unrequited

claire messud - the emperor's children

"...she fails to take into account the emotions of the person whom she loves. She is, therefore, a poor lover, and your sympathy should be limited. ... It's narcissism, to love a wall and resent it for not loving you back. It's perversity. Love is mutual, it flourishes in reciprocity. You can't have real love without a return of affection--otherwise, it's just obsession, and projection. It's childish." [306-307]

while i can understand the sentiment, i wonder if it's actually true? it seems a bit harsh, doesn't it?

simone de beauvoir - a very easy death

"I do not blame my father. It is tolerably well known that in men habit kills desire. Maman had lost her first freshness and he his ardour." [36]

"'If you had not lost your faith death would not terrify you so,' wrote the devout, with rancorous commiseration... And inwardly I told them all that they were wrong... Whether you think of it as heavenly or as earthly, if you love life immortality is no consolation for death." [92]

"'A corpse no longer means anything.'" [97]

"We were taking part in a dress rehearsal for our own burial. The misfortune is that although everyone must come to this, each experiences the adventure in solitude. We never left Maman during those last days which she confused with convalescence and yet we were profoundly separated from her." [99-100]

god provides

from tracy kidder's mountains beyond mountains: the quest of dr paul farmer, a man who would cure the world":

How could a just God permit great misery? The Haitians peasants answered with a proverb: "Bondye konn bay, men li pa konn separe, "in literal translation, "God gives but doesn't share." This meant, as Farmer would later explain it, "God gives us humans everything we need to flourish, but he's not the one who's supposed to divvy up the loot. That charge was laid upon us."

where the wild things are

i loved the book as a kid, and when i heard it was being adapted for a movie, i was scared. but when i saw the preview, i knew, just knew, that i was going to love it. spike jones, arcade fire, the images, the costumes, the font. that font! the letters with fur and feet and teeth!

and now i've tracked it down. it's done by a guy named Geoff Mcfetridge, and dammit if his other work isn't also amazing. Enjoy!

it's easy

"Go after her. Fuck, don’t sit there and wait for her to call. Go after her because that’s what you should do if you love someone. Don’t wait for them to give you a sign cause it might never come. Don’t let people happen to you. Don’t let me happen to you, or her. Shes not a fucking television show or tornado. There are people I might have loved. Had they gotten on the airplane or run down the street after me or called me up drunk at four in the morning because they need to tell me right now and because they cannot regret this... No! And so I always thought I’d be the only one doing crazy things for people who would never give enough of a fuck to do it back, or to act like idiots, or be entirely vulnerable and honest.

"And making someone fall in love with you is easy, and flying 3000 miles on four days notice because you can't just sit there and do nothing is easy too! And breathing into telephones is not everyone's idea of love but it is the way I can recognize it because that is what I do. Go scream it and be with her in meaningful ways because that is beautiful and that is generous and that is what loving someone is, that is raw and that is unguarded and that is all that is worth anything really. It makes sense and doesnt at the same time."

- anonymous

vast and endless

"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea." - Antoine de St. Exupery

deep down

"I wish I could believe in God god because I feel like I am missing out on a lot of potential happiness or comfort. Unfortunately, as good as it may make me feel in some ways, the part of me that I respect most is the part of me that won't allow me to believe."

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for your heart!

oh that karl, he always knows exactly what a woman wants, no? the tweed helmet with handy ipod holder is just what i need. ...if i was super rich and had a vespa and there were no laws against listening to dual headphone / earpiece devices while driving around... eh, cute anyway. :)

curvacious

i am more and more becoming a fan of alexander mcqueen. i mean, how can you not love this dress? sculptural, graphic, edgy, flattering, simple, and just brilliant. oh, and wouldn't you know, it's on sale. ...santa baby?

oscar!

oh dear... this has got to be the cutest clutch ever! oscar sure knows how to kick off the spring season.

butterfly

viktor & rolf for shu uemera fake eylashes. i love the winged ones. sooo beautiful!

see the sea

amazing photos of the ocean.

noisy!

earth is a crybaby. :)

pig in boots

this little piggie was afraid of the mud.

(thanks to chang for the link)

toss it

camera tossing! how awesome is this? altho, yeah, i also worry about my catching abilities... not so good wit the hand eye coordination. :(

capybara

the cutest things ever!!

(btw, capybara? haha! sounds kind of like crappy-bear-a)

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angry bear

hehe. angry bear diy. angie did it!

daring do

vogue may 2008 daring do editorial.

and a close-up of the opener. amazing. i also love the last shot of her against the yellow.

hand job

hand job: a catalog of type. an awesome book on hand-drawn typography.

bad news!

borders may be putting itself on sale!