Shannon, eight-and-twenty years Smart, smutty & sweet. Book reviews on my Goodreads profile.Tumblr (3.0; @textiscomplicated)http://textiscomplicated.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1478dd6750b6c64d49aa27d043b71f4e/tumblr_mn6zkhsmnF1rsd388o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/944ead50774e5bb7845a196f0fcdb3c5/tumblr_mn6zkhsmnF1rsd388o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://wacky-thoughts.tumblr.com/post/51062431460/hobbsy-the-tiger-by-jjbabyboutique" target="_blank">wacky-thoughts</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Hobbsy the Tiger by <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/JJBabyBoutique?ref=seller_info" target="_blank">JJBabyBoutique</a></p> </blockquote>http://textiscomplicated.tumblr.com/post/51347868129http://textiscomplicated.tumblr.com/post/51347868129Sat, 25 May 2013 18:43:21 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c30a905f71a207a467a85fdc732d0f67/tumblr_mndtn6402X1qe31lco1_r2_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://textiscomplicated.tumblr.com/post/51347726372http://textiscomplicated.tumblr.com/post/51347726372Sat, 25 May 2013 18:41:17 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9f4bf02ce3ab46a2b05198ef668ea456/tumblr_mndt4o3TIU1ql2b0zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Hey Ross, where’s that girl that’s supposed to do the commercial? I can’t find her!”<br/>“Taking a nap in one of the dressing rooms!”<br/><br/>No, she’s not. She’s smoking in the set of her and Ricky’s apartment!</p>http://textiscomplicated.tumblr.com/post/51346474266http://textiscomplicated.tumblr.com/post/51346474266Sat, 25 May 2013 18:22:00 -0700I LOVE LUCY!<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/zdtD19tXX30?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fishingboatproceeds.tumblr.com/post/51328111831/sealprinceling-actual-conversations-with-my-2" target="_blank">fishingboatproceeds</a>:</p> <blockquote> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://sealprinceling.tumblr.com/post/51233093406/actual-conversations-with-my-2-year-old-daughter" target="_blank"><br/>sealprinceling</a>:</p> <p><strong><span>“Actual conversations with my 2 year old daughter, as re-enacted by me and another full grown man - Episode 1”</span></strong></p> <p><span>Oh my GOD</span></p> </blockquote> <p><span>This is very true to my experience. </span></p> </blockquote>http://textiscomplicated.tumblr.com/post/51342748736http://textiscomplicated.tumblr.com/post/51342748736Sat, 25 May 2013 17:23:07 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/62987a1c2ca0b90001fe66c544ee5483/tumblr_mndo32rvWC1qd9a66o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://vintageanchorbooks.tumblr.com/post/51339614789/get-in-get-out-dont-linger-go-on-raymond" target="_blank">vintageanchorbooks</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span class="userContent">“Get in, get out. Don’t linger. Go on.” <br/> ― Raymond Carver<br/><br/> Writer <a href="https://www.facebook.com/RaymondCarverAuthor?directed_target_id=0" target="_blank">Raymond Carver</a> was born today in 1938 in Clatskanie, Oregon, a mill town on the Columbia River.  Carver would have been 75 today.<br/></span></p> </blockquote>http://textiscomplicated.tumblr.com/post/51339676270http://textiscomplicated.tumblr.com/post/51339676270Sat, 25 May 2013 16:34:02 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/176e7c06adcd24c04fc33e90c0c9a2e0/tumblr_mndd8hGapl1ql2b0zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Cold, rainy and windy in NYC. But a beautifully chaotic city nevertheless!</p>http://textiscomplicated.tumblr.com/post/51323777259http://textiscomplicated.tumblr.com/post/51323777259Sat, 25 May 2013 12:38:39 -0700day in bedI didn't bring any sweaters<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md4h9wGdI91qdt6e2o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md4h9wGdI91qdt6e2o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md4h9wGdI91qdt6e2o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md4h9wGdI91qdt6e2o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://teachingliteracy.tumblr.com/post/51322170709/escapekit-slogans-for-the-early-21st-century" target="_blank">teachingliteracy</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://escapekit.tumblr.com/post/35202928908/slogans-for-the-early-21st-century-novelist" target="_blank">escapekit</a>:</p> <p><strong><span>Slogans For The Early 21st Century</span></strong></p> <p>Novelist, designer and visual artist Douglas Coupland has summed up the uniqueness of the early 21st century—as opposed to the 20th century—succinctly with funny yet thought-provoking slogans. </p> </blockquote>http://textiscomplicated.tumblr.com/post/51323495161http://textiscomplicated.tumblr.com/post/51323495161Sat, 25 May 2013 12:34:33 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/226dcd4372b9bb8266172d222926a064/tumblr_mnbgiakZjz1qkww7to1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://inlovewithaudreyhepburn.tumblr.com/post/51305960673/me-every-morning" target="_blank">inlovewithaudreyhepburn</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Me. every morning. </p> </blockquote> <p><em>Roman Holiday</em>!</p>http://textiscomplicated.tumblr.com/post/51323420160http://textiscomplicated.tumblr.com/post/51323420160Sat, 25 May 2013 12:33:27 -0700“For years Lady Doyle was his constant companion, accompanying him on all his travels. It was to her the dying novelist spoke his last words. <br/>‘You are wonderful,’ he said with a smile.”<br/><br/> - <em>The original <em>New York Times</em> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0522.html" target="_blank">obituary</a> for Sherlock Holmes creator <strong>Sir Arthur Conan Doyle</strong>, who died of a heart attack on May 22, 1930. (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://tidetheory.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">tidetheory</a>)</em>http://textiscomplicated.tumblr.com/post/51311452398http://textiscomplicated.tumblr.com/post/51311452398Sat, 25 May 2013 09:39:32 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/256fbfd306ebfca31409c8afee68ebd4/tumblr_mmjatyEZ5K1rzk7gpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://patagonia.tumblr.com/post/50101982458/roger-mcdivitt-on-half-dome-cables-circa-1975" target="_blank">patagonia</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>Roger McDivitt on Half Dome cables. Circa 1975.  Photo by Carry Regester. </span></p> </blockquote>http://textiscomplicated.tumblr.com/post/51311429837http://textiscomplicated.tumblr.com/post/51311429837Sat, 25 May 2013 09:39:11 -0700climbed it twice!“How could I know you fit my body like a glove? You’re destroying me. You’re good for me. You’re destroying me. You’re good for me.<br/><br/> I have time. Please, devour me.”<br/><br/> - <em><p><strong>Marguerite Duras</strong>, <em>Hiroshima mon amour</em></p> <p>(via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://frenchtwist.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">frenchtwist</a>)</p></em>http://textiscomplicated.tumblr.com/post/51311099955http://textiscomplicated.tumblr.com/post/51311099955Sat, 25 May 2013 09:34:22 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpp0rqheSu1qbbjxvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://wehadfacesthen.tumblr.com/post/51288144177/dames-ray-enright-busby-berkeley-1934" target="_blank">wehadfacesthen</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>Dames</em> (Ray Enright & Busby Berkeley, 1934)</p> <p>via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://the-dark-city.tumblr.com/post/8719635155/guy-kibbee-is-disappointed-dames-1934" target="_blank">the-dark-city</a></p> </blockquote>http://textiscomplicated.tumblr.com/post/51310964912http://textiscomplicated.tumblr.com/post/51310964912Sat, 25 May 2013 09:32:22 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mayi908phg1qdrgo9o1_500.jpg"/><br/> Chromatic Maladies V, oil on canvas<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mayi908phg1qdrgo9o2_500.jpg"/><br/> Chromatic Maladies V, oil on canvas<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mayi908phg1qdrgo9o3_500.jpg"/><br/> Chromatic Maladies IV, oil on canvas<br/><br/> <blockquote> <p>Paintings by <a href="http://www.thegryllus.com/" target="_blank">Cara Thayer & Louie Van Patten</a></p> </blockquote>http://textiscomplicated.tumblr.com/post/51282035359http://textiscomplicated.tumblr.com/post/51282035359Fri, 24 May 2013 22:13:29 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b8b3748a11de4561c7816e17504b38fc/tumblr_mnbv74vXTC1qe0lqqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://mpdrolet.tumblr.com/post/51278386212/stephen-salmieri" target="_blank">mpdrolet</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://Stephen%20Salmieri%20%20" target="_blank"><span class="subj-link">Stephen Salmieri  </span> </a></p> </blockquote>http://textiscomplicated.tumblr.com/post/51282023128http://textiscomplicated.tumblr.com/post/51282023128Fri, 24 May 2013 22:13:16 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a425f26129c3a3eb43acc92a88ad6ad6/tumblr_ml1wrkKYaJ1rs46kxo1_400.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8e531a2f11d02e750eee4738177532b2/tumblr_ml1wrkKYaJ1rs46kxo2_400.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/441227a5862e9bb9b2a5df5ad6dd27ff/tumblr_ml1wrkKYaJ1rs46kxo3_400.gif"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fuckyeahcalmness.tumblr.com/post/47632005652/fran-kubelik-why-do-people-have-to-love-people" target="_blank">fuckyeahcalmness</a>:</p> <blockquote> <blockquote> <p>Fran Kubelik: Why do people have to love people anyway?</p> </blockquote> <p>The Apartment (1960)</p> </blockquote>http://textiscomplicated.tumblr.com/post/51195467794http://textiscomplicated.tumblr.com/post/51195467794Thu, 23 May 2013 19:18:30 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d83123c9c0ac0aa5c2dac038b653cdfd/tumblr_mk8zv2j2c51qhy08fo1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7022ccd9bdf7959d264453ba4fc6329b/tumblr_mk8zv2j2c51qhy08fo2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/49ff993e5d67f55722c1a22f4a22a2db/tumblr_mk8zv2j2c51qhy08fo3_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/12f3118e0d4f9a6f0f829fd022a55ddb/tumblr_mk8zv2j2c51qhy08fo4_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://bigbad-wolf.tumblr.com/post/46310139812/the-apartment-billy-wilder-1960" target="_blank">bigbad-wolf</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>The Apartment</em><span> (Billy Wilder, 1960)</span></p> </blockquote>http://textiscomplicated.tumblr.com/post/51195422215http://textiscomplicated.tumblr.com/post/51195422215Thu, 23 May 2013 19:17:56 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mea55fThDo1rsmpp1o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://textiscomplicated.tumblr.com/post/51190365009http://textiscomplicated.tumblr.com/post/51190365009Thu, 23 May 2013 18:12:13 -0700nownowhere and everywhere<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4c744ac601a129a8d808cc08a4e58aad/tumblr_mn7o3ks9wF1qd711to1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://nourjbakr.tumblr.com/post/51080987424/shut-up-and-deal-the-apartment-1960" target="_blank">nourjbakr</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>“Shut up and deal”</p> <p><br/>The Apartment - 1960<span class="fl ellip" title="Jack Lemmon (C.C. 'Bud' Baxter)"><a class="fl ellip" href="https://www.google.ae/search?safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=Kut&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&q=shirley+maclaine&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAGOovnz8BQMDgxoHsxCHfq6-QVK8aYoSF4hlWG6YXZmmxeObX5aZGpLvmFySX9RXKteWvlS101g-9-ex-w36sbU33AC0OurzQwAAAA&sa=X&ei=fwSdUaSZLsOutAa9_4HwBg&ved=0CN4BEMQNMBQ&biw=1366&bih=631" title="Shirley MacLaine (Fran Kubelik)" target="_blank"><br/></a></span></p> </blockquote> <p>I absolutely adore you.</p>http://textiscomplicated.tumblr.com/post/51189978213http://textiscomplicated.tumblr.com/post/51189978213Thu, 23 May 2013 18:07:04 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9558e8e5b58d37d5cb7e7cca54ff5a08/tumblr_mhzwqzIFa31rypkzzo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Fortunately for me, these are all over NYC!</p>http://textiscomplicated.tumblr.com/post/51184815341http://textiscomplicated.tumblr.com/post/51184815341Thu, 23 May 2013 16:56:53 -0700“If detective stories are ‘escape literature’ (and why shouldn’t they be!) the reader can escape to sunny skies and blue water as well as to crime in the confines of an armchair.”<br/><br/> - <em>Agatha Christie, Foreword, <em>Death on the Nile</em> (1953)</em>http://textiscomplicated.tumblr.com/post/51033938866http://textiscomplicated.tumblr.com/post/51033938866Tue, 21 May 2013 18:17:48 -0700