February 2012
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“the f On a somewhat serious note today because of a conversation the other...”
– You Didn’t Thank Me For Punching You in the Face « Views from the Couch (via golden-notebook)
Amazing.
(via gabydunn)
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from tonight's skype call with my parents
Mom: I was reading an article in a travel magazine about Lower Saxony, that’s kind of where you are…
Me: Uh, not really…
Mom: But isn’t that near you? In the black forest?
Me: Mom, you visited me….
Dad: You’re kind of in the best part of Germany, aren’t you? Bavaria’s the best par-
Me: I don’t live in Ba-
Dad: Isn’t that where...
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“Dress suitably in short skirts & strong boots, leave your jewels in the bank...”
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Countess Markievicz, 19th century Irish revolutionary, dispensing eternally relevant fashion advice. (via naomicreys)
COUNTESS MARKIEVICZ GIVES ME ALL THE FEMINIST EMOTIONS, let me tell you about her. Constance Georgine Gore-Booth was born in London, but she was a Dubliner by heart. She...
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“Although the Constitution permits communities to enact most laws they believe to...”
– United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, via Autostraddle — BREAKING: US Circuit Court of Appeals Rules That Prop 8 Is Unconstitutional (via autostraddle)
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Recently a significant amount of people in Mainz and the surrounding suburbs of Frankfurt have been complaining protesting Fluglärm/noise pollution due to airplanes landing at Frankfurt Airport. I find the fact that it bothers them so hugely to be absolutely adorable, either because I grew up in the middle of a triangle of heavily trafficked airports (SFO-OAK-SJC) and am used to it or possibly...
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there are many names in history, and all of them...
shadesofbrixton:
oh-you-better-run:
Hey, guys. This is the post that I promised to make about history, partly as a considered response to this, but as a note of warning: I am not a professional. I am a master’s student of the history of literature, film, and culture, that is true, but I am a long, long way from from being an academic. This is a personal essay; an essay about why I love history,...
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Washington state Senate OKs marriage equality;... →
OLYMPIA, Wash. – The state Senate voted 28-21 Wednesday night to legalize same-sex marriage.
Next up, the House is expected to approve the bill, and Gov. Chris Gregoire has vowed that she will sign it into law.
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Reblog if you're shorter than 5'8.
I usually don’t reblog things like this, but I am sick so humour me because I have to ask: am I the only one who feels like 5’8/172cm is actually quite tall? That’s an entire half foot taller than me!
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likebrightness:
halloem replied to your post: That girl you were drinking with a while back! (I can’t remember her name)
I am only just now seeing this but I think our ship name should be Merily because do I even need a reason?
OT3: Merily + Booze
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January 2012
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"Em i read the fault in our stars and now I cant...
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policethatmustache asked: i have kind of a weird accent situation because when i'm angry or worked up, i get a bit of a twang. when i've spent too much time with my roommate, some of her pittsburgh comes out. other times, it's like jesus christ what even, what is my accent.
shadesofbrixton asked: I dated a guy from NoCal for a while, and he had no discernible accent to me. People hear what they want to hear, I think. But coming form a European/UK person, I'd probably just assume they mean "oh, you don't slaughter your vowels". Which is totally a compliment!
policethatmustache asked: YOU SOUND LIKE A NORTHERN CALIFORNIAN LOL. YOU JUST DO. I HAVE SPENT TIME WITH YOU. TRUST ME ON THIS.
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a conversation at the mainz hbf
I heard the (still familiar though uncommon these days) clear, clipped North American English accent at the counter at the main train station today and like a total fucking creeper (which I do not even pretend to deny I am) I asked the man where he was from.
Him: The United States.
Me: Yes, but where? So am I.
Him: Yeah, with your accent.
Me: I…I’m from California. The San...
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reading The Fault in Our Stars
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how my 8th graders make me feel - an essay in .gif...
My copy of The Fault in Our Stars got here today and I am going to go put myself in bed and read and read and read and probably cry but also laugh because seriously. This day. This day.
We begin every lesson full of optimism, despite the fact that it takes at least 5 minutes to get everyone to sit down, turn on the lights, no they cannot be turned off it is 8 in the damn morning and it is dark...
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MEGAUPLOAD IS DOWN, THE INTERNET HAS FALLEN. THEY...
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My favourite thing about living in Mainz right now is the fact that a few weeks ago a bubble tea shop opened up in the shopping center and now people are walking around all over town with confused, delighted looks on their faces, bubble tea in hand.
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