February 2012
5 posts
would recommend
smith’s rosebud salve
denim jackets under peacoats
bottle rocket [film] / beginners [film]
nico’s chelsea girl / yo la tengo’s i can hear the heart beating as one
see people, go places, drink if you feel like it
fisherman’s friend menthol lozenges
filling your wrists with bracelets
avocado with salt
wild hearts
January 2012
7 posts
twenty-four
i won $20 on a lotto ticket,
drank the champagne of beers,
& cheek-kissed all my friends.
now i’m one year away from renting a car
& one year closer to death.
“well, let’s say that since you were little, you always dreamed of getting a lion. and you wait, and you wait, and you wait, and you wait but the lion doesn’t come. and along comes a giraffe. you can be alone, or you can be with the giraffe.”
“i’d wait for the lion.”
“that’s why i worry about you.”
via beginners
“you’ll never see the end of your own story, so maybe you should throw in...”
– via asofterworld
would recommend
weekend [film]
finishing touches
investing in a turntable
creating an account on instapaper
tea-scented simpatico hobnail candle
the national’s alligator / geometric tapes’ january mix
hot toddys with bulleit bourbon frontier whiskey
resolving to leave some things unresolved
a trip to the aquarium
life in a day [film]
herringbone
MIRRORINGS →
lucy grealy on her face, tragedy, beauty & identity.
December 2011
11 posts
“where did the self-pity come from? the inordinate volume of it? by almost any standard, she led a luxurious life. she had all day every day to figure out some decent and satisfying way to live, and yet all she ever seemed to get for all her choices and all her freedom was more miserable. the autobiographer is almost forced to the conclusion that she pitied herself for being so...
lover’s carvings - bibio
“the words...
1 tag
would recommend
indoor picnics
brightly colored socks
thrifting holiday gifts for friends
leaving little notes that say big things
the roots’ undun / amy winehouse’s lioness
survival kit in a sardine can by restoration hardware
reading a minimum of three articles every day
oversized blanket scarves
ma vie en rose [film]
homemade waffles
lady grey tea
the diagnosis →
xeni jardin
each time my heart is broken it makes me feel more adventurous (and how the same names keep recurring on that interminable list!), but one of these days there’ll be nothing left with which to venture forth.
why should i share you? why don’t you get rid of someone else for a change?
i am the least difficult of men. all i want is boundless love.
.
an excerpt from ‘meditations in an...
would recommend
having a bottle of champagne on hand
trader joe’s chocolate-covered peanut butter pretzels
crystal stilt’s in love with oblivion / mark aubert’s somewhere
burt’s bees honey natural throat drops
writing curses in cursive
owning stationary
win win [film]
carrying a camera
statement necklaces
derek’s guacamole recipe
November 2011
15 posts
undun
i drew a two of hearts from a deck of cards a stock trick from my empty repertoire another hopeless story, never read at all i’m better off looking for the end where the credits are
redford [for yia-yia & pappou] - sufjan...
the real way is the better way →
cultural / political application in food
gone, gone
where you going to go with a head that empty? where you going to go with a heart that gone?
childhood - beach house
“i feel like sex is about 75% brain/environment and 15% physical movement and 10% making sure your hair is out of your face. if you’re both in an ok mood, the lighting’s nice, no one has any overdue library books or car windows to roll up, and you can move your hand/mouth/hips, the sex will be good. it could be really good if you’d talk to each other about what you like/don’t like, or...
1 tag
take care
may your neighbors respect you,
trouble neglect you,
angels protect you,
& heaven accept you.
Watchtwenty-four hour champagne diet.
October 2011
15 posts
we must bring
our own light
to the
darkness.
nobody is going
to do it
for us.
“it is absurd to divide people into good and bad. people are either charming or...”
– oscar wilde
the kids are actually sort of alright →
1 tag
would recommend
having something to be excited about
beach house’s beach house / m83’s hurry up, we’re dreaming
TEDtalks podcast
cy twombly
yuengling black & tan [now sold in ohio]
reading two books at once
rip: a remix manifesto [film]
apology kisses
polka dots
writing back
looking at the milky skyline / the city is my church
facebook wasted: a liveblog
accidentally drunk by myself. again. [sunday at 9:56 pm]
have listened to ‘hold on’ by wilson phillips 37 consecutive times. [sunday at 10:22 pm]
attempted to look up the hours of cleveland metroparks zoo by typing ‘zoo babies’ into google search. [sunday at 10:23 pm]
fell off my bed & spilled beer on the carpet. [sunday at...
the power of lonely →