April 2010
39 posts
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do...”
– Mark Twain.
I was feeling awful the other day and a magical text appeared from Mike Finkel with part of this quote out of the blue. (via mercybell)
love this quote. it’s on my bedroom wall back home. i hope your day was less awful after! :)
Not really sure how or why you're here
jonmtm:
But I have 229 followers, and I want to thank you guys for following, reading, liking, reblogging, and entertaining me during my work days. I’m sorry if I post LOADS during the 9-5 days, but that is because work is quiet at the moment. Still, I hope that a few of my posts entertain you, or in some way contribute to your day, and thanks for the follows.
i thought i’d unfollowed...
“idiot wind
blowing everytime you move your teeth
you’re an idiot babe...”
– mr dylan wins.
jonmtm:
“Truely wonderful the mind of a child is.” Yoda, Episode 2
“to the forward command center, take me” - yoda, backwards speaking unnecessarily
Children with Williams Syndrome don't form racial... →
science:
Williams Syndrome is a rare genetic disorder that causes mental deficits, but also a hypersocial personality. People with Williams Syndrome don’t just love to interact with other socially — they seemingly have no social fear at all, and they’ll talk to just about anyone, happy, sad, angry, black, white, etc. And now a study shows that apparently they’re the only humans who don’t form...
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JonMTM: A Private Lyricist: While in New York →
Experiment:
I did an experiment.
Hypothesis:
Basically, whether drinking lots of cheap beer is a better way to get drunk than drinking a few expensive ones.
Method:
A) What I worked out was, that whilst drinking for 13 hours on constant PBR and Coors, I could consistently be disappointed…
this is why scientists get all the ladies. oh wait.
i just learned that kate mcgarrigle passed away in january this year, after battling cancer for some time. going to bed with a heavy heart. vale kate mcgarrigle.
Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846....
thingstolike:
criscodisco:
(queen-of-everything / ex-genius / kelmitchell / ivebeendegaussed / thebeautifulyouth / applebandit)
i hope this is all true, because i can’t be bothered fact checking.
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“Incalculably
We shift in our bones
At our seams
We’re not what we were
Nor...”
– josh pyke, “don’t wanna let you down”
i am going through another josh pyke love-in. this man puts words together like few others, and when he sings these words in his lovely honest voice, the earth orbits the sun in a perfect circle. true story.
“Approach a song such as ‘Love Story’ or ‘Fifteen’ with an open heart - playing...”
– Elle Magazine Article on Taylor Swift.
Sometimes I play “You Belong With Me” pumped high on the way to Williamsburg on the L train in my skinny jeans and headband and dirty converse voraciously not smiling and wonder if everyone else is also and just saying it’s the Dirty Projectors. I doooo....
“I don’t care if people talk through shows. They paid for their ticket; they can...”
– Sufjan Stevens (The Independent) (via fuckyeahsufjanstevens) (via jonmtm)
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dear life,
you should know that i had a pretty ace time last night. mr internet is back in london, jenny owen youngs is fierce, alex berger is adorable, and i extended my maccas run radar to leicester square. fun was had in the form of strategising ways to reclaim front row, yelling out backing vocals, making new friends and discovering new tunes. i don’t want to say too much, but i...
