télos

millionsmillions: returnofthedeji: The six perceptions of a...

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:11:56 -0500

returnofthedeji:

The six perceptions of a writer.

via M.O.

This image has been making the rounds for a few days, and so far the only objection I’ve seen any writers make is, “I’m more of a Spider Solitaire person myself.”

Except I play Words With Friends.

mpdrolet: Ian Ruhter

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:56:26 -0500

mpdrolet:

Ian Ruhter

This is the point where Don Cheadle wins an oscar, and hopefully...

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:46:31 -0500

This is the point where Don Cheadle wins an oscar, and hopefully this means he can win another one for playing in a film that isn’t a bio-pic, because, you know, brown people can act well in movies that aren’t films of famous figures. Just saying…

"It was late July and I was reading Moby-Dick. She was in the process of quitting her shitty..."

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:19:15 -0500

“It was late July and I was reading Moby-Dick. She was in the process of quitting her shitty waitressing job, and I was in between jobs at the moment, spending the long, hot afternoons reading in a hammock on the back porch of our house, which was situated practically on top of the railroad tracks, which meant cheap rent (the fact that you had to walk through the bathroom if you wanted to reach the kitchen or the living room didn’t hurt matters, there, either) and neither of us knew what we wanted, but it wasn’t this, to be in our late twenties and jobless, living near the college where we both attained our overpriced, undervalued degrees (hers in English, mine in Anthropology).
Anyway, she walked home from work that day because we were saving the gas in the car for “a real emergency” and it was hot and she was pissed, pissed at her boss and pissed at the heat and pissed that there wasn’t a sidewalk after the first half mile and pissed at me, lounging in my hammock and waiting on the trains. I’d been intermittently reading and dozing that afternoon, and my dreams were interwoven with salty boats and sea creatures and madness, and she slammed through the house and into the back yard like a storm.
The fight that came next had been brewing all summer, twisting through infancy and into fevered adolescence while we pinched smiles at each other across the living room each night, saying sweet things we didn’t think we meant anymore in the ghost-glare of the television screen.”

- i don’t know where to go nexxxxttttt

i don’t know how to write about people fightinnnggg

ugh

(via thatbeautifulday)

Just write whatever comes. Worry about editing later.

"The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or..."

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:22:02 -0500

“The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.”

- Buddah. (via aestheticinterludes)

A Camp’s Love Has Left The Room

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:09:04 -0500

A Camp’s Love Has Left The Room

butterflynet: wcyarbrough: mostexerent: Also one that can...

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:30:14 -0500

butterflynet:

wcyarbrough:

mostexerent:

Also one that can drive a manual car & possess some if not all of my #WhoIsShe? tags

* Source unknown, as a follower sent it to me - if you know please reply with source

You’re my Type

There’s nothing sexier than men who don’t make posters featuring sweeping generalizations about who “they” (men) are attracted to, as if their personal viewpoints 1) apply to all dude-kind and 2) should somehow affect how I carry myself, somehow validate me, somehow reassure me that it’ll all be okay if I’m confident because that means DUDES WILL LIKE ME DESPITE MY UNFORTUNATE BODY AND/OR FACE, OH THANK GOD.

…It’s that kinda morning y’all. Sorry about it!

Sure, I want a woman to love my confidence, my brain, my propensity for hyper-focus, but I also want a woman to love my ass too. I would think there are people of the opposite sex that might feel the same.

ashcan-rantings: whaaatttttt???? how did i not notice...

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:15:18 -0500

ashcan-rantings:

whaaatttttt???? how did i not notice this?

Okay, now that’s pretty awesome. Now I have to watch these movies again.

I can’t get enough Leona Naess

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 20:13:38 -0500

I can’t get enough Leona Naess

As the author would say, "Presented without comment."

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:32:30 -0500

michelledean:

When I am making the kind of living from my writing that Neil Gaiman does from his (which is to say, any kind at all), perhaps I shall tell you then that people need to lighten up about copyright. Until then, I kind of think all this “culture must be free!!!1!!!111!!!” stuff ain’t particularly convincing.

feminaamphibios: Somebody That I Used to Know - Walk off the...

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:48:10 -0500

feminaamphibios:

Somebody That I Used to Know - Walk off the Earth (Gotye - Cover) (by walkofftheearth)

THIS IS FUCKING AWESOME. Insta-fan.

That was bloody awesome. Good find, Des.

House Kills SOPA | Examiner

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:17:43 -0500

House Kills SOPA | Examiner:

newsweek:

utnereader:

infoneer-pulse:

In a surprise move today, Representative Eric Cantor(R-VA) announced that he will stop all action on SOPA, effectively killing the bill. This move was most likely due to several things. One of those things is that SOPA and PIPA met huge online protest against the bills. Another reason would be that the White House threatened to veto the bill if it had passed. However, it isn’t quite time yet to celebrate, as PIPA(the Senate’s version of SOPA) is still up for consideration.

» via examiner.com

Whew.

Great job, Internet. Don’t stop now.

laughingsquid: Bad! Like you’ve never wondered about the...

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:29:36 -0500

laughingsquid:

Bad!

Like you’ve never wondered about the possibility of this happening.

motherjones: laphamsquarterly: There’s your problem,...

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:23:23 -0500

motherjones:

laphamsquarterly:

There’s your problem, Plato.

leasthelpful:

And for some reason the guy doesn’t even mention Jesus

Sigh, Amazon commenter world. Sigh.

Plato’s Republic is one of the most religious works ever devised. The arguments therein became an integral part of the development of Christian thought in the west. Therefore, the person who wrote this is an idiot. QED.

1.95mi after work. the start of something good.

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:45:33 -0500

1.95mi after work. the start of something good.

"Part of me is made of glass, and also, I love you."

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 06:11:55 -0500

“Part of me is made of glass, and also, I love you.”

- The History of Love, Nicole Krauss (via clavicola)
That’s one of my favorite quotes from that book. Also, you should read it.

My desire to see Like Crazy may not be congruous with the...

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 22:48:00 -0500

My desire to see Like Crazy may not be congruous with the simplicity of the story, and yet there is something about this film, as communicated through the trailer–something that it hints at, that it whispers to all our desires to understand the difficulties of love; and it is maybe for all these unspoken reasons that I find myself thus compelled. Now, however, I am looking forward to seeing because it will be with someone for whom I have a great suspicion is wonderful & brilliant in ways I have yet to discover.

"I don’t ask you to love me always like this, but I ask you to remember. Somewhere inside me there’ll..."

Sun, 18 Dec 2011 16:29:05 -0500

“I don’t ask you to love me always like this, but I ask you to remember. Somewhere inside me there’ll always be the person I am tonight.”

- F. Scott Fitzgerald (via vavin)

To Begin

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:33:21 -0500

Today I had that feeling of wondering when life really begins mixed with a wholesome disgust at my present condition. I read some Meister Eckhart in the hopes I’d feel better, but really all I want was to be wrapped in the Divine arms of love and told everything will be alright.

mirandablissnelson: “And a fall from youis a long way downI’ve...

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 06:22:40 -0500

mirandablissnelson:

“And a fall from you
is a long way down
I’ve found a better way out
And a fall from you
is a long way down
I know a better way out”

Beirut on Wednesday was exactly what I needed.

This song was on repeat in my car for a good two weeks early in the semester. It captured my sentiments almost exactly.