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my name is loreal.

i live in brooklyn. i just started law school. i like lots of stuff - mostly bikes, though some other things are represented here, too. i'm nearly always anxious. i prefer dogs to cats.

you can write to me about virtually anything at ifblanktumblr [at] gmail [dot] com. i'll write back. promise.

Nov 20

“ […] Although technology has made it possible for us to contact each other in mere seconds, hipsters have de-evolutionized the concept of communication, taking us back to the dark ages. You might as well send a fucking telegram, because the average hipster texts at the speed of a carrier pigeon.

— Stuff Hipsters Hate

Nov 19

Hospital Workers Do “Pink Glove Dance” For Breast Cancer Awareness | jezebel.com

i am awed by this video’s awesomeness. it’s providence st. vincent medical center in portalnd, oregon - natch!

Nov 18

speechless.

» Fearing I.R.S., 14,700 Disclosed Offshore Accounts

Fear [of back taxes and fines exceeding what they own, as well as potential prosecution and jail time], apparently, can be a powerful inducement.

thedailywhat:

/obligatory.

[via.]

it’s shit like this that makes you feel like your life is absolutely useless - why aren’t you making as significant a contribution to popular culture?

thedailywhat:

Mashup of the Day: Epic mashup of Eric Cartman performing “Poker Face” on South Park, Christopher Walken reading “Poker Face” on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, and the “Poker Face” music video is epic.

[via.]

A missing “E” and “S” on a lighted sign at Elmhurst Hospital Center in Queens left an unintended message | via

muxtape:

Matt Whitwell, Cassette Rainbow

» Mark Bittman Saves Thanksgiving from Bland/Run-of-the-Mill Side Dishes

the dude is a national treasure…

his shirts like me more than they like him…

Nov 17

thedailywhat:

This Noise.

All You Haters (Suck My Balls) from nixbros on Vimeo | via

i find flaws in his satire (the brooks seat on what appears to be a miyata frame particularly bothers me…also, now that i think about it, the use of a road to fixed conversion PERIOD), but apparently, i’m just a hater, and should suck his balls.

Dear Stranger

To the person who anonymously slipped bits of paper with encouragements and affirmations written on them into the lockers in the sub-basement of the library (and perhaps elsewhere…):

Thank you. What a nice way to start a monday :)

You’re welcome.

Nov 16

thedailywhat:

Happysad.

Nov 15

“ Yet, Mr. McCain’s astonishing decision to pick someone with so little experience (less than two years as the governor of Alaska, and before that, two terms as mayor of Wasilla, a town with fewer than 7,000 residents) as his running mate and Ms. Palin’s own surprisingly nonchalant reaction to Mr. McCain’s initial phone call about the vice president’s slot (she writes that it felt “like a natural progression”) underscore just how alarmingly expertise is discounted — or equated with elitism — in our increasingly democratized era, and just how thoroughly colorful personal narratives overshadow policy arguments and actual knowledge.

— Books of the Times - Going Rogue - An American Life - Review | nytimes.com