June 2010
91 posts
“What you need now more than anything is discipline. Cast off mere words. Words...”
– — Haruki Murakami, “Thailand,” from After the Quake: Stories. (via jennyowenyoungs)
True.
“I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
So much has changed in a year. Never think you can’t mix it up.
how to hit on people, a primer by sara moore.
theorderofthings: mercybell asked: hey can you teach me to hit on people properly?!
Oh, Mercy. Here are a few ways to approach this depending on your MO.
1) Compliments are good. Speak with conviction.
2) Be forward. It doesn’t hurt and it’s pretty clear that you’re hitting on them.
3) If you’re at a bar/club/party/other public/creepy setting:
- Approach person of interest
- Tell them...
“I say, follow your bliss and don’t be afraid, and doors will open where...”
– Joseph Campbell
halphillips asked: What do you think of Bruce Springsteen?
habla conmigo por favor
I am going to the beach to go pretend to be the valley girl most people assume I am but am not.
But I just realized that I have the ASK mechanism in full capacity on this blog and that you all should talk to me and tell me about your lives.
Soooo talk to meeeee or even better add me on facebook.
WatchHey illustrator friends! I dedicate this TED talk to you!
Maira Kalman is so cool (her work is the closest to the inside of my head I’ve seen outside of my head).
“Remember to always be yourself. Unless you suck.”
– Joss Whedon
“Largamente (theme from On the...
NYTimes: Nebraska Town Votes to Banish Illegal... →
I would like to remind NEBRASKA that thanks to the Homestead Act of 1862, thousands of immigrants from Ellis Island from countries that don’t exist anymore flooded your prairie plains. Go read My Antonia.
tough crowd
Yesterday Danielle, Bill, and I were killing time in Tompkins Square Park rehearsing and playing songs and two six year old kids decided to request we play “Time After Time”. Soon TEN other children ages 3-7 surrounded us and were requesting Lady Gaga, ABBA, “A Hard Knock Life”, “Puff the Magic Dragon”, some Beatles (but not all), some Ramones (but not all), and...
“I wasn’t even high, I was just 7.”
– Liz Burke 