so, i've had an epiphany of sorts as of late:

perhaps beauty is not a means to achieve one's ends,
but is an end in and of itself

to quote Oscar Wilde "Art for art's own sake."
there need be no reason to cultivate beauty in and around one's self

i guess that makes me an aesthetic?

(oh, and on a completely unrelated side note: fuck post-modernism.)

so, maybe this makes me a cynic, but does anyone else think its fucking weird when a couple that has only been together for a month (or even less) says "i love you ( Read more... )

love will get you
like a case of anthrax

so, lately, the election has been on my mind a lot.  and really, its just making me pissed at people.  like, honestly, yes, i understand that a lot of people dislike Hillary Clinton (personally i'm pretty neutral about her), but jesus fuck!  if there's one thing i really can't stand to hear its "i'll vote for Obama in the primaries, but if Clinton ( Read more... )

The Dover Bitch: A Criticism of Life
by Anthony Hecht

So there stood Matthew Arnold and this girl
With the cliffs of England crumbling away behind them,
And he said to her, 'Try to be true to me,
And I'll do the same for you, for things are bad
All over, etc., etc.'
Well now, I knew this girl. It's true she had read
Sophocles in a fairly good translation
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faisons l'amour
(let's make love)

Je t’en prie,
L’amant

(o-o, et mon conseil pour le jour : n’achetez pas marijuana de la rue !  il seulement finit mauvais !  parfois, très mauvais !)

so apparently, i'm an "asshole"
world, my work is done

"i have a right to be in love, and i have a right to be loved.  there'll be an 'over the rainbow' for me."
--Judy Garland