January 2012
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I am pretty much convinced that if everyone listened to Frank Turner, the world would be just a bit of a better place.
I Am So Not Sorry About My Vagina, And Other... →
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“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at...”
– The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (via thetigermountainpeasant)
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I just love having smart friends.
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Click here to listen to my interview with NPR's... →
This is beautiful.
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Doctor: We've got ten minutes to get dressed.
River: Oh, that's so close to the perfect sentence.
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“When the web started, I used to get really grumpy with people because they put...”
– Neil Gaiman on Copyright, Piracy, and the Commercial Value of the Web (X)
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Sailor Twain, or The Mermaid in the Hudson →
If you haven’t been reading Sailor Twain, you really should.
“No no no. I don’t want to screw you. I just love you. When did who you want to...”
– John Green & David Levithan; Will Grayson, Will Grayson (via sassyanddelightful)
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“As we mark the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we must remember that this...”
– President Obama’s statement on the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade (via barackobama)
Just had a lovely, random, drunken conversation with my flatmate about the nature of our long-term university relationships. This is after I spent the night drinking with another roomie and being quite ridiculous and fun. And all of this is after the three of us made curry and mulled wine together. I got very lucky with my flatmates.
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“Green writes books for young adults, but his voice is so compulsively readable...”
– NPR Review of tfios
Doctor Who Official Convention →
Um. So. This is happening when I am happily situated to to travel to Cardiff. It is also pretty fantastic-looking. But it is 100 quid, and during the same weekend as a trip to the Isle of Skye, plus I’ll probably see a fair amount of cool stuff when I go to the Experience. But special effects, panels with writers, Matt Smith and Arthur Darvill…
Please convince me that this is a bad...
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It’s karaoke night in the bar below our building.
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Decided to stay in tonight. (4 pound wine is dangerous.) Instead watched Christopher and His Kind on Youtube, which is excellent, and which has reminded me how much I need to read me some Christopher Isherwood.
(Also: Does anyone else notice when watching movies about gay characters how there is always a close-up focus on the Potential Romantic Interests? It can’t ever be that easy in real...
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“A children’s story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children’s...”
– C. S. Lewis (via accidentaleeinlove)
