January 2011
29 posts
Finally, a plan.
My new goal in life is to become a mayor in Germany so that I can be called Bürgermeister Jasmine.
Nonfiction: Nabokov Theory on Butterfly Evolution... →
bananapunchmishap:
Vladimir Nabokov may be known to most people as the author of classic novels like “Lolita” and “Pale Fire.” But even as he was writing those books, Nabokov had a parallel existence as a self-taught expert on butterflies.
He was the curator of lepidoptera at the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University, and collected the insects across the United States. He...
Chicken nuggets inside a McDouble: my standard.
While my brother prepares for the upcoming cycling season by meticulously keeping track of his diet, I continue my reign as the child with no discipline.
Pixies tickets acquired!!! Yusssssssss.
“Why bother saving money if what you have to do is pass up the maple syrup jelly,...”
– My brother, speaker of truth.
“Sure, we had to be skinny. I lived on Diet Coke and apples for two years. For...”
– Martin Luther King, Jr. (via teacakes)
First of all, anyone reblogging this quote and attributing it to Martin Luther King, Jr is a fucking retard. It’s a quote from Abbey Lee Kershaw, an Australian model. I can see where someone would get confused along the way.
Secondly, the rampant...
An article about ME! →
It’s not about me. It’s an article about my wonderful friend, Leif Oleson-Cormack! He is wonderful and his plays are great, so if you are in Edmonton - GO SEE IT.
the saddest text message i've ever sent
“oh my god, i want a slice of pizza SO BAD. why did that place across the street have to burn down!!!!”
fountainnotmountain:
In 1961, the Nabokovs were concerned about their son’s romantic misadventures in Italy, so Vladimir sent him a short letter:
To: Dmitri Nabokov
I have interrupted my literary labors to compose this instructive little jingle:
In Italy, for his own good, A wolf must wear a Riding Hood
Please bear this in mind.
Love,
Father
WSJ: why chinese mothers are superior →
96708:
coming from a guy who grew up with immigrant chinese parents, i find this article pretty disturbing. i’m surprised that a lady this articulate, with a white husband, who’s also this willing to even acknowledge the western parenting style as valid sticks so staunchly to her methods (which i’d definitely describe as cruel). excuse me when i say she seems like a flaming tyrannical cunt of a...
