with the shudder of your boots

"And I understand that those are positive and dense every one And that what they seem to the child they are [And that the world is not a joke, Nor any part of it a sham]." - Walt Whitman nora(y), twenty-two, femme, workaholic, lover of pretty things, imogen poots, and kale chips. turtle dove(s) and a partridge in a pear tree (stole the idea for the above from stellarmatters, who is all kinds of awesome)

[islette]

have you ever fallen temporarily in love with a stranger in a public place?

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You see this child right here? Cute right? Well this poor kid, Aiden Martin, happens to be my sisters son. He has gone missing while at the park in Virginia where she lives. He has huge blue eyes, chubby cheeks, and medium length dark brown hair. Please PLEASE reblog. Just realize, you may be saving a child.

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Explanations are fun

Dear amigos,

Last year, at around this time, I vanished off the face of the earth. The reasons why would probably bore you, but the skinny of it is that I had a quarter life crisis, left my apartment, took time off from school, and began working for a youth counseling service in Boston. While there, a woman introduced me to an international version of what I was doing in Boston, a counseling-without-borders kind of program. Considering, I never finished graduate school, I assumed that I would not qualify. I applied anyway and, somehow, magically, I did. Ever since then I have been a traveling therapist (brings to mind images of a traveling circus, oui?) working specifically with issues of sexuality in countries where such topics are taboo. It's been wonderful, hard, rewarding work, and I've enjoyed it so far. Charity, of course, does not pay the bills and I am back in the United States to figure out how long I can keep doing this on minimum wage. Technically I'm only here for a month (until late January to be precise), but I may decide to stay if I figure out that continuing to do what I'm doing is not feasible.

Long story short: I am so sorry to everyone I met here and to everyone who has been so incredibly kind to me since I joined tumblr and began roleplaying and etc. You are all such wonderful, sweet, intelligent people. I did not mean to vanish like a criminal without explanation. I miss you all dearly and hope you're well. Please reach out to me (goodness knows I would if you all hadn't changed your tumblr names in my absence!) over the course of the next month, so I can virtually hug you, ask after your year, and tell you how beautiful you are.

xo and Happy Holidays!

Nory

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We're in love. It's pretty legit.

CAMERON FRYE -- THIS ONE'S FOR YOU says: (10:07:31 PM)

it's ok

CAMERON FRYE -- THIS ONE'S FOR YOU says: (10:07:34 PM)

I'll wait for you

norlapea -- says: (10:07:37 PM)

wow

norlapea -- says: (10:07:40 PM)

that's so romantic jazz

CAMERON FRYE -- THIS ONE'S FOR YOU says: (10:07:43 PM)

I'll wait for you forever

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Hahaha lulz. Whoever wrote this isn’t from New York. ALL THE MONEY WAS SPENT THIS SUMMER. 

[brucewaynehasmoved]

where in new york are you from? because on long island, i can have an amazing summer and spend no or next to no money. 

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I live in Brooklyn and I go to school in Manhattan. I have to pay rent, which is ridiculously expensive. I have to buy food. I have to buy face wash, shampoo, etc. I have to pay for the subway. I have to save up money for education. I've lived in Tel Aviv, which is supposedly one of the most expensive cities in the world, and even that can't compare to New York City. You can find free concerts. But clubs usually have one drink minimums and alcohol is expensivo. I just tend to have overzealous reactions to OMG!NEWYORKCITY!PERFECT! Lo siento if I seem passive aggressive. 

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Hahaha lulz. Whoever wrote this isn't from New York. ALL THE MONEY WAS SPENT THIS SUMMER. 

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I got an 85 on my final

I just want to sit down and cry. One more point and I would have had an A-. ONE MORE FUCKING POINT.

Fuck you Statistics. Fuck you.

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“Love her, love her, love her! If she favours you, love her. If she wounds you, love her. If she tears your heart to pieces - and as it gets older and stronger, it will tear deeper - love her, love her, love her!”

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WE'RE OPEN NOW, NORY!!!!!!! <3

NOOOOOO RESERVE HER FOR ME. PLZ. SORRY WORK SNUCK UP ON ME AND KILLED ME AND I NEVER GOT YOUR MESSAGE HOLD UP

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to stop consuming is to stop being human

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[missmalena]

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Anyone up for plotting with me?

I have an idea and I can't plot with myself. 

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This song describes my entire existence. Somebody That I Used to Know - Gotye

[istealforksfromrestaurants]

fAn Open Letter To Newt Gingrich From A Black Kid Who Grew Up In A Poor Neighborhood Posted on December 5, 2011  Dear Newt Gingrich, I recently saw you stand up in front of a group of people and allow some of the most idiotic, unfounded, racist, and ignorant words pass your lips that I’ve ever heard from a member of a group of the most unqualified presidential candidates America has ever seen. To have the audacity to say that poor kids, and let’s be clear that’s republican speak for black and brown kids, “have no habits of working and nobody around them who works” is not only an insult to me as black man who grew up in one of those “really poor” neighborhoods you spoke of but it’s an insult to my mother. And it’s an insult to many other black and brown children, adults, and hard working parents(often single parents) who get up every single day to try to provide a better life for their children in poor neighborhoods. As a child grew up in Compton in the early 90′s, one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in America, I watched my mother work tirelessly, sometimes juggling multiple jobs to provide for myself and my sister. Day in and day out just like many other parents in poor neighborhoods she did what she had to do in order to provide for us. You know what that turned into Mr. Gingrich? A son who received academic and athletic scholarship offers from three Ivy League schools and countless other universities, a son with a college degree in Criminal Justice who graduated with honors from every school he attended, and a daughter who not only attended a Gifted and Talented Education high school but is one year away from completing a degree at UCLA. This is not just the case for my family. I know I speak for many other hard working black, brown, and even poor white families who have the same experiences in the poor neighborhoods to look down upon from your elitist 1% out of touch pedestal. To say that an entire community “literally has no habit of showing up on Monday” or “they have no habit of staying all day” I say that is a load of shit. Millions of poor children watch their parents show up Monday and many of them sometimes have to suffer from the fact that their parents have to stay at work ALL DAY. And lastly, you suggest that to remedy this “problem” as you so blindly see it is to make poor kids assistant janitors and pay them to clean the restrooms? Your solution is child labor. Degrading young children by suggesting they clean toilets while painting all union workers as lazy leeches. It’s a shame they don’t have the work ethic of hard working Americans like Kim Kardashian who worked so hard in her sex tape before we crowned her a role model for young girls and showered her with money and adoration or Paris Hilton who was forced to clean so many toilets as a teen to learn “work ethic” before her parents handed over the millions. This not only echoes the depth of your ignorance but just how truly unqualified you are to ever be president of this country. Your assumption that poor people have no ingrained work ethic and “have no habit of ‘I do this and you give me cash’ unless it’s illegal” is not only dangerously ignorant but it proves you have no connection with the true heart of this country. I believe I speak for most if not all of “poor” America when I say Mr. Gingrich you have no habit of performing, thinking or speaking in a manner that warrants becoming the leader of the free world and the 45th president of these United States of America. You represent a party of greedy, selfish, out of touch, wealth protecting, non tax paying, destroyers of the middle class. You know nothing about us. But your words in your speech in Des Moines told us everything about you. Which is why I hope you win your party’s nomination so that poor and impoverished families can at least experience four more years of a man working diligently to help them and the communities they call home that you have proven to know nothing about. president number 44. PS. You look like someone poured mashed potatoes into a suit.

Travon Free, in the best open letter I have read in a long time.  (via istealforksfromrestaurants)

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Not only is it a good cause but it doesn’t advertise itself with that stupid ‘it won’t ruin your hipster blog’ crap.