June 2009
24 posts
LSAT is looming in about, oh 13 hours, and I cannot quit watching True Blood.
Campy vampires > If X, then Y. If Y, then not Z or trying to quickly discern if O is venture capital, then K is free trade. If K is FT, then O is VC. If K is VC, then O is FT.
The only global rule I am certain of at this point is that one week of studying two months ago =/= any semblance of me being prepared...
indierawk:
The Streets - Dry Your Eyes.
“Dry...
“The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape...”
– Marcus Aurelius (via psychotherapy)
Mitch Hedberg: Search Party
am-:
thanks, boxer
i don’t know why i’m bringing it up again.
Ummm, HI. Do you KNOW me?@ (At least as is possible and honest to know someone through the Tumblrland.) There are so many different types of relations: each and every one of has our own going with someone, whether they are are “life partner” or “Childhood best friend”, or “worked together for...
am-:
theboxer:
No, no - sorry. I wasn’t disagreeing that it was directed at you. (Clearly it was.) It seems like he went through a big spider phase - Cobwebs, numerous allusions in the poems where people get wrapped and caught in webs, etc. - but I found it strange because I hadn’t really picked up on the spider theme until Cardiniology and that time frame. I’m sure it’s in his music...
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theboxer:
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theboxer:
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“I would say somethinghmmm happy with the light but then maybe all the fight between those*disembodied voices like the one’s used to be rattleboxing in my head real one’s somewhere clicking on this thing even though this thing is meant like their thing to share whatever* they would go “ah no you from that great imaginary height- you said all that crooked...
am-:
theboxer:
am-:
“I would say somethinghmmm happy with the light but then maybe all the fight between those*disembodied voices like the one’s used to be rattleboxing in my head real one’s somewhere clicking on this thing even though this thing is meant like their thing to share whatever* they would go “ah no you from that great imaginary height- you said all that crooked tongued thisnthat”...
am-:
“I would say somethinghmmm happy with the light but then maybe all the fight between those*disembodied voices like the one’s used to be rattleboxing in my head real one’s somewhere clicking on this thing even though this thing is meant like their thing to share whatever* they would go “ah no you from that great imaginary height- you said all that crooked tongued thisnthat” well maybe but you...
indierawk:
Band of Horses - Detlef Schrempf.
...
theboxer,
jmarie3:
Thank you, and I could say the same about you—I love your thoughts and insight.
Did I not tell you that Yurz had an amazing response to your post? I read it three times and had to let it sink in too.
There are all sorts of different areas people fall into when they first enter Tumblr. I was fortunate enough to have landed in this little group with you and Yurz. I have branched out...
Now this is sillly.
jmarie3:
I’m a grown woman. Not at all a helpless female. Like Afghani, I can change a tire, spark plugs, use a drill and a router while wearing high heels (my father taught me well too), and I’m afraid to go to bed because of a critter-like spider.
Time for cookies, I’m going to have a show down with this thing if it means I’m up all night.
Remember that wasp battle I had a few months...
sometimesagreatnotion:
“… and they sang, and it pierced me. I can’t imagine anything else but music that could have brought about this alchemy. How is it that you have a chord here, and then another chord there, and then your heart breaks open? I don’t know the answer. Maybe it’s that music is about as physical as it gets. Your essential rhythm is your heartbeat; your essential sound a breath....
Mitch Hedberg, Koala Bears.
“Why do they...
wolfandfox:
“To uproot others, he said, was the worst of all crimes; to uproot oneself, the greatest of achievements.”
Peter Handke
I really know absolutely nothing about anything..
jmarie3:
snowblind:
jmarie3:
..so should get off my fucking Oprah/Dr. Phil soapbox of bad advice….(seriously, I’m a half wit).
I respectfully disagree. Some of the best exchanges I’ve had have been with you.
Your opinion has always been appreciated. Your insight on point.
I haven’t said it lately, but, thanks.
I feel the same about you, and you’re welcome.
JM, you know about human...
yurz-truly:
theboxer:
How much can you really blame a person for putting you through hell when you took their hand and willingly followed along?
Does stupidity on one person’s part excuse cruelty on another’s? Or nullify it in some way?
How do you know how much you should hold yourself accountable and blame yourself for putting yourself in such a vulnerable situation when you knew it was...
jmarie3:
theboxer:
How much can you really blame a person for putting you through hell when you took their hand and willingly followed along?
Does stupidity on one person’s part excuse cruelty on another’s? Or nullify it in some way?
How do you know how much you should hold yourself accountable and blame yourself for putting yourself in such a vulnerable situation when you knew it was a...
May 2009
64 posts
How much can you really blame a person for putting you through hell when you took their hand and willingly followed along?
Does stupidity on one person’s part excuse cruelty on another’s? Or nullify it in some way?
How do you know how much you should hold yourself accountable and blame yourself for putting yourself in such a vulnerable situation when you knew it was a terrible...
Ooops.
So there’s this really loud event going on a couple of miles from my house. A band is playing all the cliche cover songs - Don’t Stop Believing, I Will Survive, We Are the Champions. Etc. Etc. And the bands are terrrrible. They also have an MC. A very loud MC who is shouting and being amplified so loudly that you can probably hear him a good 25 miles away.
This noise is keeping...
The Benefits of Distraction and Overstimulation... →
psychotherapy:
Twitter, Adderall, lifehacking, mindful jogging, power browsing, Obama’s BlackBerry, and the benefits of overstimulation.
“The Internet is basically a Skinner box engineered to tap right into our deepest mechanisms of addiction. As B. F. Skinner’s army of lever-pressing rats and pigeons taught us, the most irresistible reward schedule is not, counterintuitively, the one in...
the internet is catching on
sometimesagreatnotion:
Can you believe that only five years ago you had no idea how people you only kind of barely even knew way back in high school anyway spent every waking hour of their current daily lives (and look here’s a picture of it)?
(And, in a semi-related side note: didn’t it just totally crush your naively maudlin “Oh, if only we had gotten together…?” fantasy hopes to actually...
bob dylan + typography + cleverness →
yurz-truly:
boxocolor:
parenthesized:
sick use of typography to create a dylan portrait set to his song “don’t think twice, it’s all right.”
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SO glad I didn’t skip this link.
I like to believe each letter continues spelling out the lyrics as the song plays. I’m not motivated enough to actually figure it out, but believing so increases my satisfaction with this already awesome project,...
francine:
thewayoftheworld:
culturedscene:
...
“Disclaimer: I have imbibed perhaps a touch too much. As such, please do not...”
– Boxer, who has had all the legalese she can stand for a day
GAH!
silentsigh:
AFFECT= VERB EFFECT= NOUN
Can you smell that? It smells like proper grammar. Like it. Live it. And stop pissing me off.
eyepollution
95% of the time, yes. But effect should be used as a verb meaning “to bring about”, i.e., Tumblarity effected the blogging habits of many Tumblrs.
a.m. & YT
Catching up on my dashboard, and I really enjoyed reading your exchanges. One of my favorite things about Tumblr is that it sometimes provides crazily insightful wisdom that makes you think “Whoa. Never thought about it like that before.” You both made good points that are definitely worthy of spending some time and thoughts with.
Jung Personality whatsit
einsteinsgirl:
sinkships:
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Turns out I am an INFJ (which is unexpected)
Idealist Portrait of the Counselor (INFJ)
Counselors have an exceptionally strong desire to contribute to the welfare of others, and find great personal fulfillment interacting with people, nurturing their personal development, guiding them to realize their human...
