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2009

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2008

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March
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May 1st
Listen Listen
myhearteatsbeats: funeralface: Rilo Kiley - With Arms Outstretched And if you want me you’d...
May 1st
unicornology: iguessthatscool:(via wesanderson)
May 1st
i am blogging my paper crane progress here.
May 1st
i need to count.
May 1st
ohwellthisisnice: closertotheocean: new etsy things,...
May 1st
unicornology: (via hibernate)
May 1st
new etsy things, coming soon.
May 1st
new etsy things, coming soon.
May 1st
May 1st
the best part of the studio. duh.
May 1st
Warch Watch
thebestbirthcontrolofall: apsies: thedivineash:skunkmonkey: Awesome song: Pregnant Women are...
May 1st
fmylife: Today, my boyfriend and I were laying naked in my bed making out. All of a sudden, we hear...
May 1st
Apr 30th
align: (via harbouring)
Apr 30th
scout: HEY, MIDDLE SCHOOL. i love every single song on this...
Apr 30th
myhearteatsbeats: (via careenin)
Apr 30th
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lavenderlines: tilly-clark: replicant: Adam - trailer (2009) ok, i’m in love. awwwwwwwww ...
Apr 30th
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session americana - jackson
Apr 30th
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session americana - ponch and lefty
Apr 30th
“I follow crumbs and guess which way did you go...”
—  The Things That Should Have...
Apr 30th
yvynyl: The 3/50 Project This has always been a pretty...
Apr 30th
Apr 29th
(via tulletulle)
Apr 29th
unicornology: merricat:(via morganmartinez) This is a...
Apr 29th
align: fives:(via UrbanPirate) (It is.)
Apr 29th
“I like to see people reunited, I like to see people run to...”
— jonathan safran foer (via...
Apr 29th
Listen Listen
copycats: Wake Up Exhausted by Alkaline Trio originally by Tegan & Sara (via mikeypizzle)
Apr 29th
Listen Listen
(via iveneverheardofyou)
Apr 28th
myhearteatsbeats: (via Glitter&Vomit) (guess I’m in a...
Apr 28th
longwinter: (via awholelotofsmiles)
Apr 28th
Public transit makes me hate all people. Passionately.
Apr 28th
tulletulle: (via iampirate)
Apr 28th
hellovagina: Man Grows 5 Centimeter Tree Branch In His Lung ...
Apr 28th
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ohwellthisisnice: Iron & Wine - The Trapeze Swinger (via Dubberzz) Fun fact: Google...
Apr 28th
we have a stage now. and next to it? that little room?...
Apr 28th
the view from the roof. i cannot wait for a whole summer of...
Apr 28th

know what's creepy?

when someone looks at 140 pictures of your girlfriend on your flickr in one day. and nothing else....
Apr 28th
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tesslynch: The video to Pavement’s “Cut Your Hair” is great.  Sometimes I forget this and have to...
Apr 28th
whythefuckdoyouhaveakid: becuz the juggalo army needs more...
Apr 28th
(photo: iveneverheardofyou) this is what i did yesterday.
Apr 28th
Listen Listen
scout: weezer - my name is jonas
Apr 28th
Listen Listen
lorenrochelle: Florence & The Machine - Hospital Beds (Cold War Kids Cover) This is just an...
Apr 28th
(via scout)
Apr 27th
“Because wasn’t a kiss part of the act of loving? In truth?...”
— Sandra Cisneros - Caramelo...
Apr 27th
Warch Watch
myhearteatsbeats: Madeline Adams - “Sleeping Dogs” (via BrownJulius)
Apr 25th
(via c0mf0rtable)
Apr 25th
tulletulle: aristobrat: honeyhands: cosmic-dust: (via...
Apr 25th
tesslynch: Little Edie at 17. (Source) holy CRAP. i know...
Apr 25th
myhearteatsbeats: narwhals (via Jimbo3DC)
Apr 24th

Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of...

bookparts: They say it’s the iron in the blood that resists transformation. It is also said that...
Apr 24th

Things I Don't Understand And Definitely...

thingsidontunderstandand: Is there a word for the moment when someone decides that they are...
Apr 24th
Listen Listen
tesslynch: fightwithknives: Jonathan Richman - “That Summer Feeling” When the weather gets warm...
Apr 24th

BETTING POOL

misanthropydaily: bets on how long my little brother will go before his next hospitalization, $5....
Apr 24th
moarlolz4me: merricat: digitalbath: poobah: Huh…—BP
Apr 24th
Apr 24th
my favorite time of year to go up to the state house in...
Apr 24th
Apr 23rd
Apr 23rd
FML.
Apr 23rd
Apr 23rd
note to self: tear this article apart later
Apr 23rd
Faked Evidence of Gay Conversion?
Apr 23rd
God do i ever have conference calls.
Apr 23rd
Listen Listen
neutral milk hotel - little birds And here beneath the water I can see How the lights distort...
Apr 23rd
c0mf0rtable: (via youmightfindyourself) lulz. wut. truth.
Apr 23rd
Warch Watch
clockwatching: jacob: I just want to say that I fully support this new meme of auto tuning video...
Apr 23rd
scout: wolvesatnight:trudymade: (via hexxx) LULZ
Apr 23rd
Listen Listen
lorenrochelle: Iron And Wine, The Trapeze Swinger Beautiful, Beautiful song… they are so...
Apr 23rd
Warch Watch
titlepage: teaim: Design, Make and Build of cut paper backdrop for ‘I Don’t Know’ music video for...
Apr 23rd
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titlepage: PAPER HEART. this looks amazing. (thanks sam) WANT TO SEE!
Apr 22nd
finallyseeing: youarebonbon: lolitasinfinity: (via...
Apr 22nd
moarlolz4me: phuuuuu: bthny: yaldabaoth: ...
Apr 22nd

FAIL!

fmylife: Today, I was crocheting while watching television, and thinking to myself how proud I was...
Apr 22nd
tulletulle: aristobrat: honeyhands: merricat +...
Apr 22nd
c0mf0rtable: justjanice: (via thoseareturkeys)
Apr 22nd
Sunshine day! I am in a wonderful wonderful mood! Also: I am go love. With Martha Stewart’s...
Apr 22nd
Listen Listen
ohwellthisisnice: copycats: This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) by Exit Clov originally by...
Apr 22nd
lorenrochelle: (via nckhrkman)
Apr 22nd
heartfullofplants: Yes, play it again. ha, totally...
Apr 22nd
mizzchelle: (Via the kinda depressing, kinda creepy,...
Apr 22nd
lavenderlines: (via boulevardiers)
Apr 22nd
“Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family....”
— Mark “Rent-boy” Renton (via...
Apr 22nd
Listen Listen
heartfullofplants: The District Sleeps Alone Tonight - The Postal Service
Apr 22nd
lavenderlines: flautapantera: such a cute tattoo. want ...
Apr 22nd
c0mf0rtable: (via oneshouldreadeverything)
Apr 22nd
lavenderlines: (via wasteofpaint)
Apr 22nd
(via explodingdog)
Apr 22nd
rackattack: I love this photo, by Sir Lockwood at Cooking...
Apr 22nd
Listen Listen
tumblrtunes: anonymous7: “Red Right Ankle” by The Decemberists
Apr 22nd
tulletulle: aristobrat: horribleadorable: Charles M....
Apr 22nd
OMFG - Ork Posters just expaned beyond cities and into...
Apr 22nd
Listen Listen
myhearteatsbeats: thedarlingchild: afallingsky: my manic and i - laura marling
Apr 21st
(via explodingdog)
Apr 20th
harlandspinks: (via iamthecarpenter)
Apr 20th
Apr 20th
I have several 08 vacation days to use before june 1. I think i shall leave the office at one today....
Apr 20th
clockwatching: Worn by Amelia Earhart herself. For AJA...
Apr 20th
Listen Listen
ohwellthisisnice: Scorpio Rising — The Mountain Goats & John Vanderslice (aka the Comedians) ...
Apr 20th
mizzchelle: Lord Bodner’s Octopus, Natural Curiosites ...
Apr 20th

Dear cat,

ohwellthisisnice: what is so urgent that you must claw open the bathroom door when I am trying to do...
Apr 20th
unicornology:iguessthatscool:digitalbath:stopnicole:kyliedear...
Apr 20th
lorenrochelle: Really? No seriously I know it’s hot outside...
Apr 20th
justoneplace: I’ve had plenty of practice and mouthfuls of...
Apr 20th
Listen Listen
mizzchelle: Okkervil River, “You Can’t Hold The Hand of a Rock and Roll Man” I’m done with...
Apr 20th
Listen Listen
heartfullofplants: copycats: Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) by Matt Smith originally by Beyonce...
Apr 20th
tulletulle: aristobrat: fionamehta: blindwisegoo +...
Apr 20th

sehnsucht.

titlepage: Sehnsucht is a German word that literally means “longing” or in a wider sense a kind of...
Apr 20th
Listen Listen
longwinter: Displaced, Azure Ray. (Because I cannot be the only homesick one here.)
Apr 18th
Warch Watch
everybodycares: Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al (live in Africa)
Apr 18th
myhearteatsbeats: atoms: ...
Apr 18th
justforthehalibut: saramcpherson: 30 Awesomely Bad...
Apr 18th
unicornology: (via joshdivision) I LIKE YOUR VERSION OF...
Apr 18th
moarlolz4me: iveneverheardofyou: rocketboom: ...
Apr 18th
Warch Watch
iveneverheardofyou: Jonathan Richman — New England I’ve been all around the world, but I love New...
Apr 18th
longwinter: (via smut-to-go)
Apr 18th
Trying to get a meeting with a person. So far no luck.
Apr 17th
titlepage: starsnatcher: (via colporteur)
Apr 17th
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align: David Bowie & The Arcade Fire, “Wake Up.”
Apr 17th
Apr 16th

A Note On Today's Most Buzzed About...

tesslynch: marklisanti: I’m so hopeless that the Hipster Grifter once passed me a note in a...
Apr 16th
TITANIC: Crazy old widow disregards lifelong...
Apr 16th
sleepanddream: thecellardoor:
Apr 16th
align: monstersflash:thehandshake: The Nomura Jellyfish...
Apr 16th
unicornology: (via annarexia) hannah and i are quite...
Apr 16th
reasonstolive: lemons, lemonade. (outandabout) lemons,...
Apr 16th
moarlolz4me: I’m glad that I’m dating someone who would...
Apr 16th
With anti-addiction pill, 'no urge, no...
Apr 15th
align: casimirpulaskiday: iwantmybearsuit: ...
Apr 15th
“He told her he was in rebellion against his reactionary...”
— Milan Kundera, The Book of...
Apr 15th
Idioms! ...your morning dose of nerd
Apr 15th
Warch Watch
(unicornology: buyhercandy: thedailywhat [via.]) not gonna lie. this kind of made me adore...
Apr 15th

sort of the how today feels. awesome.

fmylife: Today, I made an appointment with a therapist because lately I’ve been feeling alone and...
Apr 15th
(via explodingdog) bboa!
Apr 14th
Whatever beyonce. If *i* were a boy, i’d wear a bow tie every day.
Apr 14th
Warch Watch
missy higgins - ten days. okay, flashback to 2005 complete. but damn.
Apr 14th
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missy higgins - scar GOD DAMN i loved this song.
Apr 14th
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missy higgins - the special two (oh, hello 2005! two more memory road songs, coming right...
Apr 14th

OMG SELF

STOP LISTENING TO MISSY HIGGINS YOU NERD.
Apr 14th

At North Farm

jaim: Somewhere someone is traveling furiously toward you, At incredible speed, traveling day and...
Apr 14th

Things I Don't Understand And Definitely...

thingsidontunderstandand: Who does not want to run away? Where won’t we go?
Apr 14th
(via tulletulle) i had a four-leaf clover once. it is in a...
Apr 14th
Listen Listen
aburstingflameoffun: iveneverheardofyou: I tell my love to wreck it all Cut out all the ropes...
Apr 14th
aburstingflameoffun: everybodycares: apsies: President...
Apr 14th
ohwellthisisnice: the Mountain Goats | Forums :: Whole...
Apr 14th
iveneverheardofyou: abbyjean: folks at mapscroll mapped...
Apr 14th
pleaserecycle: uppereastside: savvymac: ...
Apr 14th
“Everything is more complicated than you think. You only see...”
— Synecdoche, New York (via...
Apr 13th
sleepanddream: Laura Shannon fuckyeahcephalopods
Apr 13th
pleaserecycle: (via fuckyeahdisney) i definitely referenced...
Apr 13th
sleepanddream: Aaron Wojack
Apr 13th
sleepanddream: VPhlox Tsemel weird. i know who she is, the...
Apr 13th
everybodycares: all the real girls.
Apr 13th

Word of the Day

somnolence(noun) A very sleepy state.>
Apr 13th

Hannah, we are going to give you your...

aburstingflameoffun: also, I love sublime.
Apr 13th
Warch Watch
justforthehalibut: You guys, Ham Sandwich! For A., CC, CG, & Sarah! YES!
Apr 13th
tulletulle: elvisdepressley: (via misshoney) Me Too. ...
Apr 12th
harlandspinks: ofmoonsbirdsandmonsters: ...
Apr 12th
harlandspinks: (via funeralface)
Apr 12th
It is snowing.
Apr 11th
Warch Watch
your ex lover is dead (stars) - a capella performance by the UMass Dynamics
Apr 11th
Warch Watch
i kind of really hope that they are totally self-aware and understand the absurdity and sadness of...
Apr 11th
Warch Watch
i’m outing myself: i have a huge boner for missy higgins.
Apr 11th
unicornology: (via styleandsubstance)
Apr 11th
Listen Listen
scout: ekstasis: Built to Spill - Car
Apr 11th
ghostsinyourbed: icanread: (via the air in the branches)
Apr 11th
ohgrowup: littleorphanammo: thewordunheard: ...
Apr 11th
everybodycares: Okay, time for this week’s...
Apr 11th
An 11-year-old Massachusetts boy, Carl Joseph...
Apr 11th
(via moarlolz4me)
Apr 11th
“…I have this strange feeling that I’m not myself anymore....”
— Haruki Murakami (via suzywire)...
Apr 10th
everything about today is going to be either painfully tedious or terribly anxiety-inducing. whine...
Apr 10th
unicornology: iguessthatscool: merricat: (via...
Apr 10th
unicornology: joshdivision:
Apr 10th
constantwanderlust: morningstarship: AJA
Apr 10th

conclusion

it was my sixth goats show. second most epic. and the banter was the best yet. good god damn, what a...
Apr 10th
this year - the mountain goats
Apr 10th
the day the aliens came (hawaiian feeling) -...
Apr 10th
alibi - the mountain goats
Apr 10th
commandante - the mountain goats
Apr 10th
see america right - the mountain goats
Apr 10th
no children - the mountain goats
Apr 10th
steps columns pillars - the mountain...
Apr 10th
surrounded - the mountain goats/the comedians
Apr 10th
emerging - the mountain goats (sort of - the...
Apr 10th
the sign - the mountain goats (ace of base...
Apr 10th
beach house - the mountain goats
Apr 10th
going to alaska - the mountain goats
Apr 10th
island garden song - the mountain goats
Apr 10th
marduk t-shirt men's room incident - the...
Apr 10th
so desperate - the mountain goats
Apr 10th
blueberry frost - the mountain goats
Apr 10th
elijah - the mountain goats
Apr 10th
black pear tree - the mountain goats
Apr 10th
sign of the crow 2 - the mountain goats
Apr 9th
you or your memory - the mountain goats
Apr 9th
cobscook bay - the mountain goats
Apr 9th
november love song - the mountain goats
Apr 9th
woke up new - the mountain goats
Apr 9th
i love you, let's set ourselves on fire - the...
Apr 9th
longwinter: (via funeralface) capsula mundi. put me in the...
Apr 9th
reasonstolive: stairs to no-where.
Apr 9th
(via tulletulle) CLB auto…
Apr 9th
moarlolz4me: comeseibella: theyahooanswers: Submitted...
Apr 9th
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tesslynch: YOU GUYS. MOLLY FOUND THE MINGE-SHAVING COMMERCIAL. I have never been so happy to...
Apr 9th
(via moarlolz4me)
Apr 9th
(via moarlolz4me) zomg, cassy ftw.
Apr 9th
(via moarlolz4me)
Apr 9th
leahcreates: realreason: wytherwings:rachell (via...
Apr 9th
“Emotions, in my experience, aren’t covered by single words....”
— Middlesex — Jeffrey Eugenides....
Apr 9th
“I know that my achievement is quite ordinary. I am not the...”
—  Jhumpa Lahiri, “The...
Apr 9th
longwinter: Experiments in living: hypotheses Your friends will move away from you. Most likely...
Apr 8th
tulletulle: iwantmybearsuit: oliv3juice:(via saladays)
Apr 8th
Warch Watch
tesslynch: rand0mflora: via Gawker I wonder if, when these actors got this audition notice,...
Apr 8th
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ummm WHAT. according to the HRC the ad is set to air on CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC eight times per...
Apr 8th
pleaserecycle: bohemea: Clueless (1995) WIN
Apr 8th
pleaserecycle: (via audreyhepburncomplex) WUT WUT WUT
Apr 8th
Twitter: A commentary on desultory behavior...
Apr 8th
reasonstolive: #198: del’s lemonade.
Apr 8th
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tesslynch: The Avalanches — Since I Left You
Apr 8th
tsunamis: oolieoh: According to Greek mytholgy, humans were originally created with four arms,...
Apr 8th
“They say that when the Greek gods were bored, they invented...”
— Feast Of Love (via liy)
Apr 8th
Listen Listen
ohwellthisisnice: Seeing Daylight — tMG and the phone ringing, and me picking it up and watching...
Apr 8th
tulletulle: longlivethequeen: cowgirlblues: ...
Apr 8th
tulletulle: iwantmybearsuit: gemimalou:bauldoff:Black...
Apr 8th
Warch Watch
iveneverheardofyou: themattsmith: peterwknox: thegreg:think4yourself: “You guys don’t...
Apr 8th
sleepanddream: wordsandfeathers: you & i, by chelsea...
Apr 8th
Apr 8th
Apr 8th
sleepanddream: ROM birds part two (via thisisfurious)
Apr 7th
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ohgrowup: withoutmelissa: lorenrochelle old. wonderful.
Apr 7th
“I am still every age that I have been. Because I was once a...”
— Madeleine L’Engle (via...
Apr 7th
onethirtyeight: outandabout:(via kellymccaleb) I want a...
Apr 7th

DC Coucil votes to recognize other...

Whattaday!...
Apr 7th
Apr 7th

Yeah, VT!

Four down, forty-six to go! Huzzah!!!
Apr 7th
rosanne has finally really, legitimately,...
Apr 7th
BREAKING: The Vermont Senate voted 23-5 to...
Apr 7th

Seriously?

New policy at my good ol’ alma mater, the University of New Hampshire: You can be written up...
Apr 7th
HI THE GREATEST THING EVER
Apr 7th
mizzchelle: Oh So Beautiful Paper: How lovely… (via...
Apr 7th
gordon street.
Apr 7th
“My brother and I used to play a game. I’d point to a chair....”
— The History of Love: A Novel ...
Apr 6th
hellovagina: my big octopus heart
Apr 6th
onethirtyeight: iaminlikewithmybike: unexcitable: via...
Apr 6th
(via hellovagina) i do not appreciate this but i know AJA...
Apr 6th
mizzchelle: Happy National Public Health Week! Do you...
Apr 6th
Listen Listen
sleepanddream: Wolf Parade: I’ll Believe in Anything
Apr 6th
“I’ve grown impatient with the kind of debate we used...”
—  Donella Meadows
Apr 6th

more bizarro spam

and then suddenly and to my surprise i met and married the man i had no idea i was dreaming of but...
Apr 6th
myhearteatsbeats: (via yyellowbird) attn: A!
Apr 6th

The History of Love by Nicole Krauss

featherveins: spareparts: “Sometimes I imagine my own autopsy. Disappointment in myself: right...
Apr 6th
tulletulle: stweedy: icanread: (via emyme → shel...
Apr 5th
tulletulle: jumbledemotion: can-be-infinite: ...
Apr 5th
on the roof <3 photo: nik mccarter
Apr 4th
Warch Watch
stars - your ex lover is dead Live through this, and you won’t look back… ...
Apr 4th
eww.
Apr 4th
unicornology: merricat: iguessthatscool: ...
Apr 4th
Warch Watch
unicornology: (via merricat)
Apr 4th
unicornology: iguessthatscool: (via many small guesses).
Apr 4th
“It seems to me that if you place music (and books, probably,...”
—  Nick Hornby, High Fidelity...
Apr 4th
harlandspinks: (via mayonegg)
Apr 4th
Said In Bed: As Awkward As The Act
Apr 4th
in my happy place, drinking my happy drink.  yay iced tea.
Apr 4th
Apr 4th
Listen Listen
please come dive in puddles with me!
Apr 3rd

dilemma:

i want to drink the last beer in the fridge. but then i would have to pee. i already have to pee....
Apr 3rd
ohwellthisisnice: jraffunderwater: finegarten: via
Apr 3rd
BBC NEWS -- Sweden allows same-sex marriage
Apr 3rd
tulletulle: pippi is the BEST
Apr 3rd

random bits of nostalgia

lorenrochelle: There is a place where the sidewalk ends And before the street begins, And there...
Apr 3rd
iveneverheardofyou: (via drylow) cc! !!!!!!!!!!!
Apr 3rd
tulletulle: (via marshmallowphantom) amelia!
Apr 3rd
tulletulle: (via marshmallowphantom) chelsea!
Apr 3rd
Warch Watch
titlepage: this makes me so happy. zomg awesome. (except for the phat beatz that kick in…...
Apr 3rd
longwinter: (via atoms)
Apr 3rd
scout: megsnotplural: blanket fort party.
Apr 3rd

BREAKING: Same-Sex Marriage Now Legal In...

iveneverheardofyou: thedailywhat: I did not see this coming. From the Des Moines Register: ...
Apr 3rd
Anxiety.
Apr 3rd
Listen Listen
the good life - album of the year
Apr 3rd

Wut? Weirdest spam EVER

a conversation today cate: did you love disney games on the computer when you were five? i am...
Apr 2nd
Commentary: I was the 'queen of denial' on...
Apr 2nd
Dying of a Broken Heart: A Diagnosis for...
Apr 2nd
tulletulle: (via elvisdepressley)
Apr 2nd
Listen Listen
iveneverheardofyou: closertotheocean: rackattack: The National — So Far Around The Bend i...
Apr 2nd

hey real life friends...

anyone know someone totally awesome, or at least totally okay, who needs a place to live come...
Apr 2nd
“trees outside the window and a big band sound that makes you...”
— richard siken (via beccaginns)...
Apr 2nd
“At the end, all that’s left of you are your possessions....”
— Nicole Krauss (The History of...
Apr 2nd
Warch Watch
myhearteatsbeats: Priscilla Ahn - Dream (Official Video) (via BNLGUSA)
Apr 2nd
myhearteatsbeats: breathsoftruth: (via smut-to-go) ...
Apr 2nd
whythefuckdoyouhaveakid: becuz life isn’t hard enough for...
Apr 2nd
“Holding hands, for example, is a way to remember how it...”
— Nicole Krauss (via thresca)...
Apr 2nd

You Don't Believe in Evolution.

dealbreaker: Learning this information about you guarantees we will not procreate.  How’s that...
Apr 2nd
tulletulle: elvisdepressley: iampirate: (via...
Apr 2nd
every girl shoul own this book. obvs.
Apr 1st

shuffle on my ipod is a hilarious thing.

Example: Brand New - Soco Amaretto Lime: “I’m gonna stay 18 forever, so we can stay like...
Apr 1st
And i try to draw the line but it ends up running down the middle of me most of the time.
Apr 1st
“Paintings of mentally abnormals”
— ….awesome.
Apr 1st
I can only assume that this is the MBTA’s idea of an April Fool’s joke.
Apr 1st

[white rabbit white rabbit white rabbit]

Apr 1st