February 2011
163 posts
January 2011
104 posts
-hellofishy-deactivated20110508 asked: I loved that last post. May I ask what your illness is?
Make Me Feel Like I'm the Only Girl in the World.
The 3rd Annual Honor’s College Ball was tonight. Its a silly little formal put on to help us college kids relive our high school prom days. I went to the formal last year and had a grand time, but things are different this year.
I originally wasn’t planning on going- you know, I’d be going stag, I’d have a cane, it was an unnecessary waste of energy. However, I found out...
“What I say is, a town isn’t a town without a bookstore. It may call itself a...”
– Neil Gaiman (American Gods)
“If Frodo occasionally resembled a My Chemical Romance fan, Bilbo needs to be...”
– The Guardian, UK on casting Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins in the upcoming Hobbit film.
Dear Immune System,
You know, I really appreciate that you take your job so seriously. But I’d like to tell you something: You’re an overachiever. You can really stop attacking my joints and vital organs now. Take a break. Read War and Peace, and get back to me, eh?
Sincerely,
Kae
“What do you fear, lady”? he asked. “A cage,” she said. “To stay behind bars,...”
– The Two Towers, J.R.R. Tolkien (via quote-book)
“A man may be a heretic in the truth; and if he believes things only because his...”
– John Milton, The Areopagitica
Dear Tumblr: Why must thou make me so unproductive?
anothernightinthecity asked: Thank you for all the great ideas! They're so adorable and I really like them, definitely going to look further into it =)
“For books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in...”
– John Milton, Areopagitica
The 100 Most Beautiful Words in English →
andreainspired:
Ailurophile A cat-lover. Assemblage A gathering. Becoming Attractive. Beleaguer To exhaust with attacks. Brood To think alone. Bucolic In a lovely rural setting. Bungalow A small, cozy cottage. Chatoyant Like a cat’s eye. Comely Attractive. Conflate To blend together. Cynosure A focal point of admiration. Dalliance A brief love affair. Demesne Dominion, territory. Demure Shy and...
“Illness,” for the vast majority of the... →
stuffsickpeoplehavetoputupwith:
Yes. You read that right. No, that’s not a typo or a mistake.
My medication alone is priced at between $2,089 and $2,563 per month.
I earn between $15,000 and $23,000 per year.
Obviously you can see the problem here. The total out-of-pocket cost of my medication alone exceeds my entire annual…
Stuff Sick People Have to Put Up With: What House... →
mnpublius:
Today, House Republicans will vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act. In so doing, they will vote to:
Allow health insurance companies to refuse coverage based on pre-existing conditions.
Kick millions of young adults off their parents’ insurance.
Stop 32 million Americans…