September 2008
70 posts
“If a girl says she’s not scared, then can’t even light her...”
– Jean-Luc Godard, Breathless
Watching this now. Can’t say I like French, but French film is growing on me.
“I fell in love with her courage, her sincerity, and her flaming self respect....”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald : heyaloverly: scout: crowned (via lalanii)
This is what I want said about me.
Procrastination
8 pm Sunday night, still no paper done. Supposed to be having food/drink with friends later, work from 6 am to 1 pm tomorrow, class at 2 pm.
Some things I have been doing this afternoon instead of writing this paper on poetry: working, napping, showering, free-writing about things I actually enjoy thinking about, playing with the kitten, reading other poems in my poetry book,...
missbrightside:
ajamison:craytonc:
“Anyone Else...
“On this day, you read something that moved you and made you realise there were no more fears to fear. No tears to cry. No head to hang in shame. That every time you thought you’d offended someone, it was all just in your head and really, they love you with all their heart and nothing will ever change that. That everyone and everything lives on inside you. That that doesn’t make any of it...
Nostalgic
The funny thing about nostalgia is that you’re pining for something that, in reality, you wouldn’t actually want. Most nights, I’m glad to be alone, to not have to share my bed with anyone. Completely content to curl up with my many pillows and blankets and create a cocoon, cuddle with the kitten. Ninety-nine percent of the time, such is the case. But there are other nights,...
Watching the debate...
And I can’t stand to listen to or watch John McCain.
Me: Why does he keep blinking and swaying like that? What is he doing??
My roommate: Probably taking a nap. Or having a stroke.
I wish he hadn’t shown up, and America got to listen to Obama answer questions for 90 minutes or whatever. But I do love the old people jokes.
“I don’t need nice, okay? I don’t need to be it, and I don’t...”
– -Kate Winslet, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind There are few movies that all-out consume me and overwhelm me. This is one of them. I am re-watching it for probably the twentieth time, because after a night of carefree and tipsy and reckless, I am in the mood to be sad and intense and nostalgic...
“So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we’ll never know...”
– The Perks of being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky (via theloveyturtle)
"For God's sake, eat a hamburger"
Just because you’re not fat doesn’t mean you don’t eat; it doesn’t mean you have an eating disorder; it doesn’t mean you think you’re fat and are trying to be so very thin. Most of all, it doesn’t mean that you need to be told to eat something. What the hell is this trend?? Why do people think it’s okay to tell someone they’re too skinny, or...
“You only grow by coming to the end of something and by beginning something else.”
– John Irving, The World According to Garp.
I just finished rereading this book for the first time since high school, and, like all of Irving’s books, it was one that endlessly amused, enthralled and enlightened me. (Also made me almost walk into traffic a few times, as I have a bad habit of...
Apathy
Love me or hate me, I suppose. There doesn’t seem to be a whole lot I can do about it, so I’ll let people think what they want.
Finished homework, Beanpole is coming over, beautiful day is going unwasted. At least, until class at 7.
I got my flat fixed, and don’t have class until 7, but am stuck doing homework that needs to be posted by 11 pm. There is a boy texting me and a beautiful day to be had, and I have absolutely no dedication to this assignment.
How is it possible that I am without motivation for schoolwork in September?? (I suppose it’s very much the same thing as getting Senior-itis in my freshman...
“When asked to name the one person absent from her life that she missed the most,...”
– Sheryl - One Sentence Stories
Flat
My day so far:
Woke up at 7:30 for class at 9:30, decided to skip when I walked out of the house and tried to drive away and failed. I have a flat tire. Called AAA, and missed two classes waiting for them and trying to find a garage.
The upside:
I don’t have to spend this beautiful day in classes that I hate.
AAA, love of my life, sent me a hot mechanic.
Not all bad.
My personality profile
Current Situation
Working to improve her image in the eyes of others so as to obtain their compliance and agreement with her needs and wishes.
Stress Source
Has an unsatisfied need to ally herself with others whose standards are as high as her own, and to stand out from the herd. This desire for preeminence isolates her and inhibits her readiness to give herself freely. While she wants to...
I don't understand
I have a big issue with people who treat you like you’re disposable, who act like your feelings are irrational and unimportant, and then call you or show up and expect you to be there just because they want you to be. Especially when it’s not even that they’re having a hard time and need a friend, but they’re just bored or need a warm body, and you’re the name that...
….I have a feeling that this is one more thing that will get really complicated and progress weirdly and publicly. I’m not sure I can handle that.
I think boys and I will have to remain on hiatus for a while.
Warning sign
I like to make fun of people, both in jest and in all seriousness, and I tend to be sarcastic. And the amount of which I tease someone is usually directly related to how fond of them I am. But I have my signals for when I can tell I like someone as something more than a friend, besides the usual. One of these is when I start to mock a guy for being gay. I’m not sure if it’s to gauge...
“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald (via scout) (via ilouvreyou) (via inmymovie)
“She shrugs, then negates the shrug with the thought in her eyes. ‘I guess I do....”
– Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist - Rachel Cohn and David Levithon (via itsonlylife)
Just some advice.
boredintheburbs:
It’s not a good idea to browse random tumblr sites when you’re in a computer lab and everyone can see your screen. You never know what’s going to show up on your screen.
Haha, I had this experience today, and received concerned looks from the girl sitting next to me. Besides, I always feel like everyone in the computer lab is watching what I’m doing to begin with.
“[Redacted] is thinking the “People You May Know” feature should be renamed...”
– Someone’s facebook status right now. TRU. (via tesslynch) (via alohanico)
Oh how I wish I could get rid of this annoying, unnecessary feature that keeps getting me friend requests from people who never even talked to me in high school.
(via frannyandzooey)
Yeah, Facebook has recommended that I...
Have you ever been having a normal conversation and then realize…”Hey wait! That was totally a line!” Yeah, that’s the conversation I’m having.
It has been so so long since I’ve stayed up til the middle of the night having a fun, flirty conversation with a boy. It has been so long since I’ve been hit on and enjoyed it. It’s nice.
It’s been a long day and, although beautiful and filled with fall-like chilly sunshine, I have not been able to get warm. I miss summer already.
“Im not telling you this because I want to impress you… but I am Batman.”
– Pick Up Lines Generator (via axul)
Tell me, ladies, would that actually work?
(via boredintheburbs)
All pick-up lines, corny or ridiculous or perverted, crack me up. The only ones that have worked are cheesy but not too romantic or too dirty. This one would not get me into bed. But it would get...
decrypting messages from men
feistyred:
whiteleatherpalace:
works is crazy this week, let’s touch base next week: means I’m not interested, no one puts their work before sex
me 2- response given when texted: I had a great time last night: means we’re not having sex again.
did you want to meet up for a quick drink after work?: means will you blow me in the restroom at Ulysses and then I’m gonna meet my buddies for beer...
Really? Really???
I wouldn’t want to elect someone as president just because they were black, or white, or any particular race, simply to propel civil rights, or to “fight” racism. That in itself would be racist. In very much the same way, I do not want to elect someone as president just because they are female, in order to fight sexism. I would love for a woman to be president; however, an...
Voicemail from Mom
theloveyturtle:
“Kaylie, I’m just calling to tell you that I ordered you Christmas cards last night. They are mailing them to you, so you should have them sometime next week. I’ll be sending you the mailing list. There are 178 people on the list, but you’ll only need to send out about 100. Just wanted to let you know! Oh and I would start filling them out now, it would be nice if you wrote a...
Is it bad....
…When you get battery acid on your hands? Because I just did that. And now I’m unsure what to do, besides wash my hands, especially since this battery seems to have shat itself while inside my alarm clock.
(Thus, my alarm not going off; thus, I missed class this morning.)
I think it’s going to be a weird day.
The best kind of crush
When someone becomes attractive to me because of their personality, despite the fact that they are not very attractive in body.
I have a bit of a thing for a guy who is a butterface. (I’m butchering grammar using this sexist term in reference to a man instead of a woman. It works both ways in concept.) Most men I tend to be attracted to and develop relationships with are not all that...
alphabetpony:
One beautiful April morning, on a narrow side street in Tokyo’s fashionable Harujuku neighborhood, I walked past the 100% perfect girl. Tell you the truth, she’s not that good-looking. She doesn’t stand out in any way. Her clothes are nothing special. The back of her hair is still bent out of shape from sleep. She isn’t young, either - must be near thirty, not even close to a “girl,”...
Forbes' Best Cities for Singles →
You know what? I’m really glad New York City is #8 on this list. I’m getting a little tired of all the people who think that NYC is the epicenter of the world and the best city EVAAAR. I have not been to a lot of these cities, but many of them are higher than NYC on my list as well.
Note: Although I am single, I am terrible at actually dating and don’t really live what could be...
Have you ever....
…Been friends with someone who seems to only talk to you when they need to complain? Or when they need something from you? I keep getting stuck with friendships that come down to this lame lack of substance.
antikris:
villagevegan:
Sometimes people dissapoint you to a degree you couldn’t have imagined. I don’t trust anyone.
Drama
Being put on a guilt trip has to be on my top 5 “things I really fucking hate” list. Especially an unwarranted guilt trip. I mean, I have kind of a filter for them, having spent the last 20+ years receiving them from my (neurotic) mother in reference to anything and everything she can find to complain about. But from my friends? From acquaintances? From co-workers? Oh no, bitch. You...
Dreary
I am in a foul mood today. It goes way beyond any time in recent memory when I have been upset by something or briefly frustrated by my mother or just infuriated by my fellow drivers. This is the worst mood I have had in months. Those other things are just passing and, thankfully, short-lived. Today has been a consistent feeling-like-shit-and-not-in-an-illness-way kind of day. Nothing went wrong...
