The Constant Wanderer

"You think it’s going to be one moment that grows you up. But really it’s like, a thousand different..."

Thu, 03 May 2012 00:06:06 -0400

“You think it’s going to be one moment that grows you up. But really it’s like, a thousand different moments. And when they happen, there’s no going back.”

- Dance Academy

"Just like a shoe, if someone is meant for you, they will just fit perfectly. No forcing, no..."

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 21:09:47 -0400

“Just like a shoe, if someone is meant for you, they will just fit perfectly. No forcing, no struggling and no pain.”

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hellogiggles: WORST ANNIVERSARY EVER Hellogiggles

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:05:03 -0400

hellogiggles:

WORST ANNIVERSARY EVER

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"We cannot change our past… we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We..."

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:01:30 -0400

“We cannot change our past… we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. And so it is with you… we are in charge of our Attitudes.”

- Charles R. Swindoll (via justbesplendid)

"On the day when it will be possible for woman to love not in her weakness but in her strength, not..."

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:01:05 -0400

“On the day when it will be possible for woman to love not in her weakness but in her strength, not to escape herself but to find herself, not to abase herself but to assert herself—on that day love will become for her, as for man, a source of life and not of mortal danger.”

- Simone de Beauvoir (via justbesplendid)

justbesplendid: luxurious!

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 18:13:52 -0400

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luxurious!

"I try my best to be guarded, but I'm an open book instead."

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 22:26:53 -0400

- “Broken,” Lifehouse

AKA The Story of my Life.

julieklausner: Don’t Fear The Dowager: A Valentine to...

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 18:17:31 -0400

julieklausner:

Don’t Fear The Dowager: A Valentine to Maturity

An adolescent boy’s bed sheet semen’s worth of ink has been spilled lately about men acting too much like boys. But the trend of reverse-striving has crossed over: adult women are acting more and more like little girls, and it’s really starting to get on my nerves.

There’s so much ukulele playing now, it’s deafening. So much cotton candy, so many bunny rabbits and whoopie pies and craft fairs and kitten emphera, and grown women wearing converse sneakers with mini skirts. So many fucking birds.

Girls get tattoos that they will never be able to grow into. Women with master’s degrees who are searching for life partners, list “rainbows, Girl Scout cookies, and laughing a lot” under “interests, on their Match.com profiles. When I shop now, I have to make sure that garments I think are dresses, are not actually rompers.

If you don’t know what rompers are, they’re shirts attached to shorts, and they used to be called onesies.

The closest thing Madonna ever did to infantilizing herself was for her 1992 Steven Meisel Vanity Fair cover. Today, KATY PERRY IS POSING IN HEADGEAR.

And despite the facade of cliqueishness, and female friendship, and the Romy & Michelle’ness of gal-pal fun times, let’s be real. We all know these manic pixie Muppet Babies are really just in it for the peen. And instead of acting like a woman who might remind a skittish bro more of his teacher or his mother, we’re going for the pubeless, twee, Anime-eyed version of whatever dream girl we assume they want or need.

It’s like how we used to hide our interests around boys (‘I hate math! It’s so hard!’). Now, instead, we’re singing the praises of Skittles Sours instead of emulating, say, Kathleen Turner? Barbara Stanwyck? Any female lead from the pre-awkward era who stuck out her tits and didn’t talk like Rocky from the Bullwinkle cartoons? You realize the Harajuku girls who danced behind Gwen Stefani, are like “seriously, bitches?” And then they go to book club.

It’s all to the same ends—- women are trying to broadcast to men that we won’t bite their dicks off. It’s just that now, instead of lipstick, we’re wearing glittery lip gloss, or that shit you get in the drug store that tastes like Dr. Pepper.

I’m begging age-appropriate females: Read something written before you were born. Stand up straight. Make sure you own one piece of jewelry that you did not purchase on Etsy. Use capital letters in an email to the guy you want to date. Let him take you out on a date, maybe not on a walk or an Xbox session, even if you are, God help you, addicted to LA Noire. Meet your friend for wine instead of fro-yo one night. Watch a movie with no early-90’s nostalgic appeal. Bitch, you already know Clueless by heart.

Nobody’s asking you to be matronly. Laura Bush is no longer in the public eye—as I write this, she’s cheerfully douching somewhere far away, in private. You can make your own modern womanhood—there’s no need to fear the dowager.

Because the larger issue is that it is a lot easier for men —or even guys or bros—to demean us, if we’re girls. It’s much harder to bring down a woman, or to call her a moron, when she’s not in pigtails and Ring Pops. Not that his idea of you should influence your style, or your sense of self-worth. But I feel like in a way, it already sort of has?

onherway: A mini Blaine from Glee. So cute!

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 20:20:41 -0400

onherway:

A mini Blaine from Glee. So cute!

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"Do not bring people in your life who weigh you down. And trust your instincts … good relationships..."

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 17:31:39 -0400

“Do not bring people in your life who weigh you down. And trust your instincts … good relationships feel good. They feel right. They don’t hurt. They’re not painful. That’s not just with somebody you want to marry, but it’s with the friends that you choose. It’s with the people you surround yourselves with.”

- Michelle Obama (via soul-surfer)

"I no longer believed in the idea of soul mates, or love at first sight. But I was beginning to..."

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 23:20:54 -0400

“I no longer believed in the idea of soul mates, or love at first sight. But I was beginning to believe that a very few times in your life, if you were lucky, you might meet someone who was exactly right for you. Not because he was perfect, or because you were, but because your combined flaws were arranged in a way that allowed two separate beings to hinge together.”

- Lisa Kleypas, Blue-Eyed Devil

"Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want. It is the belief that God will do what is..."

Mon, 30 May 2011 18:34:55 -0400

“Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want. It is the belief that God will do what is right.”

- Max Lucado, He Still Moves Stones

"You are a living magnet. What you attract into your life is in harmony with your dominant thoughts."

Mon, 30 May 2011 18:34:13 -0400

““You are a living magnet. What you attract into your life is in harmony with your dominant thoughts.””

- Brian Tracy (via onherway)

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