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You have me convinced. And if I ever ended up with a girl who writes, I’d probably lose my mind out of excitement. The descriptions of the events in our relationship would be far more exciting to revel in than the events themselves. We would give our children middle names like Jules (Verne), Chinua (Achebe) and Doctor (Seuss). Her hands would be her most attractive quality; her fingertips weathered and strong from maneuvering many-a-page corner, yet smooth and elegant in their motions as she takes care to preserve the delicacy of any stock of paper.
Dating a girl who reads and writes would be a dream come true.
Find a girl who reads. You’ll know that she does because she will always have an unread book in her bag.She’s the one lovingly looking over the shelves in the bookstore, the one who quietly cries out when she finds the book she wants. You see the weird chick sniffing the pages of an old book in a second hand book shop? That’s the reader. They can never resist smelling the pages, especially when they are yellow.
She’s the girl reading while waiting in that coffee shop down the street. If you take a peek at her mug, the non-dairy creamer is floating on top because she’s kind of engrossed already. Lost in a world of the author’s making. Sit down. She might give you a glare, as most girls who read do not like to be interrupted. Ask her if she likes the book.
Buy her another cup of coffee.
Let her know what you really think of Murakami. See if she got through the first chapter of Fellowship. Understand that if she says she understood James Joyce’s Ulysses she’s just saying that to sound intelligent. Ask her if she loves Alice or she would like to be Alice.
It’s easy to date a girl who reads. Give her books for her birthday, for Christmas and for anniversaries. Give her the gift of words, in poetry, in song. Give her Neruda, Pound, Sexton, Cummings. Let her know that you understand that words are love. Understand that she knows the difference between books and reality but by god, she’s going to try to make her life a little like her favorite book. It will never be your fault if she does.
She has to give it a shot somehow.
Lie to her. If she understands syntax, she will understand your need to lie. Behind words are other things: motivation, value, nuance, dialogue. It will not be the end of the world.
Fail her. Because a girl who reads knows that failure always leads up to the climax. Because girls who understand that all things will come to end. That you can always write a sequel. That you can begin again and again and still be the hero. That life is meant to have a villain or two.
Why be frightened of everything that you are not? Girls who read understand that people, like characters, develop. Except in the Twilightseries.
If you find a girl who reads, keep her close. When you find her up at 2 AM clutching a book to her chest and weeping, make her a cup of tea and hold her. You may lose her for a couple of hours but she will always come back to you. She’ll talk as if the characters in the book are real, because for a while, they always are.
You will propose on a hot air balloon. Or during a rock concert. Or very casually next time she’s sick. Over Skype.
You will smile so hard you will wonder why your heart hasn’t burst and bled out all over your chest yet. You will write the story of your lives, have kids with strange names and even stranger tastes. She will introduce your children to the Cat in the Hat and Aslan, maybe in the same day. You will walk the winters of your old age together and she will recite Keats under her breath while you shake the snow off your boots.
Date a girl who reads because you deserve it. You deserve a girl who can give you the most colorful life imaginable. If you can only give her monotony, and stale hours and half-baked proposals, then you’re better off alone. If you want the world and the worlds beyond it, date a girl who reads.
Or better yet, date a girl who writes."
(Source: blitzkreigkate, via jessicasaurus)
red riding hood movie
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Red riding hoods cloak is Epiiiic!
Not that this doesn’t look like good cinematography, or whatever, but where the heck are grandma and the woodcutter? Why is Red trying to have sex with that pretty boy all the time? Why is the wolf now, suddenly, a WEREWOLF?
These and other burning questions will ultimately determine whether or not I see this.
(via blocaway)
Funny story about this. I’ll tell you all about it in a couple days though.
Incredibly sloppy mockup. I need to revise this Actionscript.
Glow in the Dark by Kanye West; Photography by Nabil Elderkin
Variant Cover by Ron Mexican. School usually blows but on occasion, I get some pretty sweet assignments.
Called You Out, Gen Y
Today, I realized that our generation will be remembered as the kids who liked sparkly vampires. FML
I’m equally concerned about us being remembered for deplorable taste in literature. “Incandescent chests” and “granite lips”; Things Fall Apart that’s not.
LOL.
Does anyone know who illustrated this?!
Bahahahaa looks kinda like Nation of Amanda but I don’t think so.
Glow in the Dark Preview video by Nabil Elderkin.
I was considering buying this book but this video has re-piqued my interest. Nothing better than a great book of photography.
