“…the greatest nastiness precisely lay in my being shamefully conscious every moment, even in moments of the greatest bile, that I was not only a wicked but was not even an embittered man, that I was simply frightening sparrows in vain, and pleasing myself with it.” -Notes from the Underground “sometimes you need to step outside, get some air and remind yourself of who you are and who you want to be.” inspiration is for amateurs- the rest of us show up and get to work. “do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swamps of the not-quite, the not-yet, and the not-at-all. do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach. the world you desire can be won. it exists.. it is real.. it is possible.. it’s yours.” -Atlas Shrugged Tumblr (3.0; @cynthiareads)http://cynthiareads.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8c5e04fdc748fe324187c675082c3381/tumblr_mn6uo9Q3cQ1r4gahyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fyeahflutes.tumblr.com/post/51081740467/shout-out-to-doriot-dwyer-the-first-woman-in-the" target="_blank">fyeahflutes</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Shout-out to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doriot_Anthony_Dwyer" target="_blank"><strong>Doriot Dwyer</strong></a>, the first woman in the United States to be appointed principal flutist of a major orchestra.</p> </blockquote>http://cynthiareads.tumblr.com/post/51122709632http://cynthiareads.tumblr.com/post/51122709632Wed, 22 May 2013 22:14:49 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c7f7d790346e20100bfdda2842acb05f/tumblr_mn6iumrpiK1rvk7azo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://bachmaninovsky.tumblr.com/post/51042162532/prokofiev-shostakovich-and-khachaturian-in" target="_blank">bachmaninovsky</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Prokofiev, Shostakovich, and Khachaturian in Moscow, 1945</p> </blockquote>http://cynthiareads.tumblr.com/post/51046441623http://cynthiareads.tumblr.com/post/51046441623Tue, 21 May 2013 22:55:03 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1801a0e2b9148670294e99f44bdba813/tumblr_mn2nu5IqSt1r3gb3zo1_400.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://onlylolgifs.net/post/50868219230/macaroni-being-made" target="_blank">onlylolgifs</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Macaroni being made</p> </blockquote>http://cynthiareads.tumblr.com/post/51044993540http://cynthiareads.tumblr.com/post/51044993540Tue, 21 May 2013 22:34:07 -0500<p><a href="http://whatshouldwecallconservatory.tumblr.com/post/51043797231/when-that-one-vocalist-uses-vibrato-during-aural-skills" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">whatshouldwecallconservatory</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><img height="176" src="http://i.imgur.com/WUv81.gif" width="320"/></p></blockquote>http://cynthiareads.tumblr.com/post/51044975037http://cynthiareads.tumblr.com/post/51044975037Tue, 21 May 2013 22:33:51 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4dccbae27e0355346f0ea1053d04ab9e/tumblr_mn5j2f1KMV1qzpegpo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/15cb22c630430f32aee1b61f304c1ecc/tumblr_mn5j2f1KMV1qzpegpo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/533ab719d1245bb183edfb1e62af7b66/tumblr_mn5j2f1KMV1qzpegpo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d5a3d05f42210645ea23b339c139265c/tumblr_mn5j2f1KMV1qzpegpo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9573640e63d829250274784a6132e52c/tumblr_mn5j2f1KMV1qzpegpo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/66275c93ee452133ce162565e7db076b/tumblr_mn5j2f1KMV1qzpegpo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f8fd3a2488311b195fdf482c33b258f6/tumblr_mn5j2f1KMV1qzpegpo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/619f4e96d97bb67fffc82e46982abe11/tumblr_mn5j2f1KMV1qzpegpo9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d869f8ee201f92761073cb99cb86c773/tumblr_mn5j2f1KMV1qzpegpo10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fba1a3da74c35d4e8021c551308fc7c1/tumblr_mn5j2f1KMV1qzpegpo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a href="http://thephobia.com/post/50989118431/eclectic-south-philly-row-house" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">brain-food</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Eclectic South Philly Row House</p></blockquote>http://cynthiareads.tumblr.com/post/50989293161http://cynthiareads.tumblr.com/post/50989293161Tue, 21 May 2013 09:08:02 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1oczbnrp31r7ksqyo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://cynthiareads.tumblr.com/post/50882631411http://cynthiareads.tumblr.com/post/50882631411Sun, 19 May 2013 23:01:42 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b8501396b2018dab349013e9ce4214fe/tumblr_mn2cmpaVLC1qi8bowo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/44c7b78cf58ca2b10da3a356b7fdf2fd/tumblr_mn2cmpaVLC1qi8bowo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://nigglerambles.tumblr.com/post/50849645982/we-see-so-many-collections-and-medleys-of-hot" target="_blank">nigglerambles</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>We see so many collections and medleys of hot actors, athletes, even news anchors. Well, now I present my own of the hottest classical musicians.</p> <p>Name: Andreas Ottensamer</p> <p>Education: Harvard University</p> <p>Occupation: Principal Clarinetist of the Berlin Philharmonic</p> </blockquote>http://cynthiareads.tumblr.com/post/50882611199http://cynthiareads.tumblr.com/post/50882611199Sun, 19 May 2013 23:01:25 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c257e47f06e41954e196b761d3c4a62b/tumblr_mn2220CC571qzm8mpo1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c1f1c940d28a6eff7aded2f91c2af041/tumblr_mn2220CC571qzm8mpo3_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><p><a href="http://doctorwho.tumblr.com/post/50873407475/matt-smith-from-the-doctor-who-the-name-of-the" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">doctorwho</a>:</p> <blockquote><h2><a href="http://doctorwho.tumblr.com/post/50827507068/bbcamerica-doctor-who-inside-look-the-name-of" target="_blank"><strong>Matt Smith from the Doctor Who: The Name of the Doctor Inside Look</strong></a></h2></blockquote> <p></p>http://cynthiareads.tumblr.com/post/50882600644http://cynthiareads.tumblr.com/post/50882600644Sun, 19 May 2013 23:01:16 -0500“what doesn’t kill you<br/> leaves scars<br/> ruins your lungs<br/> dries out all your tears<br/> leaves you lying awake at 4 in the morning<br/> wishing you weren’t alive”<br/><br/> - <em>c.c.  (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://dansaires.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">dansaires</a>)</em>http://cynthiareads.tumblr.com/post/50882490061http://cynthiareads.tumblr.com/post/50882490061Sun, 19 May 2013 22:59:42 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f5a4f900f38af8883c4550ed83756cae/tumblr_mklqcul5Vo1qc5qo7o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://rocknrollercoaster.tumblr.com/post/46893527046/to-tha-window" target="_blank">rocknrollercoaster</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>to tha window</p> </blockquote>http://cynthiareads.tumblr.com/post/50882174872http://cynthiareads.tumblr.com/post/50882174872Sun, 19 May 2013 22:55:01 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/dc8a134c4a2108116d9633fb8ae51996/tumblr_mklqci2qrs1qc5qo7o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://rocknrollercoaster.tumblr.com/post/46893511081/to-tha-wall" target="_blank">rocknrollercoaster</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>to tha wall</p> </blockquote>http://cynthiareads.tumblr.com/post/50882172517http://cynthiareads.tumblr.com/post/50882172517Sun, 19 May 2013 22:54:59 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d3e3d07d360578cf4ef78aa26700756b/tumblr_mn2sy9sJJd1qfx9mto2_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5f421134960ff33cc4f1524fe846b83a/tumblr_mn2sy9sJJd1qfx9mto1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/536fd08592d9271f34b6c47d4a768c4a/tumblr_mn2sy9sJJd1qfx9mto3_r1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a965fdaede96ccb8958b88c0222f1f7c/tumblr_mn2sy9sJJd1qfx9mto4_r1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/>http://cynthiareads.tumblr.com/post/50882158591http://cynthiareads.tumblr.com/post/50882158591Sun, 19 May 2013 22:54:47 -0500<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://toxicrants.tumblr.com/post/47390958724/dont-say-youll-treat-a-girl-like-a-princess" target="_blank">toxicrants</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Don’t say you’ll ‘treat a girl like a princess’ unless you’re prepared to follow up on that shit. </p> <p>If I’m not living in a castle by the sea with diplomatic powers over a small country then you’re a bitch-ass liar.</p> </blockquote>http://cynthiareads.tumblr.com/post/50882131980http://cynthiareads.tumblr.com/post/50882131980Sun, 19 May 2013 22:54:23 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e8a4d61d068d32cb78cb7ed8eb0ecc22/tumblr_mn2dxu6nzC1rdab4ko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://casualcynic.tumblr.com/post/50851952982/so-my-mom-and-i-have-been-working-the-same" target="_blank">casualcynic</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>So my mom and I have been working the same waitress job for 5-6 years now. She had been waitressing years before, but this is recently. Anyway, about… 15 minutes ago this guy she waited on left and told her to take care. Just that. Prior to this she had talked to him about Italy. Her people are from Florence, this and that, and she said she’s never been. She’s got 8 years of art education and she’s working a waitress job. It’s pretty… Sad and disappointing, I guess. Her and my father divorced 6 years ago and she hasn’t had a real job ever. Just been stuck in a small town she’s not from.</p> <p>This man who we have never seen before tipped her 1000 dollars for a trip to Italy. Walked out, not another word.</p> <p>…you know. Just when I start to lose faith in humanity….Hm.</p> </blockquote>http://cynthiareads.tumblr.com/post/50882112564http://cynthiareads.tumblr.com/post/50882112564Sun, 19 May 2013 22:54:06 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4b94839a5f83a0bc8b633fef0c745ae0/tumblr_mlicb5aKv41rbv3zno2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a055fe75015c2de63fca6cdfb1ec23b4/tumblr_mlicb5aKv41rbv3zno1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://goldenwallen.tumblr.com/post/48358416810/xua-lei-porcelain-crushed-cans" target="_blank">goldenwallen</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Xua Lei Porcelain crushed Cans</p> </blockquote>http://cynthiareads.tumblr.com/post/50881943634http://cynthiareads.tumblr.com/post/50881943634Sun, 19 May 2013 22:51:37 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ce624aeb02dd9dbd74507edbf66344d0/tumblr_mmtz1t8eeu1qaxz29o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e96e7ad9952f2dfef48c36ca63fbd502/tumblr_mmtz1t8eeu1qaxz29o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ef81a9f56e5724501ac5c05b368012f5/tumblr_mmtz1t8eeu1qaxz29o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6709c67565f4d1f9b35c99b486ac945f/tumblr_mmtz1t8eeu1qaxz29o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/aed1939f9654d2194a373f684c9557e7/tumblr_mmtz1t8eeu1qaxz29o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a href="http://lolbustinchops.tumblr.com/post/50881544747/elvishprincess-inthedeviltown-new-survival" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">lolbustinchops</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://elvishprincess.tumblr.com/post/50877548594/inthedeviltown-new-survival-horror-in-2014-by" target="_blank">elvishprincess</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://inthedeviltown.tumblr.com/post/50485040826/new-survival-horror-in-2014-by-the-creator-of-the" target="_blank">inthedeviltown</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>New survival horror in 2014 by the creator of the Resident Evil and Resident Evil 4. He states this is not an action game, no machine guns, no explosions or car chases, this is a horror game.</p> <p>Detective Sebastian and two other Police officers arrive the crime scene, an abandoned mental institution, to discover a mass murder. He is attacked and soon awakens lost somewhere in the institute surrounded by an evil force and questionable reality.</p> </blockquote> <p>yesss</p> </blockquote> <p>Oh my god want.</p></blockquote>http://cynthiareads.tumblr.com/post/50881908815http://cynthiareads.tumblr.com/post/50881908815Sun, 19 May 2013 22:51:08 -0500pickup line: i told my therapist about youhttp://cynthiareads.tumblr.com/post/50881866286http://cynthiareads.tumblr.com/post/50881866286Sun, 19 May 2013 22:50:31 -0500<p><a href="http://ger-o-nim-o.tumblr.com/post/50855217491" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">ger-o-nim-o</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://grantaire-dont-care.tumblr.com/post/40573616374/dancing-queen-young-and-sweet-only-sewenteen" target="_blank">grantaire-dont-care</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>dancing queen</p> <p>young and sweet</p> <p>only sewenteen</p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/04f53ec235a7d21778564ec0ca659114/tumblr_inline_mgndbmNn2G1r2uer9.gif"/></p> </blockquote> <p>OH GOD HES SO CUTE HELP</p></blockquote>http://cynthiareads.tumblr.com/post/50866611673http://cynthiareads.tumblr.com/post/50866611673Sun, 19 May 2013 19:32:42 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/efcd63d9622e90d75a2ddb44716a2063/tumblr_mm39ab2B8d1s2rrw7o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f2a43476ea538916dd15bb57ba068b81/tumblr_mm39ab2B8d1s2rrw7o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7c435414fb778159cb5bdf7491b46f4f/tumblr_mm39ab2B8d1s2rrw7o6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d2673ae4295a74889e06cccf56e9fc57/tumblr_mm39ab2B8d1s2rrw7o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e66d4875fded25930ef3a13c7bdfbaf6/tumblr_mm39ab2B8d1s2rrw7o7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7e70b9df1b8f521c43da4a77538c10ae/tumblr_mm39ab2B8d1s2rrw7o10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c574dc00f89f27f5f1c0e9b890176a8e/tumblr_mm39ab2B8d1s2rrw7o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/70b6752df959d7c101cace67397106d6/tumblr_mm39ab2B8d1s2rrw7o8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://crowcrow.tumblr.com/post/49501173731/polaroid-landscape-photography-by-bastian-k-80" target="_blank">crowcrow</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Polaroid Landscape Photography by <strong class="username" id="yui_3_7_3_3_1367359289880_1743"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bastiank/" id="yui_3_7_3_3_1367359289880_1745" target="_blank">Bastian K 80</a></strong></p> </blockquote>http://cynthiareads.tumblr.com/post/50785958911http://cynthiareads.tumblr.com/post/50785958911Sat, 18 May 2013 23:05:07 -0500<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://violasandviolinsandbassoons.tumblr.com/post/50781473471/threecheersforqueers-stages-in-learning-a" target="_blank">violasandviolinsandbassoons</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://threecheersforqueers.tumblr.com/post/50775551219/stages-in-learning-a-mozart-concerto-1-utter" target="_blank">threecheersforqueers</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>stages in learning a mozart concerto</p> <p>1. utter adoration</p> <p>2. this shit is harder than i thought</p> <p>3. this shit is still hard but now i’m also tired of it</p> <p>4. acceptance that i will never be able to play that one section the way i want to, sighing ensues</p> </blockquote> <p>SUCH IS LIFE</p> </blockquote>http://cynthiareads.tumblr.com/post/50784881870http://cynthiareads.tumblr.com/post/50784881870Sat, 18 May 2013 22:49:21 -0500