How you gonna ever find your place

"At least once in your life, when you need to reset, pick a handful of places 4 to 8 hours away in..."

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:20:02 -0400

“At least once in your life, when you need to reset, pick a handful of places 4 to 8 hours...

My dad keeps scolding me ‘cause I’m letting Max sleep in bed with me. HOW CAN I SAY NO...

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:40:45 -0400

My dad keeps scolding me ‘cause I’m letting Max sleep in bed with me. HOW CAN I SAY NO...

"What students need isn’t a lecture on abstinence. They need a community that sees sex as about..."

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:39:31 -0400

“What students need isn’t a lecture on abstinence. They need a community that sees sex as...

As a society, we are fascinated by fictional psychopaths....

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:28:46 -0400

As a society, we are fascinated by fictional psychopaths. Humankind has an ‘ongoing… fascination with tales of gruesome murders and evil villain. Popular culture abounds with depictions of the mad and the bad; and aberrant psychology has proved a fertile source of such material to the novelist and the reader alike. Perhaps no single disorder holds as much morbid cultural appeal as psychopathy.

There is no question… that readers feel empathy with and sympathy for fictional characters and other aspects of fictional worlds’, yet it is difficult to see how one can empathise and identify with a character who is himself incapable of empathy. If empathy and identification are both the goal and the reward of reading literature, then we are left with a striking ambivalence which needs to be explored.

teenytigress: SO THIS GUY IN MY ENGLISH IS DOING A PROJECT FOR...

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:09:53 -0400

teenytigress:

SO THIS GUY IN MY ENGLISH IS DOING A PROJECT FOR BIO WHERE HE GETS A DUCKLING TO IMPRINT ON HIM SO HE JUST CARRIES IT AROUND WITH HIM TO ALL OF HIS CLASSES AND I SWEAR THIS DUCK IS THE MOST WELL BEHAVED FUCKING POULTRY IVE EVER SEEN IT JUST SITS ON HIS DESK QUIETLY AND SOMETIMES HE PUTS IT IN HIS POCKET AND IT JUST SLEEPS LIKE WOW YOU GO DUCKY

Not wanting to be separated from your new kitten is a completely viable excuse as to not return to...

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:04:25 -0400

Not wanting to be separated from your new kitten is a completely viable excuse as to not return to...

vegansanfrancishet: So, I paint my nails pretty regularly these...

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:40:22 -0400

vegansanfrancishet:

So, I paint my nails pretty regularly these days. I also work as a barista/cashier pretty regularly these days. A few weeks back, I had a customer come in, a fairly typical, sheltered, suburban soccer mom, and she ordered a latte from me. She saw my brightly colored nails and said, “Wow, you’re so brave! My son asked me about painting his nails, and if it’s okay for boys to do that. Now I’ll tell him there’s a cool guy who does it too!” It was a nice moment, very cute.

Then, last week, she came in again, and said, “Hey, I’m so glad you’re here! I want you to meet someone!” She then brings her son forward, and says, “Okay sweetie, show him what you did!” And he throws his hands up, showing off his bright, sparkling blue nails. He shows them off, and I show mine off to him. He smiles. We fist bump.

Guys, I’ve only wanted to cry once at work before, and that was when someone ordered a large dry soy cappuccino on ice.

This time, though. This was a good cry.

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Sun, 19 May 2013 14:06:32 -0400

man-you-be-trippin: 26letterscombined: Been having a lot of...

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:04:28 -0400

man-you-be-trippin:

26letterscombined:

Been having a lot of these days lately.

Yep

confused-companion: whoever wrote this line needs to receive a...

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:36:22 -0400

confused-companion:

whoever wrote this line needs to receive a medal

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Sun, 19 May 2013 12:04:46 -0400

skyghe: thinksquad: More and more children being arrested for...

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:00:17 -0400

skyghe:

thinksquad:

More and more children being arrested for trivial things…

#1 At one public school down in Texas, a 12-year-old girl named Sarah Bustamantes was recently arrested for spraying herself with perfume.

#2 A 13-year-old student at a school in Albuquerque, New Mexico was recently arrested by police for burping in class.

#3 Another student down in Albuquerque was forced to strip down to his underwear while five adults watched because he had $200 in his pocket. The student was never formally charged with doing anything wrong.

#4 A security guard at one school in California broke the arm of a 16-year-old girl because she left some crumbs on the floor after cleaning up some cake that she had spilled.

#5 One teenage couple down in Houston poured milk on each other during a squabble while they were breaking up. Instead of being sent to see the principal, they were arrested and sent to court.

#6 In early 2010, a 12-year-old girl at a school in Forest Hills, New York was arrested by police and marched out of her school in handcuffs just because she doodled on her desk. “I love my friends Abby and Faith” was what she reportedly scribbled on her desk.

#7 A 6-year-old girl down in Florida was handcuffed and sent to a mental facility after throwing temper tantrums at her elementary school.

#8 One student down in Texas was reportedly arrested by police for throwing paper airplanes in class.

#9 A 17-year-old honor student in North Carolina named Ashley Smithwick accidentally took her father’s lunch with her to school. It contained a small paring knife which he would use to slice up apples. So what happened to this standout student when the school discovered this? The school suspended her for the rest of the year and the police charged her with a misdemeanor.

#10 In Allentown, Pennsylvania a 14-year-old girl was tasered in the groin area by a school security officer even though she had put up her hands in the air to surrender.

#11 Down in Florida, an 11-year-old student was arrested, thrown in jail and charged with a third-degree felony for bringing a plastic butter knife to school.

#12 Back in 2009, an 8-year-old boy in Massachusetts was sent home from school and was forced to undergo a psychological evaluation because he drew a picture of Jesus on the cross.

#13 A police officer in San Mateo, California blasted a 7-year-old special education student in the face with pepper spray because he would not quit climbing on the furniture.

#14 In America today, even 5-year-old children are treated brutally by police. The following is from a recent article that described what happened to one very young student in Stockton, California a while back….

“Earlier this year, a Stockton student was handcuffed with zip ties on his hands and feet, forced to go to the hospital for a psychiatric evaluation and was charged with battery on a police officer. That student was 5 years old”.

#15 At one school in Connecticut, a 17-year-old boy was thrown to the floor and tasered five times because he was yelling at a cafeteria worker.

#16 A teenager in suburban Dallas was forced to take on a part-time job after being ticketed for using foul language in one high school classroom. The original ticket was for $340, but additional fees have raised the total bill to $637.

#17 A few months ago, police were called out when a little girl kissed a little boy during a physical education class at an elementary school down in Florida.

#18 A 6-year-old boy was recently charged with sexual battery for some “inappropriate touching” during a game of tag at one elementary school in the San Francisco area.

#19 In Massachusetts, police were recently sent out to collect an overdue library book from a 5-year-old girl.

HERE ARE THE LINKS FOR THOSE WHO FEEL THIS PAGE MADE ALL THIS UP:

http://www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com/latino-daily-news/details/texas-student-sarah-bustamantes-12-arrested-for-spraying-perfume/13250/

http://abcnews.go.com/m/blogEntry?id=15077292

Check out this video on YouTube:http://youtu.be/wk2b_twCCdw

http://m.guardiannews.com/world/2012/jan/09/texas-police-schools?cat=world& type=article

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/02/18/new.york.doodle.arrest/index.html?hpt=C1

http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2010/feb/11/port-st-lucie-schools-confines-6-year-old-with/

http://m.guardiannews.com/world/2012/jan/09/texas-police-schools?cat=world& type=article

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/12/29/nc-high-school-senior-suspended-charged-possesion-small-knife-lunchbox/#

http://www.eagleforum.org/educate/2009/june09/zero-tolerance-states.html

http://m.tauntongazette.com/wkdTGazette/pm_/contentdetail.htm?contentguid

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/San-Mateo-pays-family-of-boy-pepper-sprayed-by-cop-2384518.php

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/cops-called-for-school-kiss-657831

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2012/01/27/hercules-family-battles-playground-sex-assault-claim-against-6-year-old/

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2012/01/02/charlton-library-sends-police-to-collect-overdue-books-from-5-year-old/

Conditioning your children.

"People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent."

Sun, 19 May 2013 11:50:25 -0400

“People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.” - Bob...

boobs-birds-botany: My, isn’t it awkward that you just fuckin...

Sun, 19 May 2013 11:48:39 -0400

boobs-birds-botany:

My, isn’t it awkward that you just fuckin recycled a nearly 40 year old article to shit on this latest generation?

Recession. Student debt. Etc. Lots of people smarter than me have already had some excellent commentary on this (here and here and here not to mention all the great Tumblr commentary).

But I do want to say:

Of all the images you could have picked, you chose one of a teenage girl taking a selfie.

Because of course, girls who have been taught nothing else by their elders except that their appearance is what matters are the reason we are all lazy and narcissistic.

Fuck off. You fucking made us. You raised me and my sister and my female cousin and millions and millions of girls to be self-conscious and obsessed with making ourselves look pleasing to men. You taught us that that was our only worth. And now you shit on us for it.

FUCK OFF, TIME.

expectations of summer: going to the beach every day, water fights, parties, random day trips, barbecues

Sun, 19 May 2013 11:42:58 -0400

expectations of summer: going to the beach every day, water fights, parties, random day trips,...

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Sun, 19 May 2013 11:39:57 -0400

"Extreme situations don’t change us, they reveal us. But the worst is when we can’t even see what..."

Sun, 19 May 2013 10:45:38 -0400

“Extreme situations don’t change us, they reveal us. But the worst is when we can’t even see...

How can I be angry at this little guy for waking up to play a...

Sun, 19 May 2013 10:45:17 -0400

How can I be angry at this little guy for waking up to play a bunch when he always came back to me and refused to be any farther away from me than this?

mild-bloom: When you are in that really inspired mood like you want to redecorate your bedroom, get...

Sun, 19 May 2013 10:42:47 -0400

mild-bloom: When you are in that really inspired mood like you want to redecorate your bedroom, get...

fortheloveofpretzels: So this just happened.

Sun, 19 May 2013 10:41:59 -0400

fortheloveofpretzels:

So this just happened.