I think it, Thought Catalog puts it in words I couldn't have strung together myself.

"Be friends. If you can’t talk about everything and work through difficulties as friends, you stand no chance of making it as a couple."

Quote lifted from here.

Couple I've known for the longest time, here you go.

Felt the need to post this everywhere.

Reposted from the Thought Catalog website (http://thoughtcatalog.com/2013/why-you-stick-with-someone-not-good-enough/)

One of the things Thought Catalog made me realize...

Yes, I've been reading way too much Thought Catalog for my own good. It's a great pick-me-upper or it can be a great depressant, depending on the article you are reading. Sometimes, it's both in one article.

Anyway, after probably a hundred Thought Catalog articles read, one of the things I realized is that the human form of Ursula, Vanessa, is one of the hottest female cartoon characters Disney has ever drawn.

She's also one of the more legit villains, too, because let's admit it: In real life, there are more hot people who antagonize the lives of "normies" than the uglies - excuse me for the term - antagonizing the lives of good-looking people. Case in point: Mistresses and kept men are usually better looking than the actual girlfriend/boyfriend or wife/husband.

Also, her smoldering look and her singing voice can bring any man (and woman, if that's how you roll) to his (or her) knees. This was "dictated" to me by one of the articles. To prove it, though, I re-watched The Little Mermaid. I totally see it now.

I've been reading a lot of articles from the Thought Catalog and here's yet another favorite.

34 Ideas About Love And Other Facets Of The Human Condition Worth Considering
OCT. 18, 2012 By TROY R.

The most universal secret is, “I hurt.” Everyone has a secret, and it’s a secret for a reason.

Secrets exist to protect oneself or others from hurt. They are most deeply rooted when felt with guilt or shame.

If you can’t think of a question to ask when judging a decision, it is fair for someone to expect you to have been in the same situation.

One may exercise a lesser hurt in order to quiet a greater hurt.

Hurt is not wrong. Hurt is not something you fix but rather process. You cannot un-hurt no matter how vaguely or clearly the reasons are understood. You can only feel it and eventually not feel it so much.

If someone is eerily wise for their age, love them.

Love is unconditional. If there are conditions, it is business.

Sometimes you have to love from a safe distance.

You will be misunderstood. You will misunderstand. Hurt does not require intent.

Nearly all relationships founded in hurt and healing exist for the purpose of ending. One does not visit a doctor or take medicine once one is feeling well.

Sometimes you just have to sit silently and let your friend know you’re sitting silently.

One of the worst things you can do to help a person who is feeling hurt is to try to understand why before you understand how much.

If someone isn’t in the mood to talk, let them know that you will be back to check up with them. Return, and check up with them.

“I don’t know” is a perfectly acceptable answer. Silence, however, will almost always result in misunderstanding.

Hope is absolutely necessary. Hope is useless.

Disappointments result from expectations.

You get to hurt, too. The word “selfish” is not evil. Both hurt and compassion take effort that must be restored with rest and nutrition.

Your legacy has little to do with parenthood and has much more to do with the passion(s) you inspire in others.

You are never more alive than the moments spent following a passion for which you would give your life.

Eyesight is the least intimate of all the senses. Compare the number of people you have seen in your life to the number you have tasted.

Do not confuse beauty and attractiveness.

It is not fair to compare anyone’s pain to anyone else’s. You may instead compare situations and decisions.

Loneliness is not being understood.

It will always be hard times for dreamers, because they’d be doers if they knew how.

A person will have all the closure they need if they feel they are right.

The word “should” is responsible for more hurt than any other word — even for oneself.

Both hurt and love are irrational and not completely controllable. Give them that respect, and allow yourself and others to be human.

Trust is a feeling.

The feelings that you have are based on your own experience. They aren’t wrong. Someone may disagree based on their own experience. Such a person would not be wrong either.

You cannot change the present because it is too fast. You cannot change the past because it is too heavy. You can affect the future, but you cannot control it.

Sometimes the only reason to explain our hurt is the possibility that we will be on the listening end of a similar discussion, and somebody inexperienced will not be able to understand.

It is not stupid to make a mistake; it’s stupid to not learn from it. We’re all stupid.

It is only when we completely shatter that the decision can be made of what pieces we pick up and what pieces we leave behind.

Health then responsibility then happiness then kindness then beauty. You may have to (or wish to) deviate from this order every now and then, but notice when you do, and compensate when you can.

The story of my life.

17 Things That Suck About Being A Little Bit Fat
OCT. 5, 2012 by JANUARY NELSON

1. Depending on what you’re wearing, you can either look borderline thin or borderline obese. One false move — one ill-fitting shirt or unflattering pair of jeans — and all of a sudden you’re FAT.
2. People who haven’t seen you in awhile tell you that you look “healthy” and then you cry because you know that just means that you have a fleshier mid-section.
3. Nothing fits exactly the way you want it to. And then when you want to wear something too big that hides your body, you just look even fatter. Only truly skinny people can look good in oversized clothing. If someone a little bit fat wears something that’s a size too big, it just looks like an unfortunate accident.
4. You start to wonder if strangers see you on the street and identify you as being fat. You don’t weigh enough to have it be a unanimous decision but there certainly are people who would describe you as being “bigger.”
5. You can’t tell what’s natural curves and what’s the product of sitting on your ass for the last 25 years.
6. You only really think about losing weight when you see yourself naked. Other times, you’re just like, “Meh. I don’t think I’m fat enough yet. I’ll just wait and see what happens.”
7. There are three rolls on your stomach. Everyone has the first two rolls but the third one is reserved for people who are a little bit fat, such as yourself.
8. Your family used to make fat jokes about you at Christmas because you were always pretty skinny. Now they just don’t say anything.
9. Sex with the lights off. Always.
10. Everyone you sleep with is skinnier than you which makes you feel bad, like you’re not keeping up your end of the 20-something bargain or something.
11. You notice that everyone started to eat healthier except for you. You are the only one who’s still ordering pasta at dinner. When did this happen? When did everyone agree to stop consuming carbs? Was there a meeting about this that you didn’t know about?
12. Your clothes from three years ago still fit. You just look fatter in them.
13. You’re not fat enough to want to change your lifestyle, even though you feel more and more uncomfortable in your own skin.
14. You hate every piece of clothing you own but you avoid going shopping because you can’t bring yourself to buy things in a bigger size.
15. You know it wouldn’t be that difficult to lose the weight which makes you feel even lazier and more pathetic.
16. You see yourself gaining weight in places that you didn’t even know was possible. Like a fat collarbone? Who has that?
17. You know the thing that comes after a “little bit fat” is “actually fat” so start changing your life now! You totally will. Just after eating this plate of spaghetti and meatballs.

Source: http://thoughtcatalog.com/2012/17-things-that-suck-about-being-a-little-bit-fat/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ThoughtCatalog+%28Thought+Catalog%29

This Thought Catalog post deserves to be reposted.

20 Feelings And Situations That Everybody Hates
APR. 4, 2012 By CHRISTOPHER HUDSPETH

1. Seeing a bug, then losing track of it and becoming a paranoid prisoner in your own home.
2. Hearing loud slams and bumps while you’re in the shower and imagining it being some type of killer who you’ll have to fight off, soaking wet and butt naked.
3. Thinking that you’ve found a parking space, but as you turn in you discover that a motorcycle, a Volkswagen Bug, or some other vehicle the size of a Hot Wheels car has already occupied the spot.
4. When a sneeze refuses to come out, causing you to look like a fool with a scrunched up face.
5. Waiting to hear from somebody specific and being bombarded by texts & calls from everyone who isn’t that person.
6. When the week feels like: Moooooooooooooonday, Tuuuuuuuuuuueeeesday, Weeeeeeeeeeeednesday, Thuuuuuuuuuursday, FriSatSun.
7. You scan your surroundings. Nobody is near you. You fart. Within three seconds, somebody comes right into the stinky perimeter that you’ve created.
8. Checking your bank account after a night of intoxicated drink purchases.
9. When you microwave frozen food and it’s scorching hot everywhere but the ice cold middle.
10. When Michael Bay acquires the rights to make a film about a franchise that you previously enjoyed.
11. When somebody makes up lies about you, and defending yourself makes you seem guilty – but not defending yourself seems suspicious as well.
12. Getting paid but knowing in advance that your check will be consumed by bills.
13. Entering a parked car on a scorching hot summer day.
14. When gas prices are higher than your GPA.
15. When someone 20+ feet away holds the door open for you, forcing you to jog toward them.
16. The humbling moment when you realize you’re wrong during an argument.
17. Waking up and only having a few minutes left until the alarm will sound.
18. When you wear a good outfit but don’t run into anybody noteworthy all day.
19. When you have to be a douche and shuffle through the bag to confirm that Taco Bell (or any other fast food joint) got your order correct.
20. The feeling of heartburn, self-hate and bubble guts that comes about 5-10 minutes after consuming Taco Bell (or any other fast food joint).

Source: http://thoughtcatalog.com/2012/20-feelings-and-situations-that-everybody-hates/

(I am putting the actual source because I don't want to seem like a Tito Sotto, that sorry excuse for a senator.)

Hot guy mugshot.

I got this hot guy mugshot over at the Thought Catalog (and they got it from a Tumblr page called Hot and Busted) and can I just say he's so hot ohmygod. He reminds me of both Chuck Bass and Nate Archibald.

Side note: Gossip Girl is taking so long to start this year...