December 2011
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coffee
gingerandtwinkle:
i remember learning to use a coffee maker for the first time in oakland, when the sunrise was molten on the edges of the hills and turned the kitchen floor into sun-puddles and bacon was a special breakfast my grandmother let me stand on tip-toe and pour the water in it was cold through the glass of the carafe and she smelled of unscented hand lotion as she reached around...
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He who delights in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
– Francis Bacon (via dirtcrumbgoddess)
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Must. Stop. Researching Lymond-y things on the internet. Only end up discovering things I haven’t read yet.
Today was the first time I spoiled something for myself. && it’s only pages away!
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The useless days will add up to something. The shitty waitressing jobs. The...
– Dear Sugar, The Rumpus Advice Column #64: Tiny Beautiful Things
Back at work, two days after Christmas, means:
I realized this morning that I left my government ID at school. Visitor entrance, get at me.
It’s rainy and cold but I get to read Lymond on the RideOn bus.
My throat is sore and my nose is runny but my supervisor buys me coffee, so.
I spent all of lunch talking about my thesis paper and research and reference librarians with the historian I...
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I once wore nothing but violets all through one season, as a form of artistic...
– Oscar Wilde ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ (via feather-fey)
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Best Christmas present ever:
I was pulled over by an undercover cop on my way back from school yesterday (probably an hour away from home). He said, “You blew past me! I followed you for awhile - did you know you were going 90 mph? Look, it’s three days ‘til Christmas, you’re trying to get home to your family, I just don’t want you to get hurt. Merry...
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Learning how to think” really means learning how to exercise some control over...
– David Foster Wallace, This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life. With thanks to Whiskey River. (via crashinglybeautiful)
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I want to go back to the first time I read "Jane...
thatfontainewoman:
FELT GOOD, MAN.
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Little bitches glaring at me from the couch area outside the fishbowl can GTFO because this is my fishbowl and it has been for a week now.
Just hit page 15 of this paper. Hollur.
Successfully gifted my Anglican minister with a bottle of Sherry this evening. Don’t forget about your local clergy on Christmas.
Need to study for Renaissance & Early Modern Europe pronto.
Eating ALL the...
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I just thought about how much doing the citations for this 20 page paper is going to suck. I always think it will take me like 20 minutes so it’s okay if I save them for the end, and then four hours later I am still hunting for books in my room to cite, or searching for chicago rules online.
Disregard this post.
Why am I still awake?
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