September 2011
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“By affecting the individual human experience through music, we help engender...”
– 2011 PopTech Social Innovation Fellow Christopher Mariannetti (via poptech)
How Zooey Deschanel (Almost) Ruined My Sex Life →
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During one of the first conversations we ever had, he asked me, Do you want to date me?
Of course not, I said. I would never want to date someone who doesn’t want to date me.
Sometimes, it's not you. →
aliotakesonchicago:
An excellent read. Perfect thing for me to read right now with everything I’m currently working through. I especially love the last part:
“Did we find love because we grew up, got real and worked through our issues? No. We just found the right guys. We found men who love us even though we’re still cranky and neurotic, haven’t got our careers together, and sometimes talk...
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“The other night I got homesick for a very specific NYC experience. That ‘walking...”
– Kate Spencer [via katespencer.tumblr.com]
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“I’m in love with you. Yeah, it’s that bad. You’re so beautiful to me. Everytime...”
– Louie
what love is.
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The part of me that feels wants to sleep until 10 and really enjoy it. It wants my foot to search drowsily under the blankets for your foot, just as the sun is peeking through the window pane, before either of us has opened our eyes or spoken a word. It wants to be wrapped in your arms and to feel the weight of your body as we settle back to comfortable sleep. It wants to feel safe right...
Bon Iver - I Can’t Make You Love Me
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“Unless it’s mad, passionate, extraordinary love, it’s a waste of...”
– Dream for an Insomniac
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“anything less than I love you is lying.”
a message to women from a man: you are not crazy →
No wonder some women are unconsciously passive aggressive when expressing anger, sadness, or frustration. For years, they have been subjected to so much gaslighting that they can no longer express themselves in a way that feels authentic to them.
They say, “I’m sorry” before giving their opinion. In an email or text message, they place a smiley face next to a serious question or concern,...
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“Choose Life over the other stuff. Get out of your head. Live. Dress up. Eat....”
– my friend, John Patrick Shanley (via emphasisadded)
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“Kiss a lover,
Dance a measure,
Find your name
And buried treasure.
Face...”
– Neil Gaiman
How is this actually a thing? →
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“But then you came along. I’m still not sure what it is that makes two people...”
WatchA Day in the Life: Girl Talk.
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Dinner tonight: scrambled eggs and jameson.
I know you’re jealous.
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Watchneuropsy:
Dan Ariely tells two personal stories that explore scientific conflict of interest: How the pursuit of knowledge and insight can be affected, consciously or not, by shortsighted personal goals. When we’re thinking about the big questions, he reminds us, let’s be aware of our all-too-human brains.
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“Whenever I write a novel, I have a strong sense that I am doing something I was...”
– Haruki Murakami, the author of this week’s story, “Town of Cats,” talking to the magazine’s fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. Click through for the rest of their chat. (via newyorker)
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Alchemy.
Tonight I made gold out of nothing.
Tonight was the first run in nearly eight weeks. The first run after an injury. The first run after sitting on the sidelines, listening to the stories of my friends, my heart lusting after those long runs, short runs, record-breaking-heat runs, soothing summer-rain runs.
Tonight I intended to run 3.965 miles. I mapped it out. I was all ready to go. Then,...
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“what if she was meant to be, or could have been, someone important in my life? i...”
– peter cameron (via growingupindie, thresca) 