corianderander

[corianderander]

“Sometimes you get so close to someone you end up on the other side of them.”

— Richard Siken, Editors Page: The Long and the Short of It

[corianderander]

Stephanie Foo, What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma

[corianderander]

birds hover the trampled field by Richard Siken

[corianderander]

i literally can’t stop thinking abt that richard siken quote where he falls to the floor crying but all he can focus on is the details of the wall in front of him

[corianderander]

Game Shows Touch Our Lives, The Mountain Goats [x]

[corianderander]

Let me only slay Hector, and I do not care how soon death comes to me.

[corianderander]

emerging // absolute lithops effect

[corianderander]

Thinking about "our conversations are like minefields, nobody's found a safe way through one yet"

And

"Landmines on the battlefields. Find the one safe way. And stay alive just stay alive"

[corianderander]

coo

[corianderander]

This Year by The Mountain Goats // Dishes in the Sink by David Showalter

[corianderander]

the overwhelming feeling of sadness sometimes when someone treats me with kindness

[corianderander]

bat mosaic at the rijksmuseum you are all i think about 💖

[corianderander]

last night was a heavy-handed allegory for the crucifixion

[corianderander]

they should pay you extra if you have to be the only fag in the workplace. they should give you a bonus for that.

[corianderander]

the song of Achilles

[corianderander]

the worst thing about house of leaves is how Stupid I look reading it in public lmao. yes I know I’m holding the book upside down and turning it in circles

[corianderander]

A Mountain Goats song that is, on its face, about cultivating sweet potato vine to feed a herd of wild deer: *exists*

The Mountain Goats Wiki entry > Comments by John Darnielle About this Song section:

“This song is about killing a man in Iowa City in 1993…take it away Peter.” — 2006 - 10 - 17 - Taft Ballroom - Cincinnati, OH

“In Isaiah 54:10, I believe, Jesus says ‘but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed.’ Anyway this one’s about collective bargaining power.” — 2011 - 2 - 21 - The EARL - Atlanta, GA

“When I was 14 I slammed my index finger in the rear passenger door of a 1972 Ford Galaxie and I’ll be terribly honest that hurt like a motherfucker.” — 2019 - 5 - 8 - Columbus Theatre - Providence, RI