May 2009
5 posts
“It’s peculiar and unnerving in a way to see so many young people walking...”
– Bob Dylan
April 2009
29 posts
“I am totally confident that I am an incredible artist and performer. I am...”
– Lady GaGa
“My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control...”
– Jack Kerouac (via thresca)
“A genuine tattoo …tells a story. They’re symbolic of the important moments in...”
– (via barstoolphilosopher)
white chocolate city
At the corner of 12th and Independence near the Mall last Saturday:
Kid to dad: “Why is D.C. mostly white people?” Dad: “It’s not. It’s mixed.” Kid: “A mix of mostly white people?”
(via DCist: Overheard in D.C.)
“Sometimes its nice to have somebody to talk to, even if you’re just talking...”
– The Wackness (via skankk)
from the mountain top
Sneezes and yawns rise up in you without your conscious bidding. You can try to stifle them, but they have a will of their own. Just imagine if you were also visited at unexpected moments by the need to howl. Suddenly and without warning, you felt an irrepressible urge to unleash bellowing sounds — simply because your instinctual nature was moved to forcefully express its joy at being alive,...
“Everybody changes. I love fashion, and I love changing my style, my hair, my...”
– Victoria Beckham - TIME Magazine
The Sylvia Plath Effect
longlivethequeen:
The Sylvia Plath effect is a term coined by psychologist James C. Kaufman in 2001 to refer to the phenomenon that creative writers are more susceptible to mental illness. Kaufman’s work demonstrated that female poets were more likely to suffer from mental illness than any other class of writers. This finding has been discussed in many international newspapers, including the New...
DC: Keepin' it (Un)Real →
“And you are the only star in my sky. Always.”
“All that is gold does not glitter; not all those that wander are lost.”
– J. R. R. Tolkien (via merricat) (via unicornology)
soul searching
Your symbol for the week is the Mariana Trench, which is the lowest place on the earth’s surface. Located underwater in the Pacific Ocean, it’s almost seven miles down — further below sea level than Mt. Everest is above sea level. I chose this natural feature for you to play with in your imagination because I’m hoping it will inspire you to explore the extreme depths. The...
March 2009
50 posts
“I just want you to be happy. I want you to be so happy..Cause even though...”
“So lay your hands over me
and feel what you only see”
– Anna Nalick (via bblove)