May 2013
24 posts
“Sometimes we can choose the paths we follow. Sometimes our choices are made for...”
– Neil Gaiman (via kari-shma)
“I firmly believe in small gestures: pay for their coffee, hold the door for...”
– Jonathan Carroll (via creatingaquietmind)
infinitylooper:
Something to think about:
The Earth is 4.6 billion years old. Let’s scale that to 46 years. We have been here for 4 hours. Our industrial revolution began 1 minute ago. In that time, we have destroyed more than 50% of the world’s forests.
This isn’t sustainable.
scvlptures:
depression is when you don’t really care about anything
anxiety is when you care too much about everything
and having both is just like what
poetry: The Immortal Haiku of Laura Silverman |... →
readpoems:
I am so lonely And have a lot of problems Be my Valentine? A message to snails Evolution has failed you Your shells are a joke Asked the universe To please stop sending me signs Has not responded A pack of Wet Ones Inadequately sealed shut Is pack of Dry Ones He has those two eyes
Me During a 2k Test
Me: Hell yeah! I've got this!
Me: Look at that erg score!
Me: Yay! I'm in first!
Me: Have I only rowed 100 meters?
Me: My thighs hurt.
Coxswain: Conserve.
Me: I can't slow down!
Me: Come on legs, slow down, slow down
Me: Ok, this hurts now
Coxswain: 250 down, 1/8 of the way through
Me: Ugh!
Me: Breaking a sweat
Me: The handle is getting slippery
Me: This still hurts
Me: Why do I row?
Coxswain: 500 meters down
Me: Only 500?
Coxswain: 1500 to go
Me: Shit, I'm going to feel 4 times worse by the time this ends
Me: I-I-I-I WORKOUT!
Coxswain: Come on! You've got this!
Me: Shut up
Coxswain: Focus
Me: I will if you stop talking to me
Coxswain: 1000 meters to go. You're half way there.
Me: I don't want to think about that
Me: I can feel my breakfast
Me: My mouth is dry
Me: I need to swallow a glob of mucus but I have no saliva
Me: Can I spit?
Coxswain: Stay focused, you're doing good
Me: Can I spit on the coxswain?
Me: AHH! Why do I row??
Me: NOW DROP IT LOOOW AND LET ME SEE YOUR HIPS SWING!
Me: I can I take out my iPod?
Me: Really, it's getting obnoxious
Coxswain: 600 meters
Me: Ouch, ouch, ouch. I can't breath!!!
Coxswain: 500 meters. Come on!
Me: Don't talk to me!
Me: Promise to self: I will quit crew after this race
Me: I hate my LIFE!!!!
Me: Is this what death feels like?
Coxswain: COME ON! PUSH WITH THOSE LEGS!
Me: I think I see a light
Coxswain: MORE SUSPENSION!
Coxswain: YOU GOT THIS! DON'T LET THEM WALK ON YOU!!
Me: I'm trying!
Coxswain: COME ON, I WANT YOU TO WIN THIS
Me: So do I!
Coxswain: YOU CAN DO IT!
Me: Arrrrrgh! No I can't!
Coxswain: POSTURE! KEEP YOUR HEAD UP!
Me: I don't need my head to row
Coxswain: Start your sprint...NOW!
Me: Shit.
Me: Fuck.
Me: Why do I do this?
Me: I hate this sport.
Me: Fuck my life.
Coxswain: COME ON! YOU'RE ALMOST THERE!
Me: Fuck you.
Coxswain: Thirty strokes left.
Me: And you're telling me that because??
Coxswain: ONE
Coxswain: TWO
Me: Shut up.
Coxswain: THREE
Me: Shut up!
Coxswain: FOUR
Me: Actually says, "Don't talk."
Coxswain: DON'T TALK! FOCUS ON THE RACE!
Me: Ow
Me: I'm done
Me: I give up
Me: 100 meters left
Me: Can I stop now?
Me: Why isn't the coxswain saying anything?
Me: Why did I tell them to be quiet?
Me: I have so many regrets
Me: I'm too young to die!
Me: Power ten!
Me: Done
“Our good fortune allowed us to feel a sadness our parents never had time for.”
– Beginners, 2010 (via aprettywar)
April 2013
24 posts
“I’ve learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does...”
– Maya Angelou (via kari-shma)
“But I do love this city. I love its atrocious accent, its inferiority complex in...”
– Dennis Lehane writes a perfect op-ed, complete (as everything out of Boston usually is) with an implication that New Hampshire is trashy. (via leilacohanmiccio)
Watchthefrontrange:
This is sick
I miss ski season already
Watchlizzoa:
boykitty:
pisstains:
still my favorite video.
Honestly this video gives me hope
HELP
thefrontrange:
People are really cool sometimes
but i actually love this
March 2013
17 posts
