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Camera Obscura - “Tears For Affairs”
tooyoung: (via lauralaure)
Super lame: That guy in Vampire Weekend playing a Sheraton
Awesome: John Lee Hooker playing a Sheraton
tooyoung asked: I think you and I could be good friends. I have absolutely no idea who you are, how old you are, or where you live, but I feel we could be good friends. It sounds super creepy, but I'm not I promise, I would never say this to complete strangers. So there is bold and daring, for you from me.
p.s i'm sorry this wasn't a question
No, it’s not creepy. I’m Dorian, I’m 27, and I live in Pittsburgh. It’s kind of hard to completely explain oneself succinctly but that’s because people are complex. We meet people in bits and pieces, never all at once but people can become good friends over time. Anyway, I appreciate you being genuine. I am and I value that in others, so thank you. :-) I take what you’re saying as a compliment.
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The Smiths - “Rubber Ring”
rhiannonds asked: What has caused your biggest heartache? (And i don't mean this to be strictly in a romantic sense either, anything sir...)
Wow, that’s a big question for an Ask box. People write books about that. (You are awesome for asking it, I mean that as a compliment).
In a general sense, abandonment and the general sense of worthlessness that accompanies it is always the biggest heartache. A bad breakup that leaves you feeling empty, like a piece of you is gone and you can’t get it back, is always shattering for me. Feeling passed over and / or neglected has always caused me heartache.
I once fell in love with a girl who was already engaged to some lunkhead she was being pressured into marrying by her overbearing parents (Catholics throw the world’s most ornate shotgun weddings, btw) and it was too late for our connection to change anything. I actually had the indignity of being invited to her wedding, which I went to out of a sense of obligation. I was so poor at the time, I didn’t own a suit so I had to buy one special just so I could look my best as my heart shattered into two. Not long after, “I Know It’s Over” by the Smiths set my feelings to music, to the exact letter. That was when I knew the Smiths were my favorite group… that song made me cry for days. I used to lie in bed wondering why I was alone, wondering what was wrong with me.
I suppose this could be classified under “abandonment” but wondering why my biological father disowned me before I was born was always a source of heartache and confusion for me. I guess he had his own reasons but it’s hard not to take that personally, for some illogical reason.
Well, I guess I could go on but I’ll save it for some other day, in some other story, not yet written.
Wuthering Heights (1939)
Cathy: Heathcliff, make the world stop right here. Make everything stop and stand still and never move again. Make the moors never change and you and I never change.
Heathcliff: The moors and I will never change. Don't you, Cathy.
Cathy: I can't. I can't. No matter what I ever do or say, Heathcliff, this is me now; standing on this hill with you. This is me forever.
solacemygame:lillyharper:suicideblonde: “I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.” - Jorge Luis Borges
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jamielynn asked: I have nothing to ask, I just wanted to say that I think it's awesome that you're encouraging people to be more daring. I think it's so important to take risks, even though it's so difficult at the same time. I need to remember to do stuff like that more often, and you just provided a reminder for me, so thank you :D
Always.
