May 2013
I don’t understand how to date or why it seems like people are interested in making other people chase information out of them
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Things to do while an unemployed academic
“Explore” what your city’s like when only the other unemployed people are around and tell yourself you’re seeing its true nature, even though you’ll only stick to shopping centers
Realize most of those people are actually shopping, not hungrily staring at retail items, so they probably have jobs
Realize most of those people don’t want to bond over the kind of soap they use
Think phony losers...
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A good way to get through still hating someone is remembering that you’re cooler than them now anyway
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I have Steam now, and y’all should find me so we can kill each other in TF2. My username is Miss Andry.
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Emoticon, Emoji, Text: Pt. 1, I Second That... →
Part One of an emoji history.
“If you prefer the diction, style, typography, mode of distribution—or anything else—of a specific culture or sub-culture for the 20 or 200 years leading up to whatever linguistic development offends you, say so, but you’ll have to actually describe what it is about the language practices of that specific place and period you find preferable—if...
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And Arya is the fucking best. How come no one talks about how cool Arya is? No, wait, don’t, I don’t want the spoilers.
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God Brienne is so cool
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A single company owns the exclusive patent on the... →
In the wake of Angelina Jolie’s well-intention exhortation for “every woman” to explore their risk of breast cancer, one company stands to make a staggering profit.
Ughhh why
“There’s no time for romance, we have shit to Avenge.”
– Scarlett Johansson,
on the lack of romantic subplot in The Avengers.
(via imwalkerbait)
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shlabam:
Never hang out with anyone who says “feminist” the same way Draco Malfoy says “mudblood”.
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Hey, remember when I asked a close guy friend to stop flirting with me and we started fighting about what flirting was at all? He said he wasn’t flirting, and I finally changed my language to say, “Fine, maybe it’s not flirting, but your behavior (saying “AWWWW” when I express an opinion) is still demeaning and makes me uncomfortable.” I also told him that...
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“Here’s a situation every woman is familiar with: some guy she knows, perhaps a...”
– http://fugitivus.wordpress.com/2009/06/26/another-post-about-rape-3/ (via seebster)
“The way men and women interact on a daily basis is the way they interact when rape occurs. The social dynamics we see at play between men and women are the same social dynamics that cause men to feel rape is...
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Recurring Developments →
An interactive visualization of running jokes in Arrested Development.
Super good.
I mean seriously NO WONDER he’s insecure in the relationship.
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Amy Pond is so sarcastically detached, I kinda hate it. “Oh, Rory, you thought I died two seconds ago? Quit freaking out, I’m just keeping you on your toes!” Especially because she’s only this way to him.
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I’m late for D&D but I only want to keep playing Portal 2! This new laptop is a game-changer.
“In the original Trek, Khan, with his brown skin, was an Übermensch,...”
– Marissa Sammy on Star Trek: Into Whiteness.
perfect commentary which parallels what Rawles was saying earlier about the possibility of Moriarty being a person of color:
“…The actual issue is that black people aren’t often allowed to play full and complete characters, and an antagonist who isn’t...
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“You think because he doesn’t love you that you are worthless. You think because...”
– Toni Morrison, from Song of Solomon (via czarinna)
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Beware if you’re any stranger (mostly a guy though) trying to talk to me on BART: there is a 99% chance that I don’t wan’t to answer questions about where I live, tell you my name, or stop reading my book.
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“I don’t mean to interrupt, but do you know anything about miniature dogs?”
– The fedorabro who just tried to lure me and R into a one-sided conversation because we’re “in a bar with a lot of people”
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I am at a beer bar desperately trying to pretend that I am much less drunk than I already am
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We may not be special snowflakes but we are all unique on a molecular level and you have to admit that that is pretty cool.
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The Great Gatsby, the video game: Can you attain... →
Can you reach the green light, old sport?
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“at a certain romantic age in your life you can become really attracted to...”
– Amrita (via czarinna)
April 2013
sylvysparrow:
bigbardafree:
idris elba looks like how good cologne smells
yes
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Me: I've never been in a fist fight. A couple slap fights, maybe.
My boss: Yeah, well, you grew up in Berkeley, right?
handaxe:
listen. the only time I ever drive the actual speed limit is when I slow down to punish some truckbro for tailgating me
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The best part about having a chest cold that makes you cough for two days straight is that by the third day, you don’t have to put any effort into your Batman voice.
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Oh no, I’m yelling at Dr. Who because in 1580 Venice someone said “time ticks” but DID THEY EVEN HAVE CLOCKS BACK THEN
