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May 2011

58 posts

Toxic legacy of US assault on Fallujah 'worse than... →

The US military has so far admitted to using white phosphorus, but nothing that would put out this kind of radiation. Oi, Wikileaks. I think this merits some investigation.

Nothing like going to job interviews in the pouring rain to make me wanna throw myself under a bus. I’m fairly sure I did all right, but my brain is too busy telling me I bombed them and that I’m going to be forever unemployed. Seriously, I need chocolate.

New music mix! Has the Magnetic Fields, Mal Blum, and the Mountain Goats. Think of it as the indie-crush mix.

“While these [apocalyptic conspiracies]… would not cause world-ending...”

– Evan Lerner, writing for Seed Magazine

family moment #221

Sister: Do these shirts look all right together? Me: Hmm, my instincts say no. Sister: Your what stinks?

Why didn’t anyone tell me that Fringe was so awesome? Seriously, any show that has people’s skin melting off in the first minute has my love.

I need recommendations. Music, movies, books, graphic novels, TV shows, whatever. I need outside stimulation! HELP ME INTERNET. YOU’RE MY ONLY HOPE. (Also, The Two Towers is on TNT. I want to be Gandalf when I grow up. Or an Ent.)

Caring for Your Introvert - Magazine - The... →

Dear World- This is a guide on how to interact with me. Exhaustedly yours, -N

Nato units left 61 African migrants to die of... →

Dozens of African migrants were left to die in the Mediterranean after a number of European and Nato military units apparently ignored their cries for help, the Guardian has learned. A boat carrying 72 passengers, including several women, young children and political refugees, ran into trouble in late March after leaving Tripoli for the Italian island of Lampedusa. Despite alarms being raised...

A <i>Vice</i> documentary about the Aokigahara forest in Japan, the second most popular spot for suicides in the world. Trigger warnings for suicides, obvs, as well as for graphic imagery.

helpiminaweirdsituation: ...

bought the collection of Roy Orbison’s singles. I will never go through another depressive episode or breakup or hangover without his dulcet, melodramatic tones again. Studied French for the first time in… a while. Oops. Gave myself permission not to write anything at all today. Except this, obviously. This has gotten annoyingly necessary. There are still ice cream sandwiches in...

that awkward moment...

…when you’re laughing so hard you start crying, and then start crying in earnest, and three minutes later you have no idea what just happened. Cuteness overload should not be making me cry, yo. I’m blaming all this crap on hormones and calling it a night.

creature57 replied to your post: TMI Tuesday Now you’re making me want to figure out how to make whiskey ice cream… Regardless, that sounds like a pretty rad dinner. Hm. I could probably improvise a whiskey/soft drink/ice cream float. Maybe with ginger beer. Actually, I’m going to try that this weekend. YUM.

10 Things Much Worse Than Same-Sex Marriage (But... →

Ok, this isn’t cheery, but I did write it. And seriously, it should be illegal to own and breed exotic pets.

“I see you driving ‘round town with the girl I love and I’m like, fuck you!”

– Tennessee Williams, excerpt from A Streetcar Named Desire (via tomripley) This just made me LOL.

guineaweasel-deactivated asked: So to make a long story awkward, I was doing my thang, getting jiggy with my own private parts, on my desk (I do it in weird places leave me alone) when my hand rubbed something not desk-like, so I flipped over and picked it up and it was the sticky note that I'd written "Ask Nicole about the candybowl story" so I thought I'd ask you about the candybowl story.

A review of Bram Stoker's Dracula

Tropes within tropes. With some tropes on the side. And tropes for desert. And then some trope sauce to go on top. Also, Keanu Reeves, is that supposed to be an English accent? I fucking love this movie.