February 2012
24 posts
“Last night I dreamed about you. What happened in detail I can hardly remember,...”
– Franz Kafka (via human-voices)
“People talk about sexual assault like it’s a bad habit that men have.”
– Jon Stewart (via deathofadollmaker)
WatchThis is an amazingly amazing video shot by friend and fellow Carleton senior, Josiah Burns. Watch it. It is an eye-gasm.
“On every page there’s you and only you, oh love of my life, it’s...”
– Indra Sinha, Animal’s People
Historical art beauties -- photoshopped →
WatchDid this just happen!?!?
This just happened.
“If over the years, and passing through the realities of life, dreams die, I...”
– Mariama Bâ, So Long a Letter
that moment where you feel so utterly and irreparably human and the insignificance of it all begins to settle, in a swirling, beautiful, serene mess. yeah, that.
January 2012
18 posts
Watchhowtotalktogirlsatparties:
Lunch for 25.
Embrace your insignificance and wallow in beautiful aspiration.
YES. Menswear is the best. Classic and timeless.
750 words a day →
mzie:
The concept of 750 Words is simple: every day, you type 750 words—the equivalent of three pages—of stream of conscious, whatever you want, free writing. You earn points and badges for every day you type any number of words. Your entries, which are private by default can be exported at any point. Buster’s one of the kings of personal data visualization (just look at the guy’s homepage), so...
You asked me what my New Year resolution would be.
I replied:
To be a fucking strong woman.
But I’m not.
At least not in the way I should be.
I curse too much,
Forget to take the trash out,
Forgive too much but forget too little,
Avoid when convenient,
Accept the reality of things.
I’m starting to think that self improvement is for assholes.
“Earth and sky touch everywhere and nowhere, like sex between two strangers....”
– The Antelope Wife, Louise Erdrich
December 2011
5 posts
New H&M Opens in Mesquite, Texas →
THEY ARE BUILDING AN H&M IN MESQUITE, TEXAS?!??! AND NOT HOUSTON? DOES BEING THE FOURTH MOST POPULOUS CITY IN THE US COUNT FOR NOTHING?! BAH!
Ranting and Raving
Okay, call me crazy but the iPad has revolutionized the way I read news. I don’t mean that in a “order my venti mocha, text, drive, and read at the same time” sort of revolution. I mean, in terms of streamline. The NY Times iPad app makes news interactive, succinct, and clean.
One of my biggest pet peeves is bad or cluttered design. If we take a look at any current print...
November 2011
5 posts
Home
Five weeks at home with no plans, no agenda, no schedule. My only plan is to read for comps, hang out with my family, drink lots of coffee, and see old friends. Not too taxing.
The end of term was… rough. After four days of straight studying and freaking out over finals, I made it out alive. I feel like I wasn’t focused enough this term, like I could have worked harder. And even with...
