January 2009
Katy Perry – Thinking of You
Run down of Captain Planet characters →
2444, NSW
The Hatch, The Grange, The Anchorage, The Beam, The Binnacle, The Boom, The Bowsprit, The Bulkhead, The Cottage Way, The Fairway, The Grange, The Grey Gums, The Halyard, The Jib, The Mainsail, The Meadow, The Peninsula, The Pinnacle, The Plateau, The Point, The Portico, The Promenade, The Ruins Way, The Spinnaker, The Stockyard, The Summit, The Tiller.
“Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.”
– E. L. Doctorow (via reluctantbuddha)
Comparison between Mandarin and Shanghainese... →
This is peculiarly hilarious if you come from Shanghai, trust me.
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“There’s a little truth behind every ‘just kidding’, a little curiosity behind...”
– (via mypaperheart) (via lovebot) (via birdcalls)
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“No one will ever love you as much as I do. Why isn’t love enough?”
– (via movieoftheweek) (via isafreire) (via imsawwft) (via apologies) From Closer (2004).
360° panoramic view of Monte Carlo →
I want to stay intertwined with you until my lungs are filled with smoke from your ashy cigarettes and your lips are blue from the pop I was eating. Until I breathe and can only smell the smell of your shampoo fill my nose and when the wind dances around your neck you can only imagine my finger tips brushing against your skin.
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“Could fulfillment ever be felt as deeply as loss? Romantically she decided that...”
– Kiran Desai, The Inheritance of Loss
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Tessa Rumsey
THE SMALLEST EFFECTIVE DISTANCE
Where is the original skin this version can be checked against? Snow, Cholera, Red Shoe, Nightingfale—the image outshine the actual, the body outshines the soul, the angel food cake dissolves as you dip it into a cup of black coffee before me, dark sugar & inevitably, fading. You are my ex & thus the past must outshine the present in a way that hurts just...
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Lamest edit wars on Wikipedia →
Oh Wikipedia, my love. A rich source of information and endless amusement.
I love you. You’re going to be inside my characters. That something the grandpa says, that’s something you whispered in my ear. The way that boyfriend scratches his forehead when he’s confused, that’s something you do. Another character’s heart. His friend. Her feelings. The way they hold hands. I dare you to read my stories and not find pieces of you scattered throughout.
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How writers, artists, and other interesting people... →
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Jonathan Safran Foer’s interview:
What is your writing process like? Do you write every day? Do you have a kind of totemic place or object? Or do you need to read before you write?
I try to write every morning, from about nine until twelve. It’s really rare that I would ever write more than...
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“It’s true, I think, as Kenko says in his idleness,
that all beauty depends upon...”
– Charles Wright (via Alisha) (via astroblemes) 