Eccentricities of Life

asexual-not-a-sexual: Here are some reaction badges for when...

Wed, 15 May 2013 13:29:37 -0400

asexual-not-a-sexual:

Here are some reaction badges for when people troll you with their bullshit and ignorance.

leadinq: THIS IS THE HAPPIEST GOAT I HAVE EVER SEEN OMFG JUST...

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:35:24 -0400

leadinq:

THIS IS THE HAPPIEST GOAT I HAVE EVER SEEN OMFG JUST LOOK AT ITS FACE

geetards: aziz my love. mia my hero.

Thu, 09 May 2013 02:29:23 -0400

geetards:

aziz my love. mia my hero.

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Mon, 06 May 2013 16:15:39 -0400

"As I grow older, I pay less attention to what people say. I just watch what they do."

Mon, 06 May 2013 00:10:01 -0400

“As I grow older, I pay less attention to what people say. I just watch what they do.”

- Andrew Carnegie (via erosboros)

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Sun, 05 May 2013 21:26:52 -0400

"After learning my flight was detained 4 hours, I heard the announcement: If anyone in the vicinity..."

Sun, 05 May 2013 16:18:28 -0400

“

After learning my flight was detained 4 hours,
I heard the announcement:
If anyone in the vicinity of gate 4-A understands any Arabic,
Please come to the gate immediately.

Well—one pauses these days. Gate 4-A was my own gate. I went there.
An older woman in full traditional Palestinian dress,
Just like my grandma wore, was crumpled to the floor, wailing loudly.
Help, said the flight service person. Talk to her. What is her
Problem? we told her the flight was going to be four hours late and she
Did this.

I put my arm around her and spoke to her haltingly.
Shu dow-a, shu- biduck habibti, stani stani schway, min fadlick,
Sho bit se-wee?

The minute she heard any words she knew—however poorly used—
She stopped crying.

She thought our flight had been canceled entirely.
She needed to be in El Paso for some major medical treatment the
Following day. I said no, no, we’re fine, you’ll get there, just late,

Who is picking you up? Let’s call him and tell him.
We called her son and I spoke with him in English.
I told him I would stay with his mother till we got on the plane and
Would ride next to her—Southwest.

She talked to him. Then we called her other sons just for the fun of it.

Then we called my dad and he and she spoke for a while in Arabic and
Found out of course they had ten shared friends.

Then I thought just for the heck of it why not call some Palestinian
Poets I know and let them chat with her. This all took up about 2 hours.

She was laughing a lot by then. Telling about her life. Answering
Questions.

She had pulled a sack of homemade mamool cookies—little powdered
Sugar crumbly mounds stuffed with dates and nuts—out of her bag—
And was offering them to all the women at the gate.

To my amazement, not a single woman declined one. It was like a
Sacrament. The traveler from Argentina, the traveler from California,
The lovely woman from Laredo—we were all covered with the same
Powdered sugar. And smiling. There are no better cookies.

And then the airline broke out the free beverages from huge coolers—
Non-alcoholic—and the two little girls for our flight, one African
American, one Mexican American—ran around serving us all apple juice
And lemonade and they were covered with powdered sugar too.

And I noticed my new best friend—by now we were holding hands—
Had a potted plant poking out of her bag, some medicinal thing,

With green furry leaves. Such an old country traveling tradition. Always
Carry a plant. Always stay rooted to somewhere.

And I looked around that gate of late and weary ones and thought,
This is the world I want to live in. The shared world.

Not a single person in this gate—once the crying of confusion stopped
—has seemed apprehensive about any other person.

They took the cookies. I wanted to hug all those other women too.
This can still happen anywhere.

Not everything is lost.

”

- Naomi Shihab Nye (b. 1952), “Wandering Around an Albuquerque Airport Terminal.” I think this poem may be making the rounds, this week, but that’s as it should be. (via finedineonmyvegangenitalia)

modern-age-fakir: A series titled “A Slum called Hollywood” by...

Sun, 05 May 2013 16:16:28 -0400

modern-age-fakir:

A series titled “A Slum called Hollywood” by Kannagi Khanna

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"The SAT is a scam. It has been around for 50 years. It has never measured anything. And it continues..."

Sat, 04 May 2013 15:33:08 -0400

“The SAT is a scam. It has been around for 50 years. It has never measured anything. And it continues to measure nothing. And the whole game is that everybody who does well on it, is so delighted by their good fortune that they don’t want to attack it. And they are the people in charge. Because of course, the way you get to be in charge is by having high test scores. So it’s this terrific kind of rolling scam that every so often, somebody sort of looks and says—well, you know, does it measure intelligence? No. Does it predict college grades? No. Does it tell you how much you learned in high school? No. Does it predict life happiness or life success in any measure? No. It’s measuring nothing.”

- John Katzman, founder of The Princeton Review (via loveyourchaos)

All of them were shot and killed for wanting peace.

Sat, 04 May 2013 15:32:33 -0400

All of them were shot and killed for wanting peace.

the-absolute-best-posts: This post has been featured on a...

Wed, 01 May 2013 21:08:06 -0400

the-absolute-best-posts:

This post has been featured on a 1000notes.com blog.

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Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:00:42 -0400

frankocean: look mom. no hands.

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:50:42 -0400

frankocean:

look mom. no hands.

punkrockmermaid: acid attacks in pakistan This literally left...

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 03:36:16 -0400

punkrockmermaid:

acid attacks in pakistan

This literally left me in tears.

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Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:11:25 -0400

thebluthcompany: Netflix’s ‘Arrested Development’ Teaser...

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:43:01 -0400

thebluthcompany:

Netflix’s ‘Arrested Development’ Teaser Posters

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I literally cannot be happier..omg.

"If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever..."

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:09:44 -0400

“If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”

- Martin Luther King Jr. (via sincerelydebbie)

one of my favorite quotes

(via christopherkkim)

kushandwizdom: Click here for more personal quotes

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 13:12:52 -0400

kushandwizdom:

Click here for more personal quotes

exquisitedialectics: mikelernerphotography: My Wife’s Fight...

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 23:32:24 -0400

exquisitedialectics:

mikelernerphotography:

My Wife’s Fight With Breast Cancer
one of the saddest and most beautiful photo essays I’ve ever seen

I don’t think I could ever be this open photographically showing my wife slowly dying. I couldn’t do it, but this is beautiful.

I’ve scrolled past this like 4 times today and I couldn’t reblog it because it’s too hard. It’s hard to see someone you love go through this. But I’m going to just suck it up and do it, because there needs to be more research done to aggressively fight this disease and find a cure.

stonedgorgon: Holi is in full swing today. Happy Holi...

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 01:16:54 -0400

stonedgorgon:

Holi is in full swing today.

Happy Holi everyone!