things Liz likes

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Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:28:00 -0500

We said goodbye today and I wanted to write about it and didn’t know how. I don’t know how to succinctly describe what exactly differentiates romantic love from co-dependency. When we’re apart I feel something like a blend of missing and tolerance. The winter is a span of time for each of us to endure without the other.

I didn’t understand the ridiculous way some couples acted—always wanting to be with each other, to the point of inconvenience to the other person—until I experienced it myself. It was behavior that I used to rage against. I hated watching people go out of their way for their partner; I hated seeing people ask someone to go out of their way for them. I realize now that the inconvenienced one was not inconvenienced at all. It was usually, probably, a joy.

It is not that I can’t go without this other person by my side. I am not empty by myself; I’m already full. It’s more like, when we’re together, I’m even more full.

It sounds stupid in writing.

These days, the American divorce rate, the pretentious pseudo-intellectualism of the internet, and various indie movies all seem to project this one notion that romantic-love-as-we-know-it is a cliché, and that I am naïve for participating in a relationship of this nature. More and more, though, I understand and stand by what I feel.

I’m sorry if I bored you all with this. It fascincates me, but then again, I’m new to the game.

Plasma: The Fourth State of Matter

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:44:03 -0500

is what i just noticed is written on my coffee cup of choice. There’s even a picture of what is probably plasma, but it’s so old and faded that it just looks like crappy old faded mug paint. Or maybe that’s what matter looks like in its fourth state. IDK.

Bat for Lashes, Horse and I. They sang to me, “This is...

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:21:47 -0500

Bat for Lashes, Horse and I.

They sang to me, “This is yours to wear. You’re the chosen one, there’s no turning back.”

portraitoftheartistasayoungman: My new favorite ad. “Under...

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:39:18 -0500

portraitoftheartistasayoungman:

My new favorite ad. “Under Milkwood” by Dylan Thomas is narrated by Richard Burton.

So atmospheric, I don’t even care that they’re trying to sell me something.

intimationsofimmortality: (via weallbelong) Yes.

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:50:03 -0500

intimationsofimmortality:

(via weallbelong)

Yes.

Vienna Teng, Pontchartrain. Please, please, please listen to...

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:22:44 -0500

Vienna Teng, Pontchartrain.

Please, please, please listen to this song all the way through.

Anya Marina covers T.I., Whatever You Like. Amazing. Super...

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:08:00 -0500

Anya Marina covers T.I., Whatever You Like.

Amazing. Super cheeky. Anya Marina is kind of awesome in general.

Delicious beverage:

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:24:28 -0500

Almond milk (I use vanilla)
Nutmeg
Turmeric
Cinnamon
Ginger

Mix whatever ratios of above suit your fancy, heat, stir and NOM.

suchisthis: thingslizlikes: Non-Wednesday GPOYW: cribz...

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:04:58 -0500

suchisthis:

thingslizlikes:

Non-Wednesday GPOYW: cribz edition. Here you can see me, some old artwork, my modest Murakami collection, a photograph of myself (meta meta—actually, just meta), a poster for the Ig Nobels, an image of a man swallowing a sword, and my staple foods of choice.

Meta meta meta meta mushroom mushroom.

1. you’re beautiful, i think this is the first time i’ve seen a picture of you, and

2. i am absolutely in love with that blue painting behind you. if that is some of your ‘old artwork’, you need to never stop making art, and if that’s something you found, you need to keep it forever.

I feel kind of self-concious reblogging a photo of myself, but I just wanted to thank you for your kind (and super-flattering) words. Around the time that I painted that blue piece, I lost steam and decided to drop my art major. It’s been a year since I painted anything. It makes me really happy that you like the painting. Someday when I regain my motivation, I’ll make art again.

The Mountain Goats, There Will Be No Divorce. I didn’t...

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:35:39 -0500

The Mountain Goats, There Will Be No Divorce.

I didn’t realize this until the song finished uploading, but…perhaps an appropriate song to follow a Darwinian marriage pros/cons list?

spaceships: davidmanque: In 1838 the 29-year old Charles...

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:20:57 -0500

spaceships:

davidmanque:

In 1838 the 29-year old Charles Darwin wrote the following in his journal. It is a chart comparing marriage (which he was considering) to non-marriage.

Transcription:

This is the question
Marry

Children — (if it Please God) — Constant companion, (& friend in old age) who will feel interested in one, — object to be beloved & played with. — —better than a dog anyhow. — Home, & someone to take care of house — Charms of music & female chit-chat. — These things good for one’s health. — ~~Forced to visit & receive relations~~ but terrible loss of time. —
W My God, it is intolerable to think of spending ones whole life, like a neuter bee, working, working, & nothing after all. — No, no won’t do. — Imagine living all one’s day solitarily in smoky dirty London House. — Only picture to yourself a nice soft wife on a sofa with good fire, & books & music perhaps — Compare this vision with the dingy reality of Grt. Marlbro’ St.

Marry — Marry — Marry Q.E.D.

Not Marry

No children, (no second life), no one to care for one in old age.— What is the use of working ‘in’ without sympathy from near & dear friends—who are near & dear friends to the old, except relatives

Freedom to go where one liked — choice of Society & little of it. — Conversation of clever men at clubs — Not forced to visit relatives, & to bend in every trifle. — to have the expense & anxiety of children — perhaps quarelling — Loss of time. — cannot read in the Evenings — fatness & idleness — Anxiety & responsibility — less money for books &c — if many children forced to gain one’s bread. — (But then it is very bad for ones health to work too much)

Perhaps my wife wont like London; then the sentence is banishment & degradation into indolent, idle fool —

Darwin married his first cousin Emma Wedgwood on January 29, 1839.

“Better than a dog anyhow.” Nice.

Object to be beloved & played with. I briefly considered burning my bra, but in general the whole list is oddly sweet.

Imaginary Baseball League, The New A.M. For the new a.m., I...

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:43:56 -0500

Imaginary Baseball League, The New A.M.

For the new a.m.,
I don’t mind waking
And after the sun peels our eyes again,
I hope you’ll be staying

Kings of Convenience, Surprise Ice. This is a beautiful song.

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:52:20 -0500

Kings of Convenience, Surprise Ice.

This is a beautiful song.

counterforce: frost-at-midnight: To Theo from The Hague....

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:31:18 -0500

counterforce:

frost-at-midnight:

To Theo from The Hague. October 1882: “Imagine, this week to my great surprise I received a package from home — with a winter coat, warm trousers, and a warm lady’s coat. I was very touched. The churchyard with the wooden crosses is often on my mind, so I may do some studies for it in advance – I would like to do something like that in the snow – a peasant funeral or the like. In short, an effect like the enclosed scratch of miners.” - Vincent van Gogh

So much of van Gogh’s life story intrigues me—his failed attempts at preacherdom; his correpondence with Theo; the thematic arcs that developed in his work as the years passed. I’d like to see more of his pieces in person.

The 50 most interesting articles on Wikipedia

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:57:58 -0500

The 50 most interesting articles on Wikipedia:

inky:

mrgan:

I just Instapapered many, many of these.

merlin:

If there were a page that best epitomized why I LOVE lists of links (and why I viscerally HATE the way webcocks have turbo-shat on the genre), this would be Exhibit A.

crushes: T, There are so many moments I could write about. You have a tendency to be amazingly cute...

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:29:09 -0500

crushes:

T,

There are so many moments I could write about. You have a tendency to be amazingly cute around me. One moment stands out though. We’re sitting in class as usual. You mention you’re getting your hair cut after school. You add that you get it cut every two weeks. I have no response, but you look up and your face turns red as you add, “I don’t know why I just told you that.” Something tells me that you like me, and I know that I like you.

— D

Made me smile.

Mirah, La Familia. A very human question: If we sleep together,...

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:41:00 -0500

Mirah, La Familia.

A very human question: If we sleep together, would it make it any better?

I want to spend a day in Elephant Gun’s world of...

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:14:53 -0500

I want to spend a day in Elephant Gun’s world of frills-and-bones debauchery, playing a trumpet into the sky, up to my ankles in sea water.

The Avett Brothers, I and Love and You. What you were then, I am...

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:41:00 -0500

The Avett Brothers, I and Love and You.

What you were then, I am today
Look at the things I do

Boston is an ice cream cone of a city.

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:33:35 -0500

Boston is an ice cream cone of a city.