January 2012
23 posts
“I said, “Dad when I grow up, I want to be a poet.”, and he said, “Well, you...”
– Brendan Constantine, Author of Birthday Girl With Possum (via writebloody)
“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: “What! You...”
– C.S. Lewis
TUMBLR IN ONE QUOTE.
(via teddykaplan, quote-book)
(via unexpectedlyawesome)
this isn't happiness.: William Safire's Rules for... →
nevver:
Remember to never split an infinitive.
The passive voice should never be used.
Do not put statements in the negative form.
Verbs have to agree with their subjects.
Proofread carefully to see if you words out.
If you reread your work, you can find on rereading a great deal of…
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“The problem is that the Harry-Met-Sally situation is almost always tragically...”
– Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto by Chuck Klosterman (via thechocolatebrigade)
A-FUCKING-MEN
(via sodesteveninde)
Been on both sides of this one too many times to count.
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Shit Stevie Likes: Separation by Marie Howe →
stevietheclumsy:
one of my favorite break up poems
Separation
Driving out of town, I see him crossing
the Brooks Pharmacy parking lot, and remember
how he would drop to his knees in the kitchen
and press his face to my dress, his cheek flat against
my belly as if he were listening for something.
Somebody…
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ><
“How is it possible that I am allowed to...
Getting home with this giant suitcase is going to be … interesting.
Happy New Years!
December 2011
52 posts
Speaking of which: looking for examples of 1) really excellent introductions to characters & 2) delivering complex backstory w/o boringness.
Apparently exhaustion and a headache are not conducive to learning javascript.
RT @EmilyGould: ah that magical time of year when the Internet becomes so boring it forces you to work
Nevermind. Made it through security in 15 mins. I am impressed, LAX
RT @rknLA: omfg yes: Book of Mormon coming to Los Angeles in 2012 http://t.co/2Kw0SO3s via @southpark
RT @dalezapata: $1505 dollars away from meeting the @slakemedia’s goal! There’s a good subscription deal in there. You should get that. …
Trying to figure out how to write about the thing that scares me most. I feel like that’s where the best writing will come from.
“It’s not because you don’t do concerts that you can’t play the piano.”
– Alexis Jenni, 48-year-old high school biology teacher and surprise winner of France’s top literary prize, quoted in “When Does a Writer Become a Writer?” (He’s keeping his day job, by the way.)
I keep finding crabmeat in my hair, or on my shoes. #Ohkoreanfood #howiloveyou
RT @slakemedia: Our @kickstarter rewards include tees, subscriptions, totes, original art, partial ownership in the Dodgers. Check it! h …
RT @brainpicker: Ooh! @the99percent has an ace starter guide to teaching yourself creative software– image and music editing, code, etc …
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RT @humphd: Scientists at CERN are expected to announce at 9 am tomorrow that they have, with fairly strong certainty, observed TextMate …
Attempted to take a 1 hour nap at 6 PM. Woke up just now, at 2AM. My body is nothing if not a champion sleeper. Oops.
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Emmanuel Quartey: Zielschmerz →
dictionaryofobscuresorrows:
n. the exhilarating dread of finally pursuing a lifelong dream, which requires you to put your true abilities out there to be tested on the open savannah, no longer protected inside the terrarium of hopes and delusions that you created in kindergarten and kept…
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All Things Made Light
viafrank:
From the sawtoothed shadows of an old Alder tree, to the lapping of water on the side of a boat, to the sound of an uproarious laugh leaping out of an agape mouth turned toward the sky: these moments are every kind of memory, past and upcoming—the strings that tie all of us to one another. All true to the touch, each bit illuminated, everything made light: a perfect fit that fills the...
Ok, it’s actually raining really, really hard. I didn’t think LA did that.
It turns out our alien overlords are just...
//I used to play this game (either Jumpstart 4th or 5th grade, can’t remember which) where the villains totally had octopi attached to their heads. So this makes complete intuitive sense to me.
