"I think I’ve been mischaracterized a bit as a guy who gets off on his own misery. I think that misery for people that are incredibly anxious or frightened is something consistent. I think that obsession sometimes works as almost a spirituality. You know, you have a routine that your brain kind of loops around, that you call ‘home,’ but that’s usually in defense of some other part of you that’s unruly and for me I think it’s anxiety and panic and worry and dread."
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Marc Maron tells Terry Gross about his natural emotional state. (via nprfreshair)
Apparently me and Marc Maron are the same person
"It is necessary to fall in love, if only to provide an alibi for all the random despair you are going to feel anyway."
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Albert Camus (via faulknerandfieldnotes)
I need an alibi.
(via absurdlakefront)
This is also uncomfortably relevant and true to my life currently.
(Source: samsaranmusing, via absurdlakefront)
![New Haven can be so gay, you guys.
[sorry for the crappy quality. taken on my shitty phone through the kitchen window]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/53df3e73e9e7d04de49fe5d93b6a23d6/tumblr_mlsefg5Vo01qzp36vo1_500.jpg)
Acting on the stage of memory
Disengagement is a sign that I care in as much as I try to hide my faults and leave others with happy memories of my presence. My pettiness, my ignorance, and my anger I hide as best I as I amble in the empty hours I spend alone with only my mind as witness.
Yet what I want most is someone who lets me see his hidden monsters behind closed doors. I desire the one thing I deny everyone else: to meet the actor backstage away from the pressure of performance. I want to experience truth of a person in total: the beautiful and high as much as the ugly and low. I understand the need to be more generous with access to my own vulnerability if I am to ever to receive treatment in kind. How can I meet a man behind his social facade if I will not drop my pretentiously cultivated act?
I don’t know if anything more true and aptly timed to my life has ever been stated. Thank you for always being able to express what I’m feeling more eloquently than I ever could.
So many songs seem appropriate right now. However, currently this one seems to be striking the strongest chord.
This album continues to be one of my most favorites, and after this weekend, this song is starting to have a whole new and powerful meaning.
“Petoskey Stone” by Dana Falconberry, Leelanau
Bad news overload prompted turning off NPR on my drive home, and turning on Dana Falconberry’s Leelanau. Nothing brings peace of mind quite like Great Lakes nostalgia and beautiful tunes.
And if there is a way to find you I will find you.
But will you find me if Neil makes me a tree.
An afro, a Pharaoh, I can’t go you said so.
And threads that are golden don’t break easily.
My ovaries absolutely can NOT handle this shit tonight.
I think all I want in life is to frolic with alpacas and lambs and goats making the most delicious ice creams you’ve ever tasted. That’s a career, right?
Phil, this wasn’t fucking amateur hour. PEOPLE DIED BECAUSE OF YOUR LACK OF SUPERVISION. THERE WERE RAPTORS ALL UP IN THE KITCHEN PHIL. IN THE GOD DAMN KITCHEN.
YOU HAD ONE JOB PHIL. ONE JOB.
I will never not reblog this.
(via thegreg)
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Amid heightened speculation that a male athlete in one of North America’s four major professional leagues will soon publicly declare his homosexuality, the National Hockey League and its players announced Thursday what appears to be the most comprehensive measure by a major men’s league in support of gay rights.
The N.H.L. said it had formed a partnership with the You Can Play Project, an advocacy group pledged to fight homophobia in sports, and planned training and counseling on gay issues for its teams and players. The league will also be involved in the production and broadcast of public service announcements.
“Our motto is Hockey Is for Everyone, and our partnership with You Can Play certifies that position in a clear and unequivocal way,” N.H.L. Commissioner Gary Bettman said in the statement. “We are delighted to reaffirm through this joint venture with the N.H.L. Players’ Association that the official policy of the N.H.L. is one of inclusion on the ice, in our locker rooms and in the stands.”
In a telephone interview Donald Fehr, the chief executive of the players’ association, said: “Bottom line, it’s the right thing to do, and that’s what we’re all supposed to do in this world.”
You Can Play will help run seminars for N.H.L. rookies to educate young prospects on gay issues and make resources and personnel available to each team, as desired. The league and union will also work with You Can Play to integrate the project into its behavioral health program, enabling players to seek counseling regarding matters of sexual orientation confidentially. Burke said the joint venture would also step forward when players make homophobic remarks.
Patrick Burke, a founder of You Can Play and scout for the Philadelphia Flyers, said laying the groundwork for an openly gay player was not an official part of the program.
“But we’re ready to do whatever that player wants,” Burke said. “If he wants to do a thousand interviews and march in pride parades, we’re equipped to handle that. And if he wants us to pass-block for him so he never has to do another interview in his life, we’re equipped to handle that too.”
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The New York Times, “National Hockey League Announces Initiative to Support Gay Athletes.”
Historic. Good for the NHL.
(via inothernews)
This is awesome. Way to go, NHL!
(via wilwheaton)
This makes me even more proud to be a rabid fan of hockey, and glad to see that once in a while the NHL can do something right.
(via notthebarefootcontessa)
Owen Pallett is kind of perfect, right?
Final Fantasy - This Lamb Sells Condos
I know there are a lot of other great FF songs but nothing beats this one.
This is the first Owen Pallett song I remember.
