October 2010
“One time, when I was very little, I climbed a tree and ate these green, sour...”
– The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini (via fuckyeahliteraryquotes)
When you want something so much you feel sick just thinking about it, run.
“…levels of serotonin in couples who are madly in love are comparable to people...”
– Why Do We Fall In Love?
September 2010
A first.
I called in to work. For the morning. Which babystepped me into following up a few hours later to nix the whole day. I called doctors and have an appointment tomorrow with a neurologist.
In 2006, I was hospitalized in Richmond after having a seizure. I went for all the testing, but walked out in a panic on the tilt-table test, because of their explanation of the procedure:
If the test...
How Do Cakes Rise?
fakescience:
Dear Diary.
My brother planted a genius idea into my brain, of flying from Austin to Richmond, hanging out for a day or so, and then flying with him from Richmond to Fort Lauderdale for our family’s early Thanksgiving.
The season change has slapped me awake from a two-year, too-familiar seasonless lull of warmth between Florida and here and I’ve been overwhelmingly flooded with missing people and...
“Everybody has a secret world inside of them. All of the people of the world, I...”
– A Game of You, Neil Gaiman (via fuckyeahliteraryquotes)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-9-26) →
The National (12)
The Morning Benders (11)
The Tallest Man on Earth (10)
Bon Iver (9)
Band of Horses (8)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
U.S. Is Working to Ease Wiretaps on the Internet →
Highly deceitful titling tactic.
Looking forward to EFF.org’s reaction to this issue.
CNN Anchor Don Lemon Tells Eddie Long Supporters... →
“Look again at that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you...”
– Carl Sagan (Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space)
This weekend changed my life.
Someone got me up at 7 a.m. on Saturday to run errands which included Ikea and then getting running shoes, running shorts and a sports bra. Then we went to run the path on Town Lake.
I became a runner (again) this weekend. Baby steps. I’m going to at least make myself run around the block every day (started that today), and I’m aiming to be a morning person again. This goal directly...
“Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often...”
– Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A. Heinlein (via fuckyeahliteraryquotes)
1 tag
In lieu of attending my high school reunion in... →
I give you this Sun Sentinel article from the year 2000, in which my virginal, naive and oh-so-grown up, just-turned-eighteen senior-year-of-high-school self gets interviewed for an article about romance. You can tell I was not much of a pro on the topic. Or was I?
If you scroll past the ads, there’s a second interview with a then-junior from my high school, whose interview —this is...
dallasclayton:
JUNGLE
When your friends marry off to people you were too busy to meet and know well or care for. It sure makes you wonder about how scared they must have been all that whole time you were off in the middle of nowhere exploring.
idigcovers:
“Break My Body” by The Rosebuds (a...
Anonymous asked: What's your deal?
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-9-19) →
The National (13)
Wolf Parade (13)
Iron & Wine (10)
Local Natives (10)
Andrew Bird (8)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
1 tag
“being a woman is a terribly difficult task since it consists principally in...”
– joseph conrad (via celestedanielle)
Why Do Leaves Change Color?
fakescience:
You guys. Last day of summer. Are you so excited that leaf-eating time is just around the corner?
kung fu grippe: Introducing "ū—": A... →
merlin:
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This is relevant to my cloudy-headed past two days.
advitamparamus:
Pursuit of Happiness (Feat. MGMT...
alexrager asked: If you could go to the airport right now and hop a plane anywhere at no expense and no consequence, where would you go?
Ask Hole. →
People like to tell me things but nobody ever asks things. And everyone on my dash is doing the ask thing. So I’m going to jump on that boat and try.
YES.
I found an adult advanced tap class that fits into my LIFE and it’s not very far from me at all.
My tap shoes are so excited. Seems the past few years they’ve only been used as some sort of proof that yes, I have them and yes, I tap dance/d.
YES.
