January 2011
96 posts
A grammar lesson (regarding parentheses).
Parentheses (( )), also called round brackets, always occur in pairs. They have one major use and one or two minor uses.
Most commonly, a pair of parentheses is used to set off a strong or weak interruption, rather like a pair of dashes or a pair of bracketing commas. In the case of a strong interruption, very often it is possible to use either dashes or parentheses:
The destruction of Guernica...
cheia:
This too. This episode was basically...
“We must move forward, not backward. Upward, not forward. And always twirling,...”
The Kinds of People You Can Date « Thought Catalog →
cyclogenesis:
pickpocket:
meganwest:
itsalloverbabyblue:
Wow, I mostly find talk of love and dating online to be to driven towards the finding or the keeping of it, very rarely about the abstractions and patterns, and I mean that in the best way possible. This? I’ve done these things and been all of these people, on both sides, and for once, reading about it doesn’t make me sad about my...
Nervous Breakdown →
whenparentstext:
Dad: My love pls don’t drink too much cause we saw a program on teen drinking and I got worried. Now I’m having a nervy b
New favourite phrase for nervous breakdown: “nervy b”. (Of course I’ve had many other favourites prior to this moment, why would you question the usage of the word “favourite” in that statement?)
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A conversation via text with one-a-mah besties.
oneamongthefence:
Me: That part of Hot Rod with the John Farnham part is on.
Mem: Holy crap I love that bit I LOVE IT. I LOVE THE JOHN FARNHAM.
Me: I had forgotten about it and am rewatching the movie because of your reblog and NOW I AM DYING.
Mem: I *AM* THE VOICE, JOHN FARNHAM! I’LL DO MY BEST TO ATTEMPT TO UNDERSTAND IT
Me: MAKE A NOISE BUT MAKE SURE IT IS EASILY RECOGNISABLE
Mem: I HAD...
Observation, part 2.
S: I'm going to print a photo of some trees outside my house and show everyone and say "look, these are my trees"
Me: I'm gonna flaunt a picture of my cat
S: and when people say "yeah and?" i'll say that what i thought about the pic of your kids but i was polite enough to pretend like i cared
Me: i wonder if you have the balls.
S: i reckon it'd put me on death row if i did that.
Observation rating: 9.47 out of 10.
Workmate henceforth referred to as S: dude - [REDACTED] has been showing everyone a pic of "her girls" since this morning - wtf? i don't get mums...why do they think everyone else cares?
Me: I can't wait until she comes past here and I can say "I really don't care, hey"
S: mwahaha you'd never have the balls
Me: you clearly don't know me very well yet
S: nah but you'll say it in a way that she thinks you're joking and then you probably will look at the pics....and make a generic comment like oh they're cute
Me: DAMNIT
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“(It is a queer thing how I wish everything for my brother that I wish for...”
– ‘Everything is Illuminated’, Jonathan Safran Foer.
Waters of Mars
Adelaide: State your name, rank, and intention.
The Doctor: The Doctor... doctor... fun.
flickflickflicker:
“I am not sad, he would repeat to himself over and over, I am not sad. As if he might one day convince himself. Or fool himself. Or convince others - the only thing worse than being sad is for others to know that you are sad. I am not sad. I am not sad.”
Everything Is Illuminated, Jonathan Safran Foer.
the fever ache begins: What do you think is the... →
cyclogenesis:
I think the hardest parts of my last few actual relationships were very specific to those relationships and the context in which they took place, and so I couldn’t apply those to any future relationships or relationships in general (she said evasively). So let’s say the hardest part is…
You and I should meet up on the other side of the world, Sara. I’d travel with...
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Love My Way S3.
Tom: I don't think I like being in my thirties, Frank.
Frankie: You didn't like your twenties much, either.
