January 2011
46 posts
squirrelgrrl-deactivated2011080 asked: You talk about Charlotte Martin SO much, and I don't think I've ever listened to anything of hers. OBVIOUSLY this has to change! Best album, in your opinion?
thebeautyinforgetting asked: I thought I was the only one who knew who Charlotte Martin is!
“For children are innocent and love justice, while most of us are wicked and...”
– G.K. Chesterton in The Coloured Lands (via gkchestertonquote)
I’ll be the first to admit I don’t always like myself.
I still mess up on enough occasions to disappoint myself. I’m pretty sure I don’t always want the right things. I overthink, get confused, and look down on myself because I don’t have all the answers… and because I ask questions that I just don’t think are as clear-cut as some people might claim them...
I love my family as they are and wouldn’t trade them for the world. They are eccentrics, without a doubt, and with their influence I have become the person I am and am grateful.
That being said…
I recently started my running routine in the mornings, to attempt to train for the Broad Street Run. It is a challenging task. I rarely ever runned in the past, so I am pushing in a way I...
“Change means movement. Movement means friction.”
– Saul Alinsky
highlights of today
Now to share some interesting things that happened today.
I took a morning run! Albeit, this possibly was not the smartest idea considering road conditions, but I tried. I think I only ran about a mile. I have some serious work to do, and I will be trying really hard!
Once I got back, I realized I needed to shovel out my packed in car. So I started, but realized I’d need assistance (in...
You know what?
I really do love to code. I don’t think there is ANYTHING wrong with that. I feel ultra-focused today and it feels so good. Yes, I am a NERD.
here’s something I scribbled down perhaps a few weeks ago.
if you want to clear the path to your destruction i won’t stand in your way
though I cannot watch idly
you may not listen to a word I have to say
but I will be waiting here in case you don’t escape okay
don’t get it wrong grace was freely given but it was not cheap
and with it, there’s a promise I must...
“In my dream I was almost there
Then you pulled me aside and said you’re...”
– Arcade Fire, “Modern Man” from The Suburbs
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“Progress should mean that we are always changing the world to fit the vision,...”
– G. K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy
some random thoughts.
The average American man walks 7,192 steps in a day.
The average American woman walks 5,210 steps in a day.
If you met 3 people each day… over the course of a lifetime, if you lived about 60 years… you’d meet 65,700 people.
It just made me think… who am I walking by and who am I meeting that I am meant to impact in some way?
Why do I know the people I do know? The...
I’m working on one of the greatest cakes ever. It’s going to be so awesome.
Also, trying to get rid of clothes… I love fashion and all, but it’s now become totes ridic. (Yes, I used those terms) I keep repeating over and over… I won’t miss it as much as I think I will. That is helpful. I’m getting there… One day at a time. But I have a goal. So...
When I am dancing, for fleeting moment, I can forget about the wretchedness going on elsewhere in the world.
Well, not only dancing… singing, jewelry making, laughing, smiling… simply doing something to make someone else happy…
I can feel like things are right… and I don’t have to go about working so hard to fix it.
I was out for swing dancing, and I danced with...
“Who here among us still believes in choice? Not I.”
– “Ocean of Noise”, Arcade Fire
Ask me a question or give me something to write about… or an equation to solve… anything!
4 tags
I will not fall Once more I’m called Time comes for all Then dark is whole But oh, my heart was flawed I knew my weakness So hold my hand Subscribe me not to darkness I will not speak of your sin There is a way out for him The mirror shows not Your values are shot But oh, my heart was flawed I knew my weakness So hold my hand Subscribe me not to darkness And I fall short But...
“You can never have a revolution in order to establish a democracy. You must have...”
– G.K. Chesterton in Tremendous Trifles (via gkchestertonquote)
there’s a glow
in the midst of the desolate fog
clouding my thoughts
a heart, at times,
held in bondage by hopelessness
and dreams of abilities yet to be realized
the limitations of physical sight
cannot even hope to ever lay claim
to the horizon of my future
uncertainty abounds
I will steadfastly walk forward
pushing aside daily pains and doubts
a prayer in each step and each...
squirrelgrrl-deactivated2011080 asked: What made you happy today?
wordflyer asked: Without using pronouns or articles: Who are you?
No one asks me questions. You should so I can write creative answers. :)
“Money doesn’t make a woman independent, and the lack of it can’t prevent her...”
– Sarah Ban Breathnach, Romancing the Ordinary
I won't hide behind a facade.
if only my enemy were bigger than my apathy, i could’ve won
Albeit I have enemies other than my apathy…
and I don’t think ‘winning’ is the goal…
After all what is the victory in the satisfaction of such a momentary gain, as the label of a “win”.
Do I have some fear of the unknown?
Alas, I do. It doesn’t fade away completely.
It’s...
“Where there is the Infinite there is joy. There is no joy in the finite.”
– The Chandogya Upanishad
Public service announcement: I crochet, I do not knit. Crocheting requires a single hook, knitting requires two needles. Thank you, and have a nice day :)
“you never trust a millionaire quoting the sermon on the mount
I used to think I...”
– Arcade Fire, “City With No Children”
I apologize in advance if this is horrendous. This is totally freeform, and we’ll see how it goes.
apparent silence as I sit alone the reverberation of thought against these apartment walls fills the space between my ears hoping to hear from the Divine anticipation fills my soul
can I truly be pure of heart and free from the bondage that modernity creates? can I open myself to you in...
I am detecting I have tons of pent up aggression. I need to work out more or play some volleyball.
Not to mention the fact that I am straight up losing my mind due to thinking and contemplating questions I couldn’t possibly have the answer to.
I do believe it’s taking a toll on my health. I’m gaining weight—ALL my jeans feel tight. Stupid muffin top. Plus… there are...
Because my brain doesn't shut off.
Just finished watching “Into the Wild”. I must watch it again. So much brilliance in there, I can’t fully explain. I will likely later put together a post of memorable lines with my analysis of them; but not yet, I should sleep.
Also started reading “Free Book” by Brian Tome. It’s been thoroughly engaging, and for good reason. We are in an age where all...
How many times can you feel like you’re failing before it really turns around? Is this how it’s supposed to feel? I really just don’t get it sometimes.
my white blank page
But tell me now where was my fault, in loving you with my whole heart?
I don’t do anything halfway. My whole being, my whole spirit goes into my efforts and endeavors. I think anything worthwhile demands it.
Her white blank page & a swelling rage
I will be made anew with a passion for something different. A fuller version of myself. At times, anger takes hold, but it will not...
“Out of perfection nothing can be made. Every process involves breaking something...”
– Joseph Campbell
“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly...”
– C. S. Lewis
Best book review. Ever. →
I already wanted to read Euclid’s Elements, but this glowing review makes it even BETTER.
Why do I want to do/try absolutely everything?
Why do I ponder questions I can’t even begin to fully answer?
Why on earth do I so badly want to change the world all the time?!?!
Makes me think of Derek Webb’s HuffPo interview. Just saying.
It is easy enough to be friendly to one’s friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.
—Mohandas K. Gandhi
