SECOND GRADE FRESH

adornoble: “The simplest Surrealist act consists of dashing...

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:16:04 +1000

“The simplest Surrealist act consists of dashing down into the street, pistol in hand, and firing blindly, as fast as you can pull the trigger, into the crowd. Anyone who, at least once in his life, has not dreamed of thus putting an end to the petty system of debasement and cretinization in effect has a well-defined place in that crowd, with his belly at barrel level.*

*I know that these last two sentences are going to delight a certain number of simpletons who have been trying for a long time to catch me up in a contradiction with myself. Thus, am I really saying that ‘the simplest Surrealist act…?’ So what if I am! And while some, with an obvious axe to grind, seize the opportunity to ask me ‘what I’m waiting for,’ others raise a hue and cry about anarchy and try to pretend they have caught me in flagrante delicto committing an act of revolutionary indiscipline. Nothing is easier for me than to deprive these people of the cheap effect they might have. Yes, I am concerned to learn whether or not a person is blessed with violence before asking myself whether, in that person, violence compromises or does not compromise. I believe in the absolute virtue of anything that takes place, spontaneously or not, in the sense of non-acceptance, and no reasons of general efficacity, from which long, pre-revolutionary patience draws its inspiration—reasons to which I defer—will make me deaf to the cry which can be wrenched from us at every moment by the frightful disproportion between what is gained and what is lost, between what is granted and what is suffered. As for the act that I term the simplest: it is clear that my intention is not to recommend it above every other because it is simple, and to try and pick a quarrel with me on this point is tantamount to asking, in bourgeois fashion, any nonconformist why he doesn’t commit suicide, or any revolutionary why he doesn’t pack up and go live in the U.S.S.R. Don’t come to me with such stories! The haste with which certain people would be only too happy to see me disappear, coupled with my own natural tendency to agitation, are in themselves sufficient reason for me not to clear out of here for no good reason.”

- André Breton

"Some people underestimate how erotic it is to be understood."

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:15:48 +1000

“Some people underestimate how erotic it is to be understood.”

- Mary Rakow (via colporteur)

I had this exact one!

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:01:19 +1000

I had this exact one!

"The loneliest people are the kindest. The saddest people smile the brightest. The most damaged..."

Fri, 17 May 2013 02:27:40 +1000

“The loneliest people are the kindest. The saddest people smile the brightest. The most damaged people are the wisest. All because they do not wish to see anyone else suffer the way they do.”

- Unknown

spocks: i know that it is no secret that I am a green. But it...

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:04:43 +1000

spocks:

i know that it is no secret that I am a green. But it is days like today where I am reminded why I joined The Greens, and why I work so hard everyday to grow the green movement.

Today Parliament passed legislation that declared the continent of Australia is no longer a part of Australia’s migration zone. This is a law designed to bypass our international obligation to refugees. This is a government that locks up children in detention centres even though they have committed no crime. They are fleeing for their lives and we treat them like criminals.

The Greens oppose this. The Greens will always oppose this and they always have. They are THE ONLY party in Parliament that does.

If you think that refugees deserve better than being locked up in island prisons with no timeframe for release, you should vote Green. Because the old parties think refugees deserve that.

And this video, this is Christine Milne explaining why the government and the opposition are not only not caring for Australia, but being economically irresponsible as well.

This is why I am Green. This is why I gave up on the old parties. This is why I fight, even when it feels like all hope is lost.

What’s the opposite of lust for life? I’m just going to watch Archer and never do...

Thu, 16 May 2013 22:25:05 +1000

What’s the opposite of lust for life? I’m just going to watch Archer and never do anything meaningful again ever.

One of the guys doing a show at the same time as ours looks just...

Thu, 16 May 2013 22:21:11 +1000

One of the guys doing a show at the same time as ours looks just like this guy (but he’s a ranga) and talking to him/seeing him around is somehow incredible and literally awesome.

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neil-gaiman: butcherbilly: The Post-Punk / New Wave Super...

Thu, 16 May 2013 13:04:00 +1000

neil-gaiman:

butcherbilly:

The Post-Punk / New Wave Super Friends by Butcher Billy

Who are your heroes?

Reblogged purely to make Amanda smile.

Post-Punk and New Wave super heroes? Uh, yes please.

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Thu, 16 May 2013 12:44:36 +1000

pleoros: Iceland, face at Skogafoss So who’s coming to...

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:27:58 +1000

pleoros:

Iceland, face at Skogafoss

So who’s coming to Iceland with me? This isn’t a joke, it’s been long enough. I’ve visited 43 countries and so far none of them have been Iceland and I don’t understand how. IT’S TIME.

Last night I had a nightmarishly bad time, this morning I wake up to a call letting me know that an...

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:26:00 +1000

Last night I had a nightmarishly bad time, this morning I wake up to a call letting me know that an award the Queensland University of Technology invited me to nominate for (based on my academic achievements during my Law degree and my “outstanding” extra-curricular involvement blah blah…) was mine! The Law Faculty let me know that not only had I won, I had been so far beyond the other applicants that they had “done away with” the need for shortlisting nominees for interviews…

(Second?) Last person to win was our most recent RHODES SCHOLAR.

So I guess I feel a little bit better now. Sort of. Ugh life.

"Memories do not always soften with time; some grow edges like knives."

Thu, 16 May 2013 00:44:59 +1000

“Memories do not always soften with time; some grow edges like knives.”

- Barbara Kingsolver, The Lacuna

"I still catch myself feeling sad about things that don’t matter anymore."

Wed, 15 May 2013 23:39:27 +1000

“I still catch myself feeling sad about things that don’t matter anymore.”

- Kurt Vonnegut

disturber-magazine: Kevin Tadge

Tue, 14 May 2013 17:48:11 +1000

disturber-magazine:

Kevin Tadge

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