February 2012
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I would like to watch you sleeping,
which may not happen.
I would like to...
– Variations on the Word “Sleep” by Margaret Atwood
I am in love with someone I cannot see.
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Male privilege has been with us for — how long? Ten thousand years? A hundred...
– Sara Robinson, on “Why Patriarchal Men Are Utterly Petrified of Birth Control — And Why We’ll Still Be Fighting About it 100 Years From Now”
Everyone should read this article.
(via coketalk)
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On accepting your feelings →
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To Tengo, sexual desire was fundamentally an extension of a means of...
– 1Q84
We carry around a lot of beliefs about how things should work in the world, and...
– (via. Tiny Buddha)
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Same-sex marriage advocates offend her hard-won wisdom in two ways. First, they...
– via. Salon
Oh Maggie Gallagher, get your ish together. Read the article for an interesting, if not pathetic profile of this silly, silly woman.
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I just melted
Toesies!
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When it comes to healthcare that allows women to keep their breasts, everyone...
– via. Alternet
Please help Planned Parenthood. And please keep an open mind. I don’t care what you do with your body, why should you care what I do with mine? It’s about the freedom of choice.
January 2012
11 posts
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It’s painful to die. Much more painful than you imagine. You are utterly...
– 1Q84
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I hold onto these postcards, self-indulgent though it may be, to remind myself...
– via. Salon
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In this world, there is no absolute good, no absolute evil. Good and evil are...
– 1Q84
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You only have to break once, to learn how to fix yourself
– On moving on through shitty, shitty times
Like some part of me enjoys getting drunk and writing sad fucking poetry about...
– On art.
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Sunday, Sunday, Sunday
Here are some facts I’ve realized at 11:16 am on a Sunday:
I always seems to be in a state of exhaustion.
Lola is no longer a kitten. She is slowly starting to become an adult cat.
1Q84 is an incredible book.
I have work tomorrow.
When you put Chick-fil-a sauce on any type of food it tastes awesome.
Carlos V-L is an very talented man.
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What did it mean for a person to be free? she would often ask herself. Even If...
– 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
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December 2011
6 posts
On the body
“You have to enjoy it while you’re still young. Enjoy it to the fullest. You can use the memories of what you did to warm your body after you get old and can’t do it anymore.”
- 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
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Oh Little Lola, you clean them toes
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November 2011
4 posts
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Henry James did write all of his own works, because nobody else could be that...
– Who Wrote Shakespeare? by Eric Idle (The New Yorker)
Thanksgiving Realizations.
I am surrounded by Asian glow.
And a rabbit stuffed animal with an anus.
Yep, yep.
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Because sometimes you have to forgive yourself
I lead a meditation in my workshops on forgiveness, and every time, without fail, people start crying. Almost everyone in the room will have at least shed a tear. This leads me to believe that we are all indeed connected, a union—which is what the word Yoga means.
The human experience is so similar, and yes, I know the details are vastly different, and that the devil lies in the details, but,...
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It's Friday night
Scotch and Breaking Bad after a stressful week at work.
What a beautiful, beautiful thing.
October 2011
6 posts
Boodydo
Can I just say that I’ve waited 4 years for someone to use boodydo in a sentence (that wasn’t an explanation of the word) and it finally happened this morning at work. Do you know how long I’ve waited for this? Do you understand how happy I am right now?
Dreams do come true friends. They do.
IKEA resolves the conundrum posed by Georges Perec in his 1965 novel,...
– “House Perfect” by Lauren Collins, The New Yorker
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For real
Hmmm….
I am broke and I am exhausted, but man oh man life is pretty fuckin’ awesome.
Here’s to Miami and publicity and appreciating the little things in life.
Someone asked the Dalai Lama what surprises him the most. This was his response:...
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September 2011
4 posts
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Just like I traveled across the country, seeking something I could not define, I...
– via. Tiny Buddha
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August 2011
5 posts
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Tumblr en Español!
Mira que WOW!
Did anyone else see that on the top right hand corner of their dashboard? Hmmmm???
Guess what? I moved into a new apartment. Guess what again? I’m going home this weekend. And, AND I’m turning 24. I am an old goat. LET THE FESTIVITIES BEGIN!
Oooooh yeah.
One last thing: Embrace this. This is not merely a bad thing that happened to...
– From the same article below, but makes it worth it.
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Here I am writing about alcoholism again.
Outrage and sadness arrive fresh...
– - Since You Asked
Don’t mean to be a downer, but wow. Wow. Life is tough sometimes.
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Baby platypus
Squishy.
Start your Saturday with baby platypus.
But for real, let’s get serious….
Ok, we’re done being serious.
Happy Saturday!