July 2009
81 posts
i hadn’t ever heard this song before, but...
this song is really sweet and it is what i feel...
endings and beginnings
so tomorrow is the end of the beginning and another beginning awaits.
kinda sad and excited and scared all rolled into me.
good luck is an order.
and good sense is my demand.
Are you a different person when you speak a... →
i’m much friendlier in english… =D
tothebarricades:
“People who are bicultural and speak two languages may actually shift their personalities when they switch from one language to another, according to new research in the Journal of Consumer Research.”
Discuss.
in denial
i think i’m just missing the point. and yet and i can’t seem to find it.
i thought i was getting it. until i realizes just today how far away i actually was from it. like as faraway as possible without being right next to it again.
it amazed me to pure stupefaction.
how do i get back up on my feet.
how do i make it right in the right amount of time.
how do i keep moving and...
“in my experience, if something looks too good to be true, you shoot it just in...”
– Burn Notice - Fi of course
it really is a tie between wanting to play her or mrs. smith
“before taking a job, write down your goals for the first 100 days: what do you...”
– Robert A. Eckert
How are you going to change the world if you only had 100 days to do it?
“it is said that once a basketball player practices his shots enough, he develops...”
– William C. Pagonis
only then are we free to improvise in life. when we develop our “muscle memory” on how to respond to its vicitudes.
i’m feeling very lusitana today.
vanroses:
“O meu mundo não é como o dos outros, quero demais, exijo demais, há em mim uma sede de infinito, uma angústia constante que eu nem mesmo compreendo, pois estou longe de ser uma pessimista; sou antes uma exaltada, com uma alma intensa, violenta, atormentada, uma alma que não se sente bem onde está, que tem saudades…sei lá de quê!”
(Florbela...
My friend frckls and her poet soul is a treasure to behold:
“There exists complicity amongst those who are voluntary depressed which leads them towards a state of somewhat happiness.
Being rational, nostalgic, grey (I love the color grey), and being it so without hesitation.
After all, who said it is imperative to be happy?
In time I was happy and proud of it, honestly, that leaves me...
yesterday i was lectured about the entails of common courtesy.
but if you don’t offer me any icecream.
then why should i have to ask???
yea it’s yours, so what? it’s in a communal area and it didn’t have your name on it.
and wait, we’re FAMILY.
jeez.
p.s. and i practically only took a spoonfull.
p.s.s. with all the estrogen in guy products they really are...
culture
Desenrascanço (impossible translation into English maybe disentanglement) is a Portuguese word used in certain specific contexts and situations. It is used to express an ability to solve a problem without the adequate tools or proper technique to do so, and by use of sometimes imaginative resourcefulness when facing new situations. Achieved when resulting in a hypothetical good-enough solution....
how is it that i'm always the one who is wrong
ever had a ‘go to’ song when you felt...
borborygmus
spot on. just now
wordjournal:
noun • noises that the stomach makes (ex: growling, rumbling); bowel sounds.
When Novelists Sober Up
Writing involves fantasy; alcohol promotes fantasy. Writing requires self-confidence; alcohol bolsters confidence. Writing is lonely work; alcohol assuages loneliness. Writing demands intense concentration; alcohol relaxes.
via: MoreIntelligenteLife
awesome. see this is why i’m sad me and white wine don’t go well together. have to cultivate a relationship with sme other…
It's a singular feeling. Like anxiety. Though it's...
Ag; slush; CL; bullet; mirror; cherie; bliss;...
i’m not completely weird, just indulge me here.
so, if you were gonna give a name to a car (precisely, a silver mini) which one would it be?
Stoicism and Realism
well i thought i’d been everywhere and then i read your post and realized once again that words can be as mesmerizing as any picture.
where is the world really headed?
and will we just contemplate the beauty or actually be a part of it?
is goodness a reflection of contentment?
can we have both, even when we tell ourselves we don’t really need?
faith, like trust, is fragile.
...
crapulence
i’m feeling totally crapulent, and yet i’ve not consumed any alcoholic beverages nor have i indulged in sweets or too much food, i’m feeling this high on life, yet i’m stuck inside my body and can’t get out. totally intoxicated. this word is beyond awesome.
wordjournal:
noun • /ˈkræpjuləns/ • sickness from excessive eating or drinking; the act of drinking alcoholic...
Stoicism and Realism
hello! who are you? and where have you been hiding meaningfulnamegoeshere? i totally couldn’t have said it better myself….
meaningfulnamegoeshere:
There’s a perfect balance between believing any person, at any given time, has good in them. And Knowing that most people, whether they have good, and whether they are aware of that good or not, act out of instinct, out of the will to...
guess who’s coming to town? and guess...
A Pocket Guide for Thinking Sustainably, 5 Things... →
1. Understand the Scale of Your Daily Decisions
2. Remember Everything is Connected
3. Consider True Cost
4. Remember Your Two Footprints
5. Don’t Get Discouraged or Overwhelmed
“A government is the most dangerous threat to man’s rights: it holds a legal...”
– Ayn Rand (via jesuisperdu)
yes it does, but that doesn’t mean we should just disembodie it and sell the organs to the highest bidder now does it? cuz then, it’ll be the property not of mankind but of one who will do with it whatever comes to mind.
“death is the essence of life. it’s what drives us to find a reason for...”
– Miuccia Prada
my reason……wait till i find it, i’m gonna have a ball!
“The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind....”
– Napoleon Hill
make bigger fires (just don’t burn nothing down)
“It doesn’t matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What...”
– Jim Rohn
and normally we stand actionless exactly because we have no idea what we want. make decisions. get off the fence.
“95% of your emotions are determined by the way you talk to yourself”
– Brian Tracy
so be crazy, talk away
“We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility...”
– George Bernard Shaw
and you can bet your ass that unless we wise up, that future is only gonna be an imagination
“Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of...”
– William Arthur Ward
i love how dramatic this sounds, you could write a play with just these words
“fugit irreparabile tempus”
– Virgil (via weeds) 