adventuring through the everyday

appreciator of small things, finding the hidden joys in life

[madtosh]

opals via mineralia

[ruined-for-heaven]

[nottostandard]

Golden Retriever 

[huskyhuddle]

guidedogintraining c:

[guidedogintraining]

Yesssss, their smile is defnitely all that is good in the world

[x-heesy]

[iloveyoursoul]

[shortvideosandstuff]

[sydneynagel]

this is possibly the coolest thing in the tumblrverse EVER.

SO COOL.  WHAT IS IT? Where did it come from!??!

[yayfeminism]

It’s an issue every day that I read a headline that says, “Careful, guys. She’ll write a song about you.” Meanwhile, I have best friends who are male musicians and songwriters, who write songs about their girlfriends and their ex-girlfriends, and that joke is never made about them. As women in public eye, our relationships are tallied up in ways that they aren’t for men. And if men have a lot of relationships that are tallied up, it’s thought of as mischievous, cheeky. “Oh he’s just out again with another girl.” It’s somehow done with a wink and a smile and for us, and it’s supposed to be shameful, if we’ve had a few relationships that haven’t worked out. When I open up a magazine and it says, “Who’s the hotter mama: J-Lo or Beyoncé ?” You don’t see, “Who’s the hotter dad: Matt Damon or Ben Affleck?” It just doesn’t happen. And if we continue this perception that women should be compared to other women and there’s a winner and a loser, we’re doing ourselves a huge disservice as a society.

Taylor Swift (via fucknosexistcostumes)

[nprfreshair]

It’s been quite awhile since I was really afraid that there was a boogeyman in my closet, although I am still very careful to keep my feet under the covers when I go to sleep, because the covers are magic and if your feet are covered, it’s like boogeyman kryptonite.

Stephen King

Stephen King On Growing Up, Believing In God And Getting Scared

(via nprfreshair)

[iraffiruse]

Happy Halloween

[staff]

Holy shit. 

[sydneynagel]

hate this....but also kind of love it.   hilarious and alarming.

[matialonsorphoto]

Moon Valley, Argentina

by matialonsor

[quirkbooks]

What if your favorite books were Halloween candy? 

[penguinteen]

Of course we love The Fault in Our Starburst, but Skittle Women is pretty funny, too.

[broofriends]

I had been thinking a lot about how the media has created this complex, fictionalized cartoon version of me, you know, this man-eating, jet-setting serial dater who reels them in, but scares them off because she’s clingy and needy; then she’s all dejected, so she goes into her lair and writes a song as a weapon. I mean, man, that’s pretty intense. And I started thinking about what an interesting character that person is. And, if I was that person, what would my life motto be, my mantra? What would I say? I think I’d own it.

Taylor on the origins of Blank Space (via wmilam)

Happy release day, y'all.

[rubyetc]

I found these gifs I made a while back for a site that’s not running anymore, so I thought I’d post them here. It’s a description of psychiatric symptoms and states of mind using a pink box and some other stuff. 

[elysedc]

The ultimate dad joke compilation

[sydneynagel]

This might be the most perfect thing I've ever seen.  Ever.  

[classicpenguin]

 We were thrilled to see Penguin Random House author Richard Flanagan win the Man Booker Prize for Narrow Road to the Deep North, and even more so because his book draws attention to a great classic. As spring turned to summer in the year 1689, the Japanese writer Matsuo Basho embarked on a foot journey that has inspired poets and pilgrims for centuries. His account of a five-month walk through Edo Japan is at once a collection of haiku by the acknowledged master of the form and a wondrous travelogue that brings to life a countryside in new bloom.

On choosing to borrow Basho’s title, Flanagan wrote, “Basho, the great Japanese haiku poet wrote a haibun—a sort of nature travel journal that combines haiku and prose— with this title. His Narrow Road to the Deep North is a high point of Japanese culture. The Death Railway is a low point of that same culture.” 

[sydneynagel]

What's up western heritage?!  Read this in college.  

[ilovecharts]

[cedricdigory-deactivated2014110]

Taylor Swift, another victim of TFIOS (x) (cc. taylorswift fishingboatproceeds)