And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour."
-William Blake, Auguries of Innocence
How and Why We Read: Crash Course English Literature #1
In which John Green kicks off the Crash Course Literature mini series with a reasonable set of questions. Why do we read? What’s the point of reading critically? John will argue that reading is about effectively communicating with other people. Unlike a direct communication though, the writer has to communicate with a stranger, through time and space, with only “dry dead words on a page.” So how’s that going to work? Find out with Crash Course Literature! Also, readers are empowered during the open letter, so that’s pretty cool.
Esther Grace Earl (August 3, 1994 - August 25, 2010)
Esther Earl died at the age of sixteen of thyroid cancer and inspired the character Hazel Grace Lancaster in the novel, The Fault in a Stars, which is dedicated to her.
Esther was a great friend to many people in Nerdfighteria and a great friend to me personally, and for a long time she has been a huge part of the life of the nerdfighter community, and our community, in turn, was a huge part of her life.
Esther was an amazing kid. She was astonishingly empathetic, she was really thoughtful, she was very funny. But she wasn’t an angel, or a model of perfection or anything; she was a person, she was a teenager.
And even though Esther has died we will continue to do projects with her because it will be when we work to decrease world-suck and when we show our love for others that Esther will be with us most.- John Green
How do you get past your insecurities?
I made more things for Nerdfighter Note Day :D
These were really fun, maybe I’ll make more.Anyway, BONUS. These posters come with backs, so you can write on them and stuffs. Click HERE for the backs, also various formats and things to make theme easier to print. Best wishes~
Really, really awesome! Go and use these guys!
Famous Last Words x
The ads on YouTube videos have become less annoying & more entertaining to me. (x)
(P.S. If you haven’t seen SciShow, I highly recommend it!)
Update!
Bonjour to all my new followers! Thanks for clickety clacking that “Follow” button.
NaNoWriMo starts in a couple of days! Stock up on those coffee beans!
For those unfamiliar, this stands for “National Novel Writing Month” where a writing community attempts (and often succeeds!) to write a novel in one month.
Anyone else participating in this fantastic event? Let’s be writing buddies!
Virtual cookies and pumpkin scones to anyone who follows me on Goodreads.
I’m also on Twitter and Flickr, so don’t hesitate to add me and follow there…
Tumblr on & D.F.T.B.A.!
Still Alive!
Thank goodness for Tully’s Coffee free wi-fi!
I was having Tumblr withdrawal symptoms & believe me, friends, it was NOT pretty.
We shall resume our normal broadcasting schedule in the next few days.
Currently hanging out in Seattle in my new apartment, keeping up with classes and attempting to stay sane due to the lack of personal internet connection.
Hope all is well with you guys. DFTBA & bless your face.
Thinking that if people were rain, I was drizzle and she was a hurricane.
John Green, Looking For Alaska (via bookmania)
Photo Published!
One of my photos from my Flickr just got published for a travel blog website!
It’s the one entitled “Beloeil Castle, Belgium”.
I know I am not to speak of the social networking site that rhymes with Pacenook on ze Tumblr, but if any of you have a FB account, clicking “Like” will help my picture have a chance in being published on the company’s official page.
I’ll bake 5 dozens of virtual cupcakes for you, I promise. Have a fabulous day & dftba!
Off to Seattle!
My dearest Tumblr folk,
I am currently arming my Tumblr Queue with interesting things of various sorts from incredible photography from websites to some of my own personal poetry to entertain you as I will most likely not be online for a good week. I’m off to Seattle! The land of Starbucks and grunge music. And much more, of course.
While there, I’ll be searching for an apartment and attending university orientation. So all in all, a grand party in a bottle. I hope to take a good deal of pictures so if you’re curious to see what it all looks like, get excited!
DFTBA & have a wonderful week!
“It’s not that I mind being insulted; it’s that I mind being insulted so poorly.”
-John Green
