Send Me On My Way

So the police are gone and the guy in the downstairs apartment has either gone with them or is...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:56:56 -0400

So the police are gone and the guy in the downstairs apartment has either gone with them or is pretending to be dead or something (I don’t know but it’s really quiet), but now I’m much more convinced to get something of the self-defense variety and keep it close at hand. Just saying. Also, I’m ridiculously curious about why they were so interested in talking to him. WHAT DID HE DO? WHAT DOES HE KNOW? WHAT IS GOING ON?

So. I swear to god I’m not kidding about this, but I’m 90% sure the police are staking...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:03:44 -0400

So. I swear to god I’m not kidding about this, but I’m 90% sure the police are staking out the apartment below mine. Seriously, though. They’ve been hanging out around the building since 5pm (or maybe a little before, that’s when I got back from the library and they were already there), and they’ve been repeatedly knocking and pounding on the guy’s door and saying “Open the door and we’ll talk about this,” and there is a police car parked right outside his door and they are refusing to move. It’s been 4 hours already. O.O

Note to Self: When you know that you’re going to be filling out applications and creating...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:11:01 -0400

Note to Self: When you know that you’re going to be filling out applications and creating resumes for summer employment, don’t forget to bring the briefcase with the document of your employment history to your new apartment.

"It seems to me that on one page I recognized a portion of an old diary of mine which mysteriously..."

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:23:16 -0400

“It seems to me that on one page I recognized a portion of an old diary of mine which mysteriously disappeared shortly after my marriage, and, also, scraps of letters which, though considerably edited, sound to me vaguely familiar. In fact, Mr. Fitzgerald (I believe that is how he spells his name) seems to believe that plagiarism begins at home.”

- —Zelda Fitzgerald, in a review of her husband’s book in 1922 (via trishahaddad)

Reminder that F. Scott Fitzgerald stole his wife’s writing, many times, while suppressing her works. See “Save Me the Waltz”, which he forced her to revise so that he could use parts of it in his own book “Tender Is the Night”. And which author do we study in school?

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I didn’t know this.

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He also encouraged her to have affairs so he could use that for inspiration, and when she wanted to leave him for a man she fell in love with, he locked her in their house and wouldn’t let her leave.

When she wanted to publish “Save me the Waltz,” Fitzgerald wrote in his diary about DELIBERATELY trying to TRIGGER her schizophrenic episodes and making her incapable of fighting that battle.

And Fitzgerald scholars KNOW all this. They write articles about how it was all okay because in the end, it inspired Fitzgerald to write Great Literature.

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I didn’t know ANY of this and I think it’s really important that we view Great Men critically and honestly so that we can experience the past in its true form and potentially learn from it, so here you go.

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thedarkknightsmises: this may be the best thing i’ve ever seen...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:14:49 -0400

thedarkknightsmises:

this may be the best thing i’ve ever seen on tumblr

Thing #2 that I dislike about my apartment: Whenever someone comes up the back staircase, it sounds...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:31:30 -0400

Thing #2 that I dislike about my apartment: Whenever someone comes up the back staircase, it sounds like someone has unlocked my door and walked into my apartment. As I’m currently sitting here in my robe and underwear, trying to dry off from the downpour I got caught in, I got really nervous really quickly.

Of course, it is less than halfway through my walk home that the skies decide to open and suddenly...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:53:32 -0400

Of course, it is less than halfway through my walk home that the skies decide to open and suddenly there’s a downpour. I look and feel like a drowned cat.

Coming to the library to attempt to work on a paper may have been too ambitious a plan for me today....

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:31:35 -0400

Coming to the library to attempt to work on a paper may have been too ambitious a plan for me today. However, I really enjoy the reliable internet connection, so I think I’ll go grab lunch and return to my lair in a bit.

audreyii-fic: a-study-in-butts: ragamuffin-shauntilly: thedand...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:24:53 -0400

audreyii-fic:

a-study-in-butts:

ragamuffin-shauntilly:

thedandilion:

Avatar + Disney Princesses.

:O

reblogging again because this is awesome

it’s so beautiful i’m tearbending

One thing about my apartment that I do not appreciate: suuuuuuuper thin walls. Also, the music that...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:11:00 -0400

One thing about my apartment that I do not appreciate: suuuuuuuper thin walls. Also, the music that my neighbors are listening to is strange.

"For most of America, Psy is a funny name, a funny face, and a funny personality. He doesn’t sing in..."

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:03:54 -0400

“

For most of America, Psy is a funny name, a funny face, and a funny personality. He doesn’t sing in English and most people just don’t get it leaving most of them to not take him seriously. It’s easy to strip the significance behind “Gangnam Style” down if you don’t know what it means and solely find entertainment in the Asian guy shaking his hips. But what most people don’t realize is that Psy doesn’t take himself seriously. He’s a satirist and political dissident. “Gangnam Style” was a commentary, not just a fun pop tune with a silly dance.

Gangnam is Seoul’s wealthiest and flashiest neighborhood. For South Koreans, Gangnam represents the ideal life of excess and consumerism. Psy’s character in the video is a wannabe Gangnamite. He dreams he’s living the flashy, excessive lifestyle while he’s really just like everyone else, swimming in a public pool and riding the subway. But never in the video does it seem that Psy’s character is unhappy. He’s content to play in a children’s playground and meet the girl of his dreams in the subway. “Gangnam Style” is much more that we have made it, but that’s not surprising considering Psy’s background and how little we know about it.

In America, it seems like “Gangnam Style” was Psy’s big break when in fact the song had been released on his sixth studio album and his music career hadn’t been about making flashy and catchy songs. He believes music is the key to overcoming the intolerance embedded in his country’s political systems. Throughout his career, his songs have been banned for inappropriate content and have been surrounded by controversy, not to mention the fact that he fought his mandatory military draft.

Psy is a voice for his people. He’s fighting the oppression and intolerance he sees in his culture through his music. And by ignoring his worth and his value, we’re reducing the culture of South Korea into a short man with funny pants doing a ridiculous dance.

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- Opinion: American media chooses to undervalue artists like Psy from “Gangnam Style” (via kpop-confessions)

T H A N K S

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iygrittenothing: ryuyosei: killipan-jones: purrim: purrim: why are blonde jokes so short? so...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 13:50:10 -0400

iygrittenothing:

ryuyosei:

killipan-jones:

purrim:

purrim:

why are blonde jokes so short?

so men can remember them

this took an unexpected turn

Not if you just asked for directions.

moonandtrees: amidaala on We Heart It -...

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 21:53:20 -0400

moonandtrees:

amidaala on We Heart It - http://weheartit.com/entry/53208731/via/aquaminttea

Hearted from: http://amidaala.tumblr.com/post/42560828201

Can I just say that I love that my apartment has a full shower with a bathtub? Because I do. Also, I...

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 21:51:58 -0400

Can I just say that I love that my apartment has a full shower with a bathtub? Because I do. Also, I may be spending an absurd amount of money at Lush from here on out.

Two hours later and I’m back in my apartment, but not before getting creeped on by one of the...

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 14:44:28 -0400

Two hours later and I’m back in my apartment, but not before getting creeped on by one of the downstairs neighbors.

I was having a great morning.

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 13:10:34 -0400

And then I locked myself out of my apartment and got cat-called by a nasty truck driver. Mood ruined.

All of a sudden, packing to leave is exhilarating and heartbreaking all at once. I can’t...

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 21:42:10 -0400

All of a sudden, packing to leave is exhilarating and heartbreaking all at once. I can’t decide if I want to jump for joy or sob on my grandfather’s shoulder.

I really should be productive today but being in this house makes me miserable and emotionally...

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:29:17 -0400

I really should be productive today but being in this house makes me miserable and emotionally exhausted and all I want to do is hide in the basement with my internet.

It’s barely 10pm and I’m going to bed because I’m bored. God, I hate this place.

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 21:55:44 -0400

It’s barely 10pm and I’m going to bed because I’m bored. God, I hate this place.

gastrogirl: reese’s tornado truffles.

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 17:52:06 -0400

gastrogirl:

reese’s tornado truffles.