Conversing with Aloysius

This site is my modern commonplace book. Aloysius is my Betta fish. I talk to him in the real world, too, but you only get to see the parts I write down. They're the things I find beautiful, interesting, peculiar, or just plain noteworthy. Maybe you will find them to be so as well.

[pdlcomics]

New Stuff

[rawresparza]

Raúl Esparza | “Pity the Child”

[shadowlands7]

And he’s sick....  Much of the cast persevered despite illness and their talent shines bright.  I can’t pick a favorite memory, but this is one.

[timotaychalamet]

The Office (2005–2013)

[shadowlands7]

When this show was good, it was so very good.  :)  

[bookbeani]

A library is never complete. That’s the joy of it. We are always seeking one more book to add to our collection.

The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There, Catherynne M. Valente (via heretherebebooks)

[introvertlifestyle]

Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self.

Mary Sarton (via introvertlifestyle)

[allthingssvu]

Best friends for life. Edit by me.

[shadowlands7]

If you are cold, tea will warm you; if you are too heated, it will cool you; if you are depressed, it will cheer you; if you are exhausted, it will calm you.

William Gladstone

[sunsetgun]

“6 year old Carrie Fisher watching from the wings as her mother Debbie Reynolds performs on stage at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas – 1963”

via Mabelman’s Old Hollywood

[michonnegrimes]

Bradley Whitford won the 2001 Emmy for best supporting actor, in part for his performance in the Christmas episode Noël, which delved into Josh Lyman’s struggle with the aftermath of a shooting in which he was critically wounded.

“Aaron was writing at an extraordinary level, I felt, in the second year. These scripts were plopping down every week, and they were completely realized, fleshed out pieces of dramatic writing. It was absolutely stunning. I was blown away when I read the Noël script. I knew it was that kind of episode that was going to be very emotional, very high-stakes. And the danger when you hear that is that you’re going to have a letdown when you read it. But I had no letdown.” – BW

[amythegloriouspond]

[bibliophilefiles-deactivated202]

[shadowlands7]

#WinterReadingWonderland

[bookworm-on-rainy-days]

[shadowlands7]

#Truth

[quotemadness]

If you asked me now who I am, the only answer I could give with any certainty would be my name. For the rest: my loves, my hates, down even to my deepest desires, I can no longer say whether these emotions are my own, or stolen from those I once so desperately wished to be.

Evelyn Waugh (via quotemadness)

[wheresmybubble]

I’ve been working hard on my book lately, so I haven’t been updating my social media as much. Sorry about that and for delayed replies on messages too. Here’s a little drawing of me introverting this weekend.

[floccinaucinihilipilificationa]

[tastefullyoffensive]

by floccinaucinihilipilificationa

[macrolit]

That’s what fiction is for. It’s for getting at the truth when the truth isn’t sufficient for the truth.

Tim O’Brien (born on this day in 1946)

[effertrigger]

Baking philosopher Michael Sheen