January 2011
45 posts
in which i turn into my nonna
today I:
went to mass
made myself a hot toddy
right now I’m:
wearing a wool sock/sweater combo
still drinking the hot toddy
…earlier today I was told that I’m “too serious for my age.”
yo, i totally agree that we should stop pouring...
sippingonhaterade:
But while we’re at it, we should probably stop pouring cash money into Israel and Saudi Arabia then, too. Or any of the other corrupt, abusive, oppressive governments we support around the world.
LOL LYKE THAT WILL EVA HAPPEN WHATEVZ!
word.
also, if tumblr gives you the impression ever that the amin sisters are fairly wrathful creatures, it’s… because we are.
goals for this week
eat a metric fuckton of crepes with a french girl, two italians, a german and my beloved space cadet in a tiny studio apartment while learning about the heresy of bringing norman cider into the house of a breton
revisit the musée du quai branly to start culling things for my project
speaking of, actually get my special studies proposal into the arh department at smith.
finally get my ass to...
reasons to avoid the parisian metro at all costs:
a. indigenous flute pan pipe man
b. indigenous flute pan pipe man
“I don’t want animals stressed or crowded or treated cruelly or inhumanely...”
– Anthony Bourdain (via nawel)
“jeff and cyrus believed in their hearts they were headed
for stage lights and...”
– the mountain goats, the best ever death metal band out of denton
things i don't believe in: a short list
vegan caramel sauce
god
why art history students shouldn't date each other
ali: “yeah I kind of just realized that I don’t want to get married because I don’t believe in the institution of marriage. or in monogamy. or fidelity of any kind- sexual, emotional, mental…”
meg: “OH MY GOD STOP STUDYING DADA I HATE IT I HATE IT”
i love france
so i talk a lot of shit, but i’d like to make it publicly known that i do, in fact, love france and several of the people in it despite the repeated assaults of its public university system.
love, love, love.
“Ok, I know you love me, and I know you love taxidermy, and I know you think you...”
– shut up meg, I’m going to buy a dead preserved goat if I want to buy a dead preserved goat, whether or not you have anything to do with it.
playlist for optimum optimism:
1. damn! by youngbloodz
2. pussy by the brazilian girls
3. a ukelele cover of the ti/rihanna classic “live your life” by the lovely melina malice and c. fields
aaaaaaand repeat.
“Is this a joke?”
– a written comment from dragon lady, referencing a particularly stuipid fault of mine on a recent test (6/20 this time, a real stunner). I could be disgusted with myself, but after realizing that this isn’t so much the fault of the sadistic french university system as it is of my own remarkable...
"en cas d'affluence, ne pas utiliser les...
what it really means: a sign posted in every subway car, it means “don’t use the folding seats if there are too many people on the metro.”
what I read it as, every single time: ”in case of affluence, don’t use the strap-ons.”
…ARE YOU LISTENING, UPPER MIDDLE CLASS? you are not allowed to use the strap-ons.
monologue of the heart pumping blood
Children have painted me pictures,
& I have been loved by certain specific loves
on buses, under trees, on walks in Brooklyn.
& I have
in green grass. Trumpet.
& I, at the Laundromat.
Under awnings. Stale envelope.
& I have
with matches.
My laced-with-veins legs.
The knee’s shiny scar.
I have fallen right down
on dirt...
“it’s like… dense-ass arguments for the deconstruction of the...”
– adina bianchi explains philosophy to me.
Why does Israel ban Gazans from recycling? →
“I get letters telling me since I moved away
you’ve taken to hanging out...”
– the mountain goats, beach house.
marvelous things will happen
a. i am planning a trip to greece to play with kate in february and a trip to italy to trot around churches and spend easter with my family in april. this makes me feel like an international jetsetter and also fabulously wealthy, when really i’m just lucky as hell to have easyjet and people who love me in excellent locations.
b. while i’m still resentful of the treacherous atlantic...
“Sooo, I just realized your birthday is this week, and I haven’t skinned...”
– nina marino
