January 2011
24 posts
Only I could handle being Me
Facebook Will Make You Feel Like A Loser →
You know when you go on Facebook and all your friends are going to a million parties every second with people who are more awesome than you? Scientists say that’s an illusion — but it can still make you sad.
“An (Akron) Ohio mother of two was sentenced to 10 days in jail and placed on...”
– The Boyce Blog: Mother Jailed For Sending Kids to Wrong School District
Astounding… Did she get a sentence enhancement for being an Uppity Negro Gal, too?
(via diegueno)
Seriously
Listening to that song is like a turning point in my life, I cannot go back to a time before I heard it. EVERYTHING IS NEW.
…Plus, I think I have been changing a lot lately and today was a good day and I can feel myself growing, like a kid trying to squish his feet into his too-small shoes.
Pareto Principle →
You see the pattern everywhere: the top 1% of the population control 35% of the wealth. On Twitter, the top 2% of users send 60% of the messages. In the health care system, the treatment for the most expensive fifth of patients create four-fifths of the overall cost. These figures are always reported as shocking, as if the normal order of things has been disrupted, as if the appearance of...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-1-16) →
Janelle Monae (15)
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti (11)
Wolf Parade (11)
Band of Horses (10)
Blonde Redhead (10)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Watchgeorgiaisyourfriend:
Drinks with Alie & Georgia present: the Cereal Killer
Eeeeee!!! The new season of Drinks with Alie & Georgia premeirs today with our Cereal Killer cocktail! Please watch and pass it on. We’re super excited about this season and hope you like what we’ve created!
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tulletulle:
My loneliness is killing me,
I must confess I still believe, when I’m not with you I lose my mind. Give me a sign, hit me baby one more time.
Sylvia Plath
Mother Jones magazine on Tumblr: A Wee Question →
motherjones:
From blogger extraordinaire Kevin Drum:
Suppose that you lead a comfortable middle-class life. Let’s say that you’re in your 30s, married, two children, and you make $100,000 per year. I offer you a fair coin flip with the following possible outcomes:
Heads: You will be stripped of most of your assets and will earn $30,000 per year for the rest of your life. That’s all you get,...
http://www.cerealmarshmallows.com →
oh
oh my god
everything about this is so perfect
“so Nathan, what kind of business are you in?”
“well I am a cereal marshmallow/herbal supplement/colon cleanser/car salesman”
studied at the library, but distracted myself by...
My bag is heavy full of books Not ancient knowledge nor wry new wit Basic knowledge, what the state wants to fill you with Passing knowledge, it’s what I demonstrate for the school Fill the bubbles, pencil marks the page with new moons My city’s library the only place I can get some quiet My home tempts me to turn on the electronic riots I don’t want to judge, but my eyes are drawn to people’s...
“America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and...”
– Kurt Vonnegut “Slaughterhouse-Five”
This needs to be posted a couple times per year
Everyone once in awhile,
I’ll remember how much I hated Garden State, and for a few moments I’ll just silently rage about it
NYD
THE GREAT: Postin’ at 11:11 1/1/2011
NYE
The Good: Drunk old people are pretty entertaining; “you could be a model!”
The Bad: “Officer, I promise I’m not wasted right now, I’m tipping over because I’m about to have a panic attack”