August 2009
26 posts
“to be held in a lover’s arms and told your ugliness is endearing,...”
– me
“All the time. It is miraculous. I even have a superstition that has grown on me...”
– Joseph Campbell in response to Bill Moyer who asked, “Do you ever have the sense of… being helped by hidden hands?”
Reasoned Abandon
I feel the need to clarify what I meant in a recent tweet: http://twitter.com/raydirector/status/3442535627 Reckless abandon can, and often does, get one into trouble. I believe the nature of reasoned abandon, however, is such that you recognize your desires, what ever they may be, and choose to plung in after checking to see that the pool isn’t filled with knives, or is completely empty....
Baby Boomers: A bunch of self-entitled whiney...
bestpicture1977:
doublethink:
There’s a new trend lately to have Boomer authors excoriate the younger generations, blaming them for everything from the bad economy to cancer. Even as old lawyers blame the young for their problems, we get new data on how many nations are facing a lost generation of youth who can’t find gainful employment.
The fun part about all of this is that the Boomers are...
“We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts.”
– William Hazlitt “On Taste” (1859) (via fuckyeahoutdoors)
Why Do You Run?
anotorias:
From some of my favorite tweeples (a sample)… and just a few of the people who keep me going!
— Clarity of mind and sense of accomplishment and progress.
— I started running 3 years ago to try and improve my fitness. Somehow it stuck! :)
— I was freaked out about tuning 31. I thought if I could run a half marathon before I turned 32, I wouldn’t feel so old.
— YES! That’s the inner...
So, I saw the movie (500) Days of Summer with my friend Desiree yesterday and my word that film is better than I could have imagined. But beware. Moments of your life may be interspersed throughout leading to uncontrollable sighing upon recognition.
a very good day
erinmills:
telos:
erinmills:
I got the final document I needed from the Health Center and am going to fax it all to Peace Corps on Monday.
Also, I got a job offer. I GOT A JOB! YESSSS!! Alabama Coalition Against Rape. I’m gonna take it. Now I have to find an apartment and shut down my life here. By August 18. The madness begins…
Sounds like things post-college are working out nicely. Go...
a very good day
erinmills:
I got the final document I needed from the Health Center and am going to fax it all to Peace Corps on Monday.
Also, I got a job offer. I GOT A JOB! YESSSS!! Alabama Coalition Against Rape. I’m gonna take it. Now I have to find an apartment and shut down my life here. By August 18. The madness begins…
Sounds like things post-college are working out nicely. Go get’em.
Introducing the effervescent Basia Bulat singing...