July 2011
23 posts
“FREE IDEA: Open a hair salon, call it “Wooster & Fox”, fill it with bearded...”
– (via kellyoxford)
“You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. From out there on the moon, international politics look so pretty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch.’”
Edgar...
Addiction.
I read an interview today with Russell Brand. When discussing Amy Winehouse he said something that really struck home with me.
“When you love someone who suffers from the disease of addiction you await the phone call. There will be a phone call. The sincere hope is that the call will be from the addict themselves, telling you they’ve had enough, that they’re ready to stop,...
Because we are broken people.
Every once in a while I am a fan of Relevant.
http://www.relevantmagazine.com/life/relationship/features/26256-the-friends-with-benefits-sensation
“Why does it happen? Because we are broken people. And because God created sex and physical affection as a phenomenal part of what is meant to heal us: intimate, committed love with another human being. But when we don’t know how our...
forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?” - bell hooks
Jim about Pam.
For a really long time that’s all I had. Little moments with a girl who saw me as a friend. And, a lot of people told me I was crazy to wait this long for a date with a girl I work with but I think, even then I knew that… I was waiting for my wife.
You should date an illiterate girl.
This is absolutely amazing.
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“Fifteen to eighteen percent of girls under twelve now wear mascara, eyeliner and...”
– “How To Talk To Little Girls” by Lisa Bloom (via twofish)
Noah and the Whale
It’s the first day of spring And my life is starting over again The trees grow, the river flows And its water will wash away my sins For I do believe that everyone has one chance To fuck up their lives But like a cut down tree, I will rise again