Ooh, Shiny!

allisonweiss:

Winona Ryder in high school
“I was wearing an old Salvation Army shop boy’s suit. As I went to the bathroom I heard people saying, ‘Hey, faggot’. They slammed my head into a locker. I fell to the ground and they started to kick the shit out of me. I had to have stitches. The school kicked me out, not the bullies. “Years later, I went to a coffee shop and I ran into one of the girls who’d kicked me, and she said, ‘Winona, Winona, can I have your autograph?’ And I said, ‘Do you remember me? Remember in seventh grade you beat up that kid?’ And she said, ‘Kind of’. And I said, ‘That was me. Go fuck yourself.’”
(via suicideblonde)

Winona Ryder in high school

“I was wearing an old Salvation Army shop boy’s suit. As I went to the bathroom I heard people saying, ‘Hey, faggot’. They slammed my head into a locker. I fell to the ground and they started to kick the shit out of me. I had to have stitches. The school kicked me out, not the bullies.

“Years later, I went to a coffee shop and I ran into one of the girls who’d kicked me, and she said, ‘Winona, Winona, can I have your autograph?’ And I said, ‘Do you remember me? Remember in seventh grade you beat up that kid?’ And she said, ‘Kind of’. And I said, ‘That was me. Go fuck yourself.’”

(via suicideblonde)

revelandrioton:

RIP to one of the greatest visionary minds of our time. Thank you Steve Jobs.

thedailywhat:

Hurricane Irene News Update:

Live Blogs: CNN, NYT, WaPo.

Responses: President Obama: “All indications point to this being a historic hurricane”; Sec. Napolitano: East Coast residents urged to heed evacuation orders; Round-Up: How the federal government is preparing; State-by-state developments related to Hurricane Irene.

Cancellations: JetBlue cancels flights, others likely to follow suit; Amtrak cancels some weekend service; ~~NYC eying partial, complete transit shutdown~~; UPDATE: NYC to shut down subway and bus system at noon tomorrow; rundown of festivities and events canceled due to storm.

Effects: 538: “[H]istory suggests that the economic damage could run into the tens of billions of dollars”; WeatherUnderground: “Irene is capable of inundating portions of the coast under 10 - 15 feet of water.”

Tips: Ready.gov’s hurricane preparedness page; Sesame Street’s Hurricane Kit for Kids; things you need to buy before the hurricane hits; NYC Evacuation Zones.

Resources: 8 Hurricane Tracking Apps to Keep Tabs on the Storm; Google Maps and Resources related to Hurricane Irene; NYT’s Hurricane Irene Tracking Map; MSNBC’s Hurricane Tracker.

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Of course. I lived in DC for 3.5 years, and was annually told it was crazy to be concerned about the risk of, or make a plan in case of, a hurricane. Now that I’ve moved away, DC would get a hurricane. Classic.

thedailywhat:

RIP: Amy Winehouse, the English singer-songwriter known as much for her music as her ongoing struggles with substance abuse, was found dead today in her North London home. She was 27.

According to a police report, Winehouse was pronounced dead at the scene. The circumstances of her death are “being treated as unexplained.”

Dust to dust, back to black. RIP.

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