November 2010
5 posts
"I have an eating disorder. Not Bulimia or... →
” I have an eating disorder. Not Bulimia or Anorexia but EDNOS (Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified). This means that I alternate between puking and starving. I also have rules. Bread has to be eaten in even numbers. Cake is evil. Carbohydrates are secretly plotting against me. Diet Coke is the elixir of youth and beauty. My EDNOS is 19 years old. It started with Anorexia when I was fifteen....
“The first draft of anything is shit.”
– Ernest Hemingway (via kari-shma)
Nothing Indeed!: George Orwell’s 5 Rules for... →
holy-moly:
1. Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.
2. Never use a long word where a short one will do.
3. If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.
4. Never use the passive where you can use the active.
5. Never use a foreign phrase.
“It’s no good pretending that any relationship has a future if your record...”
– High Fidelity, by Nick Hornby (via stupidmansuit)
