elbow patches.

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Thu, 23 May 2013 15:11:25 -0400

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Thu, 23 May 2013 12:04:08 -0400

thebluthcompany: I want a friendship like this one.

Thu, 23 May 2013 06:02:03 -0400

thebluthcompany:

I want a friendship like this one.

a ferocity, too.

Wed, 22 May 2013 22:22:06 -0400

a ferocity, too.

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Wed, 22 May 2013 18:03:00 -0400

gallifreyholiday: geronimo, bitch // a v. serious eleventh...

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:07:06 -0400

gallifreyholiday:

geronimo, bitch // a v. serious eleventh doktah mix

favourite asoiaf characters; Catelyn Stark “I am a creature of...

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:39:37 -0400

favourite asoiaf characters; Catelyn Stark

“I am a creature of grief and dust and bitter longings. There is an empty place within me where my heart was once.”

torisora: the only mystery worth solving my clara, my...

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:52:00 -0400

torisora:

the only mystery worth solving

my clara, my impossible girl

clara in doctor who, season 7

Broadway “Once” Backstage - May 21, 2013

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:18:18 -0400

Broadway “Once” Backstage - May 21, 2013

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Wed, 22 May 2013 12:03:51 -0400

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Wed, 22 May 2013 06:02:15 -0400

it feels like i’m breaking into a million pieces.

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:41:20 -0400

it feels like i’m breaking into a million pieces.

(x)

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:04:27 -0400

(x)

Hi, Anne. I was wondering if you had any book recommandations for me for the summer? Sorry to bother you again but I have no idea what to read now and I need new books.

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:38:45 -0400

It’s fine!! I like recommending books. I really only read for class during the school year because I’m so busy, but thankfully the whole English major/creative writing student thing means I get to check out a lot of fiction.

Hotel World by Ali Smith is probably my favorite and most admired book that I’ve read in the past year. It messes with form a little so in theory it’s not a very traditional novel (there’s an entire chapter with no punctuation marks), but I found it super easy to read anyway, which is a feat on Ali Smith’s part.

CivilWarLand in Bad Decline and Tenth of December by George Saunders. These are both collections of short stories, which Saunders is known for. The NY Times book review called Tenth of December the best book of the year on like January 6th. I have yet to read that one, but I have read CivilWarLand, and it’s brilliant. Saunders is also just a cool guy and I recommend reading interviews with him, since he’s recently been shot into fame. We got to phone conference with him for my fiction seminar this semester and he was delightful.

Olive Kitteridgeby Elizabeth Stroud.Technically this is a novelization of short stories with a common set of characters, but it doesn’t really matter. It’s a great read either way.

Tabloid Dreamsby Robert Olen Butler. Straight up short stories with a hint of science fiction/non-realism. This guy won a Pulitzer, though not for this collection. He’s a genius.

Memento Mori by Muriel Spark. This one is a novel, and a fairly straightforward one re: form, but it’s well done and clever, and a book that taught me a lot about style.

Much Ado About Nothing. If you haven’t read it already, and if you have, read it again. Mostly because the film is coming out soon, but also because it’s hilarious and heartwarming and just, one of the best comedies ever written. Honestly.

Also, I went to a professor with this same question a couple of weeks ago, and he recommended looking up past winners and nominees for the Book Critics Circle Award, the Booker prize, and a couple of other honors I can’t remember. I have them written down somewhere, I’ll let you know if I find them.

PS: I’m going to publish this, in case anyone else is interested.

– Did you ever call Dana “Ma’am”?– I did once and it was...

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:11:04 -0400

– Did you ever call Dana “Ma’am”?
– I did once and it was awful.

100 Words for Facial Expressions

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:04:06 -0400

aneira-hailey:

1. Absent: preoccupied
2. Agonized: as if in pain or tormented
3. Alluring: attractive, in the sense of arousing desire
4. Appealing: attractive, in the sense of encouraging goodwill and/or interest
5. Beatific: see blissful
6. Bilious: ill-natured
7. Black: angry or sad, or see hostile
8. Bleak: see grim and hopeless
9. Blinking: surprise, or lack of concern
10. Blissful: showing a state of happiness or divine contentment
11. Blithe: carefree, lighthearted, or heedlessly indifferent
12. Brooding: see anxious and gloomy
13. Bug eyed: frightened or surprised
14. Chagrined: humiliated or disappointed
15. Cheeky: cocky, insolent
16. Cheerless: sad
17. Choleric: hot-tempered, irate
18. Coy: flirtily playful, or evasive
19. Crestfallen: see despondent
20. Darkly: with depressed or malevolent feelings
21. Deadpan: expressionless, to conceal emotion or heighten humor
22. Dejected: see despondent
23. Derisive: see sardonic
24. Despondent: depressed or discouraged
25. Doleful: sad or afflicted
26. Dour: stern or obstinate; see also despondent
27. Downcast: see despondent
28. Dreamy: distracted by daydreaming or fantasizing
29. Ecstatic: delighted or entranced
30. Etched: see fixed
31. Faint: cowardly, weak, or barely perceptible
32. Fixed: concentrated or immobile
33. Furtive: stealthy
34. Gazing: staring intently
35. Glancing: staring briefly as if curious but evasive
36. Glaring: see hostile
37. Glazed: expressionless due to fatigue or confusion
38. Gloomy: see despondent and sullen
39. Glowering: annoyed or angry
40. Glowing: see radiant
41. Grim: see despondent; also, fatalistic or pessimistic
42. Grave: serious, expressing emotion due to loss or sadness
43. Haunted: frightened, worried, or guilty
44. Hopeless: depressed by a lack of encouragement or optimism
45. Hostile: aggressively angry, intimidating, or resistant
46. Hunted: tense as if worried about pursuit
47. Impassive: see deadpan
48. Inscrutable: mysterious, unreadable
49. Jeering: insulting or mocking
50. Languid: lazy or weak
51. Leering: see meaningful; also, sexually suggestive
52. Meaningful: to convey an implicit connotation or shared secret
53. Mild: easygoing
54. Mischievous: annoyingly or maliciously playful
55. Moody: see sullen
56. Pained: affected with discomfort or pain
57. Pallid: see wan
58. Peering: with curiosity or suspicion
59. Peeved: annoyed
60. Petulant: see cheeky and peeved
61. Pitying: sympathetic
62. Pleading: seeking apology or assistance
63. Pouting: see sullen
64. Quizzical: questioning or confused
65. Radiant: bright, happy
66. Roguish: see mischievous
67. Sanguine: bloodthirsty, confident
68. Sardonic: mocking
69. Scornful: contemptuous or mocking
70. Scowling: displeased or threatening
71. Searching: curious or suspicious
72. Set: see fixed
73. Shamefaced: ashamed or bashful
74. Slack-jawed: dumbfounded or surprised
75. Sly: cunning; see also furtive and mischievous
76. Snarling: surly
77. Sneering: see scornful
78. Somber: see grave
79. Sour: unpleasant
80. Stolid: inexpressive
81. Straight-faced: see deadpan
82. Sulky: see sullen
83. Sullen: resentful
84. Taunting: see jeering
85. Taut: high-strung
86. Tense: see taut
87. Tight: see pained and taut
88. Unblinking: see fixed
89. Vacant: blank or stupid looking
90. Veiled: see inscrutable
91. Wan: pale, sickly; see also faint
92. Wary: cautious or cunning
93. Wide eyed: frightened or surprised
94. Wild eyed: excited, frightened, or stressful
95. Wistful: yearning or sadly thoughtful
96. Withering: devastating; see also wrathful
97. Woeful: full of grief or lamentation
98. Wolfish: see leering and mischievous
99. Wrathful: indignant or vengeful
100. Wry: twisted or crooked to express cleverness or a dark or ironic feeling

heymonster: Someone requested a post of all of the current...

Tue, 21 May 2013 06:02:10 -0400

heymonster:

Someone requested a post of all of the current Strong Female Characters, so here you go.

prints are available here.

baptisms-: F E M A L E R O B B E R Y :: a mix for bandit...

Tue, 21 May 2013 01:36:08 -0400

baptisms-:

F E M A L E R O B B E R Y :: a mix for bandit queens (❖)

(001) hurricane (acapella) by M S M R
(002) body electric (live) by L A N A D E L R E Y
(003) violent games by P O L I C A
(004) anne (king moody mix) by S A N T I G O L D
(005) big little girl by S I A
(006) female robbery (drumstep mix) by T H E N E I G H B O U R H O O D
(007) oblivion by G R I M E S
(008) plain gold ring by K I M B R A

amyjpond: I MISS AMY POND

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:35:54 -0400

amyjpond:

I MISS AMY POND

I’m a total Marmite actor, you either love what I do or hate...

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:02:57 -0400

I’m a total Marmite actor, you either love what I do or hate it. I’ve done it all: incest, matricide, plenty of gay roles, paedophillia… Although I’m not sure I should really be joking about those things – I’m a bit worried it won’t come across all that well. I read on a blog once: “Eddie Redmayne either does period dramas or plays American f***-ups”.