November 2011
24 posts
Braden Graeber's Internet: Love Clichés: Updated... →
bradengraeber:
Here’s a 21st century list of sweet nothings to whisper to your loved one.
“I love you like a fat kid loves youth-onset diabetes.”
“Love is patient, love is kind. Answer my texts in less than a minute or I will cut you.”
“My never-ending love for you will last at least 73 days.”
“Roses are…
Why Thanksgiving is my favorite
At 6 A.M. Darren will get up and start deep-frying a turkey in what I can only imagine is boiling hot gold. At 10:30 Nancy will shout upstairs for Stephen and I to get out of bed. At 10:35, Nancy will shout a little bit louder for Stephen and I to get out of bed. At 10:45, the police will be called after the neighbors hear what they can only assume to be a domestic disturbance. Stephen and I...
“I really love what you’ve done with the place, Grape.” - what a chipmunk would say if he saw my bathroom (with the pine limb and all the other general foliage)
BEAST: GARRETT MCNAMARA
blaaahg:
It seems that Garrett McNamara just broke the world record for largest wave surfed by successfully navigating this 90-foot wall of watery death in Nazaré, Portugal. The previous record—77 feet—was set by Mike Parsons in 2008.
Wow, totally just figured out what I’m going to do for my 21st birthday bash/rager/blowout/party. Gonna rent out some club and do THE KILLERS: KARAOKE. I”ll get E720 to handle all the tails.
WatchWill yall please adopt me?
Sometimes, I wonder if I will be ready for the responsibility of fatherhood, when that day comes. I often doubt that I will possess enough wisdom to be a good dad. Then, I remember that I know to use peanut-butter on waffles in the place of regular butter; and I know to use milk in hot chocolate instead of water. And of course I’ll play them The Beatles instead of Mozart. So yeah, I think...
Trying to finish up this paper on Virginia Woolf and I just searched for synonyms of ‘badass’ on thesaurus.com. Virginia was seriously a cool lady. “Must be a full moon cause I am crushing hard on this Woolf.” - Lyrics I will rap if this whole english career doesn’t work out.
“Examine for a moment an ordinary mind on an ordinary day. The mind receives a...”
– Virginia Woolf
“jessica lea mayfield in loacha & alabama shakes in waverly. gonna be a...”
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@melbelzz
ATL and the big city is nice, but sometimes the best times can be found in the backyard of the Plains.
10 years ago today my grandmother, Ribbie, passed away. I believe she was 70 something, but age never really made an appearance in her life. After walking over after getting home from school, my brothers and I would often find her bent over double collecting pecans in the front yard. Bag-fulls. Aches and pains were non-existent as her slender frame extended to reach the ripest blueberries on the...
