November 2008
43 posts
Ulysses - Franz Ferdinand
1st single off their...
“Cause of death: an incredibly dysfunctional society where overconsumption and...”
– Marco, on this (via buriedunderground)
Daily Horoscope for Scorpio (Oct 23 - Nov 21)
It’s crucial to process your fear of the unknown because your attitude now can set the stage for Pluto’s journey through your 3rd House of Communication. While the realization that things are really different may dawn on you slowly, you should be able to get a glimpse of the future right away. Your immediate environment will likely change more than you can imagine over the next few...
“You’ve got a lot of choices. If getting out of bed in the morning is a chore and...”
– Steven D. Woodhull (via thresca) (via jessicachu)
“We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us...”
– Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment (via skysignal) (via roastporkbun) (via sweetpotatopie)
“Everything you want in the world is just right outside your comfort zone.”
– Jennifer Aniston, in her Vogue cover. (via juliaallison) (via keepinganotebook)
“Cynicism makes us feel wise, but in fact it often makes us stupid.”
– Psychotherapy: Gauntlet: Why do we suppose that a friendship between a man and a woman always has a sexual element?
“With every small decision, you change a heart; you change a world.”
– Duncan Sheik (via kari-shma) (via jessicachu)
fragmented
pennylame:
one day, you fall for this boy and he touches you with his fingers and he burns holes in your skin with his mouth and it hurts to look at him and it hurts when you don’t and it feels like someone’s cut you open with a piece of glass.
i hope that i will always have a reason to say...
lovebot:
finallyseeing: pieces: (via closertotheocean)
“When I was 5 years old, my mom always told me that happiness was the key to...”
– (via littlemiss) (via amandasthoughts) (via amandoline)
“Everyone has three lives: a public life, a private life, and a secret life.”
– Gabriel García Márquez (via tloenuqbar) (via samsally)
7 random things about me
Three of my teeth are chipped.
I often say that I was “born and raised in Long Beach”, but I was actually born in Artesia.
I lovelovelove super high heels but I rarely wear them.
I really and truly enjoy going to college.
I drive a (nearly) 10 year old Toyota Rav4.
I hate onions.
I love the smell of cigarette smoke. It’s comforting and reminds me of my childhood. :)
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“In absurdist experience, suffering is individual. But from the moment when a...”
– Albert Camus, The Rebel
Girls Just Want to Have Fun - The Killers
WHY ARE...
“Don’t let the tide of your soul drown your nights and flood your days.”
– The Libertines, ‘Don’t Be Shy’
Heartless - Kanye West
LOVE.
“I wonder about goodness a lot, you know. How it’s measured and to what degree....”
– buried underground: Morning after
Living Room - Tegan and Sara
“I feel so conflicted. So overjoyed to witness the first African American president of the United States. So sad to, minute by agonizing minute, watch the Proposition 8 train maintain its election night steam. I hear a black woman on the television scream, “Obama unites black and white, Latino, Asian, young and old. There are no more barriers.” I feel too small to see, but I also feel...
“If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all...”
– President-elect Barack Obama (via inothernews) (via jessicachu)
How we need to win
marco:
Most statistically sound poll aggregators project that Obama has a near-certain chance of winning. But there are still so many unknown and unmeasurable variables that could swing the election on Tuesday: newly registered voters, people without land-line phones, voter suppression, racism, and just plain fraud.
…
The only way is for us to win by so much that our victory can’t be...
