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February 2011

Jan 31, 2011
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Jan 31, 2011233 notes
I wanna have a sleepover with you, so we can cuddle in bed and watch movies all night. First we'll watch a scary movie, then after we'll watch a funny one. When our bodies get all uncomfortable from being in a certain position too long, we'll move around so that we're comfortable again but somehow cuddling still. Ya know? Then when we get hungry we can go to the kitchen and make a midnight snack. Then we'll go back to your room and maybe play video games and whoever dies first has to give the winner a kiss. That kiss will lead to more kissing and cuddling and all that cute stuff. And when we're all tired and restless, we'll be able to sleep in each others arms til the sun rises, if it hasn't already.

littlemiu:

(via inspiredbythisfeeling, jlagrimasss)

Jan 31, 201112,948 notes
Jan 31, 2011
#so very true
“I had this idea of what the writing life would be like. There were cocktail parties involved, and lots of socially acceptable binge drinking … It’s actually more like [being in] a mental institution. … I spend long periods of time thinking about invisible people who only exist in my head.” —Justin Kramon (FINNY), on the writing life (via wordbrooklyn)
Jan 31, 201159 notes
#so very true
ZOOEY'S MISCELLANY: 20 great excuses for not getting anything done while at a coffee shop. → zooeydeschanel.tumblr.com

zooeydeschanel:

1. I don’t like this chair.

2. I’m tired.

3. I can’t remember what I am working on.

4. I’m simultaneously too warm AND too cold.

5. Adult attention deficit disorder.

6. Memories of childhood. So deep.

7. There are too many people fussing with chairs around here.

8. I’ve had too…

Jan 31, 20113,393 notes

January 2011

“Memoirs have been disgorged by virtually every­one who has ever had cancer, been anorexic, battled depression, lost weight. By anyone who has ever taught an underprivileged child, adopted an under­privileged child or been an under­privileged child. By anyone who was raised in the ’60s, ’70s or ’80s, not to mention the ’50s, ’40s or ’30s. Owned a dog. Run a marathon. Found religion. Held a job.” —

Not a perfect piece by any means, but the take-home point that just because you CAN write a memoir doesn’t mean you SHOULD is solid.

The Problem With Memoirs - NYTimes.com

(via bookladysblog)

Jan 30, 20112 notes
Pan Roasted Dijon Chicken | Finding Crumbs in Books since 1982 → crumbsinthebinding.wordpress.com

My cooking blog is updated!

Jan 29, 2011
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Jan 29, 2011
“So the novelist is always working with at least three languages. There is the author’s own language, style, perceptual equipment, and so on; there is the character’s presumed language, style, perceptual equipment, and so on; and there is what we could call the language of the world—the language that fiction inherits before it gets to turn it into novelistic style, the language of daily speech, of newspapers, of offices, of advertising, of the blogosphere and text messaging. In this sense, the novelist is a triple writer, and the contemporary novelist now feels especially the pressure of this tripleness, thanks to the omnivorous presence of the third horse of this troika, the language of the world, which has invaded our subjectivity, our intimacy…” —James Wood, How Fiction Works
Jan 29, 2011
Expelliarmus
  • DAD: Ungardium leviosa, ladies!!
  • ME: Do you mean wingardium leviosa?
  • DAD: It’s levi OH sa, not LEVI oh sa
  • DAD: And by that I mean I booked the tix 4 HP land. watch out 4 expeliarmus @ college.
Jan 28, 2011433 notes
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10 Day - You - Challenge - Day 6

6 places you want to go

6. NYC

5. LA

4. Seattle

3. Maine

2. Paris

1. Great Britain

Jan 28, 2011
#meme
i. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? → icanhascheezburger.com
Jan 28, 2011
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The House GOP's Plan to Redefine Rape | Mother Jones → motherjones.com

This is terrifying to me.

From article:

There used to be a quasi-truce between the pro- and anti-choice forces on the issue of federal funding for abortion.

Jan 28, 2011
Home | The Rundown News Blog | PBS NewsHour | PBS → pbs.org

PBS is reporting even if others aren’t.

Jan 28, 2011
New recipe on SmittenKitchen! → smittenkitchen.com

This is my go-to cooking blog.

Jan 27, 2011
#blogs
Bookavore: Thoughts on the Snooki book. → bookavore.tumblr.com

bookavore:

Oh, where does one begin? Does one start by saying “it’s not as bad as people say,” a backhanded insult both true and defensive? Does one mention that one laughed; can one reject the fear that whatever one says about the Snooki book says more about the reader than the book? Is it possible to even…

Jan 27, 201155 notes
Bitches → andiamnotlying.com

Go read and die laughing. snort

Jan 27, 2011
10 Day - You - Challenge - Day 7

7 Wants

7. a job

6. the magical power of eating whatever I want while simultaneously losing all the weight I want so long as I work out

5. the ability to speak French fluently

4. friends around me to hang out with and have over and generally be with regularly

3. one more day with my mom

2. a job

1. love

Jan 26, 2011
#meme
Serious Question: Should I start my own business?

I’ve thought a lot about starting my own consulting company for writers. I’d have to do a lot of research and get myself a website up and running, but I feel like it’s a good idea.

What do you guys think?

Jan 26, 2011
Y DOEZ HE STILL HAS HIS? - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? → icanhascheezburger.com
Jan 26, 2011
“

Bella’s overweening blandness—-as much as the guilty pleasure rescue fantasy, may explain the series’ ongoing appeal: TWILIGHT’s heroine is so insipid, so ordinary, so clumsy, so Not Hot.

Isn’t that great?

Think about it: what a relief that must be for girls who feel constant pressure to be physically, socially, and academically perfect.

”
—

I hate to admit that there’s something to this, but I think she may just be right. I mean, how else to understand the appeal of such poorly written fiction?

Peggy Orenstein, Cinderella Ate My Daughter

(via bookladysblog)

Jan 26, 201115 notes
“Jersey Shore will have more seasons than Arrested Development. Hope you’re proud of yourselves, humanity.” —Gizmodo’s Jason Chen. (via vanityfair)
Jan 25, 20111,256 notes
In the AT&T and Verizon rivalry, “the gloves are officially off.” This makes sense, as iPhones are incredibly difficult to manipulate with gloves still on.  → vanityfair.com
Jan 25, 201130 notes
10 Day - You - Challenge - Day 8

Day 8 Fears

8. Fire

7. Tornados

6. Being watched

5. People who cry

4. People in the midst of a severe allergic attack

3. losing control

2. alienating my family

1. alone forever

Jan 25, 2011
#meme
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Jan 25, 2011
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#truths
When Parents Text: 27 Years Young → whenparentstext.com

My dad would totally tell me this…and not just on my birthday.

Jan 24, 2011
When Parents Text: Robots in Disguise → whenparentstext.com

I want to be a transformer.

Jan 24, 2011
When Parents Text: Oh, You Fancy Huh? → whenparentstext.com

*snicker*

Jan 24, 2011
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#coffee
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#truths
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#truths
Jan 23, 2011
#truths
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#truths
rainy morning coffee | Flickr – Condivisione di foto! on we heart it / visual bookmark #6546974 → weheartit.com

I would like the excuse to make two cups of coffee in the morning.

Jan 23, 2011
Newborn Elephants are Very Easily Entertained → gawker.com

cutey pie baby elephant

Jan 23, 2011
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