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aes-thetic: i love this

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:56:48 +1000

aes-thetic:

i love this

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Sat, 18 May 2013 19:17:15 +1000

"Having a low opinion of yourself is not modesty. It’s self-destruction."

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:05:53 +1000

“Having a low opinion of yourself is not modesty. It’s self-destruction.”

- Bobby Sommer (via fleeingsouls)

thesouldrifter: nikolawashere: NY under water. The...

Thu, 16 May 2013 22:00:53 +1000

thesouldrifter:

nikolawashere:

NY under water.

The eye-catching swimming pool in Mumbai, India, has been built to raise awareness about the threat of sea level rises as a result of global warming.

It was constructed by attaching a giant aerial photograph of the New York City skyline to the floor of the pool.

This is awesome, talk about a way to get people’s attention focused on global warming.

"The sadness will last forever."

Wed, 08 May 2013 22:12:53 +1000

“The sadness will last forever.”

- Suicide note of Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)

ethereo: Nestled Lights (by Porter Yates)

Wed, 08 May 2013 20:25:48 +1000

ethereo:

Nestled Lights (by Porter Yates)

"All relationships are doomed. If you emotionally undress in front of someone, they will pour acid on..."

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:50:38 +1000

“All relationships are doomed. If you emotionally undress in front of someone, they will pour acid on your shivering skin and leave you to die.”

- Howard, Fresh Meat (via themilkywhiteway)

mellifluis: Arachnodactyly or “spider fingers”, is a condition...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:49:04 +1000

mellifluis:

Arachnodactyly or “spider fingers”, is a condition in which the fingers are abnormally long and slender in comparison to the palm of the hand.

why can’t i have this

alwaysbebright: Franklin Field at Penn Relays the other day,...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 22:10:18 +1000

alwaysbebright:

Franklin Field at Penn Relays the other day, what an awesome track!

I took a 7 week coast to coast road trip after being laid off...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 22:03:55 +1000

I took a 7 week coast to coast road trip after being laid off from Boeing. I didn’t have a camper but realized that being able to pull off the road at a rest or truck stop was the way to go to make the trip affordable. With a few sheets of 1/2” plywood and misc. hardware this is what I came up with. The effort was well worth the time and materials.

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Sun, 28 Apr 2013 22:38:22 +1000

hkangela: Amazing Hidden Beach on Marietas Islands in Nayarit,...

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 18:35:03 +1000

hkangela:

Amazing Hidden Beach on Marietas Islands in Nayarit, Mexico

lecien: a-harlots-progress: This fawn and bobcat were found in...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:31:08 +1000

lecien:

a-harlots-progress:

This fawn and bobcat were found in an office together, cuddling under a desk after a forest fire.

This makes me really sad

"We were discussing homosexuality because of an allusion to it in the book we were reading, and..."

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:55:11 +1000

“We were discussing homosexuality because of an allusion to it in the book we were reading, and several boys made comments such as, “That’s disgusting.” We got into the debate and eventually a boy admitted that he was terrified/disgusted when he was once sharing a taxi and the other male passenger made a pass at him. The lightbulb went off. “Oh,” I said. “I get it. See, you are afraid, because for the first time in your life you have found yourself a victim of unwanted sexual advances by someone who has the physical ability to use force against you.” The boy nodded and shuddered visibly.“But,” I continued. “As a woman, you learn to live with that from the time you are fourteen, and it never stops. We live with that fear every day of our lives. Every man walking through the parking garage the same time you are is either just a harmless stranger or a potential rapist. Every time.” The girls in the room nodded, agreeing. The boys seemed genuinely shocked. “So think about that the next time you hit on a girl. Maybe, like you in the taxi, she doesn’t actually want you to.””

- Homophobia: The fear that another man will treat you like you treat women. Andrew Sullivan.

(via lijdeninstilte)

foodopia: garden tomato pizza: recipe here

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:55:31 +1000

foodopia:

garden tomato pizza: recipe here

"I want the part of you that you refuse to give."

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 07:42:43 +1000

“I want the part of you that you refuse to give.”

- Ellen Hopkins (via rainydaysandblankets)

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Sun, 21 Apr 2013 19:24:06 +1000

vivency: humansofnewyork: A glimpse into the journal of a...

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:58:11 +1000

vivency:

humansofnewyork:

A glimpse into the journal of a (quite intelligent) 16 year old girl. Photographed, with permission, in Central Park.

ITS ON MY DASH AGAIN I THOUGHT I LOST IT FOREVER

"It would be too easy to say that I feel invisible. Instead, I feel painfully visible, and entirely..."

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:43:22 +1000

“It would be too easy to say that I feel invisible. Instead, I feel painfully visible, and entirely ignored.”

- David Levithan, Every Day (via fuckoff-mondays)

greenjaydeep: Crescent Lake: A Desert Oasis in China Located...

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:42:08 +1000

greenjaydeep:

Crescent Lake: A Desert Oasis in China

Located approximately 6 km (3.73 miles) from the outskirts of the city of Dunhuang in Western China, lies Crescent Lake, an incredible oasis in the Gobi desert. Known as Yueyaquan in Chinese, the crescent-shaped lake is a major tourist attraction where one of the world’s great shrines to Buddhism resides.

Designated a World Heritage Site, the lake has been shrinking since the 1970s and is now about a third of its original size. In the last three decades alone, the lake has dropped more than 25 feet. However, it has been reported that the government has recently taken steps to preserve the site and restore the depth of the lake to previous levels (unsure how well that initiative is going though).

An ancient city that once served as China’s gateway to the West, Dunhuang is now threatened by very modern demands. A dam built three decades ago to help local farming, combined with a doubling of the population, have overstressed a fragile desert hydrology that had been stable for thousands of years. As more people arrived, the underground water table that is the city’s main source of drinking water started dropping.