December 2009
“You come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by seeing an imperfect...”
– Sam Keen (via kari-shma) (via quote-book) (via andbreathe)
“My ancestors is Jackie Chan.”
– Denver Jackson, Filmmaker (via junker)
meganmcisaac:
henri cartier bresson on...
New Years Resolutions
fitness program. seriously. wii fit daily and lots of outdoor time.
bring lunch to school! i am terrible at packing a lunch and that needs to change.
check my spending. Hooray cashbook!
be more thankful.
start my papers earlier! Make a plan as SOON as i get my syllabi and stick to it.
PHOTOGRAPH MORE.
Actually start blogging on my whatiwore blog in English AND in German!
Anything...
9 things to do before 2009 is over
lindleyrebecca:
itstaryn:
1. Clean your whole bedroom, yes, that includes under your bed.
2. Start an art project. Draw, paint, color, sketch, sculpt, create.
3. Go on a jog (trust me on this one). You’ll appreciate this much more after youre finshed with it.
4. Go through your entire closet, get rid of those clothes you never wear.
5. Watch a favorite movie of yours that you haven’t...
parachuteshark:
A big, cold, empty bed.
“She loves to rediscover things: letters in the folds of old books, money in...”
– December by Elizabeth H.Winthrop (via id0be1ieve)
oldhollywood:
Thurl Ravenscroft - You’re a Mean...
[Mahler] Symphonies
Symphony No. 1, “Titanic,” for orchestra with contrabass obbligato and Klezmer Band, a bagel and some lox. Oh, and a pickle maybe.
Symphony No. 2, “Reanimation,” for orchestra, choir, 3–5 adjacent churches, really big organ, undead vocal soloists, trumpetist who shows up late for the gig and has to play off-stage and two woolly mammoths flanking the stage.
Symphony No. 3, “Who Let the Horns...
“There are two kinds of sex, classical and baroque. Classical sex is romantic,...”
– Ellen Willis (via smut-to-go)
Germany's Got Talent →
@geetarooman
carlyvous:
“amber fists” by cable car is absolutely beautiful. holy shamolians, i’m rendered speechless.
WAIT WAIT WAIT YOU SAY “HOLY SHAMOLIANS” TOO?????? We must talk. I’ve never heard anyone else say it!? WHAT DOES IT MEEEEAAAAN???
“Germany has declared war on Russia. Swimming in the afternoon.”
– Franz Kafka’s diary, August 2, 1914 (via symphonyno2ineminor) (via parachuteshark)
“A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it...”
– risely-evan (via thesemightysecrets)
The Composer Effect
parachuteshark:symphonyno2ineminor:ayoung:
The Mozart Effect
A new report now suggests that the Mozart effect may be a fraud. For you hip urban professionals: no, playing Mozart for your designer baby may not improve his IQ or help him get into that exclusive pre-school. He’ll just have to be admitted to Harvard some other way.
Of course, we’re all better off for listening to Mozart purely for...
