October 2009
Mamihlapinatapai →
irrevokable:thomaswheatley:anavalentina:creechure:bestofwikipedia:
Mamihlapinatapai is a word from the Yaghan language of Tierra del Fuego, listed in The Guinness Book of World Records as the “most succinct word”, and is considered one of the hardest words to translate. It describes “a look shared by two people with each wishing that the other will initiate something that both desire but...
“Do not misunderstand me; but, understand me fully.”
– Chief Joseph, Nez Perce
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100,000 People - Philip Glass (From The Fog of...
“Try this: write what you want, in plain terms - you need to write what you want...”
– A professor of mine just mentioned this as I was talking to him. While it’s obvious and something of a truism, it is worth noting how important and crucial articulation and definition is to me us.
“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you...”
– Pablo Neruda (via kari-shma) (via amynda)
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nerdgasms:sarahspy:
Most of my adult life has been spent in bringing to some kind of order sheets of paper eight and a half inches wide and eleven inches long. This severely limited activity has allowed me to ignore many a storm. It has also caused many of the worst storms I ignored. My mates have often been angered by how much attention I pay to paper and how little attention I pay to...
Alberto, Spero--wish you were here
andeventhis:
A couple friends of mine have extra tickets to see Greg Laswell tomorrow night. But I guess you have “seasons” you can be enjoying right now, so that’s…cool.
Well, SJ, while you’ll be rockin’ the concert and enjoying life and the West Coast, I’ll be in a library studying The Law whilst it rains outside. In short, Berto: 0 SJ: ≥72
“A house divided against itself cannot stand. Wait, I forgot about duplexes....”
– Timothy McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Teddy Wayne’s Unpopular Proverbs.
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“I need several hours of solitude every day, otherwise I die. Speaking for...”
– Clarice Lispector (The Hour of the Star) (via dancingwithwolves) (via brightlywound)
ellens:
fred-wilson:
Swim Until You Can’t See...
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Impromptu DC Tumblr Meetup for 5 seconds
kvknowsherfun:
12minds totally spotted Lacey and I in the Chinatown Metro station. Thanks for saying hi!
It was totally random, only a little awkward at first “Er, hi…are you on tumblr? I love your stuff and you’re so awesome and I’m restraining myself from hugging you! Also, I’m 12minds….and Hi.”
Either way, it was random and really cool bumping into...
