April 2011
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March 2011
roflcoffee:
memoriesbecomelegend replied to your link: GRAD SCHOOL
HELENA. THIS IS WHERE I WANT TO GO. CAN WE BECOME NERDY LIBRARIANS TOGETHER?!
YES YES YES YES WE CAN.
THEY HAVE JOINT PROGRAMS FOR BOTH OF OUR ACADEMIC OBSESSIONS
WE WIN EVERYTHING
TAKE ME WITH YOU
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“Grasshoppers aren’t precisely the sort of drink that traditionally...”
– Broadway Johnny, by Walter Jon Williams, contained in the collection Warriors of Blood and Dream, edited by Roger Zelazny
The really wonderful thing about living in 2011 is thinking of a story you haven’t read in years, doing a search for some related terms, and receiving the collection...
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“Dear Grove City,
In case you haven’t noticed, the end of March is tomorrow....”
– No soy especial.
Dear Oberlin,
Are you hearing this?
An Equally Disgruntled Yankee Gent
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Here's a very serious question for you:
How many books have you read?
I mean ever. I mean including kids’ books like Animorphs and The Boxcar Children. I mean distinct works of fiction or nonfiction that have been bound under separate cover. A dictionary or encyclopedia volume only counts as one book—sorry—but feel free to start your own meme if you’ve read enough of those to be upset about that fact.
In my case, I read...
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“unnomjuste said: Western religions are not totally defined by the evangelistic...”
– I will freely admit that I cherry-picked the 144,000 belief because I find it to be bizarre (and darkly humourous in light of the fact that most of those who hold the belief are surplus to that number). Salvation, however, is a central tenet of Christianity as I understand it—specifically, the...
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Why I'm more sympathetic to 'eastern' religions...
The idea of enlightenment is infinitely more attractive to me than the idea of salvation.
To expand slightly:
Knowledge, understanding, and peace gained through self-directed study and contemplation are much more in line with my ultimate goals for myself than salvation from a nebulous dark principle (such as sin) that was necessarily created by the same invisible, intangible, all-powerful being...
How to get likes and reblogs on Tumblr:
Appeal to fandoms and/or spam memes.
That is all.
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mermaidveins:
When F. Scott Fitzgerald was 6 years old he had a birthday party to which nobody came. He waited on the porch all afternoon in his freshly pressed suit but nobody showed, so at last he went inside and ate his entire birthday cake, including several candles.
Well, that explains The Great Gatsby.
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Colin Firth wants to play Doctor Who villain →
What. What. WHAT.
(How did I miss this for two months?)
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Doctor Who spoilers ahead.
As far as I can tell, the possibilities are these:
Neil Gaiman gets to out River Song.
Neil Gaiman gets to explain Susan Foreman and the rest of the Doctor’s family.
Neil Gaiman gets to bring back Rose Tyler.
Neil Gaiman gets to write a The Doctor’s Daughter-style episode in which the Doctor temporarily marries someone for a story-relevant reason.
Neil Gaiman gets to write...
SFX Doctor Who: Title Of The Neil Gaiman Episode... →
roflcoffee:
femaelstrom:
hellomynameiskatieiamasociopath:
The fuck? Neil, I trust you. Please don’t destroy my trust.
GET THE FUCK OUT. WHAT IS THIS. PLEASE DON’T LET IT BE sdkjfhsalkdjfhsa. Neil. Please. Make it work.
This is all I have to say about that.
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“This documentary takes a concerted look at the heated and ongoing debate about...”
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roflcoffee:
jwisser:
Netflix: Tying the Knot
I mean… good? But let’s be straight here: marriage equality is not an issue that has anything but a human face. When you deny someone the right to marry the person they love, you’re hurting a human. With a face. End of story.
Preach.
For the...
“This documentary takes a concerted look at the heated and ongoing debate about...”
– Netflix: Tying the Knot
I mean… good? But let’s be straight here: marriage equality is not an issue that has anything but a human face. When you deny someone the right to marry the person they love, you’re hurting a human. With a face. End of story.
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“Fuck this always nonsense! How could I always be anything? I’ve been constantly...”
– Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation. Katie Diamond and Johnny Blazes.
This is for any queer people who feel “not queer enough” because they don’t fit the “I’ve always known/Born This Way” mold. Not to invalidate anyone who really do feel that they’ve always known, but it’s infuriating that people...
Conservative Pie; Republicans Introduce... →
roflcoffee:
Plus side: this is satire.
Minus side: it is indistinguishable from real life.
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“Now listen! …I just wanna know why, the liberals, are pro-Muslim and pro-gay....”
– thewordunheard:
Victoria Jackson is cowsuit crazy. I bet quite a lot of things are confusing to her.
I’m pretty sure Kalan—the cowsuit dude—would be incredibly offended that you compared him to someone that batshit homophobic and sex-negative.
sailorbaby:
dr. messer yelled at me for improper computer use and told me that “we have a relationship” and he was hurt that i would email during class.
senior. unperturbed.
Man, during my senior year I played Flash games in class just to stay awake.
ohmachiolee:
Sometimes I get scared that in order to be a good writer you have to either die young or survive some life-threatening illness like TB or Lupus.
It seems to be a pattern…
Especially in the authors I’ve been reading lately.
Or alcoholism.
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“You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you odd.”
– Flannery O’Connor (via sailorbaby)
Not Flannery-related, but I’ve always been a fan of “The truth shall make ye fret”.
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Well, that's deeply unsettling.
I woke up this morning from a second dream in which the vengeful spirit of a friend’s abusive ex plays the Westminster Chimes from various electronic devices as a form of constant harassment.
Probably time to change my alarms.
(And, I shit you not, one of them went off as I typed that. Definitely time to change them.)
sailorbaby:
my little emailed me this morning to tell me she could see some girl in her class reading my tumblr. this is getting weird.
Nosy random question from a nosy random person: which sorority are you in?
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“Long before more notorious Bollywood interpretations of Superman there was...”
– Return of Mr. Superman (Mr. Superman ki Wapsi) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Apparently Bollywood Superman is a thing?
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“What interventionists ask of us, constantly, is to be so informed, wise,...”
– L’Hôte (via azspot)
This. This. A thousand times this.
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“While development remains in the early stages of planning, ambitious targets...”
– United States of Africa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A fascinating possibility. Too bad Qaddafi seems to be one of those pushing it hardest.
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Sigh.
staff:
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