Nora, 23, Ann Arbor.

Unrepentant nerdery. Pretty pictures, languages, & craftiness.
Feminism & liberalism.
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Life—when I get around to it.

"All my life I've had a choice between hate and love. I chose love, and I'm here."
—AR Rahman

30th May 2012

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leschansons:

neil-gaiman:

maddywirtz:

let’s talk about how awesome this is. okay? okay.

Someone collected this! 

NORA OH MY GOD IT’S TARA

I KNOW

They met in a coffee shop and took a really dorky picture together and now they’re friends.

Tagged: Neil GaimanAmber Bensonawesome people hanging out together

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30th May 2012

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Home is behind, the world ahead,
And there are many paths to tread
Through shadows to the edge of night,
Until the stars are all alight.
Then world behind and home ahead,
We’ll wander back and home to bed.
Mist and twilight, cloud and shade,
Away shall fade! Away shall fade!
— J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring (via alfsaga)

Tagged: fucking Tolkein making me tear up

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30th May 2012

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leschansons replied to your post: My poor dad.
Fucking Gatsby garbage IT IS SUCH A WASTE OF PAPER. IF PEOPLE WANT TO READ A SYMBOLIC DESTRUCTION OF THE AMERICAN DREAM THEY SHOULD JUST SUCK A DICK BECAUSE IT’S HAPPENING IN REAL TIME ALL AROUND THEM. Stupid first world problems book can eat my poo.

I kind of love you.

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30th May 2012

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My sister went to see The Avengers. By herself. Again.

  • Sister: So much better the second time. I really got the... plot... and stuff
  • Me: Yeah I just butt you did. I mean bet. I bet you did.

Tagged: Avengersbabby seesterleschansonsbutts

30th May 2012

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Hitting random on xkcd and finding just what I need.

Hitting random on xkcd and finding just what I need.

Tagged: xkcdcomicstruth

29th May 2012

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My friends Gray and Melissa of Match by Match perform a mashup of Kanye’s “Monster” with their original tune “Ambulance” on Tree Town Sound. Because they’re just that awesome.

You can give them some money if you want so they can record something mysterious called a “video ee-pee” entitled VIVAT VERITAS. Or just watch their video because they’re adorable. That’s cool too!

Tagged: Ann ArborMatch by MatchMichiganmusicVivat Veritas

29th May 2012

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that last bit has always been my excuse. why would i want to work for someone that’s scopin’ my bod (read: sexually harassing me) before i even begin work? is that why i got a tattoo on my chest? maaaayyyybeeeeee…

Right?! The one thing that worries me is that I do want to teach, in some way, at some point down the line. And I know a lot of schools have pretty strict rules about this kind of stuff. But… aren’t those rules never going to be changed unless the good teachers — not to automatically include myself in that group, but — unless the good teachers represent actual people instead of a completely neutralized, standardized… mushroom?

If we’re worried about the children of America being corrupted by tattooed teachers, I am seriously worried about all the children being born to tattooed parents

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29th May 2012

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with the popularity and abundance of tattoos nowadays you’d think that entire stigma of not being employable with one would be gone and yet.

That’s exactly what I told him. I don’t know what percentage of people in my age range have tattoos, but if it’s not actually a majority, it must be fast approaching it. This isn’t a fad that’s going away; either standards of business dress are going to change, or whole industries will be missing out on a huge pool highly qualified employees.

Either way, pretty soon people from my generation will be in charge of hiring at all the places he thinks I won’t get hired at. So ha.

(And to be honest (although I wouldn’t tell my dad this, as I know how it’d sound coming out of a 23-year-old mouth), I don’t particularly want to work somewhere that’s going to consider my physical appearance in hiring me.)

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29th May 2012

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Dad’s all worried about my employability now that I have a visible tattoo and I’m just like, Psh, here’s my secret to not giving a fuck, I was never employable to begin with.

Tagged: it helps

29th May 2012

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retrogasm:

Bogey and Balloon…

retrogasm:

Bogey and Balloon…

Tagged: Humphrey Bogartkindly cease sir

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29th May 2012

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ancient-amateur:

When you realise people born in 2000 will be teenagers next year…  

My baby brother among them…

/screams internally

Tagged: I am WAY TOO YOUNG to have a TEENAGED baby brotherI REMEMBER THE DAY YOU WERE BORN YOUNG MANYOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HIT PUBERTY

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29th May 2012

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My poor dad.

He raised all these strong, independent-thinking daughters and now he has to watch them go out and do independent-minded things like getting tattoos and disliking Jane Austen.

What did he do to deserve us?

Tagged: my father and I have an ongoing argument re: Austen vs Brontëhe is for AustenI am for Brontë (Charlotte - natch)it gets pretty emotional(for the record I don't actually dislike Austen but my babby seester does hate The Great Gatsby)

29th May 2012

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thedailywhat:

Look At This Thieving Dog of the Day: Canteloupe the two-year-old Italian Greyhound loves to steal things from her owner’s desk, so a friend decided to set up a camera and catch her red-pawed.

CamelsAndFriends, the YouTuber behind the doggie surveillance operation, writes:

It got me wondering how exactly she gets up there and how she chooses what she steals, so I decided to start filming! I left the camera on a tripod pointed at the desk and a week later these are my results of Cantaloupe’s exploits.

The evidence is clear, ladies and gentlemen. You must find this dog guilty of being cute.

[biotv]

Tagged: sometimes all you need is a really cute doggie video

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29th May 2012

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katiehassomebigasstitties replied to your post: Tattoo has started to itch, a little, and peel, a…

good luck! The itching is THE WORST. Just keep it moisturized. (Also, you’re gonna hear about 20 different people telling you 20 different ways to care for it)

Ha ha, I already have… I’m definitely just going to stick with what the professionals told me, I’m pretty sure they know best!

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29th May 2012

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shercockled:

Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy, Tom Hiddleston & Benedict Cumberbatch as Uni flatmates.

Tagged: whoops well this is perfectMichael FassbenderJames McAvoyTom HiddlestonBenedict Cumberbatchdarling little filthy cuties

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