June 2009
i really suck at long-distance, person-to-person communication, but i swear i’m getting better
How To Tell A Real Cry From A Fake Cry
A fake cry involves tears but no inner turmoil. The tears are so surface and even when you’re crying you’re thinking “that’s it? I can’t get a deeper cry?” A real cry comes with heaving sobs from an ancient place deep down. A cry that feels like your releasing years of your life and everything you’ve ever cried about is suddenly happening all over again. A...
“Are you familiar with the term ‘delusions of grandeur’?”
“I believe I coined that term.”
the 100 most beautiful words in english
godblessthismess:
(according to alphadictionary)
aestivate, ailurophile, assemblage, becoming, beleaguer, billet-doux, brood, bucolic, bungalow, chatoyant, comely, conflate, cynosure, dalliance, demesne, demure, denouement, desuetude, desultory, diaphanous, dissemble, dulcet, ebullient, effervescent, efflorescence, elision, elixir, eloquence, embrocation, emollient, ephemeral, epiphany,...
list of googleable words that are sfw
“floral china patterns”
“puppies”
“birch back canoe”
“graham crackers”
“queen victoria”
“yarn”
“gladiolas”
“wide-ruled notebook”
“unicorns”
“Demijohn barrel”
- jezebel.com
sometimes i have a hard time drawing the line between what i could write here that would be different from my journal, and what i could write here that would just be whiney and pathetic.
in case you haven’t noticed- i have a new & improved, completely severe anti-whiney & pathetic stance.
“In the year 3000- youtube, twitter, and facebook will merge to create one super...”
– The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien
“Hyman’s answers to questions are frequently expansive and often...”
Just in Case You Wondered
My poems will never go to a spa. I will never take my poems to a spa. I will never give my poems an advance in their allowances so they can go to the spa like they saw their favorite poem go to one in the regionalist pseudo literary magazine that mostly sells advertising space for ‘wellness’ camps that are actually sad holding cells for the mildly upper-class and severely deranged...
Cosmopolitan Greetings -- Allen Ginsberg
ambianceandvanity:
Stand up against governments, against God. Stay irresponsible. Say only what we know & imagine. Absolutes are Coercion. Change is absolute. Ordinary mind includes eternal perceptions. Observe what’s vivid. Notice what you notice. Catch yourself thinking. Vividness is self-selecting. If we don’t show anyone, we’re free to write anything. Remember the future. Freedom costs...
your birthday, your tree (october 4th)
ROWAN TREE (the Sensitivity) - full of charm, cheerful, gifted without egoism, likes to draw attention, loves life, motion, unrest, and even complications, is both dependent and independent, good taste, artistic, passionate, emotional, good company, does not forgive.
la
May 2009
“Being taken to an apology lunch. I’m asking for shaved truffles on...”
– Byrdie Bell
because she gave it to me, and it’s still...
On pictures of naked girls. →
(via homeofthevain)
Lessons from Edith Head - How to Dress to Get A...
Ms. Head gives us a sure fire game plan on how to nab a guy, and even harder, how to keep him. In 1967, you couldn’t stop for a Botox quickie at lunch time. You had to rely on Lycra and good styling tips to show off your god given assets in the best light possible. But Edith doesn’t want you to just run off and get married to the first bozo that comes your way. Rather, she treats the...
sometimes i worry that i have the tendency to upstage others
