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Hi, I'm Natasha Simons, and I am a frequenter of zoos and a maker of soups.

Emails of accolades or remonstrances can be sent to ndotsimons [at] gmail.com

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4
Jul
As one digs deeper into the national character of the Americans, one sees that they have sought the value of everything in this world only in the answer to this single question: how much money will it bring in? ouch, Alexander
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4
Jul
The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money.

Alexander de Tocqueville

oh shit we are doomed
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4
Jul
[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.] Uh-Merica — Regina Spektor
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4
Jul

You’re a Timex watch in a digital age
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4
Jul
All we have of freedom, all we use or know -
This our fathers bought for us long and long ago. Rudyard Kipling
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4
Jul
[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.] America — Simon and Garfunkel
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4
Jul
  • Mark's new status message:
  • USA to England: Here's the thing, we started out one, it was cool but it was all for you, yeah yeah, since we been gone, you tea'd us, you taxed us, wasn't long till we had enough, yeah yeah, since we been gone, and all you'd ever hear us say is how all we wanted was representation, that's all you'd ever hear us say, BUT SINCE WE BEEN GONE WE ARE FREE FOR THE FIRST TIME WE'RE NOT MERCANTILISTS NO MORE THANKS TO YOU NOW WE'RE SUPERPOWER NUMBER ONE
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4
Jul
Jeff Goldblum, I’m so glad you’re still alive to celebrate yet another patriotic birthday with us.
Jeff Goldblum, I’m so glad you’re still alive to celebrate yet another patriotic birthday with us.
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4
Jul
http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/photo/2008-07/40598580.jpg

Bill Pullman’s speech from Independence Day

God, I am going to watch this SO HARD when I get home.
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4
Jul
Let’s remember what we really have to be grateful for this Independence Day.
Let’s remember what we really have to be grateful for this Independence Day.
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4
Jul
[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.] Born in the USA — Bruce Springsteen
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4
Jul
(via topherchris)
(via topherchris)
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3
Jul

well, it's America Day where I am.

even if, you know, it’s not really being celebrated. enjoy, everybody. nobody blow off your typing hands with firecrackers.
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3
Jul
whymyexsucks: Breaking political news: Sarah Palin resigning as Governor of Alaska. Here’s the real reason why. This is the only insightful thing I have read about Sarah Palin on Tumblr. Anyone’s extreme vitriol makes me think less of them as reasoned people, no matter toward what or who. Historical dictators excluded.

whymyexsucks:

Breaking political news: Sarah Palin resigning as Governor of Alaska.

Here’s the real reason why.

This is the only insightful thing I have read about Sarah Palin on Tumblr. Anyone’s extreme vitriol makes me think less of them as reasoned people, no matter toward what or who. Historical dictators excluded.
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3
Jul

why Natasha can't have nice things: mercantile edition

Whenever I go into a store, I try desperately to avoid any eye contact with the proprietor, so I can quickly back out if necessary. (I try not to even go into a store unless other people are already there, so there’s still a chance for a sale if I leave) If eye contact is made, I will be there for the next ten minutes, pretending that I want to buy something. Sometimes I will even ask to be shown something and nod seriously over it. After all this I usually buy something that I can’t afford that I lose within a week.
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