one day more

brave - sara bareilles

Sun, 26 May 2013 09:08:22 +1000

brave - sara bareilles

"When I was a kid, you know I immigrated to the States in 1978, and I’m six years old and watching TV..."

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:25:18 +1000

“When I was a kid, you know I immigrated to the States in 1978, and I’m six years old and watching TV and I didn’t see any Asians on television. And you turn on Star Trek and there’s this Asian guy not chopping anybody up. He’s honorable, a helmsman of a spaceship, and it was a big, big deal for me to see that and have a role model.”

- John Cho (x)

Are we special or just weird?: My takeaway from The Office...

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:50:48 +1000

Are we special or just weird?: My takeaway from The Office...:

confusedtree:

I guess what I’m getting at (and by my argument/interpretation, the show itself is getting at as well) is that we shouldn’t be so hard on ourselves with this idea of “running in place”, that personal definitions of success are allowed to be fluid and maybe even move in a sine wave pattern, and that the people we love and the people we see every single day factor very much into whether or not our situation can be seen as ideal

Josh sums up my feelings about The Office finale quite eloquently.

buzzfeed: Hello!

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:55:33 +1000

buzzfeed:

Hello!

conniecann: [x]

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:50:31 +1000

conniecann:

[x]

Depression Part Two ›› Hyperbole and a Half

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:45:00 +1000

Depression Part Two ›› Hyperbole and a Half

ilovecharts: Entropy

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:19:22 +1000

ilovecharts:

Entropy

I have a photoblog thing

Wed, 08 May 2013 21:41:23 +1000

I have a photoblog thing:

sometimes I travel, sometimes I take photos

sometimes you can put your eyes on these photos, if you want.

Photo

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:10:02 +1000

"Julia Gillard was presented with the perfect opportunity to set herself apart from the rest of the..."

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 23:58:00 +1000

“

Julia Gillard was presented with the perfect opportunity to set herself apart from the rest of the pack – to set herself apart, indeed, from the relentless shadow of Kevin Rudd, a social conservative himself – and to state that yes, as an unmarried atheist she too could see that there was no longer such thing as ‘traditional’ partnership, and that speaking as the country’s first female Prime Minister with the first openly lesbian member of an Australian cabinet she could recognise that it was time to set the standard and take us into an inevitable future.

But she didn’t, and it’s too late now, and if she even dared attempt to change her mind 149 days out from the election she would be once again pounced on as a ditherer, a fibber, a leader who no longer understands their core beliefs, if of course they possessed them in the first place.

So this is how it will be.

”

- Marieke Hardy - “This is how it will be”

"Because, in case there was any confusion about it, if you deem what is happening in her life as..."

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 01:19:00 +1000

“Because, in case there was any confusion about it, if you deem what is happening in her life as funny or cute, you are being a terrible person. Even if she is just another rich, troubled celebrity — even if this is a publicity stunt — you are telling every young woman in your reach that mental illness, erratic behavior, and eating disorders are something that are not to be taken seriously. You are telling them that it will get them a charmed, amused kind of attention that gets more engaged the more quickly the woman begins unraveling. You are at once dismissing and reinforcing these horribles symptoms of a problem that we as a society created in the first place. It is our fault when young women hate their bodies and are desperate for approval, and making fun of them for of it makes us only more implicit in the crime.”

- Chelsea Fagan - “It’s Not Okay to Make Fun of Amanda Bynes”

Photo

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 22:35:42 +1100

and what if this is happiness? what if happiness is the practice...

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 22:23:13 +1100

and what if this is happiness? what if happiness is the practice of a slow calligraphy of these small gestures? what if it’s always been that way? what if I’m behind on my list of small, happy things?

what would be on your list?

"In a colorblind society, White people, who are unlikely to experience disadvantages due to race, can..."

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:02:09 +1100

“In a colorblind society, White people, who are unlikely to experience disadvantages due to race, can effectively ignore racism in American life, justify the current social order, and feel more comfortable with their relatively privileged standing in society (Fryberg, 2010). Most minorities, however, who regularly encounter difficulties due to race, experience colorblind ideologies quite differently. Colorblindness creates a society that denies their negative racial experiences, rejects their cultural heritage, and invalidates their unique perspectives.”

- Monica Williams, Ph.D for Psychology Today, “Colorblind Ideology is a Form of Racism” (via confusedtree)

F*** Everything - Gunnarolla sometimes man, it’s just one...

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 16:57:04 +1100

F*** Everything - Gunnarolla

sometimes man, it’s just one of those days.

"You don’t have to be tormented to be a writer. You just need to write."

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 01:28:12 +1100

“You don’t have to be tormented to be a writer. You just need to write.”

- Justine Larbalestier

Photo

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:58:07 +1100

Photo

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:02:17 +1100

Lament

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 01:13:38 +1100

I’ve been trying to find the right career/job for what seems like an eternity. but after a while, all the job interviews and business meetings just get tiring, and seem pointless. either I’m not right for the company, or the company’s not right for me.

and sometimes I lie awake at night and wonder: what is wrong with me? how many more people do I have to meet, how many free coffees do I have to consume before I find The One…career I’ve been looking for all these years?

and what if I never find it? will I be doomed to flitting around doing whatever casual job flies my way, forever? all I want to do is find a nice career, and settle down with a steady income.

and maybe one day, I’ll find it. a girl can dream.

I do this thing where I think I’m real sick,but I...

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 22:29:47 +1100

I do this thing where I think I’m real sick,
but I won’t go to the doctor to find out about it;
cos they make you stay real still in a real small space
as they chart up your insides and put them on display

they’d see all of it, all of me, all of it…