December 2011
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The mandatory "2011 in recap" post.
So, this past year has been awesome. Among other minor things, I have: met June and Gal travelled to New York graduated written stuff that I myself found almost satisfactory moved to a city I’ve quickly grown fond of loved new university from the start met Rai been at my first historical reenactment event won NaNoWriMo picked up music again improved German language skills become...
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“This western-front business couldn’t be done again, not for a long time. The...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tender is the Night. (via the-seed-of-europe) Also the epigraph to one of the books that changed my life. Forever reblog.
Dec 30th
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Dec 29th
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"Now that you mention it, I can't really think of...
Let me introduce you to the battle of Nikolaevka, asshole. And, for the record, yes, I realise that my fascism-ridden fellow countrymen sucked balls several times during WW2. Unfortunately, sometimes they didn’t. Oh, did I just ruin your prejudice? Aww, so not sorry.
Dec 29th
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A very brief open letter to my fife
I’m sorry that I can’t breathe properly, thanks to cold #3289 of this season, and my playing sucks even more than usual. Rest assured that I’m not giving you up.
Dec 29th
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“Everyone has a voice, in life and in print, but finding it in print takes time....”
– Russell T Davies, The Writer’s Tale (via paralleltoparallel)
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loquaciousconnoisseur: ✂: Share one of the hardest moments in your life. æ: Post a picture of yourself ✌: Share a childhood memory ♡:Make a confession ❁: Share one of your insecurities ✓: Share something about yourself others might think is weird. ☹: Share a turn off ☀: Share a turn on ♬: Share a song that takes you to a certain memory in the past. ♧: Share the story of something that...
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Dec 27th
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“Though she had no one to write to, she had bought herself a blotter, a writing...”
– Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (via thechocolatebrigade) Hmm. Something about this snippet has just made me almost forget my long-standing aversion to Flaubert. Almost. Must be the very last two sentences.
Dec 26th
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"No wonder Hitler admired him, he was like him." →
No. No! NO! This is almost as fucking stupid and wrong as saying that Hitler was just like Napoleon. Why not say that every single German monarch/political leader since the Middle Age was “just like Hitler” because: a) they were German; b) they started at least one war at some point in their life? Oh wait, how silly of me to forget, German history is ALL about Hitler and...
Dec 26th
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Reblog if there's no snow for Christmas where you...
lord-kitschener: consultingclotpole: sherlocksblanket: metalhearted: 81 degrees Fahrenheit woop woop It’s probably about 60-something here. Not a goddamn flake, and I’m legitimately bitter about it. But at least we’re able to open up the house and get some fresh air.
Dec 25th
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