holy shit, kurt vonnegut died.

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10 things I like beginning with the letter "O" as tagged by 8footwookie.

1. organic toothpaste.
2. olive oil.
3. Old Crow Medicine Show.
4. Oriuolo.
5. observing.
6. open windows.
7. old (but not lecherous) men.
8. Otis Redding.
9. oceans.
10. Olivia Benson.

"hey, how'd you get diane court to go out with you ( Read more... )

christ, the internet bores me lately.
get thee to a library, heathen.

on a completely different note:

take these tattered boxes
that used to hold your clothes
break them down
build them back up with your bones.

i'm off for further dancing in the street.

i am holding half an acre
torn from the map of michigan
i am carrying this scrap of paper
that can crack the darkest sky wide open
every burden taken from me
every night my heart unfolding
my home

these three cubic feet of bone and blood and meat are all i love and know

walking back from the coffee shop, i spotted a black cat across the street from my house. small, but with a hoarse meow, it started picking its way across the melting icy street when i called "hi cat." white paws, white chin, no collar, it walked ahead of me to my house, apparently knowing where i live ( Read more... )

whenever i'm down, or need a pick-me-up (did you know that's the english translation of "tiramisu"? see it has espresso soaked lady-fingers, which gives you a kind of kick..-i'm getting off topic) i listen to some abba ( Read more... )

good morning america on abc is running a story on postsecret.com

winner of "coming in last, and taking it quite seriously"

though i dislike livejournal (opinion), i can't help myself from posting these two things:

1: awesome! because it's (wait for it) awesome.

2: is anyone else completely excited for marie antoinette? i wasn't, initally, because i didn't like the punk vibe, but (and this could be attributed to my mood today) the preview just made me cry a little. ( Read more... )