February 2012
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40 weirdly intriguing questions...
1. What’s a question you’re afraid to ask? To whom?
2. What’s something you hide about your personality?
3. What’s something other people think about you that you don’t agree with?
4. How do you deal with criticism?
5. What’s the sweetest thing anyone’s ever done for you?
6. What’s the sweetest thing you’ve ever done for someone?
7. What’s something sweet you’d like someone to do for you?
8. Describe your favourite texture.
9. Which national or global tragedy were you closest to and how did it affect you?
10. Post a photo/draw a picture/write a poem (pick one) of a moment of personal significance.
11. Which fictional character would you most like to have lunch with and why?
12. Who would you say is your “anti” role model? Someone who serves as a warning rather than an inspiration?
13. What’s your least “politically correct” opinion?
14. What kind of underwear do you imagine Sherlock Holmes wears?
15. What’s one of the most difficult things you’ve ever had to do?
16. If you were an element on the Periodic Table, which would you be and why?
17. What’s the most infuriating thing your parents (or caregiver) do?
18. Which Disney Princess do you most identify with and why? Which is your favourite and why? And yes- ANYONE can answer this question.
19. You’re an Action Movie Hero. What’s your weapon of choice and the line you scream when defeating your arch enemy?
20. What’s the silliest fan theory you’ve ever come up with?
21. What did you think about before you fell asleep last night?
22. What’s the oddest term of endearment you’ve ever used or that someone’s used for you?
23. What motivates you in life?
24. What was something you used to enjoy, but was ruined for you? What’s the story behind that?
25. How do you think you will fare when the Zombie Apocalypse arrives?
26. Which mythological creature are you most like? Why? And if you could be any mythological creature, which would you want to be? Why?
27. Write a brief story about an actual adventure you’ve had.
28. Describe one of the most awkward experiences of your life.
29. What’s something that scares you about the future?
30. List 5 quirky things about yourself.
31. Describe your dream library.
32. What’s the weirdest item you’ve ever mourned?
33. If you could design an amusement park ride, what would it be like?
34. Do you have any “rules” about food?
35. What’s your opinion on age differences in relationships?
36. What’s something you want to do that you’d be embarrassed to tell other people about?
37. Describe a time/event in your life that you’re nostalgic for.
38. How do you approach social situations?
39. What is your ideal bed? Why?
40. Post a short excerpt of your life.
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“There are too many problems in the state. Why are you under the skirts of women?...”
– Georgia Democrats propose limitations on vasectomies for men – This Just In - CNN.com Blogs
I wish I lived in Jonesboro so I could vote for Rep. Yasmin Neal.
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Screenshots: Alexandra Edwards
My love for Sherlock is featured today at The Chimerist, as I share my totally geeky wallpaper wallpapers.
thechimerist:
I’m with Laura — while my laptop is for creating, my iPad is for consuming. As someone invested in fan culture, I spend a lot of my time on my devices streaming TV, reading (and usually liveblogging) books or comic books, checking Tumblr, and organizing my thoughts,...
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Edith Wharton was a prude? We don't suppose you've...
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laphamsquarterly:
Hi there, Jonathan Franzen. We hope you are having a lovely Tuesday. So you say Edith Wharton was a prude, confined largely to a sexless marriage, hemmed in by plainness and haunted to write about the very beauty and passion that was lacking in her own life?
But have you read her porn?
Here’s a passage from an unfinished work, Beatrice Palmato:
“And now,...
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meganwest:
“Consider the declining appeal of homeownership. The idea that a couple should participate in an ownership society by buying a home has dissolved. Just 12% of whites between 18 and 34 told Pew that owning a home was “one of the most important things” in their life. In a nation where homeownership rates peaked at 67% just seven years ago, that’s a remarkable shift in expectations. And...
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Everything is its own reward
In the midst of a tremendously emotionally draining weekend — deadlines are monsters — I downloaded this app and found myself tearing up more than once as I reflected on my all-too-brief trip to San Francisco a few years ago.
In Paul Madonna’s hands, the city is so lovely it makes me cry.
thechimerist:
This app exists primarily to promote a book by the same title. Both contain the...
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magpieandwhale replied to your post: ~life update
You are ridiculously fantastic and wonderful and driven and creative and I believe in you!
Oh goodness, thank you, Esther. This message made me smile when I really needed to.
♥
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~life update
I received a really lovely email today from one of the schools I applied to, stating that I had made the penultimate cut but was not placed on the initial list or the waiting list. Basically, if a bunch of people turn down spots, I could still get an offer, but the chances are slim.
I’m disappointed but still hopeful, since this is the very first school I’ve heard from. I could...
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meganwest:
““Across most of the 83 product categories, we found that consumers’ loyalty now hinges more than ever before on the degree to which a brand has established a clear core value proposition — a differentiator that goes beyond the basic utility of a product or service,” he says. “Today, delivering on the ‘rational’ reasons to buy a brand — good or superior quality and value for the price...
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comic books~
bigbardas:
Comic books are a really intimidating medium to jump fresh into, as there are years of canon to sift through, and the fact that characters and stories change hands very often means that quality and continuity is all over the place. I know that I personally have a very spotty knowledge of comic book history (real talk: I don’t give a single fuck about reading up on Deadpool or...
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gingerhaze:
How to write a paper:
Go on Tumblr for a few hours
Lie on the floor
Cry
gpo my life? but like, especially this week.
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A note on the Parade's End read along tag
Hi all! It came to my attention today that, because of Tumblr’s tagging system, the hyphen in the tag has to go. In order to make sure we can all find each other’s posts, please tag your related entries “Parade’s End read along.”
♥
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maudnewton:
The Chimerist: dwell in possibility
thechimerist:
I probably wouldn’t have bought it if I’d known two years ago what I know now about the conditions for workers who make it, but I wake up with my iPad and go to sleep with it. It’s my alarm clock, my nighttime and commuting library, my dictionary, my hand-held radio, my portable…
A new site about art, stories, and...
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With the old model of importing shows at the speed of a steamship chugging across the Atlantic as obsolete as Mr. Carson’s job in an industrialized Britain, and with few sensible solutions, it’s no surprise that a growing number of superfans feel like their piracy is justified. (Especially when PBS is free anyway! Who loses?)
“I only download when it’s something I just can’t bear to wait for,”...
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“That Gossip Girl joke about Carter Baizen wearing Blair’s underwear gave...”
– tweets from last week
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