March 2012
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Pros & Cons of Being home
Pros -
escape DC for a while and clear my head
not have to pay for anything
get spoiled (i.e. go shopping and get 2 pairs of shoes, 2 pairs of jeans, etc)
see my puppy at my father’s house
sleep a lot
sit on my mother’s couch and watch mindless television and read
get several books and my violin to bring back to DC
Cons -
my head is not, and does not seem able to be, cleared
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“Love lost its meaning to me. God lost its meaning to me. But art never lost its...”
– Joni Mitchell in a 1979 Rolling Stone interview with Cameron Crowe.
(via rookiemag)
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I have to say, the lyrics to Fun.'s intro are...
“There are some nights I hold on to every note I ever wrote Some nights, I say “fuck it all” and stare at the calendar Waiting for catastrophes, imagine when they scare me Into changing whatever it is I am changing into… And you have every right to be scared. Cos there are some nights I hold you close, pushing you to hold me Or begging you to lock me up, never let me see...
“A long-lived relationship is about so many things. It is such a dense and...”
– Adrienne Rich, on relationships [the complete 1989 Fresh Air interview]
Today in Awesome: Researchers are using Henry... →
motherjones:
Science!
Must read more transcendentalist things.
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The amount of fucks I give in relation to how much...
I am angry at the world, and I give no fucks.
Surprisingly enough, I am in a fantastic mood!
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RIP Adrienne Rich
I wake up in your bed. I know I have been dreaming. Much earlier, the alarm broke us from each other, you’ve been at your desk for hours. I know what I dreamed: our friend the poet comes into my room where I’ve been writing for days, drafts, carbons, poems are scattered everywhere, and I want to show her one poem which is the poem of my life. But I hesitate, and wake. You’ve kissed my hair...
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Style: Poet Adrienne Rich has died. →
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From her 21 Love Poems, on love and aging. The last two lines. Just gorgeous.
Since we’re not young, weeks have to do time for years of missing each other. Yet only this odd warp in time tells me we’re not young. Did I ever walk the morning streets at twenty, my limbs streaming with a…
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House GOP: Rape Prevention Measures an... →
“The new standards, unveiled in February, were meant to ensure a basic threshold of human rights at an agency marred by serial abuse, sexual and otherwise. As the Los Angeles Times explained, ”Among other things, the new rules improve access to mental health care and legal assistance, and establish additional safeguards for reporting mistreatment.” New rules set up a hotline for...
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Hold On to What You Believe, Mumford and Sons
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it's hard to nothing but it's harder to do...
Trendy, non-prescription eyewear latest in... →
“Non-prescription “hipster” or “personality” glasses are on one hand simply a fashion fad. But they’ve also become something of a sensation in the District’s courthouse scene: Attorneys say inmates trade them before hearings, while friends and family sometimes deliver them during jailhouse visits. Some lawyers even supply them themselves.
They often escape notice — as was the case with...
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I am back
After a Tumblr hiatus, thatlilpuertoricangirl has returned to begin again with a clean slate.
Tumblr, I’ve missed you so.
Excuse me whilst I add back the 300+ people I use to follow…
