July 2008
108 posts
“…Good structure does not create a good story, but rather that a good story is...”
– Syd Field - Going To The Movies (via hwee)
“There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside of you.”
– Maya Angelou (via laceymae)
“It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or...”
– Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere’s Fan, 1892, Act I (via mascarah)
Quick question
Don’t do it. This happened to me a few weeks ago. Luckily I had hard copies of a lot of what I lost. Technology isn’t as reliable as we want it to be.
miss-r:
I’m thinking of selling (or, more likely, giving away) my CD collection.
Explanation: I’ll be moving house in a few weeks and am trying to cut down the sheer number of “things” I own.
Question is, if I do, will I regret this...
Mine too.
mascarah:
onemoretimewithfeeling:
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“Swearing was invented as a compromise between running away and fighting.”
– Finley Peter Dunne (via simko) (via unicornology)
sleepy thought #8
Away at camp for a week. So long interwebs!
My Lover’s Prayer - Otis Redding
In honor...
Someday...
Yay! Things like this make me happy, and hopeful.
laceymae:
It will all come together and all make sense. Life is sometimes a cluster fuck. Right now, I’m just so thankful that I have the few best friends that I do have… Who love me, support me, trust me, and make me laugh when its damn near impossible. I’m still figuring myself out… The good, the bad, and the just plain unbearable. But life is...
sleepy thought #7
I guess we can’t all fit in a movie theater tonight. Another day, Dark Knight.
midday thought #2
So I’m pissed that my plans for tomorrow morning fell through, because I would be in line waiting to see Batman right now.
“Possibility Girl Everyone thinks Possibility Girl is possibly a genius. Any day...”
– a beautiful revolution: blog
“Those who know that they are profound strive for clarity. Those who would like...”
– Friedrich Nietzsche (The Gay Science, sec. 173) (via mudpuddles) (via beckypierson)
Watch‘Twilight’ Teaser Trailer No. 2 on Yahoo! Vide
I know I’m a 12-year old. Don’t knock it till you’ve tried it..err- read it.
Magic Trick - She and Him (M.Ward and Zooey...
“Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do...”
– Norman Vincent Peale (via onherway) (via unicornology)
“Risk more than others think is safe. Care more than others think is wise. Dream...”
– Cadet Maxim (via onherway) (via unicornology)
“Everyone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant, but inside I was...”
– Katherine Hepburn (via onherway) (via unicornology)
“Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with...”
– Prof. Thomas Davidson (via onherway) (via unicornology)
Why were American Pilots in World War II given... →
science:
The pilots were told that if they dropped the sphere into the ocean, their current position could be worked out by allies in the region and they would be rescued. But the sphere was too heavy to float and contained no electronics, or anything for that matter, inside. So how did it work?
Turns out the spheres were made with a specific thickness so they would be crushed by the ocean’s...
“John McCain is aware of the internet.”
– Mark Soohoo, a McCain aide, attempting to alleviate worries about McCain’s computer illiteracy. (via squashed)
Science of becoming Batman - Boing Boing →
A new exercising goal perhaps?
Another in the Rilo Kiley Series. Vocally...
Kurt Vonnegut: How to Write With Style →
cubicle17:
Why should you examine your writing style with the idea of improving it? Do so as a mark of respect for your readers, whatever you’re writing. If you scribble your thoughts any which way, your readers will surely feel that you care nothing about them. They will mark you down as an egomaniac or a chowderhead —- or, worse, they will stop reading you.
“The thick haze that blurred my days now was sometimes confusing. I was surprised...”
– Chapter 4 - New Moon by Stephanie Meyer 