July 2012
Gaah, I lost my tumblr theme. I was poking around in the theme garden and accidently installed a different one. I can’t seem to find the one I had installed previously. And I had editted it so much. *sniff
This is why you save copies of stuff folks. But I guess it’s time for a little change. I’ll try something new ^-^
Edit: I found it! Lucky i wrote the name down somewhere. But...
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June 2012
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“01. Keep good company
02. Notice the ordinary
03. Preserve the ephemeral
04....”
– Keith Yamashita on the 15 things Charles and Ray Eames teach us.
Or, hear it from the horse’s mouth – 15 timeless quotes by Charles Eames.
(via explore-blog)
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“Remember that real success is maximizing your internally derived happiness. It...”
– Khan Academy founder Sal Khan’s 2012 MIT commencement address, a fine addition to the season’s best and a complement to some of the most timeless graduation speeches in modern history, including David Foster Wallace, Ellen DeGeneres, Aaron Sorkin, Barack Obama, Ray Bradbury, J. K. Rowling, Steve...
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effyeahmrdarcy:
Took this quiz. It’s actually kind of true, for better or for worse.
You Scored as Mr. Darcy
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Haaa hilarious. And sad *potut
You Scored as Mr Bennett
Very cynical and a bit world-weary, you take delight in mocking people. But you do have a kind heart, deep down inside.
Mr Bennett70%Charlotte Lucas65%Mrs Bennett65%Lydia Bennett65%Jane Bennett65%Mr. Collins65%Mr....
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Watchjuliesaur:
beckijacket:
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH THE CUTENESS
awwwwwwwww lmao
No daddy, don’t you know you’re my bed? Stay right there and don’t move!
This is just MADE OF CUTE. Poor guy.
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“ Never open a book with the weather.
Avoid prologues.
Never use a verb other...”
– Elmore Leonard’s 10 Rules of Writing, synthesized by Open Culture – a fine addition to our ongoing collection of writing advice and these timeless tips from history’s greatest writers. (via explore-blog)
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“You are born with a whole novel’s worth of errors ahead of you.”
– William Deresiewicz in A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter.
Also see why a healthy relationship with erring is essential to happiness, what psychology tells us about being wrong, and how famous creators feel about the fear of...
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Sometimes my facebook news feed looks like a tumblr dashboard that follows all the wrong tumblrs, reblogging nonsense and pits of ignorant opinions.
Then I realize its up to me if I want to go on facebook or not. You just can’t help some people.
Also, I’m not in the best of moods atm. *headdesk
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michaelaranda:
Oh god. What have I done?
i...
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Kurt Vonnegut’s Eight Tips on How to Write a Good... →
Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted.
Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for.
Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.
Every sentence must do one of two things–reveal character or advance the action.
Start as close to the end as possible.
Be a sadist. No matter how sweet and...
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