i’ve always had an affinity for kate spade’s advertising/branding.  always perfectly executed and deliciously delightful.

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In the film Baisers volés, Delphine Seyrig explains to her young lover the difference between politeness and tact: “A visiting gentleman accidentally opens a bathroom door and discovers a woman completely nude. He quickly takes a step back, closes the door, and says, ‘Pardon, Madame!’ That is politeness. The same gentleman, pushing the same door, discovering the same completely naked woman, then says, ‘Pardon, Monsieur!’ That is tact.” It is only in the second case, by pretending not to have seen enough even to make out the sex of the person in the shower, that one displays true tact.

–from Slavoj Zizek’s essay in the January 20 issue of the London Review of Books, via April issue of Harper’s

i wrote the story myself. it’s about a girl who lost her reputation and never missed it.

mae west

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if you type in Helvetica in Google today, all search results are displayed in the always disgusting Comic Sans.  kind of amazing.  happy april fool’s.

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march can go to hell

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after a long day, i came home to a nice surprise: a spotless apartment and home cooked meal, courtesy of my momma.  then i rubbed it in my living-abroad sister’s face.

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We search for patterns, you see, only to find where patterns break.  And it’s there, in that fissure, that we pitch our tents and wait.  Nicole Krauss

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I celebrated both GAGA and N’s 25th birthday at Staples Center last night, front row and center.

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Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. “Pooh?” he whispered.
“Yes, Piglet?”
“Nothing,” said Piglet, taking Pooh’s hand. “I just wanted to be sure of you.”

my bestest, love always.

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I have written letters that are failures, but I have written few, I think, that are lies. Trying to reach a person means asking the same question over and over again: Is this the truth, or not? I begin this letter to you, then, in the western tradition. If I understand it, the western tradition is:

Put your cards on the table.

Amy Hempel

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