February 2012
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“We are not nouns, we are verbs. I am not a thing — an actor, a writer — I am a...”
– Stephen Fry
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“Nothing exists until or unless it is observed. An artist is making something...”
– William S. Burroughs, Ports of Entry: William S. Burroughs and the Arts
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So on second thought
I’ve actually realized (from the outpouring of unexpected support) that there are a ton of beautiful, sincere people in my life who genuinely care about me, even if they aren’t the ones who I would necessarily expect to be there for me.
And on deeper reflection, when you have friends like that readily available to you, the little, inconsequential things like broken phones and...
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“In response to the common criticism that Holden Caulfield, the narrator of the...”
– John Green on Holden Caulfield of The Catcher in the Rye
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Easily one of the worst weeks of my life.
Fucking up the tour guide thing that I’d been working towards all year by oversleeping, being overloaded with work, consistently getting into stupid fights, the rejection from getting turned down to be an o-leader being refreshed, being painfully sick all week long, having to read all of the submissions and then listen to my work get fought over and judged in front of me, spending days...
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Have you ever had a day so bad that it throws off your perception of something as concrete and fundamental as how your own room feels to you? That suddenly it’s foreign, unwelcoming, not yours? Somehow, suddenly, in the wash of all things terrible, your home has stopped being your home?
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After doing incredible amounts of bitch work all...
I missed the deadline by 40 minutes (fucking oversleeping) and they wouldn’t let me turn it in. Wouldn’t even look at my application. Said, “Keep that spirit when you reapply next year!” with smiles plastered on their faces. At least I didn’t start crying until I left the room.
I am so many kinds of angry/upset/dejected right now. AHHHH. I wanted this SO BADLY. And...
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“Be strange if it is necessary, be
quiet, kindly as you can without
feeling the...”
– Advice I Wish Someone Had Given Me // Ann Darr
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“Cakes have gotten a bad rap. People equate virtue with turning down dessert....”
– Jeanne Ray
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“That’s who you really like. The people you can think out loud in front of.”
– John Green
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I was having a rough day, and I used my boyfriend as a punching bag and took it all out on him. Instead of responding aggressively in turn, as most would, he bought me a smiley face balloon and told me that things would look up.
^ No, just ruminate on what a lovely, decent human being does that kind of thing.
Today is the perfect holiday. Let me defend that bold statement. The word FAT is...
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“I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy.”
– Franz Kafka
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Things no one should do ever.
Use these emoticons: ^^, XD, -_-
That’s it.
Seriously. I’m pretty sure it breaks Geneva code. Save lives, just stop.