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procrastinating - a night like any other. i don’t take this photo out of vanity, but mere curiosity i know i’ll feel in the future. it’s strange to see the pictures i took on here months and months ago. years, even.
i’ve been rekindling friendships. i guess i’m feeling nostalgic. i guess i finally have time to feel nostalgic. there are some things i never want to go back to. and when i swear to myself not to think about it, i open the box of evil and it plagues my mind.
it used to bother me…being left at home on a friday night, that is. i don’t know why. it’s a nice time i have to myself. few texts to bother responding to, few obligations but healing myself. it’s important to allot time for this every week.
i think i am going to paint tomorrow at art. i want to release my inhibitions and paint like a child. i want to ignore the presumed form of the human body, i want to just have fun and create an emotional painting. i’m tired of academia.
i don’t know what the point of this post is, besides mindless amusement for myself as i try to lull myself into thinking i have someone besides myself right now.
My sister, though nearly 7 years younger than me, has oddly the same attitude towards Friday night at 18 that I have now. Not sure what that says about either of us.
The 2-person company solves a big problem for more financially secure couples, and especially guys who are often tasked with impressing their significant others. These couples have the money to spend on the occasional big night out, but don’t have the time or creativity to plan memorable dates.
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If we held a competition on eroding the value of social gestures, this one would do well. More on this earlier.
If you need a service to plan your dates, your relationship has bigger issues than needing a service to plan your dates.
For many years psychologists have explored whether narcissism and creativity are linked, and some studies have suggested that the self-obsessed may, in fact, be more creative than the rest of us. But 2011 research from Cornell University argues otherwise.
Researchers then paired 292…
(Source: psychologytoday.com)
The videos from last week were no joke. There is a LOT of crying in this funeral clip. A LOT, from the announcer on down. Good luck trying to parse this, Americans.
The whole “If you don’t cry we’ll shoot you” thing usually works.
Was it just me, or did some of those North Koreans look like they were crying tears of happiness? If you watch it that way, the whole thing seems rather ridiculous.
Making my triumphant return to this hellhole in 3 weeks. This time I win, Vegas.
(Source: touhou-fuhai)
As part of our continuing support of 12 Days of Giving and the Food Bank For New York, we’re proud to announce that today’s donation bribe is STRAIGHT UP HARD LIQUOR.
We’re now FOURTH in the donation rankings because apparently someone at Thrillist woke up and broke out the checkbook, so time’s a wasting. You may recall we’re already offering to humiliate ourselves and give out free magazine subscriptions to donors. For today only, the top donor will be able to pick one of these fine bottles of booze: either No.3 London Dry Gin or … Original Moonshine, which is moonshine, or rather corn liquor. As someone who has tasted actual moonshine (remember: from Alabama) I’m pretty confident this is nothing like that stuff so it should be nice enough to please. Or not, if you don’t wish to be pleased.
So, details. The largest donor between now and noon Friday will get to pick a bottle. For a sufficiently swank donation we might even give you both bottles! Obviously you have to come by our office in New York to pick them up because we don’t have permits to mail alcohol, or something.
In closing, donate now, and then you’ll be all set to get your drank on for the weekend. Donate.
Dinner for a family of 4 for 3 months is only $216??? What the hell are we feeding these people? Dinner for two a Gemma with a so-so bottle of wine and maybe a martini before dinner comes out to $200!
Is this a thing? Do stars have social media fund raising teams now? They must I guess. I would.
