“Somehow, in the murky, clouded world of “friends with benefits,” “hook-ups,” and “dating,” I was able to see very clearly. It is here, with the person that you care about, that you can create your own rules, expectations, and definitions, of love. Navigating the vast expanse of sort-of relationships is terrifying—there are no rules, and infinite chances to screw up. But it’s in that sometimes perfect, sometimes miserable, space that we can learn what our wants, needs, and expectations are through trial and error. We learn what it takes to make us happy.”
—thought catalog
May 2011
15 posts
April 2011
21 posts
“It still strikes me as strange that anyone could have any moral objection to someone else’s sexuality. It’s like telling someone else how to clean their house. -River Phoenix”
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Gimme Sympathy
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“It’s no good pretending that any relationship has a future if your record collections disagree violently or if your favorite films wouldn’t even speak to each other if they met at a party.” ~Nick Hornby”
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March 2011
61 posts
Why is there no looting in Japan? →
theweek.com
The chaos and theft that have followed many earthquakes, hurricanes and tsunamis have been noticeably absent in the wake of Japan’s 8.9-magnitude quake. Instead, people have formed long, orderly lines outside grocery stores, where employees try to fairly distribute limited supplies of food and water. “Looting simply does not take place in Japan,” says Gregory Pflugfelder, an expert in Japanese culture at Columbia University, as quoted by CNN. “I’m not even sure if there’s a word for it that is as clear in its implications as when we hear ‘looting.’”
