Jan. 29, 2012 at 8:32pm
Neon piggy cupcakes! (Taken with instagram)

Neon piggy cupcakes! (Taken with instagram)

11:49am with 1 note
At Myopic yesterday, I found a book called Choice Theory. After reading the book jacket, I would like to state for the record that the name of this Tumblr came from me procrastinating on a behavioral econ problem set at the time, not this nonsense psychiatric theory. Its author claims “that almost all human misery is caused by people trying to control others.” Yeah sure. “Basically, choice theory helps its users avoid confrontation and ask pertinent questions. It sees conscious or unconscious desire for external control as the main problem in personal relationships.” You know what usually ends up being wrong? An explanation for a multifaceted, complex phenomenon like LIFE and RELATIONSHIPS and HAPPINESS that is one reductive principle.

At Myopic yesterday, I found a book called Choice Theory. After reading the book jacket, I would like to state for the record that the name of this Tumblr came from me procrastinating on a behavioral econ problem set at the time, not this nonsense psychiatric theory.

Its author claims “that almost all human misery is caused by people trying to control others.” Yeah sure. “Basically, choice theory helps its users avoid confrontation and ask pertinent questions. It sees conscious or unconscious desire for external control as the main problem in personal relationships.” You know what usually ends up being wrong? An explanation for a multifaceted, complex phenomenon like LIFE and RELATIONSHIPS and HAPPINESS that is one reductive principle.

11:09am
Lloyd Blankfein The Younger (M) got new friends: Ron Paulette (L) and Undecided Voter (R). (Taken with instagram)

Lloyd Blankfein The Younger (M) got new friends: Ron Paulette (L) and Undecided Voter (R). (Taken with instagram)

Jan. 28, 2012 at 12:31pm with 1 note
So these onions went and grew their own onions. Cute! (Taken with instagram)

So these onions went and grew their own onions. Cute! (Taken with instagram)

Jan. 25, 2012 at 9:40pm with 1 note
2:47pm with 153 notes
Reblogged from nervousacid
"First, the obvious. Cynthia Nixon "knows" that her being gay is a choice in the same way that I "know" my being gay is an inborn trait. We just feel it. Of course, sheer introspection is not a sound epistemological method by any stretch — for either of us! — but in lieu of a credible and falsifiable explanation, it's all we have. So in this case, it's not even a situation of respectful disagreement, but personal truth: Nixon is not telling me that I chose to be gay, but that she did. I can't possibly know whether or not that is true because I do not inhabit Cynthia Nixon's body and mind."
Jan. 21, 2012 at 6:02pm with 1 note
22 November 2006 @ 11:11 am

exerptsfromoldlivejournals:

I don’t know what it is about me and holding random people’s hands when drunk, but it needs to stop. It’s becoming embarrassing.

I feel: creative

5:51pm with 2 notes
Reblogged from clownybee
16 February 2004 @ 6:30 p.m.

clownybee:

excerptsfromoldlivejournals:

title: anyone?

current mood: annoyed

not even my dog likes me now. i keep calling her, but she just doesn’t want to come and sit here by me. why? what have i ever done to you doggy? fed you? walked you in the dead of winter? given you treats? awwww, i love my dog anyways. and i know she loves me!! hehe, i’m such a dork. 

Everyone follow this Tumblr immediately.

DO IT.

9:13am
Do you remember Chicago in summer? Yeah, that was fun.

Do you remember Chicago in summer? Yeah, that was fun.

Jan. 20, 2012 at 7:53am
On the plus side, a snow storm means scarves! Scarves are great. (Taken with instagram)

On the plus side, a snow storm means scarves! Scarves are great. (Taken with instagram)