great white shark

  1. [Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

    “Dancing In The Moonlight” by Toploader (via missbrightside, briantan, xcelsior)

  2. claudia: seriouslythough: We all know my obsession with libraries, and now I can smell like one. In the Library perfume smells like “a signed first edition of a favorite novel, Russian and Moroccan leather bindings, worn cloth and a hint of wood polish.”Want.  I want to spritz this on my neck and dance around to Cake — “You think she’s an open book but you don’t know which page to turn to, do you?”

    claudia:

    seriouslythough:

    We all know my obsession with libraries, and now I can smell like one. In the Library perfume smells like “a signed first edition of a favorite novel, Russian and Moroccan leather bindings, worn cloth and a hint of wood polish.”
    Want. 

    I want to spritz this on my neck and dance around to Cake — “You think she’s an open book but you don’t know which page to turn to, do you?”

  3. sharingtime:

    I once read somewhere that if you’re sufficiently tired, it’s almost the equivalent of being drunk.

    I am fucked up right now.

    I know people say that about driving, but I’m pretty sure the same goes for decision-making in general. I’ve made some of my worst decisions while hopped-up on 20+ hours.

  4. I really don’t want to write this paper. I’m going to be churning it out — words shouldn’t be treated that way.

    Luckily, tumblr has provided fun songs for me to listen to whilst I toil: 1, 2, 3.

  5. Give the graphic designer some credit

    marco:

    bencrossley:

    Ever noticed the buttons at the top of the Tumblr dashboard, how the icon tears actually match up from one button to the next?

    Now that’s attention to detail. ;)

    The credit for that goes entirely to the buttons’ excellent designer, Bobby Andersen.

    It took me a while to figure out what he was talking about — but wow, that’s cool.

  6. jennabee: This really is the best tattoo of all time. Via Radar. LAST POST OF THE DAY I SWEAR I REALLY NEED TO DO THIS PAPER.   Wow. I need paid bodyguards surrounding me at all times with this on each of their arms. Also omg Tolstoy paper. My last. I will explode.

    jennabee:

    This really is the best tattoo of all time. Via Radar.

    LAST POST OF THE DAY I SWEAR I REALLY NEED TO DO THIS PAPER.  

    Wow. I need paid bodyguards surrounding me at all times with this on each of their arms. Also omg Tolstoy paper. My last. I will explode.

  7. Novelties: When Specialty Plates Go Hilariously Wrong (via carlovely, theoriginaljoefisher)

    Novelties: When Specialty Plates Go Hilariously Wrong (via carlovely, theoriginaljoefisher)

  8. books.

    Also I read two books: The Andromeda Strain (Michael Crichton) and The Doctor’s Wife (Elizabeth Brundage).

    AS: His first big novel. Abrupt ending and not that well written, but really interesting and a fast read.

    DW: Her first novel. Very very very good and enthralling, covering topics like religion, abortion, and infidelity. Seriously, read it.

    Actually, both of these were pretty fast reads. I can’t stress enough how important it is for books to be readable. Most of my favorite authors, actually, write the kind of books you have to wade through for months, maybe start several times. But my goal, as a writer, is to combine the readability of Crichton with the depth of, say, Ken Kesey. You shouldn’t have to choose.

    Now I’m reading Body Surfing by Anita Shreeve because my mom lent it to me. I go through phases of reading a lot — this is one of them.

  9. pittsburgh.

    My city of academia didn’t let me down — it was raining when I got here.

    Highlights from the trip to my mom’s (in NJ, near the shore):

    • Lots of sleeping, not-showering
    • Arrested Development
    • Juno for the second time, and the deleted scenes, and then both with commentary
    • I decided (based on a suggestion in the commentary) that dressing up as Juno and Paulie Bleeker will be the best Halloween costume ever — I’ve already enlisted John.
    • My grandpa lectured me on how 400-something alternating current power is better than 60-something — as if the government put me in charge. Also, way to zone in on the part of physics I hate the most.
    • I tried to set up my aunt’s router with her Window’s 98 computer.
    • I failed.
    • Well, I didn’t fail — I gave up because I realized her laptop wasn’t working (an independent problem) so there was no reason for her to have wireless anyway.

  10. Episode 3: The Wreck of the Old '97

    nostrich:

    Just posted episode 3 of the Tuneage podcast — a little earlier than usual, because I’ll be busy tomorrow.

    One of us was out of town this week, so it might not be as polished as in previous weeks.

    This is a lie. I’ve edited the podcast alone since the beginning, and awfulness is purely my fault, and no one else’s. But I had to make some sort of excuse.

    “It’s not that bad” reblogs are encouraged.

    It’s not that bad. :) I enjoyed it, especially Mates of State, Marcy Playground, and (new to me) Fine China.
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