December 2011
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One day you’re ok and the next you’re not and you long for that time...
– Jens Lekman, aged 30
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A Breath of Fresh Air.: One teachers approach to... →
togetherforjacksoncountykids:
“It’s Okay to be Neither,” By Melissa Bollow Tempel
Alie arrived at our 1st-grade classroom wearing a sweatshirt with a hood. I asked her to take off her hood, and she refused. I thought she was just being difficult and ignored it. After breakfast we got…
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As time goes on, you’ll understand. What lasts, lasts; what doesn’t, doesn’t....
– Haruki Murakami, Dance, Dance, Dance (via rerylikes)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-18) →
Sparkadia (51)
[ingenting] (27)
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin (25)
Harlem Shakes (19)
The Beach Boys (14)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-11) →
Club 8 (51)
Sparkadia (28)
Acid House Kings (24)
Jens Lekman (23)
Belle and Sebastian (18)
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You meet an employed professional with a $300,000 house, $100,000 in the bank, a...
– Put reason aside, how would you *feel*? (Tyler Cowen / Marginal Revolution)
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City Colours
Cities have colours, right? They usually do for me, and I sometimes wonder if they change according to how I feel about the city. Anyway, a lot of them are obvious:
My hometown is green
Sydney is ‘beachy colours’
Paris is cream / grey-blue (the colour of the buildings)
Prague is orange (ditto, obviously)
Munich is grey (as is most of Germany)
Melbourne is blue and a bit of green...
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First day of my 'real' job
Well, kind of. I’m a temp like Ryan, really (I didn’t actually realise they existed here until I got this job), but it went well, and it’s my first real full-time job! Exciting / scary. The people seem nice!
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Go to this site and say you're under 21 →
julesmysteriet:
coralsaysthings:
this makes me really happy.
Oh, me too!!!
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-4) →
Belle and Sebastian (33)
Acid House Kings (29)
The Weakerthans (21)
Angus & Julia Stone (17)
The Beatles (17)
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Tool Language
Just went to Bunnings to get some stuff to fix my shower (the water-saving thing in the head got clogged so I had to replace it) and got SO ANNOYED. Wanted to buy a shifter but apparently they are called adjustable wrenches now? So American! Same goes for spanners / wrenches and a few other things I can’t remember now. I got annoyed at somebody a while back for writing wrench instead of...