July 2009
1 post
June 2009
9 posts
May 2009
16 posts
“a kiss on the back of the knee is a moth at a window screen”
– anne sexton
“love is a willful bird.”
– label on a bottle of dr. bronner’s almond soap
April 2009
22 posts
“you know what man really desires? one of two things: to find someone who is so...”
– djuna barnes, nightwood
“you don’t have the time for a long flirtation”
– jolie holland, “springtime can kill you”
unicornology: Use Somebody by Bat for Lashes ...
if you live it up, you won't live it down
w... i am also a tom waits fan
me... we should all hang out on someone's stoop and drink whiskey and listen to him. summer's coming
w... totally.
me... sweet! i'm thinking about getting a bunch of plain white tees and writing fav lyrics on a few with a sharpie
w... so you're bringing it back to the '90s? (with the sharpie on the white t-shirt)
me... absolutely. (i don't have that much blood in me)
“Listen to the girl
As she takes on half the world
Moving up and so alive
In...”
– jesus and mary chain “just like honey”
“that sense of time, ah, the diseased man’s sense of time, what treasure...”
– roberto balano 2666
fair weather →
(via papertissue)
someone once took me on a motorcycle ride to this spot.
i left my glasses at home.
this is what i saw.
i stumbled upon the spot again when i was walking with a friend. it’s beside an abandoned factory that used to box sugar. now it sounds like a sad breathing machine, the wind sighing over broken glass, the river lapping against the legs of the pier.
across the water, the city...
March 2009
15 posts
what is everyone currently reading?
unicornology:
or planning to read? i’m currently used book hunting, and i’d love recommendations.
almost finished with balano’s 2666. djuna barnes’ nightwood is next. (anais nin’s journals are always a good fallback.)