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<rss version="2.0"><channel><description>“Life would be so wonderful if we only knew what to do with it.” — Greta Garbo

Someone once said that the unexamined life is not worth living. 

Consider this a place where a small segment of our everyday lives gets examined, one complicated grain of sand at a time.

Our shared points of reference as told by me in words and pictures.

The big picture is in the details.

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Write me at waffles2007@gmail.com</description><title>RetroCurves</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @retrocurves)</generator><link>http://retrocurves.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>robot-heart:


likesbears:

i want to live there. now.

</title><description>&lt;img src="http://9.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krx5jk1IV51qz8vwlo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://robot-heart.tumblr.com/post/220263371/likesbears-i-want-to-live-there-now" target="_blank"&gt;robot-heart&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://likesbears.tumblr.com/post/219992644/i-want-to-live-there-now" target="_blank"&gt;likesbears&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;i want to live there. now.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://retrocurves.tumblr.com/post/220265942</link><guid>http://retrocurves.tumblr.com/post/220265942</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:44:42 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>NYC's very own Ralph Kramden!</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/13/fashion/13POTBELLY.html?_r=2&amp;ref=fashion"&gt;NYC's very own Ralph Kramden!&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://retrocurves.tumblr.com/post/179022674</link><guid>http://retrocurves.tumblr.com/post/179022674</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:27:11 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>It's Always About Veronica</title><description>&lt;a href="http://blog.ourweddingday.com/4139140"&gt;It's Always About Veronica&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://retrocurves.tumblr.com/post/173110359</link><guid>http://retrocurves.tumblr.com/post/173110359</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:32:25 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Pure Sacriledge.</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NN75im_us4k&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NN75im_us4k&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Pure Sacriledge.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://retrocurves.tumblr.com/post/168161896</link><guid>http://retrocurves.tumblr.com/post/168161896</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:54:25 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>I’m not sure what this is ( cotton perhaps?) but i just...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://5.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kon4hwJbRR1qzrchyo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;I’m not sure what this is ( cotton perhaps?) but i just want to throw myself into it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I want to swim through it like Scrooge McDuck swimming through his piles of money.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://robot-heart.tumblr.com/post/166959995/notthatkindagay-absurdlakefront-anddouglassays" target="_blank"&gt;robot-heart&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://notthatkindagay.com/post/166788184/absurdlakefront-anddouglassays-tokujin" target="_blank"&gt;notthatkindagay&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;a href="http://absurdlakefront.tumblr.com/post/166738375/anddouglassays-tokujin-yoshioka" target="_blank"&gt;absurdlakefront&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;a href="http://anddouglassays.tumblr.com/post/166735022/tokujin-yoshioka" target="_blank"&gt;anddouglassays&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h3 class="entry-header"&gt;Tokujin Yoshioka&lt;/h3&gt;
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&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://retrocurves.tumblr.com/post/167282311</link><guid>http://retrocurves.tumblr.com/post/167282311</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:11:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>A tree grows in Brooklyn but sunflowers grow in the Bronx</title><description>&lt;img src="http://23.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_komhpvcmsN1qzquuto1_400.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;A tree grows in Brooklyn but sunflowers grow in the Bronx&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://retrocurves.tumblr.com/post/166453934</link><guid>http://retrocurves.tumblr.com/post/166453934</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:08:01 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Another Vine tattoo- i like the gray scale of this one.</title><description>&lt;img src="http://14.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kojs07csVM1qzquuto1_250.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Another Vine tattoo- i like the gray scale of this one.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://retrocurves.tumblr.com/post/165290442</link><guid>http://retrocurves.tumblr.com/post/165290442</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:57:42 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Vine Tattoo?</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.tattooology.com/images/grape-vine.jpg" style="zoom: 1; opacity: null;" id="lightboxImage"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://retrocurves.tumblr.com/post/165288239</link><guid>http://retrocurves.tumblr.com/post/165288239</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:54:01 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>robot-heart:
dilemma (via recovering lazyholic)</title><description>&lt;img src="http://5.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kojlorh17N1qzn34eo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://robot-heart.tumblr.com/post/165271904/dilemma-via-recovering-lazyholic" target="_blank"&gt;robot-heart&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;dilemma (via &lt;a href="http://flickr.com/photos/sock_puppet" target="_blank"&gt;recovering lazyholic&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://retrocurves.tumblr.com/post/165284507</link><guid>http://retrocurves.tumblr.com/post/165284507</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:47:42 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Dewdrops</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Image: Harold Davis, &lt;a href="http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/captured-morning-dew/10510" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/captured-morning-dew/10510&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://inlinethumb61.webshots.com/43964/2187782510104237032S600x600Q85.jpg" alt="Water world upside down" title="Captured in Morning Dew featured"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://retrocurves.tumblr.com/post/165161380</link><guid>http://retrocurves.tumblr.com/post/165161380</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:29:49 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Awesome Summer Sand Sculpture</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.englishrussia.com/cool_sand_sculptures/2.jpg" alt="Russian Sand Sculptures 2"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://englishrussia.com/?p=2708" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;a href="http://englishrussia.com/?p=2708" target="_blank"&gt;http://englishrussia.com/?p=2708&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://retrocurves.tumblr.com/post/165159794</link><guid>http://retrocurves.tumblr.com/post/165159794</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:27:23 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Movie Banter</title><description>&lt;p&gt;“You don’t know what a handicap it is to be born rich. You were one of the lucky ones. You were born in the slums. “&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“That’s lucky?”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“Of course it is- you had everything going for your- poverty, squalor. There’s only one way for you to go- up. But, I started at the top- &lt;i&gt;i’ve&lt;/i&gt; done it the hard way.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;~Tony Randall &amp; Rock Hudson, &lt;i&gt;Lover Come Back&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://retrocurves.tumblr.com/post/165157489</link><guid>http://retrocurves.tumblr.com/post/165157489</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:23:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Life in Green</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;“Life is made up of meetings and partings. That is the way of it.”&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Kermit the Frog, A Muppet Christmas Carol&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A very smart frog.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://retrocurves.tumblr.com/post/163065426</link><guid>http://retrocurves.tumblr.com/post/163065426</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:33:08 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>robot-heart:
via s61.radikal.ru
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://14.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kodrncm98b1qzn34eo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://robot-heart.tumblr.com/post/163040693/via-s61-radikal-ru" target="_blank"&gt;robot-heart&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;via &lt;a href="http://s61.radikal.ru/i173/0904/77/baa0358fc64e.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;s61.radikal.ru&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://retrocurves.tumblr.com/post/163060766</link><guid>http://retrocurves.tumblr.com/post/163060766</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:25:12 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>The best wedding scene. Ever. Hands down.
the song is just...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/g0P5FzSe3qw&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/g0P5FzSe3qw&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;The best wedding scene. Ever. Hands down.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;the song is just awesome. this is what love is, folks, even if it is the Muppets singing it. i’m choked up just listening to it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“i only know he’ll make me happy. thats all i need to know.” - Miss Piggy&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;classic.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;p.s. i have no idea why the rest of this is in spanish…&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://retrocurves.tumblr.com/post/162917542</link><guid>http://retrocurves.tumblr.com/post/162917542</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:15:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>oldhollywood:

Rudolph Valentino (via gettyimages)
“Women are...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://9.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kodkw9VhQw1qzdvhio1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://oldhollywood.tumblr.com/post/162897678/rudolph-valentino-via-gettyimages-women-are" target="_blank"&gt;oldhollywood&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rudolph Valentino&lt;/b&gt; (via gettyimages)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“Women are not in love with me but with the picture of me on the screen. I am merely the canvas on which women paint their dreams.” &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt; i think this is true for most actors people have crushes on.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://retrocurves.tumblr.com/post/162916471</link><guid>http://retrocurves.tumblr.com/post/162916471</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:13:35 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>A real moment</title><description>&lt;p&gt;I’m having the most fun I’ve had in 18 months… &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I miss who I used to be so much sometimes&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://retrocurves.tumblr.com/post/161615536</link><guid>http://retrocurves.tumblr.com/post/161615536</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:32:47 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>I’m huge on #4, #5,&amp; #8.
franklieu:

10 Levels of...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://18.media.tumblr.com/fwJYp4INHr25com7DuGuRf79o1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;I’m huge on #4, #5,&amp; #8.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://tumblr.franklieu.com/post/161558960/10-levels-of-intimacy-in-todays-communication" target="_blank"&gt;franklieu&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://pleaseenjoy.com/project.php?cat=4&amp;subcat=&amp;pid=136&amp;navpoint=0#" target="_blank"&gt;10 Levels of Intimacy in Today’s Communication&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I’m pretty sure 7 and 8 should be switched around…&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://retrocurves.tumblr.com/post/161562477</link><guid>http://retrocurves.tumblr.com/post/161562477</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:03:15 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Singin’ in the Rain, starring Gene Kelly.
I love this...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rmCpOKtN8ME&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rmCpOKtN8ME&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Singin’ in the Rain&lt;/i&gt;, starring Gene Kelly.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I love this part- no one moved like Kelly- except maybe Fred Astaire ( see the clip below).  It is sheer joy.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://retrocurves.tumblr.com/post/161548583</link><guid>http://retrocurves.tumblr.com/post/161548583</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:40:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Cheek to Cheek from Top Hat, 1935.</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="336"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HYHZh-xnqhE&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HYHZh-xnqhE&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cheek to Cheek from Top Hat, 1935.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://retrocurves.tumblr.com/post/161545823</link><guid>http://retrocurves.tumblr.com/post/161545823</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:36:55 -0400</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
