lost in paradise

"At school, I was suffocated by the amount of normality I was subjected to. I knew how to count, yet they, the teachers, pushed all these complex forms of mathematics down my throat. I could read, but I wasn’t allowed to read what I wanted. I was force-fed the syllabus because it was deemed the standard. The norm. I was not particularly bright in that I could only absorb information that interested me. Anything else either put me to sleep or made me physically ill."

- Ray Davies

"I wish I could throw off the thoughts which poison my happiness."

- Frédéric Chopin 

"Time isn’t precious at all, because it is an illusion. What you perceive as precious is not time but the one point that is out of time: the Now. That is precious indeed. The more you are focused on time—past and future—the more you miss the Now, the most precious thing there is."

- Eckhart Tolle

"You will burn and you will burn out; you will be healed and come back again."

- Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

"My God,” he gasped, “you’re fun to kiss."

- F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tender Is The Night

"No one is a slut. “Slut” is a made-up word to keep women from having as much fun as men. A person who enjoys sex is just a person and a person who is a virgin is also just a person and everyone should lay off each other’s sex lives. Retire the word “slut” please."

- 20 Things We Need To Stop Talking About In 2013

take me to paradise

Here is a collection of paradise inspiring photos for summertime. I, being a city dweller year round, meaning no vacations whatsoever, have made it my duty to discover a paradise within my city, full of retro/vintage/grunge vibes, and maybe even little bits of Disneyland-ness here or there. If only good ol' Walt wasn't a misogynist/anti-semitic dick face, Disneyland might be a lil' more enjoyable. But I am willing to ignore the horrid side of Walt, and focus on the awesome side of Walt, which is the side that created DISNEYLAND! Walt should totally be added to the It's Complicated zine. Also, I think my perfect paradise for the summer would be a nice vintage/old fashioned/retro diner, with red leather booths and milk shakes and black/white tiled floors and cheap food I can afford and cool wall décor and vintage photos all over the walls!

Look at the pretty colors and the 1950's vibes and the awesome font and the fish scale background OMG it's too perfect! (source unknown)

Hella unknown sources, but bottom right is Neil Krug.

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Look at the awesome clothing!! Unknowns.

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source, Davelandweb.com!

via Grease, ze movie!

AHHHHHHHHDGKLHSAUIEHG:LKA. I'm so unbelievably in love with this photo you have no idea OMG. Ugh, look at the 70s colors that have appeared to be kissed by the sun! The beautiful Burger King sign that is rocking life to the max, the striped walls that remind me of that striped gum that tastes amazing, and the awesome yellow taxi with the dent! So seventies and so many Reese's Pieces vibes! (unknown)

GOODBYEEEEEEEEE (unknown)