October 2010
1 post
July 2010
5 posts
Me & Cthulu, we're tight
I tested a sample from my latest project on this site and this is what I got:
I write like H. P. Lovecraft
I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!
Come on, you can do worse than Lovecraft, right?
they might be lizards
How sad is that when I read the question ‘do you dig dinosaurs’ I immediately assumed they were talking about Dino Jr and didn’t even consider it might be lizards?
June 2010
4 posts
“Book collecting is an obsession, an occupation, a disease, an addiction, a...”
– Jeanette Winterson (via teachingliteracy) (via ilovereadingandwriting)
Watchprettyinplaid:
Just can’t get enough - Ida Redig (Depeche Mode cover)
“There are few things in life that a liberal application of duct tape can’t...”
– The Losers (via filmquotes)
February 2010
5 posts
Wailin' Jennys: The Devil's Paintbrush Road →
“I don’t like the feeling. You’re sitting there, you’re...”
– The Wedding Crashers
(aka some of the reasons I don’t date)
August 2009
43 posts
“I’d love to do it and you know you always had it coming”
– The Stone Roses, Shoot You Down
the name of my tumblr...
…actually has an explanation. A young man and I discussed a music project of his and he exclaimed (enthusiastically): “It’s going to be like pop, only darker!”
I have no idea what that means. But it sounded good so I stole from it. Sry, guys.
And in case you’re wondering, this is apparently how ‘darker than pop’ sounds:
WIRES ON FIRE in the studio...
If I’d been writing Star Wars, I’d have gone: “No way is it believable that Luke just happens to stumble over robots which just happen to be carrying super-important, top secret info from a princess who is really his sister. That’s sooo incredible. No one would buy that.” But do I have a problem with watching Star Wars? I never even reflected on the silliness of that...
“The story is always better than your ability to write it. My belief about this...”
– Robin McKinley
"The Elements of Style" By William Strunk Jr. →
ilovereadingandwriting:
Read the full book for free!
“People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought...”
– Søren Kierkegaard (via prettyinplaid)
Goths Like It Hot? →
There is something so heart wrenchingly sweet about teens in dork boots and pleather trying to look like butter wouldn’t melt in their mouths even though the eyeliner is melting down their cheeks.
Everybody should adopt a pet Goth, they’re about to become extinct!
I’m suddenly longing to go away somewhere. You know, arriving at a hotel, leaving your bags and going out to explore. Eating out every day. Changing trains in peculiar little English towns with complicated names. Meeting random people who have no preconceptions of who you are. Forgetting to eat because you’re busy exploring. Measuring your mood in tequila shots. Eating chocolate...
listening to "Deftones - Mascara" →
