irodori no sanka

song in praise of colours

[jajaumahime-blog]

CRAZY.SEXY.COOL. queenofdeny

[jajaumahime-blog]

Tangible things are all more beautiful because they breakThe more fleeting the dream, the brighter the dust as it burns.

Kagrra, Uzu translated by http://www.kiwi-musume.com/lyrics/kagrra/uzu.html (via jajaumahime)

[spectrumsg]

Take me down to the sea. Taken near Auckland, New Zealand.

[mistymorningme]

gyaos55’s fotolife - “The weeping gorgeous illuminated with Kyoto Shimbun LED Photo Contest”

[transliterations]

So, I figured I’d celebrate an approaching follower milestone with a giveaway! I’ve four linguistics/language-related books that I’m ready to part with, and they are (with their Goodreads links):

Words, Words, Words by David Crystal.

Is That a Fish in Your Ear? by David Bellos.

Alpha Beta by John Man.

The Language Instinct by Steven Pinker.

Like and/or reblog for a chance to win all four of these books (both count)! You can reblog as many times as you want.

Before you enter, you should know: there’s a noticeable crease on the cover of the Pinker (you can kind of see it in the photo) and a weird circular brown stain on the Man book (you can definitely see that in the photo). Apart from that, the books are in perfectly readable condition.

You don’t have to be following me!

You do, however, need to have your inbox open so I can message you if you end up winning. Also, you should be willing to give me your address so I can send you the books. That would be cool.

I’ll figure out a way to do international shipping, so don’t worry if you’re not in the UK - reblog away!

You have until April 1st.

♥

[transliterations]

Today is the last day!

[strangehag]

Signal Boost, PLEASE!

A dear friend of mine, who is also a trans male, is being given the options to:

a) Wear a dress to graduation 

or 

b) Wear a tux, and not graduate. 

If you, along with many other students at my school, believe that this is a violation of human rights, please help us get #ATuxForAlex trending on all social media outlets! Even if this doesn’t directly affect you, or your school, this makes all of a difference to Alex. Show him that you support him! 

[5sos-unoffical-deactivated20160]

Hey guys, so in my school district, this trans boy named alex wanted to wear a tux to his graduation but the school is forbidding it. We are trying to make a lot of people aware of it and hope that if we can bring attention to it it might help other student’s trapped by a school system’s gender roles. If you could check out and tweet the tag #atuxforalex it would be greatly appreciated!!!  

[taishou-kun]

Miyata Masayuki 宮田雅之 (1926-1997)

Kiri kaigaka 切り絵画家 cut-painter - Kurokami 黒髪 (black hair)

[unsanmusyou]

Visit Original Link

Kagrra, - 滅 (metsu)

[jajaumahime-blog]

Beautiful things on a tuesday night.

[suteki-na-mirai]

…And if you’re not sure if you have the courage to take the next step forward towards the future, remember my voice.

Isshi ( Kagrra, )

[tastyasianfoods]

follow for more at http://tastyasianfoods.tumblr.com!

[jajaumahime-blog]

queenofdeny inspired my resolution for 2015: THERE'S GOT TO BE MORE TO LIFE. Let's make this wish come true, Joey.

[oomshi]

this entire year felt like an anime filler episode

[allthingslinguistic]

All Things Linguistic - 2014 Highlights

What a year! I finished my MA in linguistics at McGill at the end of 2013, so in 2014 I started writing linguistics for a general audience full time. By comparison, here’s 2013’s (much shorter!) highlights post. 

I started the year at the LSA in Minneapolis, where “because x” — which I’d written several posts about — was voted Word of the Year for 2013. 

I wrote A Linguist Explains the Grammar of Doge. Wow. It was my second article for The Toast and currently has nearly 50k shares (wow.) Related: the article summarized as a doge image, the second generation of internet language, Dogeblanca, French doge, wuge, and my interview with the BBC. 

Further Toast pieces included: 

A Linguist Explains What Old-School British Accents Sounded Like

A Linguist On the Story of Gendered Pronouns

A Linguist Explains the Syntax of Fuck

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[kitschandvintage-deactivated201]

If you’re not familiar with this man, you should be:

-Donates 90% of his salary; is considered poor because of it. -Legalized marijuana. -Legalized abortion. -Legalized gay marriage. -Open to Syrian refugees; guarantees jobs to Syrians. -Described as an “antipolitician” and “the world’s most humble president”. -Lives on a small farm. -Atheist. -Vegetarian. -Owner of a three legged dog. -Speaks out against greedy spending and corporate abuse. -Opposes war and militarism. -Left wing; opposes religious influence in politics.

[pope2chainz]

Also he spent 15 years in prison during the military regime, and he got married at the age of 70. He has been called the last great politician, and there is currently a movie about his life being made

[the-ocean-in-one-drop-deactivat]

The Last Great Politician

[jajaumahime-blog]

I am no one.

[annajewelsphotography]

Petra - Jordan