Whale in the sky

that’s hot

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:12:00 -0400

that’s hot

After spending several hours writing a 250-word essay in Arabic and getting a professor to edit it...

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:51:19 -0400

After spending several hours writing a 250-word essay in Arabic and getting a professor to edit it for me, I found out that I misread one of the words in the prompt. NOTE TO SELF: العالم ≠ الاعلام

just one exciting glimpse into what my summer taking an intensive Arabic course will probably be like

"i’m sorry, but that’s just the way it is"

Tue, 14 May 2013 00:49:02 -0400

“i’m sorry, but that’s just the way it is”

- people who benefit from the way it is and does not want to change it anytime soon and aren’t sorry at all (via finedineonmyvegangenitalia)

Random Access Memories

Mon, 13 May 2013 23:26:43 -0400

stoneirr:

As you may or may not have known (Pitchfork claims you must live in a different universe to have not known about this), Daft Punk is releasing a new album next week. It was played today on iTunes. Here are some of the impressions I have of certain tracks.

Give Life Back to Music

This song. Good lord this song is giving me chills. The guitar riff is so shimmery, dancey, electro and just joyous.

The Game of Love

It’s almost like this tragic love song that could be played when a planet blows up in the year 2120. It’s sinister but also so damn sexy. HOW.

Doin’ It Right

A panda bear cuddles up to you then asks you to dance then all of a sudden the panda bear turns into Noah Lennox and you’re weirded out but also impressed by his super sexy dance moves. He slowly whispers into your ear the entire time.

Contact

This track sounds like if your car all of a sudden got hyperspace capabilities and you have the chance to go to the future but at the last moment the hyperspace motherboard starts malfunctioning—but it was totally cool though because even though you had to stay in the present, you still had this album by Daft Punk.

Further track reviews to follow. I’m too busy making granola.

1. Stone, I love you

2. Cannot wait to dance to this album at every party this summer

Photo

Fri, 10 May 2013 00:59:59 -0400

just bought my plane ticket to cairo!

Tue, 07 May 2013 23:37:01 -0400

just bought my plane ticket to cairo!

actually pretty surprised that i managed this yay

Tue, 07 May 2013 01:14:53 -0400

actually pretty surprised that i managed this

yay

"Some of us know how we came by our fortune, and some of us don’t, but we wear it all the same...."

Mon, 06 May 2013 00:42:47 -0400

“Some of us know how we came by our fortune, and some of us don’t, but we wear it all the same. There’s only one question worth asking now: How to we aim to live with it?”

- Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible

theycallmemiketaylor: monsterbeard: spytap: Massive explosion...

Sun, 05 May 2013 00:43:39 -0400

theycallmemiketaylor:

monsterbeard:

spytap:

Massive explosion hit Damascus about an hour ago (about 20 seconds in.)

Wow. Using the ol’ lightning to thunder conversion, that giant fireball is 2 miles away. That is some kind of escalation

Holy shit

Israeli rockets strike Damascus military site

what the fuck…

sell-out

Sat, 04 May 2013 22:11:37 -0400

sell-out

in five hours i will be a free woman

Thu, 02 May 2013 09:51:13 -0400

pretending like i have enough energy to write two more pages...

Wed, 01 May 2013 02:04:00 -0400

pretending like i have enough energy to write two more pages tonight and that i will be totally prepared for my Arabic final tomorrow that i’ve hardly studied for

HAHA COLLEGE

musicasofrecent: Broken Social Scene | Lover’s Spit from You...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:42:14 -0400

musicasofrecent:

Broken Social Scene | Lover’s Spit from You Forgot It In People (2002)

four days.

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 20:09:00 -0400

four exams, two papers.

seriously cannot wait to be done with this shit

The world used to be silent. Now it has too many voices, and the...

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 13:41:34 -0400

The world used to be silent. Now it has too many voices, and the noise is a constant distraction. They multiply, intensify, they will divert your attention to what’s convenient, and forget to tell you about yourself. We live in an age of many stimulations. If you are focused, you are harder to reach. If you are distracted, you are available. You are distracted. You are available. You want flattery, always looking to where it’s at. You want to take part in everything, and everything to be a part of you. Your head is spinning faster at the end of your spine until you have no face at all. And yet, if the world would shut up, even for a while, perhaps we will start hearing the distant rhythm of an angry young tune, and recompose ourselves. Perhaps, having deconstructed everything, we should be thinking about putting everything back together.

"Wearing a hijab isn’t inherently liberating – but neither is baring one’s breasts. What is..."

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:09:58 -0400

“Wearing a hijab isn’t inherently liberating – but neither is baring one’s breasts. What is liberating is being able to choose either of these things. It’s pretty ludicrous to think that oppression is somehow proportional to how covered or uncovered someone’s body is. Both sides of this argument present a shallow understanding of women’s empowerment, which only drowns out the substantive challenges facing all women – issues that cannot be encapsulated in a debate about a piece of fabric.”

- Sara Yasin, Is the Hijab Worth Fighting Over?

(via rcabbasi)

Lucky Cloud - Arthur Russell

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 08:57:24 -0400

Lucky Cloud - Arthur Russell

miserab-ill: Someone I dated when I was in high school recently won $10,000 for making a Google...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 22:10:55 -0400

miserab-ill:

Someone I dated when I was in high school recently won $10,000 for making a Google Chrome extension and I still think putting pringles inside of a tortilla is a good idea.

kevy<3

found this at my house a while ago. it’s a “ticket...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 22:43:00 -0400

found this at my house a while ago. it’s a “ticket to heaven.” i’m thinking about selling it on craig’s list hmu if interested

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Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:56:39 -0400