October 2009
Just a recap
*Vodka at Lauren’s dorm for pre-gaming *Every single girl on the bus was going to the Lambda Chi party *TWO FOUNTAINS of hunch punch *Nearly cracked my head open on a cement stair from falling on it *Was probably the drunkest person at Lambda Chi *Somehow around this point the bottom of my dress was stained brownish-pink *Was kicked out of a lesbian’s party because our...
Just to clarify,
Any writing on my blog that does not have a credit, is mine. Poems, prose, etc.
“One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it transcends...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via fatalistichues) (via quote-book)
“If you’re looking for sympathy you’ll find it between shit and syphilis in the...”
– David Sedaris (via shinejuly)(via doublebagel) (via kari-shma)
Ode to Ayn Rand
The lone survivors of objectivism and The harsh realities of altruism And knowing that nothing is as good as you Or your work And the poor will stay poor and the hungry will stay hungry And the powerless will stay powerless Because those coins you’re dropping in a jar Are your way of saying I am better than someone else And so it must always be Whether or not it is your selflessness Well that...
No path and no religion but we speak the same...
Autumn had come without protest from the summer heat Coats made their quiet appearance on the sidewalks outside And the leaves The leaves began to turn As they always did As the smoke always rose lazily It never went straight up It went in spirals In gray dragons and gray tendrils And other things people dream of In the morning Autumn left branches scraping clouds clean of rain And humidity...
“Howard … willingly, completely, and always … without reservations,...”
– Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead (Dominique Francon to Howard Roark)
When finally, you discover someone real
This weekend changed some things, as time always does. But it was the kind of change that hits you very suddenly and leaves you wondering how you ever lived before without knowing what you know now. It is the kind of change that requires long drives at sunrise through the phosphate mines. Laughing hysterically at the rays of light that break through haze of whose existence you weren’t even...
“As I get older there’s this new realization and it’s almost like a relief, and...”
– Devendra Banhart (via aeropuertos)
“The man who attempts to live for others is a dependent. He is a parasite in...”
– Ayn Rand
“I go to school, but I never learn what I want to know.”
– Calvin & Hobbes (via hunsonisgroovy) (via quote-book)
“I’m selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of...”
– Marilyn Monroe (via kari-shma) (via quote-book)
“You must accept that’s who he really is. You must accept that you cannot be his...”
– You Must Accept, Kate Light (via tryphena)
Say Anything (1989)
Diane: Are you shaking?
Lloyd: No.
Diane: You're shaking.
Lloyd: I don't think so.
Diane: You're cold.
Lloyd: I don't think I am.
Diane: Then why are you shaking?
Lloyd: I don't know, I think I'm happy.
“I’m working on erasing you
But I just don’t have the proper tools...”
– Backwards Walk - Frightened Rabbit 