December 2011
“I am tired of trying to hold things together that cannot be held. Trying to...”
– Celia Bown (The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern)
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“He looks like Zorro on doughnuts.”
– Noel Gallagher on Jack White.
(More musician beefs here.)
Oh God, Jack! Does anyone remember when Jack White was a handsome young thing?
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“Get on, imbecile. All my life I’ve had to put up with your screw-ups.”
– Lisa Trabelsi to husband, deposed Tunisian dictator Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, as he hesitated to board a plane to exile.
What a year, 2011!
(via monsterpussy)
Oh Christmas
The time of year where you get to explain to (and eventually scream at) people why homosexuals aren’t like paedophiles.
Someone tried the “it’s just a trial that God gave them that they need to overcome” argument on me. I had a swell time shutting that down.
tarts:
The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping
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One teacher's approach to preventing gender...
togetherforjacksoncountykids:
“It’s Okay to be Neither,” By Melissa Bollow Tempel
Alie arrived at our 1st-grade classroom wearing a sweatshirt with a hood. I asked her to take off her hood, and she refused. I thought she was just being difficult and ignored it. After breakfast we got in line for art, and I noticed that she still had not removed her hood. When we arrived at the art room, I said:...
Anal Bleaching and Other Cosmetic Surgeries -... →
Holy shit. I came across this article after Googling “why the fuck do people anal bleach” upon reading Caragh’s post, and the slew of references to anal bleaching I’ve been subjected to lately (Always Sunny, Bridesmaids etc.).
This article goes beyond (ugh I don’t want to type it again?) and points out some of the other insane shit women are doing to themselves.
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Real Estate - It’s Real
Ghost Wave - Hippy
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Clams Casino - Motivation
“Q. Do you need to have implants?
A. No, the Perfect Tan Bikini can be worn with...”
– JWoww’s stick-on bikinis are “pasties you can wear to the beach, a reusable panty liner for your tits.”
I just can’t get over the line “a reusable panty liner for your tits”.
The 10 Best Albums of 2011 | Rob Sheffield |... →
10. Yuck, Yuck
London kids with guitars full of love-buzz superfuzz, so open-hearted you keep waiting for the ironic subtext to kick in. Except it doesn’t, because there isn’t one. Cool. Hey Liz Phair: you could probably write an excellent song about trying to pick up one of these guys and frightening him so bad he runs back to the hotel and writes a song about you instead of kissing you. I...
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“One cannot be expected to march full-bore into an interpersonal relationship...”
– Phil Roland Love In The Time Of Tumblr « Thought Catalog An extremely well-written discussion of identity, internet, performance and relationships in the age of Tumblr (via wambamashleyanne)
“I mean, I have the feeling that something in my mind is poisoning everything...”
– Vladimir Nabokov
Google Maps Nerding Out →
Check out the warning under the to and from fields.
Wooooo internet. I’d like to thank the QUT library for pointing this one out.
tuneage:
The Ukrainians - “Koroleva Ne...
