“Don’t take this the wrong way,” she said, “but your needs aren’t all that different from an infant’s. All you need is a good sleep, something to eat, and for people to refrain from shining lights in your face or making loud, unexpected noises. If you get these things, you’re happy. If you don’t get these things, you’re very unhappy. You’re not ( Read more... )

For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can’t readily accept the God formula, the big answers don’t remain stone-written. We adjust to new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. Love need not be a command or faith a dictum. I am my own God. We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church ( Read more... )

"where’s our damn Public Enemy? hell, we don’t even have a Rage Against The Machine. we’re practically Raging With The Machine like it just bought us a lobster dinner and we’re contemplating giving it a beej in the taxi cab back to its place. Urban Outfitters is owned by a Texas oil magnate. no joke! look it up. how much did you spend on that ( Read more... )

“If Edward wasn’t a fictional character and you met him in reality he is like one of those guys who would probably be an axe murderer or something.” [x]

RPattz, I love you.  Why did they let you anywhere near this franchise.

"Captain Kirk is climbing a mountain, why is he climbing a mountain?"  This is...hilarious in a kind of dada-art way.  (Hint:  ( Read more... )

May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful, and don't forget to make some art -- write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself.
--Neil Gaiman