May 2011
96 posts
FML
And I would imagine that having your laptop stolen three days before the exams qualifies for at least a bit of an FML. Oh well. I have everything backed up at home in Vancouver, so the only real loss will come from having to dish out the cash for a new computer. And travelling around Europe without a laptop is a little inconvenient. Alas, there is nothing I can do about it now.
On the plus side,...
“I only go out to get me a fresh appetite for being alone.”
– George Gordon Lord Byron
On being needy.
dearcoketalk:
I have a great relationship that has lasted over a year. He’s a wonderful, intelligent man. The only problem seems to be that he has a hard time complementing me. I think he thinks its awkward, or something. Do I just overlook it, because of all his good traits? He treats me well, and finds other ways to make me feel special, but my ego thinks theres something missing.
Yeah, no....
Some of my recent favourites from dearcoketalk
On beginnings and endings.
dearcoketalk:
The legal definition of death is the end of brain activity, right? So the definition of life must be the converse - the existence of brain activity. But since brain activity starts fairly early in utero, wouldn’t that render abortion at most stages … murder? I’m just reading “On The Religion Of Pro-Life” and this is an argument against abortion that isn’t about religion, it’s about...
On losing your illusion.
dearcoketalk:
Speaking of losing your sense of direction in life, what’s your advice for a 20-something in those shoes?
I’m a successful, extremely fortunate junior in one of the best schools in the country, and I’m hitting rock fucking bottom. I can’t get out of bed, let alone maintain my academic/professional drive. I have no idea what I want, and no idea how to figure it out.
CT, I’ve...
On unexamined monogamy.
dearcoketalk:
My girlfriend and I have been together for six months, and it’s a great relationship. She had to travel overseas for three months for work purposes, and I’m stuck at home without enough money to travel. She’s been gone for more than a month already, and it was all fine up until recently.
She was caught out by an overseas friend of mine being kind of flirty in public. Every ...
On intimacy and letting go.
dearcoketalk:
Dear Coquette,
I’m a 25-year-old female in my first serious sexual relationship, after a “Welcome to Sex!” phase of one-night stands during which I hated myself, men and bodies. Since then I’ve learned to like what I’m able to share with him, and I “get it” a whole lot more, but now I’m stagnating and in danger of reviving old patterns. I’m so nostalgic for the enormous...
poetbabble asked: What is BM and where and when? I will be in Italy for a month this summer. Also, anything you wish someone had told you before you went to Rome? Cheap places to stay, rail passes, etc... Seriously. Excited.
Since Rapture today was a total letdown...
… here are some gorgeous illustrations from another precursor to the end of the world. Once again, leave it to the Æsir to get shit done.
“Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor. Perfectionism will ruin your...”
– Anne Lamott
“A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure. It is exquisite, and it...”
– Oscar Wilde
“In the world of the dreamer there was solitude: all the exaltations and joys...”
– Anaïs Nin
Dear tumblr
Sorry for neglecting you, but it was either you or Paris, and Paris won. Now it’s back to Rome, studying, procrastinating, and tumblr.
