February 2012
29 posts
In the elevator in the parking garage today
Coworker pushing floor buttons: Where are you going?
Me (failing to find the words "parking lot attendants"): Where the um...people are.
Coworker: Just like the Little Mermaid!
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For my fellow unicorns →
mayormccheese:
and friends of unicorns
“We’re here, it’s complicated, and probably it’d be good if we talked about this over tea.”
(Lots of this that I love and can identify with, but man, it’s SO much more difficult for bisexual men to find acceptance than it is for us ladies.)
I just read the sentence, "I expect better than...
and then my head exploded.
I am planning on starting a series of music posts here that focus on the female-fronted bands and female vocalists in my iTunes library. Today, I typed up a list of all of the artists I’m going to feature.
I was pretty surprised and bummed to find that less than a third of the artists in my iTunes qualified to be on that list. I was happy with the range of styles, but one thing I noticed...
55 Gallons of Lube to Help You Enjoy Valentine's... →
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90s Love Jams...! →
Oh my gosh. This playlist is FREE. Brb, reliving my childhood. (via)
ETA: “My Lovin’” by En Vogue is so awesome. Did you forget that? It’s time to remember.
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Congratulations, Washington! →
NotAskingForPermission: jenniferbundock: “The... →
darcyoh:
jenniferbundock:
“The essence of true love is mutual recognition—two individuals seeing each other as they really are. We all know that the usual approach is to meet someone we like and put our best self forward, or even at times a false self, one we believe will be more appealing to the…
click through— bell hooks always has a bit more to say then you think at first.
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“Discomfort is a place where we’re still close enough to comfort to understand...”
– Laurel Nakadate
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“Proposition 8 served no purpose, and had no effect, other than to lessen the...”
– The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Prop 8 is unconstitutional. YES. (via gaywrites)
“The thing is, of course, that there’s a lot more than four questions....”
– Rachel writing for Autostraddle about AIDS activist artist collective Gran Fury
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“I’ve realized lately there’s no special immunity for writers, like I...”
– Marie Calloway (who I don’t particularly like), for The Rumpus’s “Letters in the Mail” project (which is a lot of fun if you like getting letters)
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If you know anyone who’s looking for a room to sublease in LA, let me know. I’ve got a great apartment that I’m somewhat reluctant to be leaving. My roommate’s awesome and the place has a sweet view of downtown.
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My use of the word bitch increases dramatically in LA traffic.
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This is the only thing anyone needs to read about... →
January 2012
20 posts
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Night Shifts →
Interesting read. It makes me wonder what my future will look like.
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Thanks for including multiple forks in my order,...
but all of this food is for me.
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“If writers had to wait until their precious psyches were completely serene there...”
– William Styron (via theparisreview)
“My first semester in graduate school, one of my professors told us a little...”
– William Deresiewicz, in yesterday’s Daily Scholar on the topic of politics in academia. Read. (via theamericanscholar)
GOIN' TO COACHELLA
Sometimes I forget that I’m living in a smoggy belch of a city (because it’s so damn lovely), and then I realize I’m on a seven-lane freeway.
“Listen, Faith, why don’t you tell my story? You’ve told everybody’s story but...”
– Grace Paley, Listening (1985)
Boyfriend rubs his face in my chest
I say “waterboarding” instead of “motorboating”
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St. Vincent, “Cruel”
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“And once the storm is over you won’t remember how you made it through, how you...”
– Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore (via katiekashmir)
December 2011
13 posts
Pour yourself an Irish coffee...
lavanguardia:
because it’s family Christmas time!