brighter.

serpentskirt: (via id0be1ieve) beautiful shot.

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:03:52 -0500

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beautiful shot.

"It’s so hard to forget pain, but it’s even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar..."

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:02:00 -0500

“It’s so hard to forget pain, but it’s even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.”

- Chuck Palahniuk

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Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:00:08 -0500

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"Today I’ve made a major decision: I am never going to die. Others will die around me. They will be..."

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:52:43 -0500

“Today I’ve made a major decision: I am never going to die. Others will die around me. They will be nullified. Nothing of their personality will remain. The light switch will be turned off.”

- Super Sad True Love Story, by Gary Shteyngart, now on my must-read shortlist.

preorder it at amazon.com

A Writer's Ruminations: Effort at Speech Between Two People by Muriel Rukeyser

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:09:46 -0500

A Writer's Ruminations: Effort at Speech Between Two People by Muriel Rukeyser:

Speak to me. Take my hand. What are you now?
I will tell you all. I will conceal nothing.
When I was three, a little child read a story about a rabbit
who died, in the story, and I crawled under a chair:
a pink rabbit: it was my birthday, and a candle
burnt a sore spot on my finger, and I was told…

A Shocking Truth about CSS

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:36:30 -0500

A Shocking Truth about CSS:

maraby:

Interesting implications.

A must-read for web developers. Be sure to check out the blog post linked in the chat.

The Trees Bend To Me

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:18:24 -0500

The waves rock me slowly to sleep,
My eyes watch the water.
The brightest quiet hijacks my body:
It is the warm embrace of a lover.

The trees bend to brush my face -
I feel their leaves in my hair.
The soil, the bugs, the dead things, too,
In a campaign to wash me bare.

Mother, I know you never intended, expected,>
Such a complicated daughter.
I tell you now - life’s pains aren’t scars,
I bathe them off in water.

Sparklehorse / Danger Mouse - Star Eyes (I Can Catch It)...

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:41:17 -0500

Sparklehorse / Danger Mouse - Star Eyes (I Can Catch It) (featuring James Mercer)

Mark Linkous, aka Sparklehorse, died this past weekend. Here’s a track off of his last album, “Dark Night of the Soul,” a collaboration with Danger Mouse and David Lynch, featuring Julian Casablancas, Frank Black, and Iggy Pop among others.

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-3-7)

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:42:00 -0500

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-3-7):

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

"I have a need of silence and of stars. Too much is said too loudly. I am dazed. The silken sound of..."

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:49:47 -0500

“I have a need of silence and of stars.
Too much is said too loudly. I am dazed.
The silken sound of whirled infinity
Is lost in voices shouting to be heard…”

- William Alexander Percy (via awritersruminations)

"You can’t stop time. You can’t capture light. You can only turn your face up and let it rain down."

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:33:21 -0500

“You can’t stop time. You can’t capture light. You can only turn your face up and let it rain down.”

- The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, Kim Edwards (via fuckyeahliteraryquotes)

Music While Drowning

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:53:10 -0500

egonschiele:

There were moments when the black river
put a yoke on all my powers.
I saw the small waters large
and the gentle shores steep and high.
Turning, I fought
and heard the waters within me,
the good and beautiful black waters—
then I breathed golden strength again.
The river flowed, rigid and stronger.

Egon Schiele

Rococo Black Tea Set

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:46:36 -0500

Rococo Black Tea Set

Scandia Home: Antalya Towel & Bath Collection

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:45:39 -0500

Scandia Home: Antalya Towel & Bath Collection:

because you can’t go wrong with ultra-luxe Turkish cotton

agenerousdesigner: Horsetail Firefall (via Wiggum03) “Horsetail...

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:41:57 -0500

agenerousdesigner:

Horsetail Firefall (via Wiggum03)

“Horsetail Falls is a small seasonal waterfall that only appears in late winter and early spring. It flows over the east side of El Capitan, so as a backdrop it has one of the most impressive walls of granite in the entire park. Then – only for part of February, and only when the sky is clear – the very last sunrays of the day selectively linger on the falls, lighting it up with a golden glow that makes the water look like lava.”

One of these days I’ll get to Yosemite.

fuckyeaheyegasms: Stars Al-Hada نجوم الهدا (via Abdullah...

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:30:22 -0500

fuckyeaheyegasms:

Stars Al-Hada نجوم الهدا (via Abdullah Al-faggar لاللكم ونعم للكي)

Beautiful.

It's more than habitual.

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:52:00 -0500

I caught myself this morning holding a nifty pyramid teabag containing PG Tips tea over a cup next to some boiling water. You see, I’ve been making a cup of tea for this British man every morning for the past several weeks. However, he’s not here today, he’s away, and so no one is going to drink it. I put the teabag back in the box and used the water to make more coffee in my french press.

I first thought, “wow, I’ve got a tea-making habit now,” but I realize that this gesture, making a cup of something warm and reminiscent of home for someone who’s taken a huge leap of faith to be with me, is not merely a habit. It’s more than routine, it’s part of me now.

Cheers to always having a reason to brew those PG Tips. Nah, cheers to love. Cheers to having the life that allows you to love. Cheers to you, James.

"Francois Rabelais. He was a poet. And his last words were “I go to seek a Great Perhaps.” That’s why..."

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:42:05 -0500

““Francois Rabelais. He was a poet. And his last words were “I go to seek a Great Perhaps.” That’s why I’m going. So I don’t have to wait until I die to start seeking ‘a Great Perhaps.’ “”

-
- John Green, Looking for Alaska

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(via thehermitage)

Please don’t wait to die to seek your “Great Perhaps” - start seeking it now if you haven’t already.

"You are here for a purpose. There is no duplicate of you in the whole world. There has never been,..."

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:38:28 -0500

“You are here for a purpose. There is no duplicate of you in the whole world. There has never been, there never will be. You were brought here now to fill a certain need. Take time to think that over.”

- Lou Austin (via: elicec) (via quote-book)

"…and then, eventually, the New York skyline would appear on the horizon and we’d all..."

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:29:36 -0500

“…and then, eventually, the New York skyline would appear on the horizon and we’d all stop talking. If you happen to live there, it’s always refreshing to view Manhattan from afar. Up close the city constitutes an oppressive series of staircases, but from a distance it inspires fantasies of wealth and power so profound that even out communists are temporarily rendered speechless.”

- David Sedaris