February 2012
35 posts
“The most beautiful thing in Florence is McDonald’s.”
– Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (1977)
Watchmuumuuhouse:
audience re Muumuu House reading at St. Mark’s Bookshop (20 Feb 2012)
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“You never told me your last name. You gave me your phone number, but not your...”
– Do Not Send That Text Message, Brad Pike on Thought Catalog
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“Her hair is soft, straight, the color of walnuts and alive, slowly interacting...”
– How To Say, “I Love You,” Brandon Scott Gorrell on Thought Catalog
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“Subway — Everything seems clean, but it is not clean. The employees mask...”
– The Emotional Texture Of Selected Fast-Food Restaurants, Blake Butler on Thought Catalog
“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us...”
– Ira Glass (via nefffy)
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“You know that thing you do sometimes when you’re sitting there having freshly...”
– 5 Embarrassing Social Blunders You Have Maybe Made, Brandon Scott Gorrell on Thought Catalog
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“Stage Four: The Wait
After the Unexpected Hum, you start to embrace the fact...”
– The Six Stages Of Pop Song Addiction, Todd Clayton on Thought Catalog
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“Naming our hurts and fears and doubts is an infinitely more difficult task than...”
– How To Forget Paris, Todd Clayton on Thought Catalog
“Everyday experience falls like snow. Immaterial, crystalline and microscopic, it...”
– Jean Baudrillard, Cool Memories
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“Valentine’s Day can be difficult to spend alone, but it can also be difficult...”
– Baking For Someone Who Doesn’t Love You Anymore, January Nelson on Thought Catalog
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“Unspeakable Assault
Braving the Elements
Elite Units
SuperPAC
...”
– 66 Indie Band Names Taken From February 5th’s New York Times, BJ Fischer on Thought Catalog
“Love is getting drunk with your significant other at a party and taking a cab...”
– Ryan O’Connell, The Definition Of Love on Thought Catalog
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Why Whitney Houston Is The Voice Of 20-Something...
They say Bob Dylan was the voice of his generation — a modern-day minstrel cutting through the chaos of the 1960s with clear words, poignant questions, and honest emotion.
50-some-odd years later, 20-somethings have their own set of world woes to smoke pot to. Rebelling against our parents’ petty focus on peace, love, and equality, we’ve shifted to angsting over the real issues at hand: how to...
“Perhaps the history of the errors of mankind, all things considered, is more...”
– Benjamin Franklin
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“Few things are more satisfying than going through your friends list and purging...”
– Chelsea Fagan, I Wish I Knew How To Quit You, Facebook on Thought Catalog
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“Anyway, 1990s teenagers had no leisure to appreciate the luxury they were given;...”
– Leigh Alexander, How To Be 1990s on Thought Catalog
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“I’d like you to play with my hair. Don’t pat my head with a flat hand, put your...”
– Karyn Spencer, I Want To Snuggle With You on Thought Catalog
“We spend much of our lives practicing our social skills and we’ve been...”
– Jon Wong, Did You Know I Missed You? on Thought Catalog
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“Spend a lot of your time looking at nothing on the Internet. Spend some time...”
– Joey Martin, How To Be A Community College Student on Thought Catalog
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ass haiku by brandon scott gorrell
theskycallsyourname:
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The 10 Commandments Of The Internet, by Brandon...
Thou shalt not chat me when my chat status is set to “Busy” unless it has clearly been established that that is acceptable behavior. I set my chat status as “Busy” to indicate that I am, indeed, busy. I am not lying. Moreover, thou shalt not feel dejected when you chat me when my chat status is set to “Busy” and I subsequently take a long time to respond to the things you say.
Conversely, thou...
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“The most thought-provoking thing in our thought-provoking time is that we are...”
– Martin Heidegger, What Is Called Thinking? (1954)
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“I enjoy seeing you insecure, vulnerable. I like to watch red steam light up your...”
– Stephanie Georgopulos, I Like Your Flaws on Thought Catalog
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“I realized that more than anything, I was just tired. I was tired of getting up...”
– LK Shaw, If I Could Be Sweet on Thought Catalog
“You hear stories, though,” Muffy says. “About these lonely or...”
– David Foster Wallace, “Little Expressionless Animals” in Girl With Curious Hair (1989)
“If you are the kind of person who goes on a thirty-five minute tangent about how...”
– Chelsea Fagan, For The Love Of God, People, It’s Just Coffee on Thought Catalog
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“Seems like the reason I agreed to come to this bar is because I don’t have a...”
– Jimmy Chen, Alcoholic Monologue on Thought Catalog
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“My favorite topic of conversation is this: all these bothersome girls who want...”
– Brad Pike, I Am So Handsome on Thought Catalog
The Specter Collective: Trying to Optimistic about... →
spectercollective:
Ever since I got my ass on the internet and began reading contemporary, alternative writing, I have had an idea for a reading through college or Specter post that I have not yet felt inspired to write. After reading Rebecca Haze’s very well-crafted article on Marie Calloway’s “Adrien…
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“If you are the kind of man who, on his way out for a night on the town or an...”
– Chelsea Fagan, 5 Things Men Are Not Allowed To Wear on Thought Catalog
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“Personally, vodka has been my go-to Valentine for as long as we’ve known each...”
– Wes Janisen, Let Vodka Be Your Valentine on Thought Catalog
January 2012
21 posts
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“[FIRST NAME] began practicing yoga in this lifetime in 2008. She began teaching...”
– Nicole Haber, A Madlibs Bio of Every Yoga Instructor I Have Ever Had on Thought Catalog
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Things I Would Do If My Name Were “Benedict...
Open a trendy bakery called “Benedict’s Cumber-Batches of Crumpets.”
Found an independent security firm called “The Cumberwatch.”
Order a complicated coffee drink at Starbucks and give the poor barista my full name to call out.
Tell people I was in Harry Potter…as myself.
Yell my own name whenever I sneeze or say “Benedict Cumberbatch you” to someone else who’s sneezed.
Name my firstborn...
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“Today, I’m going to beeline past all of you without saying hello, without...”
– Stephanie Georgopulos, I’m Taking A Sad Day on Thought Catalog
“Telling your friends that you’re in a bad place and falling into a Netflix...”
– Ryan O’Connell, What You Have To Do In Order To Be Truly Happy on Thought Catalog
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“DO NOT EMAIL PEOPLE PRESSURING THEM TO RESPOND TO YOUR EMAILS
When interacting...”
– Tao Lin, How To Be Considerate On The Internet on Thought Catalog
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“If I had a stable living situation, a large house, and no one to judge me, I...”
– Brad Pike, How Many Cats Is Too Many Cats? on Thought Catalog
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10 Things 90s Kids Will Have To Explain To Their...
While most things we experienced as tots in that headiest of eras seems pretty self-explanatory (plaid was everywhere, Leonardo DiCaprio was the molten ball of light around which the solar system turned, and there was no color too bright for your sweatpants) there are some things that will be a bit harder to explain. Here, a primer for when your future children want to know what the hell...
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“Move into an apartment on the corner of Overpriced and Dangerous. Sleep on a...”
– Ryan O’Connell, How To Be A 20-Something on Thought Catalog
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What Your Favorite 'Degrassi: The Next Generation'...
Paige Michalchuk — You’ve been prescribed what people would deem “fun” pills but refuse to share them with friends because you “actually need them.”
Manny Santos — As a teen you weren’t allowed to have a boyfriend, but owned thongs that would set off an airport metal detector.
Peter Stone — You date emotional fixer-uppers.
Emma Nelson — You make people uncomfortable at restaurants.
Jay...
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“I’ve never manscaped before. It’s not because I’m lazy. I just honestly didn’t...”
– Ryan O’Connell, I Got My You-Know-What Waxed on Thought Catalog
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Activity: Entering hour 2 of a heated dance-floor session
How I Think I Look: Capturing the lights like this, damn, they should put me in a music video. I just feel so in touch with my body, so in touch with everything around me. I feel like I could just dance for the rest of my life and I’d be happy. There’d be no wars. This, what I’m doing right here, it’s the best thing I’ve ever done. I’m...
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“I like the right side, in the back corner, when the elevator becomes crowded. It...”
– Jimmy Chen, Elevator Emotions on Thought Catalog
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“You want a job, a vacation, heath insurance, validation, a back rub, a scalp...”
– Ryan O’Connell, What 20-Somethings Want on Thought Catalog