February 2012
78 posts
It was a Good Night Out
Simon: So, out of all of the muppets, which one would you have sex with?
Sarah (without skipping a beat): Gonzo.
Me: FUCK YEAH
Me and Sarah: *high fives*
TRACEY, GO TO BED.
I mean it.
“We must stand firm between two kinds of madness: the belief that we can do...”
– Alain, Alain on Happiness, Translated by Robert D. and Jane E. Cottrell, 1989 (via absurdlakefront)
10 Ways to Love Others →
terramantra:
Some guidelines for loving:
1. Tell them about their brilliance. They likely can’t see it and they don’t know its immensity, but you can see it, and you can illuminate it for them.
2. Be authentic, and give others the gift of the real you and a real relationship. Ask your real questions. Share your real beliefs. Go for your real dreams. Tell your truth.
3. Don’t confuse...
I’m so digging okcupid right now, mainly for the attention. Man is it nice for people to say I sound funny and am cute. Looks like I’ll be meeting up with a couple of people over the next few weeks, which is also a fun, if not terrifying prospect. I haven’t been this social in forever!
All I really wanna do with anyone at this point, sexually, is a serious make-out session on a...
fuckyeahexistentialism:
“…I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire…I give it to you not that you may remember time, but that you might forget it now and then for a moment and not spend all of your breath trying to conquer it. Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers...
“Your head’s like mine, like all our heads; big enough to contain every god and...”
– Grant Morrison- The Invisibles Vol.1: Revolution (via absurdlakefront)
“It reminds me of the “bike to work” movement. That is also portrayed as white,...”
– comment left on the Racialious blog post “Sustainable Food & Priviledge: Why is Green always White (and Male and Upper-Class)” (via ouiominy)
That is some seriously trenchant commentary. Werd.
cantcageaneagle:
remember that we are tourists in all but our own experiences
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TROY BARNES I LOVE YOU.
“Of course, this is one of the profound ways in which oppression works—to mire us...”
– Eli Clare, “Stolen Bodies, Reclaimed Bodies” (via thenewwomensmovement)
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I’m the hero of this story, don’t need to be saved.
“I had a cat named Snowball…
She died!
She died!
Mom said she was sleeping…...”
– Sylvia Plath (via incorrectsylviaplathquotes)
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“The question of love is one that cannot be evaded. Whether or not you claim to...”
– Thomas Merton (via fuckyeahexistentialism)
“I’m fat positive because I’m a feminist, and I refuse to acknowledge in the...”
– You’re Welcome - Why I’m Fat Positive (via ceasesilence)
“To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.”
– Joseph Chilton Pearce (via queerfatfemme)
“The thing is, it’s patriarchy that says men are stupid and monolithic and...”
– On claiming to be a stupid man who doesn’t know anything « Zero at the Bone (via grrlyboy)
One of the ways I show love in the world is holding people accountable for their actions and not to reduce anyone to animalistic instincts.
noelanthony:
upsidebarcodes replied to your post: Can you imagine what it must be like to be SO GOOD…
“When perfect people are perfect and make everyone else less perfect” frustration post. GPOY of my brain workings, Noel.
You’re pretty close, doll.
Although I could do without you posting random wangs.
I could almost understand if it was like something you enjoyed, but it’s just this...
Wow, posting a bathroom photo of myself did my self-esteem waaaay more than that half-assed plenty of fish profile I posted. Thanks everyone!
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OH MY GOD MY FAMILY IS THE WORST AT TRYING TO BE COMFORTING OR UNDERSTANDING.
“i found god in myself,
and i loved her.
i loved her fiercely”
– Ntozake Shange (via theangryblackwoman)
“I am quite content being a marshmallow.
Werd.”
– (via beefranck)
“When you love you wish to do things for. You wish to sacrifice for. You wish to...”
– Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms (via bookmania)