January 2012
not a great day.
frankly not a great last few days.
i just don't want to be left with these thoughts...
not right now
not right now
"You can call this 'class warfare' all you want. ...
— President BARACK OBAMA
“And we know that statistically women who show up in the second trimester are...”
– The Hairpin’s “Ask (Another) Abortion Provider” piece is, of course, wonderful. (via colleen-powers)
“A man who assisted in autopsies in a big urban hospital, starting in the...”
– Sunday was the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade (via motherjones)
my love of books and films paid off tonight at...
I aced the “books that were adapted to be films” category tonight.
Adaptation, Bladerunner, North Country, Good Fellas, Slumdog Millionaire.
Yes.
and… I got the math question right again. go figure.
Finishing up my grad school essays!
at the coffee shop, drinking tea, watching it...
glad I took the day off of work.
picking up painting supplies and library books later.
volunteering tomorrow.
have plans for dinner on Sunday, then trivia night.
I often feel late to join the love for certain...
Happening right now with TV on the Radio and St. Vincent.
Cruel is just so much excellence in one song.
“Practice is allowing everything in your life to wake you up.”
– whiskey river
Mirabai Bush
“We have to honestly ask ourselves what our priority is. Is it awakening? Or is...”
– whiskey river
Joseph Goldstein
feeling anxious and crazy today.
painting tonight.
hopefully my supervisor lets me take tomorrow off. I have a pretty strong need for a day at the coffee shop typing and sketching.
could really use a good meal with friends soon.
Update: I have tomorrow off. Excellent.
“Wherever I am
I am what is missing.”
– Mark Strand, from “Keeping Things Whole” (via growing-orbits)
“The Sciences Sing a Lullabye Physics says: go to sleep. Of course you’re...”
– whiskey river Albert Goldbarth
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green...”
– William Blake (via abrutalkind)
oh my god. I finally did my laundry.
you all should see my room. I air dry everything to save quarters. all of my clothes are draped all over my room. everything smells wonderful right now.
Interview with Henry Rollins: Punk Rock World... →
“To love another is something
like prayer and it can’t be planned, you just fall...”
– Anne Sexton (via withnailrules)
When I Look at a Strawberry, I Think of a Tongue →
dirkashlyknoedler:
When I was young, I thought Life: A User’s Manual would teach me how to live and Suicide: A User’s Manual how to die. I don’t really listen to what people tell me. I forget things I don’t like. I look down dead-end streets. The end of a trip leaves me with a sad aftertaste the same as the end of a novel. I am not afraid of what comes at the end of life. I am slow to realize...
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My new computer just saved the day.
It has an SD card reader built in! And since my camera isn’t communicating with my computer via usb I thought I was done for.
Brilliant.
long weekend plan
sleep
sleep
make scones
coffee
write/edit essays
photograph artwork
sleep
watch Cool Hand Luke
read Hitch-22
sleep
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Should The Times Be a Truth Vigilante? | The... →
wilwheaton:
I’m looking for reader input on whether and when New York Times news reporters should challenge “facts” that are asserted by newsmakers they write about.
Another example: on the campaign trail, Mitt Romney often says President Obama has made speeches “apologizing for America,” a phrase to which Paul Krugman objected in a December 23 column arguing that politics has advanced to the...
Had another dream that I was good friends with...
predatorywaspobserver:
It’s kind of incredible how someone can make you feel like a conqueror of all things. How a day well spent with them makes you want to smile to strangers and proclaim the world a beautiful place. Even the mere sight of them makes you forget all the absurdity of this world.