Gail Collins=my hero

"Accepting eternal damnation in return for a career as a state senator was a little like swapping your house for a pair of socks."

"Years ago, when I was a reporter, I remember getting a call from a woman in the Bronx who was screaming: “They’re over on Moshulu Parkway planting dead trees!” Sure enough, a city work crew was digging holes along the side of the street and carefully sticking in brown and dried-up pieces of foliage. The men claimed the trees had simply lost their leaves for the winter — an explanation somewhat undermined by the fact that they were evergreens."

Read her articles: Thursdays and Saturdays. nyt.com. You won't regret it. 

gingerism

There is a really sad article in the BBC magazine about gingerism. It's really interesting but also horrible. Thank goodness I grew up in the US, being a redhead in England would suck.

oh sylvia! yes micky...

What is Patrick Swayze's best movie? I personally think the man who dances, acts and has a great head of hair can never go wrong, but as time goes by and his health deteriorates, I feel we need to fully appreciate the ghost himself. Cheers to the you, Pat. 

"nobody puts baby in a corner"

empathy or buzz kill?

So I'm not sure what it was about the past couple weeks that caused such a stir, but for some reason many of my close friends seem to be facing sad and lonely times. I feel bad being so happy and content with life when people I care about are so miserable. I hope everyone perks up and life gets an electric jolt. Loves

cheers! or not?

Did you know that 1 in 4 women will be raped or sexually assaulted? and of those events, 3/4 of them are alcohol related. 

Do you think this is a valid reason not to drink? I can't see the connection. And I can't help but thinking you judge me for drinking when you think I'm going to get raped. These things are not mutually exclusive. 

so i dream of going back to be

the rose is a rose

and was always a rose.

but the theory now goes 

that the apple's a rose,

and the pear is, and so's

the plum, I suppose.

the dear only knows

what will next prove a rose.

You, of course, are a rose--

But were always a rose. 

-Robert Frost

what is better than a Robert Frost poem on a bad day? I can't think of anything. 

So I was once myself a swinger of birches 

and so I dream of going back to be...

think about it.

Quantum Mechanics, yea go fuck yourself

So, I'm taking this class that's masquerading as a chemistry class, but is really a math and physics class. What do I care about the Euler relationships? or complex solutions to differential equations? well, the fact is that I don't care. Take that Charlie Sykes and Euler. I don't care. 

disney movie revolution

did anyone know that you can watch entire disney movies in short installments on youtube? well, i've watched 4 in the past 2 days and i'm going stir crazy! ahh! but it has been amazing. I suggest you check it out.