Odds and Ends.

I am Kaitlin. (I can't use chopsticks, whistle, or wink. I still write letters. I once knew pi to 37 significant figures. Yes, I am a nerd/geek/dork. I dislike wearing shoes. It takes me longer than it should to read analogue clocks. I complain about the fact that I complain too much. I prefer Coke to Pepsi, books to magazines, night to day, chocolate to vanilla, cats to dogs, and jeans to shorts. I am narcissistic. I think you should learn Esperanto. I wish life were a musical.)

See also: F Yeah! Flute! and F Yeah! Interrobangs‽.

 

  1. emilyswash said: awwwww. well, do whatcha gotta do, but i’ll miss you!
  2. jessicalhorner said: This makes me sad :( i still read your posts sazlik :)

Well, thanks guys! It’s not really that I think people don’t read my posts. XD Butttt Satah: you shall not miss me, because I am already, like, super-ultra-inactive anyway aaaannnndd we are Official Facebook Friends and also Official Twitter Friends (which, *cough*, I am also currently neglecting, but I’ll BE BACK!) and also there is e-mail & MSN & other such things if you REALLYREALLY miss me. Which seems unlikely. BUT THERE IS A PLAN B IF SUCH AN OCCURENCE EVENTUATES. Also, your Tumblr will no doubt be a follow-through-RSS blog sooooo maybe I will just make the decision to /stop posting/ but keep my account open-ish so I can just keep liking all your posts when they pop up…because yeaaaaahh, that’s pretty much all I use this site for, & we both know it. XD

The plan is to move Tumblr postings over to Facebook, with a slightly higher level of quality control. So, you’ll both cope, I’m sure, since you will still get the same SUPER-AMAZING content in a shiny new (old?) consolidated package! & you won’t have to see everything twice! Yayyyyy!

…but, uh, I still haven’t decided. XD

Posted February 24, 2011 at 11:50 pm

I’m considering deleting this main Tumblr account, guys. I feel like it’s sucking up a lot of time without much return & I’m not really keeping up with any sort of regular posting myself. If I were to do that, I would probably use Google Reader to keep up with the more important/interesting Tumblrs, & post the interesting things on Facebook—because, let’s face it, I have a larger friends-base there anyway. (& I’m sick of trying to figure out /where/ to post cool stuff!)

I think I’ll keep F Yeah! Flute!, though, because I want to be exposed to as much flute-stuff as possible anyway, & that’s one way of reminding myself to do that!

Posted February 24, 2011 at 7:08 pm 2 notes

“You are loved more than you’ll ever know.”

Seriously, Formspring? What’s with the random nice-ness recently? And why so anonymous, hmmmmm?

Send me a message, ask me a question, tell me something interesting. Y’know. Just write something in the box. Anything!

Posted February 23, 2011 at 3:03 am

You are beautiful! Keep on shining!

I haven’t got the slightest clue whether or not I know you, but this is nice anyway. :-) I don’t know why I HAVE Formspring—most of the time the only messages I get are ‘zomg we have the same name I can’t believe you stole my name LOL’ so this was a nice surprise, even if you ARE a total stranger. So thanks. :-)

Send me a message, ask me a question, tell me something interesting. Y’know. Just write something in the box. Anything!

Posted February 21, 2011 at 10:27 pm

"To awaken each morning with a smile brightening my face; to greet the day with reverence for the opportunities it contains; to approach my work with a clean mind; to hold ever before me, even in the doing of little things, the ultimate purpose toward which I am working; to meet men and women with laughter on my lips and love in my heart; to be gentle, kind, and courteous through all the hours; to approach the night with weariness that ever woos sleep and the joy that comes from work well done - this is how I desire to waste wisely my days."

Thomas Dekker

Posted February 19, 2011 at 11:26 am

"We live in a society and a culture and an economic model that tries to make everything look right. Look at computers. Why are they all putty-colored or off-f******-white? You make something off-white or beige because you are afraid to use any other color – because you don’t want to offend anybody. But by definition, when you make something no one hates, no one loves it. So I am interested in imperfections, quirkiness, insanity, unpredictability. That’s what we really pay attention to anyway. We don’t talk about planes flying; we talk about them crashing."

Tibor Kalman

Posted February 19, 2011 at 11:02 am

[A cartoon-ish drawing of two pandas lazing about and chewing on bamboo. One asks, “Do you ever think, perhaps, there’s more to life than eating?” The other replies, “You mean, like, sleeping?”] This. Is. My. Life. :-)

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[A cartoon-ish drawing of two pandas lazing about and chewing on bamboo. One asks, “Do you ever think, perhaps, there’s more to life than eating?” The other replies, “You mean, like, sleeping?”]

This. Is. My. Life. :-)

Posted February 17, 2011 at 9:34 am

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Posted February 16, 2011 at 11:18 pm 20697 notes

gatekeeper: californieflanerie: I love old photos. I admit being a nosey photographer. As soon as I step into someone else’s house, I start sniffing for them. Most of us are fascinated by their retro look but to me, it’s imagining how people would feel and look like if they were to reenact them today… A few months ago, I decided to actually do this. So, with my camera, I started inviting people to go back to their future. (via BACK TO THE FUTURE : Irina Werning - Photographer) CLICK THROUGH. These are definitely best seen as a collection. Wow - these are done so well.

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gatekeeper:

californieflanerie:

I love old photos. I admit being a nosey photographer. As soon as I step into someone else’s house, I start sniffing for them. Most of us are fascinated by their retro look but to me, it’s imagining how people would feel and look like if they were to reenact them today… A few months ago, I decided to actually do this. So, with my camera, I started inviting people to go back to their future. (via BACK TO THE FUTURE : Irina Werning - Photographer)

CLICK THROUGH. These are definitely best seen as a collection.

Wow - these are done so well.

Posted February 15, 2011 at 5:40 pm 68 notes

expecto—-patronum: chardigann:liberties: serotonin - happiness, satisfactiondopamine - love, passion, pleasureacetylcholine - learning, memory, dreaming Oh my fuck, I want this.

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expecto—-patronum:

chardigann:liberties:

serotonin - happiness, satisfaction
dopamine - love, passion, pleasure
acetylcholine - learning, memory, dreaming

Oh my fuck, I want this.

Posted February 15, 2011 at 2:37 pm 57252 notes

[A statue of Marcus Aurelius (a Roman emperor), to whom the overlayed quote is attributed. The quote reads: “Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.”]

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[A statue of Marcus Aurelius (a Roman emperor), to whom the overlayed quote is attributed. The quote reads: “Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.”]

Posted February 13, 2011 at 11:46 am 80 notes

[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

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blogthoven:

“Failing: A Very Difficult Piece for Solo String Bass” composed by Tom Johnson. Performed by Robert Black.

This piece is super-fun & quite clever & totally not what I expected. Listen!

Posted February 12, 2011 at 10:21 am 36 notes

"Be loved. Be known. Love people and know people. Be so brave as to raise a hand for help when you need it. Make friends and make sure they know they matter. Be loyal to them and fight for them. Remind them what’s true and invite them to do the same when you forget. If you do some losing or you walk with someone else in their defeat, live with dignity and grace. It is a middle finger to the darkness."

Reblogged from quote-book

Jaimie Tworkowski To Write Love On Her Arms

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Posted February 10, 2011 at 12:50 pm 2771 notes

[A Venn diagram titled Proof That I’m Doomed. The diagram consists of two circles/sets which don’t overlap at all—”skills that society values” and “things I am good at”.]

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[A Venn diagram titled Proof That I’m Doomed. The diagram consists of two circles/sets which don’t overlap at all—”skills that society values” and “things I am good at”.]

Posted February 10, 2011 at 9:12 am 2943 notes

"To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never, to forget."

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Arundhati Roy

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Posted February 9, 2011 at 11:47 pm 2048 notes