December 2009
34 posts
“I specialize in .45 calibur dispute resolution.”
– facebook bio
uhuh.
I only wish I had a temper. Some people wish for money. Not me, I wish for an anger problem.
“If you’re shocked that Britney was lip-syncing at her concert and want...”
– John Mayer
Wild Things.
Watching Where the Wild Things Are is like watching a work of art for 94 minutes, at times it gets boring, but its so easy to get lost in the created world. I have very little interest in writing a review, there are many people who do that much better than I will ever be able to, so instead you’re stuck with what was going through my head during the movie.
I was awestruck by how well the...
“If I find in myself desires which nothing in this world can satisfy, the only...”
– C.S Lewis
Graduation.
I cleaned out a box of papers from long, long ago. I found letters from colleges begging me to consider their campuses. I found letters from well wishers from my grad party. I found notes to myself.
Among the notes I found some of these things I wrote down, from two of the most difficult, formative years of my life. I wrote these to myself, so please don’t be offended by all the...
Why?
Why does it seem like I never get exactly what I want? Am I too picky, too hard to please? Or does the Divine just like to remind me who is boss?
Today.
Another quote: ”take as long as you need, but no longer than you have to.” - Isaac Hunter. I love, love this saying. So much is packed into its simple language. So much so that it will take more than one post to examine it, but here is what it means to me today. Take as long as you need to figure out the next right move, but not a second longer. In essence, today is too precious to be...
“To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts...”
– Bertrand Russell (via nihilnoetia) (via gottfried)
Be nice.
So I’m sure most of you have had your mother say to you at one point, “be nice.” Ya know, being nice doesn’t become irrelevant when we grow up. One of my biggest pet peeves are people who choose judgement over love. People who think it is their job to set the record straight, people who think they should stand up for what is “right”. Lemme suggest something. I...
I'm a freakin chemist.
I just figured out how to make homemade pepper spray while cooking. I win! I demand presents.
Merry Messmas.
Alright chill out everyone, yes, I did substitute mess for Christ. It’s alright, Jesus will be okay.
What is it about Christmas that brings out the mess? Some make a herculean effort to cover it up and be fake happy, but their hearts burn through the stone exterior they have built. Every December 25 hearts break all over the world, someone is experiencing Xmas without a dear friend for a...
Newton's Third Law.
Someone I respect sometimes says this: “The world will go on just fine without you.” It sounds depressing at first, but what he means is, if you need a break, take it, the world will still be there when you come back. You can turn off your phone, shun the Internet and go relax for day or even a week and everything will be fine. The truth of that saying, helps me remember that I am just...
Tribute.
This post is dedicated to all the extraordinary men and women I look up to.
Those who don’t tire of doing good. Those who love without a hint of judgement. Those who care little for their own well being, only for those of others. Those who give generously and without strings. Those who are authetic, exactly who they really are. Those who risk it all on things that matter. Those who turn the...
In Training.
I used to be a fat kid, with dreams of athletic greatness. When I say fat I mean 5-4, 140 pounds, 12 years old (with glasses to boot.) I was freaking adorable. I ate 5 layer cakes by myself for snacks. Ate anything in sight, my grandparents were more than happy to fuel my obsession with anything edible. But, I wanted. I wanted bad. I wanted two things, I desired to play for a national...
Don’t have much to post, I save the smaller stuff for twitter, and if I post pictures, I reblog them, I appreciate other people’s taste in art more than my own. But here is a song that I have been listening to a lot lately: Up Up & Away - Kid Cudi
Wake. Up.
Ever had a dream? Ever been tired? Has the second question ever interfered with the first one?
I’m finding that I am truly my own worst enemy. I have a gratuitous desire to sleep. But not just at night and not just with my eyes closed, but I have a tendency to sleepwalk through my waking hours as well. I truly am a selfish creature. There is so much I could be (not do, doing I’m...
Strawberry Swing.
I’m gonna try really hard to not go cliche with this post. I apologize in advance if I do, but sometimes cliche is cliche for a reason. Its cliche cuz its so gosh darn good.
Strawberry Swing - Coldplay. I know its pop and there are better things to listen to, but before all of you music pharisees stop reading in disgust, hear me out. Strawberry Swing always helps me slow down and admire the...
Paine Inspires.
Tired.
Same dream three nights in a row.
All food tastes the same.
Body aches.
Foreboding feelings.
Ever felt like that? My guess is that you have, c’mon you can be honest - its the Internet. “These are the times that try men’s souls” words written by a man named Paine in 1776, he used those eternal words as a call to action, an identification meant to rouse those...