February 2012
65 posts
“You have every right to put a book down after a couple of pages, which is why...”
– Tim Parks, Mindful Reading (via distantheartbeats)
I appreciate this. I find myself often not wanting to give up on books that just don’t capture me immediately. Most recently, this has happened with The Joy Luck Club but it’s happened before. (I still haven’t tried reading The...
bunandcheese:
Robin Thicke- Tribute to Whitney...
advice on writing (that I need if I'm going to...
teachingliteracy:
“1. Abandon the idea that you are ever going to finish. Lose track of the 400 pages and write just one page for each day, it helps. Then when it gets finished, you are always surprised.
2. Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper. Never correct or rewrite until the whole thing is down. Rewrite in process is usually found to be an excuse for...
“You can never be overdressed or overeducated.”
– Oscar Wilde (via mmementomori)
““We have to begin to explain to our young people who they are, we must stop...”
– Bolded for emphasis. (via prettygirlsyndrome)
“There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.”
– C. S. Lewis (via girlwithoutwings)
yes, yes, and more yes.
siren's song: unpopular opinion time. →
ladulcita:
i was very sad when i heard whitney houston died, honestly. a lot of my favorite childhood memories consist of me singing my heart out, to whitney houston, telling my mother that i’m going to be like whitney when i grow up. and i will not even criticize her and her drug use, that was her demon. but i find it funny that the same people who made fun of other celebrities who died (let...
[black is me]: Ten Rules For Being Human →
ibeknowen:
1. You will receive a body. You may like it or hate it, but it’s yours to keep for the entire period.
2. You will learn lessons. You are enrolled in a full-time informal school called, “life.”
3. There are no mistakes, only lessons. Growth is a process of trial, error, and…
Number seven, though… wow.
“Children have always read books written for adults, even while their own body of...”
– Radical Change: Books for Youth in a Digital Age (1999) by Eliza Dresang (via presentingbooks)
Bleaching the Grammys →
Glad to have read this article. I heard something about Grammy cuts last night but hadn’t taken the time to see what was meant. Now I know. Doesn’t surprise me at all. We have to protect what’s valuable. Definitely cannot wait for the corporation to do it.
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Speaking the hustle into existence
So, in my quest to live a life worth living (aka not spending so much time doing shit I don’t want to do), I’m trying to get this side hustle going. If you’ve never had your paper edited/proofread by me, you may not know what I’m talking about, but when I say I’m serious about what I do… I’m serious. I’ll edit the hell out of a paper, and now,...
“I’m not fascinated by people who smile all the time. What I find interesting is...”
– (via keshiadeasis)
Wow! I’ve done this ever since middle school. I notice all details. (via poloflavoredcleats)
I love this! I find people who smile all the time, even when not prompted by joke or joy to usually be disingenuous. (I know someone who smiles all the time. She and her actions disturb...
