Um, you know what, I…I think you’ve had enough.
C’mon, dog, that’s…that’s a wall. Do you even know where you are right now?
Dude, how many drinks did you even have?
Can’t even sit up straight.
No, don’t even try to hide and then sneak into the kitchen and grab another drink. YOU’VE HAD ENOUGH.
This is unbelievable. You’re out of control right now.
You disgust me. Look at yourself.
Just…go sleep it off, you filthy drunk.
June 2013
“We are the readers. We are the ones who want to know more. We are the ones who observe the fictional and the real. We are the ones who create the story, even when there isn’t one there to begin with. We are the ones you write for. We are the ones who make things more interesting because we can find the story in every conversation, in every interaction. We are the ones who will never stop learning, dreaming, hoping, finding. We are the ones will never stop trying to figure it out, and will always be aware that we never will… it’s what keeps us searching, looking, wanting.”
—Because We Are Readers (via bookriot)
- Me: I'll just read to the end of this chapter and then I'll go to sleep.
- Book: ...
- Book: Don't leave me.
- Me: *stays up forever*
“When I think about the fact that our CEO Mike Duke made over $20 million last year, more than 1,000 times the average Walmart associate, with all due respect, I have to say I don’t think that’s right.”
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Striking Walmart worker Janet Sparks addressing the company’s shareholder meeting. (via thenationmagazine)
I’m always a fan of drawing attention to CEO-to-worker pay ratios.
(via randomactsofchaos)
Job: Literary Agency Assistant (NYC) →
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The literary department of a full-service agency with offices in NY, LA, Nashville, Toronto, London, and Scandinavia is currently seeking a dynamic and very detail minded assistant.
Sestina by Zoe Morgan-Weinman
This sestina is another piece written in our Writing and Publishing Apprentices class for high school students. Enjoy Zoe’s sestina!
I am fascinated by the shadows of our fingers
Beautiful when they differ but when they match – electric
Your hands waved goodbye and caught tears when you cried
Your fairytale had taken a stormy twist
But looking back for that second
Made you believe in fate
““Why are you afraid, when whatever you do, will die anyway?” I unlatched the shutters. The light was as intense as a love affair. The sun was drumming time into stone. The sun was rhythming the day. I was blinded, delighted, not just because it was warm and wonderful, but because nature measures nothing. Nobody needs this much sunlight. Nobody needs droughts, volcanoes, monsoons, tornadoes either, but we get them, because our world is as extravagant as a world can be. We are the ones obsessed by measurement. The world just pours it out.”
—Jeanette Winterson, from “Lighthousekeeping”
Rob Delaney on VICE & the Female Writers Suicide Fashion piece →
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GLAD YOU ASKED. VICE does some truly horrible stuff and some great stuff. File the column I wrote for them for some time under one of those headings or somewhere in between.
This is why I love Rob Delaney. He’s funny and inappropriate and also eloquent and honest about sensitive issues.
Tumblr's media director quits
Mark Coatney, Tumblr’s media director and “media evangelist,” left the building with a Mad Men reference.
