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whoever painted this….—I absolutely love it. awesome. i love how its kinda art nouveau meets medieval sci-fi :)!!!
Posted December 4, 2009 at 2:26pm
The Lady of Shalott
one of my favorite paintings ever
We just did this poem in English, I was almost crying.
i'm tired.
i’m tired of people hating on the state of michigan, specifically detroit.
look you guys. it’s not like we’re not aware that we’re in a serious downward spiral. we live it. every day. we see it as we drive from our homes every morning, across I-94 and I-75 and I-696 and I-96. we see the buildings decaying, whole blocks of streets abandoned and graffiti on the overpasses. we see the commercial buildings with “for sale” signs on them and the empty parking lots.
we hear it too. on the radio. on the news. read it on the internet. hell, time magazine is so damn fascinated that they’ve purchased a house here and are writing a years’ worth of stories about our decline and the accompanying decay.
we’re the butt of jokes. the punchlines for late night comics and satirical writers. a national joke last year, thanks to the misguided actions of our mayor. our auto companies are struggling to survive and our unemployment rate is so high we should qualify for an emergency stimulus package on our own.
i’m just tired of seeing headlines like “dubai is the new detroit” and all the other pieces that seem to do nothing more than remind people that (in someone else’s opinion) detroit - and michigan as a whole - sucks.
it gets old. the horse is dead. stop beating it. we’re very well aware of our surroundings. it’s not like we’re living in a bubble and are oblivious to the problems. it’s mainly that we’re so far down we don’t know where or how to begin to climb back up.
so please. stop bashing us. this state has so much to offer. so many people who are anxious and willing to put in a hard day’s work. to lend a hand to others who may need. to show you that while the rest of you think we’re down, we’re definitely not out.
they always say it’s always darkest before the dawn. well, dawn should be coming anytime now.
How many slams in an old screen door? Depends how loud you shut it. How many slices in a bread? Depends how thin you cut it. How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live ‘em. How much love inside a friend? Depends how much you give ‘em.
— Shel Silverstein (via quote-book)
Everyone, at some point in their lives, wakes up in the middle of the night with the feeling that they are all alone in the world, and that nobody loves them now and that nobody will ever love them, and that they will never have a decent night’s sleep again and will spend their lives wandering blearily around a loveless landscape, hoping desperately that their circumstances will improve, but suspecting, in their heart of hearts, that they will remain unloved forever. The best thing to do in these circumstances is to wake somebody else up, so that they can feel this way, too.
— Lemony Snicket (via kari-shma)
In Paris, France in the summer of 1968 the students were busy rebelling against the university system, the politicians, the system, imperialism, everything…
Jean-Luc Godard, the French film director, was there among them on the streets. He turns 79 today, Dec. 3…
Photo by Serge Hambourg, Hood Museum of Art (Source)
Another one of my idols. Godard, you are amazing.
The big lesson in life, baby, is never be scared of anyone or anything.
— Frank Sinatra (via somuchsass) (via quote-book)
