A Bursting Flame of Fun!: Archive

Jan 10th

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Jan 8th

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“This book gives me more information about penguins than I care to have.”

– In 1944 a children’s book club sent a volume about penguins to a 10-year-old girl, enclosing a card seeking her opinion. She wrote, “This book gives me more information about penguins than I care to have.” American diplomat Hugh Gibson called it the finest piece of literary criticism he had ever...

Jan 5th

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AND

Look at how physically close and intimate all the other couples are and the gay couple just looks distant and almost hostile. Like they might as well be strangers. Not saying it’s not a great cause, and ten years ago that couple probably wouldn’t have been acknowledged at all. It’s just funny how far we can come and still obviously be so uncomfortable with it. Thanks...

Jan 4th

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Maggie is 8. She lives in a van with her mom and... →

Dec 14th

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oooooooooh yeah make my day →

Thanks so much for all the support! keep it up!

Oct 6th

Have I mentioned the self promoting? →

Hi interwebs friends! Just trying to get this out to as many people as possible. If you have a second it would be joyful of you to click the link and like my video, and them if you’re feeling really generous maybe reblog it for me. I owe my mom a house on the shore and this could be a really great step towards that. Thanks so much for all your time and support. You are all marvelous humans

Oct 4th

SELF PROMOTION! →

I don’t actually think anyone watching or liking this will determine whether or not I get a call back… but just in case it would be so nice of you to give it a looksee!

Oct 2nd

you should probably show this to you friends →

hi tumblr world. I know I never ever contribute to this blogosphere but I do swear I read all about all of you lovely existences on a near daily basis… anyhoo, if you get a chance you should watch this and like and show it to your friends! huzzah thanks!

Oct 2nd

Aug 22nd

“After a while you learn The subtle difference between Holding a hand and...”

– Veronica A. Shoffstall (via iveneverheardofyou)

Aug 16th

“That’s it, I guess. Just go on living, whether you feel like it or not.”

– Anton Chekhov, The Seagull (via funeral)

Aug 16th

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Watch

fosterhood: I don’t know why this one short snippet of Jacket dancing at the Puerto Rican birthday party cracks me up so much. I have much better videos of her boogieing down… Happy Mother’s Day Rebecca!

May 8th

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Apr 7th

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“I’ve come to prefer to call myself an unschooler because, to me, the word...”

– ps pirro, in Unschooler Diaries Vol. 2: Hacks & Drums (via radicallane)

Apr 2nd

“So this is a song about an ex-girlfriend of mine. Whom I loved more than I loved...”

– John Darnielle (via begochiddy)

Mar 9th

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Mar 6th

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Feb 23rd

Challenge time? →

justforthehalibut: burnjoyfully: saddrweirdr: day 1 - your favorite picture of yourself and one interesting fact for every year you’ve been alive day 2 - your thoughts on death day 3 - your thoughts on religon day 4 - your most significant childhood memory day 5 - discuss your feelings on the word “love” and the way it’s used in today day 6 - your all time favorite movie ...

Feb 23rd

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Nov 28th

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Aug 20th

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whyyyy

Dear Society Please take note that the “unschooling/homeschooling” whatever you call it families you see on tv ARE NOT WHAT THE MAJORITY OF US ARE LIKE. Thanks Me more on this later

Aug 6th

thanks wife swap

Scary mom: “what do you want to do when you grow up little guy?” homeschooled kid: “do??? … I’m seven!!!!” (note, this was said to her as if she were a little bit dumb)

Aug 6th

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I just applied to 50 jobs on sittercity.com something better come of this

Jul 23rd

3 tags

Alright, Leanne (who can be found here @viewfrom13b) has convinced me to go back to actively writing in this tumblr thing. We’ll see how long that lasts. I’m assuming I will fill this almost entirely with lists of things that annoy me, but I might occasionally mention something I actually like, and by like I more accurately mean “am currently obsessing over”… such...

Jul 1st

Jun 22nd

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Fosterhood in NYC: Day 2 of walking to daycare →

Yesterday Mini-Me, I mean Jacket, insisted on walking to daycare with her Easter Basket trying to mimic my tote bag carrying self. Today she demanded to take some sort of puppy-in-a-purse toy she got for her birthday. We’re the only parent-child combo on the streets who aren’t holding hands. It… this kid is officially my favorite person ever

Apr 13th

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Mar 2nd

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“Drop out of school before your mind rots from exposure to our mundane educational system. Forget about the Senior Prom, go to the library and educate yourself if you’ve got any guts.” - Frank Zappa

Mar 1st

I’ve been on the verge of tears for 4 hours now. I hate this

Mar 1st

an email I wrote November 25th, 2007. oh hey brain

I am going back to school in nine hours. balls. I think I’m kind of happy to be going back in a weird way. mostly probably because i only have like 22… 24ish days of actually being on campus before I am home for a whole month and I am looking forward to that. to being near everyone and with everyone and home and I will probably get really annoyed with it really quickly...

Feb 23rd

Feb 20th

some things that are happening

I’ve slept by myself 3 times in 2 months I’m thinking of taking (another) leave of absence from school after this semester. Not because I’m not enjoying myself and/or not doing well. I just can’t afford it at all. And I’d rather be doing other things. I’ve stoped getting flustered whenever She emails him, because I realized that I still have regular contact...

Feb 16th

Feb 12th

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Feb 12th

3,757 notes

sometimes I wish I could tattoo every inch of my skin in Mountain Goats lyrics.

Feb 8th

BEYONCE > GAGA

(via closertotheocean) THANK YOU

Feb 6th

I’m think of designing my own major. thoughts?

Jan 29th

Threesomething

dearoldlove: Well, my it seems that my mother, my therapist, and my psychic can agree on one thing: you were never going to be able to love me the way I loved you.

Jan 25th