My heart is burning

"We are the generation of nostalgia. We grew up in the age of transition. From hand-written letters..."

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:32:49 -0500

“We are the generation of nostalgia. We grew up in the age of transition. From hand-written letters to electronic mails. From film to digital. We were fascinated by new things, neglecting the way we spend our afternoons. Cupcakes and tea. Play-Doh and Polly Pockets. Young and naive. Technology completely changed the way we waited and we grew up too fast. The simple things in life seems more meaningful now. We grew up in the age of transition and have become the generation of nostalgia.”

- This is the best/truest thing I’ve read in so long (via thesleepingfawn)

But this explains the 90s kids

(via thebbcisslowlykillingme)

foxmouth: a picture i took in Venice

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:49:54 -0500

foxmouth:

a picture i took in Venice

hannibalthecanibal: and here we have harry potter literally standing on a pile of letters to try...

Wed, 22 May 2013 22:14:05 -0500

hannibalthecanibal:

and here we have harry potter literally standing on a pile of letters to try and catch one that is still in the air. there are clearly reasons why he doesn’t get sorted into ravenclaw

aseaofquotes: J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:10:41 -0500

aseaofquotes:

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

"I want to go places and see people. I want my mind to grow. I want to live where things happen on a..."

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:57:18 -0500

“I want to go places and see people. I want my mind to grow. I want to live where things happen on a big scale.”

- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Ice Palace (via seabois)

animalstalkinginallcaps: YEAH, SHE’S GOOD LOOKING, I GUESS. NOT...

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:50:36 -0500

animalstalkinginallcaps:

YEAH, SHE’S GOOD LOOKING, I GUESS. NOT REALLY MY TYPE. I LIKE A BIGGER WINGSPAN.

THERE WE GO. PAGE 236. LOOK AT THE PLUMAGE ON THAT ONE. SWEET JESUS.

castielinablanket: pippin-and-other-drugs: remember when we...

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:49:19 -0500

castielinablanket:

pippin-and-other-drugs:

remember when we found out Neville Longbottom had bigger balls than anyone else in the HP series

remember how Dumbledore told us this in the very first book, but no one believed him

watershedplus: In his 1878 Report on the Lands of the Arid...

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:04:11 -0500

watershedplus:

In his 1878 Report on the Lands of the Arid Region of the United States, John Wesley Powell, the first white explorer of the Colorado River, proposed to organise governance units of the West according to hydrological boundaries - watersheds - instead of state lines.

If Congress would have followed his recommendations the Western United States would have been organised following this map.

From Venue

"Let my life smell of pines and resound with the hum of insects"

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:50:36 -0500

“Let my life smell of pines and resound with the hum of insects”

- R.W. Emerson (re-worded slightly)

mnenvironmentalillnessnetwork: The above quotation from Farley...

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:30:27 -0500

mnenvironmentalillnessnetwork:

The above quotation from Farley Mowat, author of “Never Cry Wolf,” is still painfully relevant today. It is far too easy to think of examples of health, climate, and ecosystem threatening corporations that (either directly or through lobbyists, front groups or people essentially acting as independent contractors) work to vilify or demean those (whether of the two-legged or four-legged varieties) whose health, survival, sound science, or politics stand in the way of increased corporate profits.

Considering the popularity of Mowat’s message in “Never Cry Wolf” (the book was even made into a highly acclaimed Disney film), the practice of entertainment corporations LITERALLY still vilifying wolves these days to increase their own profits has a special perverseness. Adam Welz’s post at the Guardian, “Bloodthirsty ‘factual’ TV shows demonise wildlife,” detailed examples of the practice.

There are wolves who play an important role in their local ecosystems who are having a really tough time right now. And times are going to get even tougher for many creatures on this planet (including many humans) thanks to man-made climate change. The Los Angeles Times recently reported that “more than half the plants and about a third of the animals could lose about 50% of their range by 2080 if the world continues its current course of rising greenhouse gas emissions.”

This is the time for people of good conscience to stand up for protecting biodiversity and the increasing number of vulnerable lives struggling to survive on this planet. Corporate for-profit vilification of others is NEVER ethically okay, no matter the corporation, nor the financial stakes, nor the number of legs involved.

Mowat wisely wrote:

We have doomed the wolf not for what it is, but for what we deliberately and mistakenly perceive it to be - the mythologized epitome of a savage ruthless killer - which is, in reality, no more than a reflected image of ourself.

“i don’t even get that much. without a body, i can’t feel the...

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:04:00 -0500

“i don’t even get that much. without a body, i can’t feel the rain hitting my face. that’s something i miss all the time. i want to get my body back soon. i just want to be human again. even if it means going against the flow of the world, and trying to do the impossible.”

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Sun, 19 May 2013 21:29:17 -0500

Artist appreciation: Frank Stockton on The Last Unicorn

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:45:27 -0500

Artist appreciation: Frank Stockton on The Last Unicorn

“You care so much you feel as though you will bleed to death...

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:44:47 -0500

“You care so much you feel as though you will bleed to death with the pain of it.”

shortformblog: matthewkeys: KSN-TV meteorologists ditch the...

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:43:30 -0500

shortformblog:

matthewkeys:

KSN-TV meteorologists ditch the television studio for a storm shelter as severe weather pounds Wichita, Kansas.

Around the two-minute mark is where things start getting crazy. Very harrowing.

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Sun, 19 May 2013 18:38:04 -0500

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Sun, 19 May 2013 18:36:20 -0500

sakimichan: Howl’s moving Castle, I love that movie ;_;

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:09:03 -0500

sakimichan:

Howl’s moving Castle, I love that movie ;_;

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Sat, 18 May 2013 16:38:00 -0500

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Sat, 18 May 2013 16:29:00 -0500