August 2012
About Today
The National
the national ; about today
Birdy - 1901
Birdy // “1901”
I’m not a Phoenix fan, but Birdy does an amazing job with this track!
“Many people believe geekdom is defined by a love of a thing, but I think — and my experience of geekdom bears on this thinking — that the true sign of a geek is a delight in sharing a thing. It’s the major difference between a geek and a hipster, you know: When a hipster sees someone else grooving on the thing they love, their reaction is to say “Oh, crap, now the wrong people like the thing I love.” When a geek sees someone else grooving on the thing they love, their reaction is to say “ZOMG YOU LOVE WHAT I LOVE COME WITH ME AND LET US LOVE IT TOGETHER.”
—John Scalzi, who is a national fucking treasure I swear to god. (via knitmeapony)
All the umbrellas in London...: top ten untranslatable words (in no particular order) →
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1. Saudade (Portuguese). The one that started all of this off, the longing for someone or something that is lost or absent but will not return. A persistent ache for something longed for in the past or future that cannot be, or a deep longing for someone…