January 2010
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“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than...”
– Anais Nin
Someone asked me the other day, “What’s the best thing to happen to you in the last 6 months?”
And i couldn’t answer.
There were a lot of nice things in the last 6 months. There were a lot of bad things too, but there were nice things. There was London with my mum & Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. There was Regina Spektor and Noah and the Whale. There was Reach Out...
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“Quis hic locus? Quae regio? Quae mundis plaga?”
– What world is this? What kingdom? What shores of what world?
lindleyrebecca:
ilusiones:
lindleyrebecca:
I just got a second tattoo.
Oh, where & what?
On my right hip, it’s the word for “hope” in Swahili. I’ll take a picture of it as soon as I take the bandages off.
Tumaini?
There’s a school for disabled children over in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, that’s known as the Matumaini School of Hope. i get the impression you’d love...
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New Lanark - Wikipedia →
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Ahhh, i freakin love New Lanark. So pretty.
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bunnymitford:
When you’re a teenager and in your early twenties [love] seems desperately eternal and excruciatingly painful. Whereas as you grow older you realise that most things are excruciatingly painful and that is the human condition. Most of us continue to survive because we’re convinced that somewhere along the line, with grit and determination and perseverance, we will end up in some...
I am leaving, technically tomorrow.
lindleyrebecca:
and by that, I mean thursday. but it is now technically wednesday.
i do not want to. i do want to. i can’t wait. i don’t want to leave home. i don’t think this is home. baltimore cannot be home. it will be cold. it is cold here. my friends are here. no, they are there. i will miss my family. my mind makes no sense.
This is me. Every time. Leaving Prestwick or leaving...
Following on from this… things i actually wound up doing today:
Sleeping too long & rushing to catch the 8:25am bus
Getting to the hospital really early, going for a walk & falling on the ice
Being in my hospital appointment for a whopping great 30seconds.
Getting the bus back into Ayr
Got take-away Caffe Nero
Bus back to Prestwick
Wrote a letter for work
Bus to Glasgow
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“i’m working on my faults and cracks,
Filling in the blanks and gaps.
And...”
– Frightened Rabbit
Things that i should do tomorrow:
Get up early to catch an 8:25 bus
Go to hospital
Come straight home
Write the essay that’s due next Tuesday
Practice physio exercises for the appointment on Wednesday
Set about finding myself a new placement
Go to bed at a reasonable time
Things that i will probably end up doing tomorrow instead:
Get up too late & rush to catch the 8:25am bus
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“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible...”
– Albert Camus
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WatchNew Skins is looking immense.
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“I seem all mushy and a crybaby and weak, but when someone hurts me everything...”
– ‘Violet & Claire’ (Francesca Lia Block)
Ok. i’m done with the high school quotations now.
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“My heart is like a teacup covered with hairline cracks. I feel like I have to...”
– ‘Missing Angel Juan’ (Francesca Lia Block)
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doctorplease:
My Backwards Walk-Frightened...
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“And what would it do to me? Playing in the dark. Would I become Vile again,...”
– ‘Violet & Claire’ (Francesca Lia Block)
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“I wish I wasn’t a girl who needed so much but a little free creature that...”
– ‘Violet & Claire’ (Francesca Lia Block)
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“I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead;
I lift my lids and all is born...”
– Sylvia Plath
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write the song you're listening to following with...
doctorplease:thefloralsofa:dontwhisper:burnbrighter:ciagirl:swallowedinbythesea: visibledarkness:hostiledreams:mahmah:goldenrainbows:chrissyb:andreaohhh: skeletonsam:twokidsonelovee:thefairphantom
I see you in my pants
i feel like dying in my pants
diplomat’s son in my pants.
Meat is murder in my pants.
tell me what you think playas. this is my... →
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Dear world, Please look at this. She is beyond good. So far beyond it.
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