January 2012
4794:
2011 doesn’t even feel real like it didn’t happen
“I don’t really know how people can be alive for more than six days without rage....”
– Martin Freeman in an article from The Times online (via benedictatorship)
tylerknott:
“Dig Down Deep” by Vandaveer
“Dig...
“We’re all going to die, all of us, what a circus! That alone should make us love...”
– Charles Bukowski (via girlwithoutwings)
Yugen (n.)
forestmilk:
An awareness of the universe that triggers emotional responses too deep and mysterious for words.
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Ladies & Gentlemen, I give you, the 2012...
Michelle Bachmann: "Don’t misunderstand. I am not here bashing people who are homosexuals, who are lesbians, who are bisexual, who are transgender. We need to have profound compassion for people who are dealing with the very real issue of sexual dysfunction in their life and sexual identity disorders.” (2004)
Ron Paul: "The rate of AIDS infection is on the increase again. From the gay point of view, the reasons seem quite sensible. First, these men don't really see a reason to live past their fifties. They are not married, they have no children, and their lives are centered on new sexual partners... because sex is the center of their lives, they want it to be as pleasurable as possible, which means unprotected sex. Third, they enjoy the attention & pity that comes with being sick." (1995 in a newsletter)
Rick Perry: "I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm a Christian, but you don't need to be in the pew every Sunday to know there's something wrong in this country when gays can serve openly in the military but our kids can't openly celebrate Christmas or pray in school. " (2011 in a campaign ad)
Mitt Romney: "I should tell my story. I'm also unemployed." (2011 while speaking to unemployed people in Florida. Romney's net worth is over $200 million.)
Newt Gingrich: "She's not young enough or pretty enough to be the wife of the President. And besides, she has cancer." (1994, about his first wife)
Rick Santorum: "Is anyone saying same-sex couples can’t love each other? I love my children. I love my friends, my brother. Heck, I even love my mother-in-law. Should we call these relationships marriage, too?" (2008)
Michelle Bachmann: "Carbon dioxide is portrayed as harmful. But there isn't even one study that can be produced that shows that carbon dioxide is a harmful gas." (2009 during a debate)
Mitt Romney: "PETA is not happy that my dog likes fresh air." (2006, when questioned about driving 12 hours with his dog in a cage strapped to the top of his car)
“You see, you closed your eyes. That was the difference. Sometimes you cannot...”
– Mitch Albom (via explaterate)
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Me: Are you going to be here in a reasonable amount of time?
Caley: Why?
Me: Because I already made myself look nice.
Caley: Is it wearing off?
Me: I'm getting uglier every second.
December 2011
“I know when things are over, when there’s nothing left to do. It’s like falling...”
– Bones of Faerie (via tosaynothingtogether)
“I’m grateful for anything that reminds me of what’s possible in this life. Books...”
– Jonathan Safran Foer (via suzywire)
“Queer people do not need to offer excuses or defend their own existence. If one...”
– » Fauxgress Watch: “Born This Way” Social Justice League
(via sexisnottheenemy, newmodelminority)
“I closed the box and put it in a closet. There is no real way to deal with...”
– Joan Didion
(via mythologyofblue)
“With this withdrawal, the Americans are leaving behind a destroyed country....”
– Mariam Khazim, a Shiite whose father was killed when a mortar shell struck his home in Sadr City.
US formally ends Iraq war with little fanfare
(via laliberty)
“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.”
– Albert Einstein (via funeral)
November 2011
funeral:
floccinaucinihilipilification, noun: the act or habit of describing or regarding something as unimportant.
pietrisycamollaviadelrechiotemexity, noun: the state of not having the faintest clue what in the world is going on.
#NP Youth Lagoon - Cannon →
“A ‘No’ uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a ‘Yes’ merely uttered...”
– Gandhi (via tanyasmart)
