October 2011
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“Poetry?!” I said. Did she mean…poetry?”
– Haruki Murakami, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
September 2011
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“I had nothing else to do. Writing gave me something to do every day.”
– William S. Burroughs (via theparisreview)
“Before bringing your work as a rapturist to strangers, practice with two close...”
– http://freewillastrology.com/horoscopes/pisces.html
Boy got some EXPECTATIONS this week for me, Universe
“We have wacky mode. What must wacky mode do? Break their hearts.”
– Donald Barthelme
Easily the best writing advice to be found on the seven seas.
(via spacedhamlet)
stevenjosephdodge:
When I’m really upset, depressed or frustrated I mentally repeat the phrase “I want to go home.” It’s almost subconscious.
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Watchcharmsandpandas:
chandelles:
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grandmayetta:
President Barack Obama heckled at Los Angeles Fundraiser
Heckler calling him the Anti-Christ and that Jesus Christ is the Lord
he seems so amused by the whole thing…..
obama you are so cute……………
i know especially at the end with the jacket awwww….
cute president
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“And what did it feel like to have this sheep inside your body?”...”
– Haruki Murakami, A Wild Sheep Chase
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“There is a relationship between father and son that is like love. You see the...”
– Nicholas Mosely, “Family Game” from Impossible Object
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“The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human...”
– H. P. Lovecraft on the Internet
“This is my last communiqué from the planet of the monsters. Never again will I...”
– Roberto Bolaño, Distant Star
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Scribner Books: 40 Publishing Buzzwords... decoded... →
scribnerbooks:
One Minute Book Reviews has gathered together publishers favorite buzzwords (guilty as charged) and what they really mean… according to industry veterans.
Our favorites:
“absorbing”: “makes a great coaster”
“accessible”: “not too many big words”
“acclaimed”: “poorly selling”
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Well this was mildly disheartening
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Ahmadinejad, I'm sorry
I think you have some important points regarding how we ended up where we are today but the majority of Americans do not espouse the belief that “9/11 was an inside job”
just saying
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The bad news: I have connected my newfound love of beer to my sudden teenage acne breakouts
The good news: it turns out all the lowest carb (sugar=acne) beers are the light (lite [sic.]) versions of Coors, Amstel, Budweiser, Corona, etc.
Oh, wait
Speed of Light Potentially Broken →
world potentially on head, all theories regarding movement of celestial bodies potentially put into question, approximately one hundred years of research potentially in need of re-examination
etc.
(unrelated: meanwhile on Earth I will probably graduate with no job prospects)
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Mommy cards, for mommy networking →
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Filed under: "Times I Wish I Had Video on My...
You know those people who sing along with their MP3 player of choice on the subway? Today there were two of them, friends, both singing along to different songs and snapping at each other to mismatched beats.
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Today After Shakespeare Class
I did the thing I’d been dreading: talking to Doloff about my incomplete in his op-ed writing class. The one where we pitched ideas to him and he shot them down with the grace and dexterity of a man who can pull off hair like he does.
Anyway I went up to Doloff and said “so”
and he said “so”
and I said “I’ve been havin some ideas”
and he said...
A List
complain about coverage of 9/11
complain about Pratt Health Office
complain about the shoddy internet connection in my room
buy the first hair brush I’ve needed since I was fifteen
buy more corn
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Apologies for Massive Wall of Text Taking Over...
Tonight my boyfriend and I walked across the Brooklyn Bridge—it had a beautiful view of both the incomplete Freedom Tower and of the Tower Lights—into Manhattan, down Center Street and Park Row and Broadway and Vesey and past the little church that’s been there since well before 9/11. It’s a church I’ve recently become fond of, for the fact that they introduce...
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