January 2012
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“Here’s the truth: friendships between women are often the deepest and most...”
– Transformation and Transcendence: The Power of Female Friendship
Beautiful story. And making me cry, especially as I prepare to leave my lady friends in Atlanta in one week.
(via brookehatfield)
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The Not-So-Retiring Barney Frank (You Gotta Love...
Andrew Goldman: You’ve long argued for the decriminalization of marijuana. Do you smoke weed?
Barney Frank: No.
AG: Why not?
BF: Why do you ask a question, then act surprised when I give an answer? Do you think I lie to people?
AG: I thought you might explain why you support decriminalizing it but don’t smoke it.
BF: Do you think I’ve ever had an abortion?
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“This whole vacation has been Fleet Foxes and champagne.”
– Ry. Not happy to be leaving on Tuesday.
“If all my mistakes
led me to you, maybe they
aren’t mistakes, at all.”
– Daily Haiku on Love by Tyler Knott Gregson (via tylerknott)
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The boy is making roasted garlic mashed potatoes,...
I’m going to miss this SO MUCH when I have to go back to New York.
We also have lots of wine and champagne and beer. GONGETDRUNKKKK (and watch Star Wars and snuggle, probably).
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“I gave a speech recently, an empowerment speech to a gay audience, and it...”
– Cynthia Nixon, making me think about things (via dpesick)
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Who makes a dinner reservation for 9:45 pm?!
We’re going to PIzzeria Mozza (which is exciting and will be delicious and worth the wait probably) but WHY SO LATE?! I’M STARVING TO DEATH.
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“I think people who aren’t from areas who aren’t New Jersey are...”
– Ryan. He just made me repeat that 7 times to prove that it makes sense. It still doesn’t. We’ve had a lot of champagne/wine.
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Ry: This beer says it goes best with fish tacos and aged Dutch cheeses. What kinds of cheeses are Dutch?
Me: I'll tell you tomorrow, Wikipedia's blacked out.
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Movie Night
We settled on Hot Tub Time Machine.
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Movie Night
Ry: Can we watch Lord of the Rings?
Me: No.
Ry: But I love the first one! Is is my favorite movie!!
Me: No.
Ry: Can we watch something in space?
Me: What?
Ry: You know.. something set in space!
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“[I]t is illegal for women to go topless in most cities, yet you can buy a...”
– Violet Rose, in Three Steps to Better Sex (via muffdiver)
“Travel is so rewarding that it should take precedence over other things younger...”
– New York Times: Advice on Finishing With No Regrets
(via quickandcurious)
“And yet in modern American culture, sex is practically the only sin there is....”
– The Pervocracy: When did “sin” become synonymous with sex? (via a-blog-called-everything)
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“Instead of weighing yourself, take personal stock in a more direct fashion. Feel...”
– ASK LESLEY: How Do I Stop Hating My Body (Part One) @ XOJane.com (via curvesahead)
(via redefiningbodyimage)
Getting rid of the scale in my apartment was a big contributor to my own personal body acceptance. It was actually relieving not knowing how much I weigh, because I won’t think of myself...
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AND ALSO
megwhat:
Lest we forget that Tebow was in a Focus on the Family commercial. I mean, isn’t that reason enough to harbor ill will toward him?
Aligning yourself with an organization that is vehemently anti LGBT rights, abortion, pornography, premarital sex, extramarital sex, and Darwinism and is one of the main financial contributors to crisis pregnancy centers and pro corporal punishment is...
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Nothing like getting involved in a facebook status battle about evangelical christianity and football and tim tebow even though you don’t care about any of those things because you’re bored because your boyfriend isn’t home from work yet and you’re too tired from spending an entire day on an accounting test (that you got a 95% on, woo!) to do anything else.
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“Here is what awaits you out in the world: the stands-too-close monsters behind...”
– Girls And Staying In | Kate Carraway for Vice
And this is why Ry and I keep planning on going out and deciding to stay in instead.
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“Katie: I have a family friend who is an entomologist and when I was in college...”
– Having Stuff: A Black Couch
I just really love this blog.
(via reallykatie)
“Remember that there are only three kinds of things anyone need ever do. (1)...”
– C. S. Lewis, in a letter to Sarah, his godchild, on 3 April 1949 via Stan Carey (via bobulate)
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of all the symptoms of drunk, hiccups are the...
THE WORST.
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Ry: BBQ is the great American cuisine. That and pizza.
Me: No, you have to give pizza to New York.
Ry: Listen, there is pizza in all 50 New York states.
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We've decided champagne is not just for special...
It is for every day.
The sky at sunset in California is perfect, every single night.