they are fallon

they are also intriguing.

Dear Internet,

Dear Internet,

I'm thankful for you because even after coming home after a long day at a menial job, and being surly because I don't have a car to go to a fun opening in, you still make me laugh and realize how good I've actually got it.

Love,
Alex

PS, I'm sorry for saying that you're just a series of tubes.



via you should have seen this

"the soft bigotry of low expectations"

How to Have a Significant Experience with Art.

by Boris Ostrerov

i feel like bubble today.

.which is wonderful and horrifying at the same time. .though watching this video, even without sound, is vastly improving things.

Hard truth

I swear I heard a Radiohead song in there.

Ideal Magic Sunday Morning:

Oren Lavie - Her Morning Elegance
by IgnitionVM

via the viral video chart

via within the crainium

I Want to Have My Cake

and eat it too and can't

and that makes me FURIOUS.

Nom. Nomnomnomnom.

.

"As if I were not in danger of forgetting everything else."

Lying Lost.

"Brief , broken, often painful as their actual meetings had been what with his absences and interruptions [...] the effect of them on his life was immeasurable. There was a mystery about it. You were given a sharp, acute, uncomfortable grain -- the actual meeting; horribly painful as often as not; yet in absence, in the most unlikely places, it would flower out, open, shed its scent, let you touch, taste, look about you, get the whole feel of it and understanding after years of lying lost."

[said Peter in Mrs. Dalloway]

Sometimes the Great is the Enemy of the Good.

Good advice from Nancy Drew:

"Don't let fear mean more to you than your friends."

-The Clue of the Velvet Mask

"If you can at all prevent it, do not chase after thieves when you are clad only in a leotard. It's unseemly."

-The Scarlet Slipper Mystery

"Abandoned houses are not completely neglected if the electricity still flows."

-The Mystery of the Ivory Charm

"In a pinch, a vial of perfume can sterilize scissors."

-The Secret of Red Gate Farm

food porn I - lotus root chips

after a long weekend, these with john at motoi were delightful and delicate.

ahhh cultural appropriation.  should i feel guilty about thoroughly enjoying the melon-flavored sake with a crisp finish?  that doesn't seem right.

No Sex for Ben[-Rama, Now]

elizabeth alexander: :inauguration poet for president obama