December 2011
149 posts
“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.”
– Frederick Douglass
“If I use you as an armrest, don’t get offended. It means ‘I love...”
“Been there. Done that. Got the t-shirt, hat and matching coffee mug to prove it.”
“He’s about as frightening as a cup of Ovaltine.”
– Storage Wars on A & E
“Sometimes we think of poverty as being hungry, dirty and homeless. But the worst...”
– Richard Keith Latman (via occupyonline)
“Act like a lady. Think like a boss.”
“He will sing like an angel but dance like the devil.”
– Moulin Rouge
“It’s not that I’m a jealous man…I JUST DON’T LIKE OTHER...”
– Moulin Rouge
“We’re creatures of the underworld…we can’t afford to love.”
– Moulin Rouge
“Outside, the dawn is breaking on the stage that holds our final destiny.”
– Moulin Rouge
“He’s really into brand names. Apparently that applies to living things.”
“I was born with my heart in my throat, and my first act was to swallow it.”
– from a spoken word piece performed at Cantab Lounge
“My King died on a cross and NOT in a bathroom in Memphis.”
“What he says: Playing Risk against girls is stupid because they never break...”
– #girlsrule
“Step 1: Enter a list of items
Step 2: Pick one
Step 3: Behold the glory...”
– instructions for a computer program for random selection from a list
“Sometimes letting things go is an act of far greater power than defending or...”
– Eckhart Tolle (A New Earth)
(only SOMETIMES?)
“If I had a present
I’d open it on Monday
Play with it on Tuesday
Break...”
– “Wyclef Jean“‘s verse in the “Good Christmas” parody by 2-cent.
(just posted the full vid on my other blog totallysharingthis)
“I think Destiny’s Child were time travelers and they heard this song and...”
– my friend’s reaction to “Initiation (OT Beatz Dubstep Remix)” by The Weeknd
#xotillweod #stilltrendinginmyheart
“Go outside. The rays from the T.V. are not enough to keep you black.”
“If black people were as excited about college as they are for those Concords...”
– @SleeplessOsito on twitter
#shotsfired #kindatruetho
“Mine will be creole flavored.”
– my friend
(strangely enough, this was part of a conversation about writing poetry to music)
“There’s a fangirl in all of us.”
– my guy friend’s response after being introduced to The Weeknd via Echoes of Silence.
#winning #xotillweod #abelshouldmarryme
#WaitHowDidThatLastOneGetThere
“Operator: 911, please hold.
Me: Stop murdering me for a sec; we’re on...”
– xoxo:
“2008: wow i was so stupid last year
2009: wow i was so stupid last year
...”
– xoxo:
“me: I’m so lonely; I just want someone to talk to me.
someone: Hey.
me:...”
– xoxo:
“To be nobody but yourself in a world that’s doing its best to make you...”
– e.e. cummings
“Laisse tomber les filles
Un jour c’est toi qu’on laissera
Oui j’ai pleuré...”
– The Weeknd, “Montreal”
If you haven’t heard this song, find it, listen to it, and love it.
(The translation is rough, potentially slightly erroneous. Courtesy of the Interwebs and what little French I remember.)
“Calculate up in this oh!
Watch me solve and watch me go
Break out TI-84 and...”
– Yours Truly, and some friends. 12th grade was a fantastic year for Crank Dat parodies.
“friend: NOOO THERE’S ANOTHER KIDZ BOP!! NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
me: I wish...”
– ranting on fb
“You know it’s a good book when you really don’t want to read the...”
– Yours Truly, after finishing Desperation by Stephen King
“Stuffy nose, coughing fits…I sound like Omarion with emphysema.”
– Yours Truly
(I always bash Omarion when I have a cold. Listen to Ice Box or O and tell me I’m not right though.)
“I’s can’t keep workin like this…this grave shift is like a...”
– Kanye West, “All Falls Down” (it’s like at the tail end before “I’ll Fly Away”)
coincidentally, this is what I think to myself every time I’m up late.
“Ladies: why is it that wearing cute shoes and wearing comfortable shoes are...”
– Yours Truly
“The quality of my Facebook stalking game is directly proportional to the amount...”
– Yours Truly
“Come Clean” by Hilary Duff is worse than my tax policy readings.”
“AWWWW HERE IT GOES!!”
– Kenan and Kel
“Who loves Orange Soda? KEL loves Orange Soda! Is it true? Mmmmhmmm! I do I...”
– Kenan and Kel
“*freshman year, some point after the sun has gone down and people are thinking...”
“The author [of the preceding passage] is certainly not a scientist….His...”
– an answer explanation in the Examkrackers MCAT Verbal Reasoning book
“I don’t want to have lived in vain like most people. I want to be useful or...”
– Anne Frank (via imfantasyparade)
“Cicero up in this oh
watch me translate,
watch me go
break out my catullus...”
– Yours Truly, “Crank Dat Latin Test,” circa 2008
“Let’s get ignant, let’s get hectic.”
–
The Black Eyed Peas, “Let’s Get It Started”
“Tell them what’s in your heart.”
– Dad (via scktbtchz)
“friend: How are classes?
me: Pretty good. I’m taking Intro to Hot...”
– Fall 2010
“My printer just tossed my [homework] in the trash. Bad omen?”
– Yours Truly
“If you stay small enough long enough, you’ll be big enough soon enough.”
– Pastor E. Dewey Smith, Brown Baptist Church Revival 2010
“I’m a nice dude, with some nice dreams. And we can turn this to a...”
– The Weeknd, “House of Balloons/Glass Table Girls”
“You kryptonite my life.”
– Janelle Monae, “Faster”
“If you want to win this world to Christ, you are going to have to sit in the...”
– Neil Cole
(not sure if i posted this one before…)
“E.T. looks like a chewed up Milk Dud.”
– My Wife and Kids