May 2011
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Things That are Not Pretty
Me, in the morning, after crying out a week’s worth of stress.
Oh, my good grief.
The puffiness.
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Buck UK - Once
“Buck UK’s Once EP is...
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“When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision,...”
– Audre Lorde
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-5-15) →
Jimpster (32)
iTAL tEK (26)
office gossip (25)
Lisa Shaw (15)
Mount Kimbie (15)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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“we’ll ask the barista at starbucks to remake a drink because it tastes funny or...”
– by peter nguyen for revolution.is | via darklamb
this resonated a few days ago, lingered, made a difference. thanks peter!
[lowercase mine]
(via texturism)
What do you suppose constitutes “semi-controlled recklessness?”
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"Newt Gingrich glitter" is currently the second... →
convincingindie:
rainabloom:
He’s going to be combing that out of his hair for weeks. I speak from experience here.
Glitterbomber = PERSONAL HERO A PLUS NUMBER ONE HIGH FIVE
To rainabloom’s point, a friend of mine once said and stand by it: “Glitter is the herpes of craft supplies.”
Also, <3 this so hard
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Clubbers can smell a good nightspot →
Since the smoking ban in restaurants, bars and nightclubs, customers are more aware of unpleasant smells, such as body odors and the smell of old beer, that used to be masked by cigarette smoke. Now science is looking at how the introduction of pleasant ambient scents that hide unwanted odors might enhance the nightlife experience. According to Dr. Hendrik Schifferstein from Delft University of...
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Happiness has a dark side →
It seems like everyone wants to be happier and the pursuit of happiness is one of the foundations of American life. But even happiness can have a dark side, according to the authors of a new review article published inPerspectives on Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. They say that happiness shouldn’t be thought of as a universally good thing, and...
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WatchJames Blake - Give a Man a Rod (Second Version)
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Impaired specific autobiographical memory as a... →
Abstract
This study tested the proposal that impaired retrieval of specific autobiographical memories is a risk factor for psychological disturbance after trauma exposure. Trainee firefighters (N = 60) were assessed during training (before trauma exposure) on the Autobiographical Memory Test, Clinician Administered PTSD Scale, Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II), and Traumatic Events...
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Creativity and The Roads Not Taken
I have a deep fondness for imagining horrific, asinine, truly evil things I will never do. In great detail. Sometimes with sound effects and grotesque hand gestures.
I used to tell my mother these things. Oh, hell I still do. Mostly for the inevitable “Oh, Jennifer, you can’t do that!”
It’s like music to my ears.
I should call my mother.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-5-8) →
Tortured Soul (24)
Plej (20)
Sven Weisemann (19)
Æther (14)
Burial (13)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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“Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do children...”
– Helen Keller
Anonymous asked: Do you consider yourself a happy person?
Happiness linked to a gene that comes in long and... →
In work that gives cranky teenagers another reason to blame their parents for all life’s woes, researchers have uncovered a genetic link to happiness.
The study of more than 2,500 Americans revealed two variants of a gene that influenced how satisfied – or dissatisfied – people were with their lot.
Those born with two long versions of the gene (one is passed down from each parent) were...
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