December 2009
33 posts
sixteenyellowribbons:
backpfeifengesicht (german): a face that cries out for a fist in it.
That’s awesome.
Little Bribes - The Open Door EP
Death Cab For...
6-8 Black Men - David Sedaris
If you’ve been a naughty kid in the Netherlands, Saint Nick will send his 6-8 black men into your house, throw you in his sac, and carry you off to Spain!
My French teacher read this to the class on Tuesday. Hilarious, I love it.
I’ve never been much for guidebooks, so when trying to get my bearings in a strange American city, I normally start by asking the cabdriver or hotel clerk some...
Polyphasic Sleep →
So much to do, so little time.
“Some people turn sad awfully young. No special reason, it seems, but they seem...”
– Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine (via anditslove) (via narcolepsyweed) (via nostalgicdreams) (via pirouettelove) (via funeral) (via isthisblood) (via sixfeetontheground) (via booklover)
Perhaps genius needs a sadness sometimes.
“Many people think that each kind of animal has its own language – including...”
– Robert Arp and Tracie Mahaffey: ‘“And They Have A Plan”: Cylons As Persons‘ in: Jason T. Eberl (Ed.): Battlestar Galactica and philosophy: knowledge here begins out there (via fuckyeahphilosophy)
I would like to learn more about this.
Stereotyping People by Their Favorite Author«... →
booklover:
nihilnoetia:(via bridgettelizabeth),
J.D. Salinger
Kids who don’t fit in (duh).
Stephanie Meyer
People who type like this: OMG. Mah fAvvv <3 <3.
J.K. Rowling
Smart geeks.
Jeffrey Eugenides
Girls who didn’t get enough drama when they were younger.
Jonathan Safran Foer
30somethings who were cool when they were 20something.
Jodi Picoult
Your mom when she’s at her time...
“When you’re a kid you assume your parents are soulmates. My kids are going...”
– Pam, The Office
“Now I am quietly waiting for the catastrophe of my personality to seem beautiful...”
– Mayakovsky, Frank O’Hara
“We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when...”
– Albert Einstein (via mattonrails) (via icallbullshitonthat) (via sleepswithlions) (via iamthecrime) (via booklover)
Le Petit Prince
I am currently reading “Le Petit Prince” by Antoine de Saint Exupéry for my French class. It is a “children’s novella” that follows the story of a French aviator who crashes in the middle of an African desert and subsequently stumbles upon a little prince from a far away planet. Though ostensibly a children’s book, it is beautifully written and makes profound...
“Where do I get my ideas from? You might as well have asked that of Beethoven. He...”
– Kurt Vonnegut (via yoheho)
“He had no articulate thought of anything; there was only this perfect sympathy...”
– Wang Lung
The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
“Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a...”
– Albert Einstein (via sofijamajstorovic)
Iceland Airwaves Music Festival →
I’d kill to go to this, half of the stages are easily viewed from drink-serving hot springs.