How does he fell, how does he kiss?
Sleep home alone tonight, with no one here by you side.
I can’t forget you, I know you want me to want you, I want to.
I can’t forget you. So why would you want me to blow my composure.
the most perfect girl in the world. I would do infinity for her.
things i didn't know
south-central illinois held the largest indigenous american city, called cahokia. there are huge mounds, which are still under archeological excavation, and are one of only eight world heritage sites in the us. the largest of these is called monks mound, and is over one hundred feet high.
i really want to go visit this winter. who wants to come with?
I do
David Foster Wallace Grammar Challenge
Borrowed this from Kottke.org. Apparently a grammar quiz from when David Foster Wallace taught a nonfiction workshop at Pomona.
The quiz is titled:
IF NO ONE HAS YET TAUGHT YOU HOW TO AVOID OR REPAIR CLAUSES LIKE THE FOLLOWING, YOU SHOULD, IN MY OPINION, THINK SERIOUSLY ABOUT SUING SOMEBODY, PERHAPS AS CO-PLAINTIFF WITH WHOEVER’S PAID YOUR TUITION
Here are the answers:
This a planet outside of our solar system. Presumably…this is an image of the planet as it was four years before I was born. There is something eerie about it…but I can’t place it because I am overcaffeinated.
I am really bored at work today. This made me break the uncomfortable silence that exists between me and my boss with an more uncomfortable bit of laughter.
Prairie Voles implanted with jellyfish fluorescent protein. Scientists are using them to study the genetics of monogamy…weird.
[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]
I was walking home from work today and this song came on at the exact same time as snow started to fall. The first pluck and it was like someone pulled the slot from underneath a big box of snow; the first flakes all fell together.
