January 2012
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Sad. Lonely. Conflicted. Today is blah. Or rather, tonight is blah.
When Did Americans Lose Their British Accents?
mentalflossr:
Matt Soniak explains.
[War reenactment image via Shutterstock]
“I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and...”
– Leo Tolstoy, “Family Happiness”
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I can’t do homework if I’m feeling like this!
All of a sudden, it feels as if something is growing inside my chest, something profound that demands my attention, that demands to be cultivated somehow. My breathing is steadier, but more noticeable, and all I seem to want to do right now is sit there. Not out of laziness, because my perception never feels so sharp when I am being lazy,...
“We’re all going to die, all of us, what a circus! That alone should make us love...”
– Charles Bukowski
“In his or her own way, everyone I saw before me looked happy. Whether they were...”
– Haruki Murakami
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nevver:
Have you ever wondered which part of the other side of the earth is directly below you?
I like to look at people
seitydoesdeosculate:
Not in a creepy way, or in a checking-you-out kind of way. Just in an admiration kind of way. People are interesting. The way they move, the way they interact with other people. How we are all different, but yet we all have similarities. It’s fun to watch and notice those things. People are beautiful. And I admire everyone’s beauty.
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What happens if you fall in love with a writer? →
karenfelloutofbedagain:
Lots of things might happen. That’s the thing about writers. They’re unpredictable. They might bring you eggs in bed for breakfast, or they might all but ignore you for days. They might bring you eggs in bed at three in the morning. Or they might wake you up for sex at three in the morning. Or make love at four in the afternoon. They might not sleep at all. Or they...
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Fact: White students receive more scholarship... →
talldarkbishoujo:
Do minority students get more than a fair share of college scholarships? That myth reared its head earlier this year after a Texas nonprofit, the Former Majority Association for Equality announced plans to give scholarships only to white males. The group claimed that white males are disadvantaged because they don’t “fit into certain categories or ethnic groups.” So Mark...
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House of Mind: From Father to Offspring: The... →
houseofmind:
Coming from a lab focused on mother-pup interactions and attachment during infancy, I never really considered the contribution of paternal care to offspring survival and development. Needless to say, I myself am guilty of minimizing the role and contribution of paternal behavior on offspring development. Much to my (pleasant) surprise, I found that there is much relevant work...
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I like to document my negative feelings on here (because this is my outlet after all), so I’d just like to say I’ve been doing pretty well lately! Last Thursday onwards has been great to me overall and I am too restless to sit down and type down everything that has been going on. I just know I am feeling excited about everything.
“You’re not like the others. I’ve seen a few; I know. When I talk, you look at...”
– Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
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me: did it hurt?
person: what
me: when you blew through the earth, emerging from hell
person:
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"The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas" by Ursula K.... →
…The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pedants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid. Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting. This is the treason of the artist: a refusal to admit the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain. If you can’t lick ‘em, join ‘em. If it hurts, repeat it. But to praise despair is to condemn delight,...
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Too exhausted to express how shitty I feel. It’s taking too much effort to just be. It’s as if I am out of breath from just being.
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Noemi Lagman has been found. (Message from her... →
zyllahminogue:
January 10, 2012 11:10PM Noemi Lagman UPDATE: Noemi Lagman has been found and she is now safe. Our deepest gratitude to all of you who helped us. For the final time regarding this issue, I hope you can click once more your likes, comments, and share buttons. Everyone deserves to know. It was through social media where we got the first lead and it has played a vital role...
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People with mental illnesses still live 15-20... →
“If such a disparity in mortality rates affected a less stigmatised section of the population, then we would witness an outcry. The fact that life expectancy remains about 20 years less for men with mental illness and 15-years less for women with mental illness, denotes a cynical disregard for these lost lives and shows, in stark terms, by just how much people with mental illness are valued less...
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Part of the whole admitting that something triggers you and why it is so unpleasant for me to want to do is that it is openly admitting that the mere mention of something can cause you to react so strongly. Just the mention of it. It feels like weakness. It feels like admitting to a vulnerability. Like, here, if you hit me with this, it’s an instant KO. I trust you to respect me enough not...
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Trying to figure out if certain things are still triggering to me. I find that it might not be the subject in itself that is triggering, but a certain viewpoint surrounding that subject that is triggering (usually anyway, though sometimes it is the subject). Not quite sure how I am supposed to voice that. I shouldn’t feel this way, but I feel almost silly about wanting to say, “Hey,...
“When Kepler found his long-cherished belief did not agree with the most precise...”
– Carl Sagan
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