April 2012
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from Charles the Lion-Hearted by Charles Bukowski
he is an ocean of wonder, he is a shining rock. quick of mind, so quick. when death comes for him it should be ashamed.
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March 2012
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“Which one of us has never felt, walking through the twilight or writing down a...”
– Jorge Luis Borges
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“Male fantasies, male fantasies, is everything run by male fantasies? Up on a...”
– Margaret Atwood
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“It’s the ripe fruit that gets eaten. I say the truth is
I don’t work at...”
– Catie Rosemurgy, excerpt from Miss Peach: The College Years
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Elizabeth Taylor’s daily menu, c. 1960
Breakfast
Mimosa
Crisp bacon
Scrambled eggs
Lunch
Peanut butter and bacon sandwich on French baguette, scoop out the extra bread inside.
Cheateau Margaux 1945
Dinner
Crispy fried chicken
Mashed potatoes and gravy
Corn bread
Biscuits and gravy
Fresh green peas
Trifle
Homemade potato chips
Jack Daniels on the rocks
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“What is necessary, after all, is only this: solitude, vast inner solitude. To...”
– Rainer Maria Rilke from Letters to a Young Poet
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“It’s easy to be against rape and abuse, you see, as long as it’s in the...”
– https://yesmeansyesblog.wordpress.com/2012/03/23/theres-a-war-on-part-1-troubles-been-brewing/
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“When others asked the truth of me, I was convinced it was not the truth they...”
– Anaïs Nin
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quiet as death by Kendra Grant Malone
twice in one week i have been referred to as emotionally cold twice this month i’ve been referred to as manipulative once someone told me they were tired of managing me and my emotions one man said that i humiliate myself publicly and need self respect another man said i was morbid because of my taste in movies one man tells me he loves me and another says he did love me and always will but...
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“We do it in a kind of self-defense: by calling you a slut, I am implying that I...”
– Justine Musk, “The Problem With Slut-Shaming”
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“Pleasure disappoints, possibility never.”
– Søren Kierkegaard
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jimmypage:
I really enjoy Megan? I don’t think she’s crazy at all. If anything, I feel an extremely uncomfortable empathy towards her having been with older, stoic men and wanting to breathe fun into their lives. Her naïvety towards the fact her presence at work is completely scorned at and looked upon as cheap nepotism is sad. I feel bad for her knowing that she’s far too good for Don and he’s...
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Everything, to me, has become it’s very reverse. The fresh and tender leaves on the trees look like tongues of fire. Nights appear as dreadful as the night of final dissolution and the moon scorches like the sun. Beds of lotuses are like so many spears planted on the ground while rain clouds pour boiling oil. Those that were friendly before have now become tormenting. The cool, soft, and...
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The original broadcast of The War of the Worlds,...
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“No one who understands the feminist movement, or who knows the soul of a real...”
– Anne B. Hamman
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“The definition of beauty, Valéry said, is easy; it’s what leads you to...”
– Stephen Dunn, from “Meaninglessness”
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