My ma in 1983.
Dag, why you gotta be so skinny and pretty.
<3
Meridian Hill - Malcolm X Park
Ain’t this park pretty? At this time of year it’s gorgeous, especially when the fountains are running. It has an odd assortment of statues (Dante, Joan of Arc, James Buchanan) and its architectural style is split between Baroque and Italianate. Sure, a little confusing but it is a popular spot for local residents to hang out and enjoy the weather. It also serves as an anchor to the White House axis: the park sits about a mile directly North of the White House on top of a hill, providing sweeping views of the city.
Aside from the usual park activities (soccer, picnics, frisbee, jogging, skateboarding, cruising, trolling lol), every Sunday — weather permitting— there is an open drum circle that gathers at the top of the steps for several hours. It creates a great buzz in the air if you happen to be in the park or a few blocks away.
If you jog here on April 20th like I did a few weeks ago, be prepared for possible contact high. Also, I don’t know if MJB paranoia was kicking in or what, but I’m pretty sure I got cruised. Let’s save that story for later.
My point is, this park kicks ass and it needs your VOTE! This historic park has a chance to win some funds through a contest held by Partners in Preservation (in conjunction with American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation). The site that garners the most online votes wins a share of $1 million dollars for restoration, reconstruction, renovation or preservation purposes. In Meridian Hill - Malcolm X Park’s case, it’s $100,000 towards restoration work for the grotto entrance. Remember you can vote once every day and voting ends this Friday:
https://www.preservedmv.com/competitors/meridian-hill-park
Help a sista out, won’t you?
Treadmill Walking Desk by Lifetime Fitness
So I guess this is a thing now? A thing you can actually purchase and bring to your office?
I like how this heaux is doing three things at the same damn time, BUT WHERE IS YOUR MOUSE BITCH?! Ain’t nobody trying to use a computer like that.
Also, try plugging in your computer.
This may or may not be my Friday night.
GPOYW: Nailtipflips took this photo of me on a Potomac River Cherry Blossom cruise where there were 0.00 cherry blossoms to be seen but hey look at me being stank on a boat
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“Guilty As Charged” - Tegan and Sara
A blessing in disguise I was on your mind
Try as you might you may well soon find
I am yours but you can’t be mine
I am sure you’ll always be mine
Continuing on with this recent theme of creepy stalker posts…
Sadly, I never paid much attention to Tegan and Sara until I heard the first single, “Closer” from their most recent album Heartthrob. Definitely a pop song that I could get into, so I gave the entire album a chance.
#ZOMG THIS ALBUM IS TEAM FEELINGS
I know a lot of critics and fans panned this album because they considered it a sell-out effort to go commercial. Whatevs, fuck that. So what if all the songs have the angst of an emotional teenager? That’s like, my entire life (and all of you, tumblr, DON’T LIE).
Anyway, on top of the incredibly polished production and songwriting, I really just felt this album almost in its entirety. But this one gem, produced by Mike Elizondo (of Dr. Dre and Eminem fame), really touches on the obsessive nature of us creepy stalkers.
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5 TERRIFYING THINGS I WILL DO IF I LIKE YOU
April 11, 2012
By Chelsea Fagan
Even though I consider myself a relatively sane, stable person — more or less — it’s undeniable that if I have decided to pursue you romantically, I pretty quickly lose all grip on reality and become this foaming-at-the-mouth bridge troll who just wants to follow you around everywhere. It’s not my fault! It’s just that you’re so pretty, and so great, and I’m just trying to romance/charm you with my relentless stalking. As a matter of public safety, these are the things you should probably get ready for if you should become a target.
1. Follow you around on the internet with a magnifying glass.
If we’re having a conversation at some point and you start talking about that time in 2003 when you went to that summer camp and broke your leg falling off the dock into shallow water, and I’m like “Oh my god YES that was hilarious,” despite the fact that we’ve known each other for a total of 4 days and you’ve never mentioned that — don’t panic! It’s just that I’ve been spending the past 4 days poring over every link that Google can conjure up for your name, and I found a Xanga you used to keep before you realized how absurd that whole website was. I simply forgot to turn that switch in my mind that says “Don’t mention all the terrifying knowledge you’ve collected about him, keep up the facade of being coy and attractively hard-to-get.” When I mention a cousin of yours you’ve never told me about, it’s only because I’ve been combing through your Facebook friends because it’s one of the limited things I have access to without actually adding you. And when we finally do become Facebook acquainted, and I ‘like’ something from four years ago, it’s only because my sunday was spent rummaging through your photo albums like a crazy hoarder looking for a nice spoon in a junkyard to add to her collection. Don’t be afraid, I just want to know everything about you without your permission. This is romance.
Super Mario Brothers Map of Washington, D.C. by Dave Delisle
While awesome, I’m not sure why the mega castles are depicted as terminus stations where nothing really exists. And perhaps something could have been done with the Mall and the Zoo but it’s still cool as shit, mang.
GPOYW: I was and always will be the black child sheep of my family
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“Tunnel Vision” - Justin Timberlake
A crowded room anywhere, a million people around, all I see is you there
Everything just disappears, disappears, disappears, disappears
Yeah, a million people in a crowded room
But my camera lens is only been set to zoom
And it all becomes so clear, becomes so clear, becomes so clear
(That I’m a stalker)
I got that tunnel vision for you
I got that tunnel vision for you
I got that tunnel vision for you
I got that tunnel vision, I only see you
File under #creepy ass song that suits me to a T and probably every other tumblr out there. Definitely one of my favorite cuts from this album and while a number of the songs could use some editing, I think the back end of this joint is dopalicious with Timbo all up in it.
