January 2012
4 posts
Pay library fines after months and months.
Library privileges reinstated.
Receive notice that there are TEN BOOKS now waiting for me to pick up.
I love my life.
On the other hand, I’m starting to see how I got myself in a jam in the first place…
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November 2011
2 posts
I’ve read there is no such thing as a single tear, that old poetic trope....
– The Historian, Elizabeth Kostova
October 2011
2 posts
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September 2011
3 posts
August 2011
10 posts
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1 tag
Modern Hepburn: Washington, DC Metro Station on a... →
modernhepburn:
Washington, DC Metro Station on a cold January morning in 2007. The man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time approx. 2 thousand people went through the station, most of them on their way to work. After 3 minutes a middle aged man noticed there was a musician…
July 2011
2 posts
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If it doesn’t engage me, I leave it. I do not do homework with my life.
– Guillermo del Toro, on not finishing anything that he doesn’t like. From here, via io9. This is exactly why I don’t struggle through books that I don’t like right away, since the payoff is almost always nonexistent.
June 2011
13 posts
summer resolutions pt 1
iced tea & lemonade in the fridge at all times
more bike riding
tank tops & dresses
beach days as often as possible
master the grill
watch every period piece drama I can get my hands on
dinner parties
spend more time with my friends
less internet
whittle down my reading list
more audiobooks
my dashboard is so full of jane eyre, michael fassbender, doctor who, and game of thrones that I’m a little embarrassed. but only a little.
May 2011
2 posts
April 2011
2 posts
No, look, there’s a blue box. It’s bigger on the inside than it is on the...
– Neil Gaiman: What I would say to someone worried about having to know 47 years of backstory before watching Doctor Who. (via wilwheaton)
March 2011
1 post
February 2011
3 posts
January 2011
2 posts
September 2010
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August 2010
5 posts
We’ve been conditioned by artificially cheap food to be shocked when a box...
– Michael Pollan on Why $8 for a Dozen Eggs Makes Sense - WSJ.com