability for a second to totally change your fate. I believe in love, in destiny, in fate. I believe in all of the things that little girls are supposed to believe in, even though I pride myself on being far more realistic and practical than most girls my age. I believe that sitting across from...
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That Moon Song || Gregory Alan Isakov
Spoiler alert: Obama wins the election in 2012.
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HOLY SHIT AMERICAN HORROR STORY.
You know from the past two posts on my Tumblr, you would have no idea that I actually have been studying for finals.
