January 2010
12 posts
No rhyme, no reason
Alcohol was invented to help us bear the void in the universe–the motion of the planets, the imperturbable wheeling through space, their silent indifference to the place of our pain.
I used to work out systems for doing the same as everyone else. Alcohol’s job is to replace creation. But alcohol can’t produce anything that lasts.
It’s just wind.
We live in a world paralyzed with principles. ...
Quick Guide to Tumblr for Outside Readers
nerdshares:
While I love Tumblr and think it’s the best blogging platform I’ve ever used, I’m sometimes concerned about its readability to my friends who navigate here from my Facebook page or a link I send them.
So, to explain: Tumblr is a community. Similar to Twitter, you can “follow” people whom you find interesting and their entries will appear on your homepage or “dashboard.” In the upper...
“Of many reasons I love you here is one
the way you write me from the gate at...”
– CRAIG ARNOLD, via beenthinking (via solundivago)
to saying words laced w/ undertones of love
Question: How do I know if a girl loves me or not?...
scandalinbohemia:
Answer: If one night you go out drinking and end up back at her place, pass out together on the bed with your shoes on, and wake up a few hours later only to discover that you’ve peed the bed, which she takes in stride, changes the sheets, and then the next morning has a laugh about it, later leaves some pamphlets from the local health clinic about child bedwetters in your...
I'll love you through a brick wall
scandalinbohemia:
We live in a modern society. Husbands and wives don’t grow on trees, like in the old days. So where does one find love? When you’re sixteen it’s easy, like being unleashed with a credit card in a department store of kisses. There’s the first kiss. The sloppy kiss. The peck. The sympathy kiss. The backseat smooch. The we shouldn’t be doing this kiss. The but your lips taste so...
“The Germans must have a term for it. Doppelgedanken, perhaps: the sensation,...”
– The New York Times reviews the new Alice Munro. (via thebronzemedal) (via meaghano) (via nightmarebrunette) (via scandalinbohemia)
i love visiting multiverse
“It’s possible drugs just might have been a factor in a Southern California...”
– NBC LA (via bunch) (via msodradek)
ahaha, substances and their magnetic attraction
“The world begins at a kitchen table. No matter what, we must eat to live.
The...”
– Joy Harjo, Perhaps the World Ends Here. (via wood s lot) (via msodradek)
let’s add ‘making love’ at the table a goal for ‘10