January 2009
79 posts
Bye, 2008!
do-nadir:
Dear 2008,
But to be completely honest? I have no nostalgia, no lingering happy feelings for you like I usually do tonight. You gave me my fair share of nostalgia and longing these past few months. I’m really fucking ready to let you go and start new.
Good riddance.
Sincerely,
Amanda
To (also) be honest, I don’t have that much nostalgia for 2008 either. I’m ready to...
December 2008
68 posts
Too much
speedybaekster:
You know what I want, though? I want non-religious, yet strictly philosophical, justification to all the hate and evil in the world. I want wit. I want humor. I want tea. I want to hear the soft chirping as the leaves brew in the scalding water. I want to live in a utopia, although this is going against years of worshipping Orwell and Burgess. I want to see earth-shattering...
“I once fell in love with a young lady because of her love for tea. It’s true....”
– i tell stories (via ryanmoves) (via havent-got-a-prayer) (via hotg0ssip) (via bohemea) (via oldfilmsflicker) (via itsnotovertonight)
I am down with everything in this quote, except I would NEVER characterize tea as playful. This was a really good idea until they tossed “playful” in...
Shakespeare....what a guy
“O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth,
That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!
Thou art the ruins of the noblest man
That ever lived in the tide of times.
Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood!
Over thy wounds now do I prophesy,—
Which, like dumb mouths, do ope their ruby lips,
To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue—
...
addicted 2 skype
I have been resisting the whole video chat thing, for no reason in particular. But I just installed Skype to help my mom and aunt who wanted to install it to talk to each other and IT IS SO COOL.
So add me if you want. My username is lastname.firstname, two L’s in each if you’re not sure.
itsnotovertonight:
copycats:
“Electric Feel”...
I will feel successful when
I can be an indiscriminate patron of the fine arts
Similes
the poor man’s metaphor
—btw, I call it for busted tees or something.
Feliz Navidad! →
One day, I’ll take part in something like this
“What are you doing calling me? It’s Christmas!”
– Andrew’s really intimidating outgoing voicemail. Sorry! But I was only returning YOUR call/epic message.
My brother loves the movie "Patton"
Robert: Something very shocking happened last night.
Me: ??
Robert: I fell asleep....watching Patton!!
Me: Ah, that's no big deal, it's not like you missed anything you haven't seen. You've watched it here so many times that I probably even know it by heart.
Me: Seriously, how many times have you watched Patton in your life?
Robert: Not enough.
Cleanliness is close to Godliness is close to...
Time to strap on the apron, the gloves, and the cream-colored patent pumps**…it’s Christmastime, and that means cleaning time in any household that is remotely Vrla.
**DAMNIT, I wanted to link this to an illustrative photo, but the links are dead. Here’s the corresponding Xanga post though, February 19, 2005. Can’t believe I even remembered the color of the pumps.
Brigadeiro
First work party of my life: ate too much “homemade Brazilian candy”….
Fuck condensed milk. Fuck cocoa powder. Fuck butter. Fuck sprinkles.
Watchsoxiam:
Free Running Santas on Vimeo (via klara)
pole-core
“This is my objective opinion.”
– My mom
I love contradictions.
Over the break
It is imperative that I see the movie Casablanca.
“The bottom line is that we did get the whole truth out, and isn’t that...”
– Mark Felt, aka Deep Throat, FBI second-in-demand and primary informant to Woodward and Bernstein at the Washington Post during the Watergate scandal. He just passed away tonight, BUT JOURNALISTS WILL REMEMBER HIM FOREVER.
“I believe baby Jesus deserves more than, what seems to me as, the doings of a...”
– Tim
Tim has great commentary on Santa. Watch out for his kick-ass Praise or Folly, too.
stuck in Chicago
andreaallen:
Come save me. I’m at the O Hare airport.
screen name: aaonvimeo
UPDATE: My awesome dad got me a room at the Hilton. Not only is he the chillest dad in the world, he can also beat up your dad.
he really could, suckas
speedybaekster:
This is a sad, pathetic phase in my life. I’ve been wanting it to pass for over a month now. I don’t expect this phase to transform into hope, because that is already established as impossible. I just want to grow out of this fucking feeling, move on to better and more important things.
For me, there’s almost no escaping, except for the day when I move up to Stanford. But how am...
infiniheart:
jennabee:
LCD Soundsystem - All...
WatchTake Away Show - Beirut, “Nantes”
soooooo good.
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
andreaallen:
caseypugh:
I’m a Mastermind (INTJ).
Masterminds are introspective, pragmatic, directive, and attentive. They tend to be capable leaders, skilled in contingency planning and entailment organizing, which are directive activities that tell the planner what activities to do and in what order to do them. Despite their leadership capabilities, Masterminds prefer to stay in the...
I am back home
do-nadir:
So instead of being the collected and mature college woman I have become (sort of?) I spent my first day here doing EVERY SINGLE THING I wanted to do over 3 weeks.
Cried so much when I saw my mom. I have been giving her a perpetual hug since I saw her.
Amanda Hawthorne!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that is all I have to say
I walked into the newsroom and went right back to...
“Why are we so full of restraint? Why do we not give in all directions? Is it...”
– Henry Miller (via ephemeron) (via infiniheart)
Effects of English Lit
My primary reaction while watching Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle:
“Wow, this totally fits Campbell’s Hero’s Journey.”
