February 2012
January 2012
I can feel it as clear as the smile on my face that she will be my demise.
“Go after her. Fuck, don’t sit there and wait for her to call, go after her because that’s what you should do if you love someone, don’t wait for them to give you a sign cause it might happen to you, or her, she’s not a fucking television show or a tornado. There are people I might have loved had they gotten on the airplane or run down the street after me or called me up drunk at four in the morning because they need to tell me right now and because they cannot regret this and I always thought I’d be the only one doing crazy things for people who would never give enough of a fuck to do it back or to act like idiots or be entirely vulnerable and honest and making someone fall in love with you is easy and flying 3000 miles on four days notice because you can’t just sit there and do nothing and breathe into telephones is not everyone’s idea of love, but it is the way I can recognize it because that is what I do. Go scream it and be with her in meaningful ways because that is beautiful and that is generous and that is what loving someone is, that is raw and that is unguarded, and that is all that is worth anything, really.”
—Unknown (via thirdw0rld)
Best non-girl related night ever.
Skrillex and Dada Life killed it, me, and then brought me back to life.
“At least nine. The five senses we all know about – sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch – were first listed by Aristotle, who, while brilliant, often got things wrong. (For
example, he taught that we thought with our hearts, that bees were created by the rotting carcasses of bulls and that flies had only four legs.) There are four more commonly agreed senses:
1 Thermoception, the sense of heat (or its absence) on our skin.
2 Equilibrioception – our sense of balance – which is determined by the fluid-containing cavities in the inner ear.
3 Nociception – the perception of pain from the skin, joints and body organs. Oddly, this does not include the brain, which has no pain receptors at
all. Headaches, regardless of the way it seems, don’t come from inside the brain.
4 Proprioception – or ‘body awareness’. This is the unconscious knowledge of where our body parts are without being able to see or feel them. For
example, close your eyes and waggle your foot in the air. You still know where it is in relation to the rest of you.
Every self-respecting neurologist has their own opinion about whether there are more than these nine. Some argue that there are up to twenty-one. What about hunger? Or thirst? The sense of depth, or the sense of meaning, or language? Or the endlessly intriguing subject of synaesthesia, where
senses collide and combine so that music can be perceived in colour? And what about the sense of electricity, or even impending danger, when your hair stands on end? There are also senses which some animals have but we don’t. Sharks have keenelectroception which allows them to sense electric fields,
magnetoception detects magnetic fields and is used in the navigation systems of birds and insects, echolocation and the ‘lateral line’ are used by fish to sense pressure, and infrared vision is used by owls and deer to hunt or feed at night.” —
example, he taught that we thought with our hearts, that bees were created by the rotting carcasses of bulls and that flies had only four legs.) There are four more commonly agreed senses:
1 Thermoception, the sense of heat (or its absence) on our skin.
2 Equilibrioception – our sense of balance – which is determined by the fluid-containing cavities in the inner ear.
3 Nociception – the perception of pain from the skin, joints and body organs. Oddly, this does not include the brain, which has no pain receptors at
all. Headaches, regardless of the way it seems, don’t come from inside the brain.
4 Proprioception – or ‘body awareness’. This is the unconscious knowledge of where our body parts are without being able to see or feel them. For
example, close your eyes and waggle your foot in the air. You still know where it is in relation to the rest of you.
Every self-respecting neurologist has their own opinion about whether there are more than these nine. Some argue that there are up to twenty-one. What about hunger? Or thirst? The sense of depth, or the sense of meaning, or language? Or the endlessly intriguing subject of synaesthesia, where
senses collide and combine so that music can be perceived in colour? And what about the sense of electricity, or even impending danger, when your hair stands on end? There are also senses which some animals have but we don’t. Sharks have keenelectroception which allows them to sense electric fields,
magnetoception detects magnetic fields and is used in the navigation systems of birds and insects, echolocation and the ‘lateral line’ are used by fish to sense pressure, and infrared vision is used by owls and deer to hunt or feed at night.” —
Matt Kean: How many senses does a human being have?
(via ismokedinmexico)
Even if things don't work out the way I hope they do,
I’ll be able to get through it. Karma comes back to you in the strangest ways, and it’ll all pay off someday.
