May 2010
FW on her trip to China:
fw: omg alana i saw a cocker spaniel carrying this woman’s water bottle for her my plan to have trained whiskey puppies is half complete
“He is a man without weather, upon whom weather cannot act. Do not underestimate this. Not rained upon. Not gusted over, or snowed on, or blown over, or burned by the sun, hidden in fog, lost at sea, killed at work, crushed in a crowd, broken in a fall off a bridge, wounded by the words of his wife, smashed with a hammer, washed away in a flood, or ever struck by sticks flying loose in a...
a list of things that are good right now—
songs on repeat, chances with wolves archive, midnight happy hour and grilled cheeses on my stoop, novellas, lost on hulu, h moving in today, weekend theme song
writing a book like a catalog: ” ‘I AM WHAT I AM.’... →
” ‘I AM WHAT I AM.’ My body belongs to me. I am me, you are you, and something’s wrong. Mass personalization. Individualization of all conditions – life, work and misery. Diffuse schizophrenia. Rampant depression. Atomization into fine paranoiac particles. Hysterization of contact. The more…
funny or sad? →
Eugenides' Middlesex
hauntedwoods:
The happiness that attends disaster. The disappointment of sleeping with one’s fantasy. Intimations of mortality brought on by ageing family members. The hatred of mirrors that begins in middle age. The sadness inspired by failing restaurants. The excitement of getting a room with a minibar.
thanks Filipa