January 2012
95 posts
December 2011
39 posts
nate dern: Shit Girls Say →
natedern:
Have you seen those Shit Girls Say videos that are floating around? Watch it here if you haven’t.
What would a normal human response be to seeing those videos? To laugh and share the link with a friend? To smile politely and move on with one’s life? To find them vaguely offensive but mostly…
The Wealth Gap Between Congress and Voters Is... →
Both The New York Times and The Washington Post have separate reports today about the widening wealth gap between members of Congress and the people they represent. Almost half of all Congresspeople are millionaires and their median net worth has climbed to $913,000, compared to $100,000 for the rest of America households. According to the Post, that number drops to $725,000 when excluding home...
Women cannot be expected to struggle alone against the forces of discrimination...
– Benazir Bhutto in a 1995 speech in Beijing at the World Conference of Women. This is a beautiful speech, go read all of it. (via thepoliticalnotebook)
Anonymous asked: Indeed the world does. Hope your journey is one filled with knowledge, happiness, peace, and most importantly love. Maybe our paths will one day cross again. Cheers to college and scholarships.
Anonymous asked: You are a beautiful human being, both inside and out. I hope you can come to terms with it someday soon.
Anonymous asked: brew, do you know how fantastically, wonderfully, uniquely awesome you are?
Aren't we a delusional bunch!
I really don’t know why I keep writing such detailed/unorthodox blogs. When people ask me if I have a blog, I answer, “Yes, I use it kind of like a diary.” But with the secret (and very common) intent of publishing things online for the sake of getting feedback, consoled, or nursed in the arms of my readers.
And I know fully well what Tumblr is like and that is that it’s...
To think
That the day I meet someone who appreciates and encourages me to exploit my prose and poetics for his sake, I’d double over in fear of being inadequate and gone is my haughty attitude.
What are an Ewok's favorite type of peptide?
fishbowlsouls:
Endorphins.
Here’s what I need to feel fulfilled:
a workload that exerts an unnecessary amount of mental pressure
hunger
empty mind
country/indie music
a lonely room
I live for this sickening brew.