You do not have to be good. 
You do not have to walk on your knees 
for a hundred miles through the desert repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body 
love what it loves.
Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
Meanwhile the world goes on.
Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain
are moving across the ( Read more... )

I never update, and I don't think anybody reads this much, but I'm following the rules anyway...

The first TEN people to comment in this post get to request a drabble of any pairing/character of their choosing from me. In return, they have to post this in their journal, regardless of their ability level.

I've never written a single word of fanfic, ( Read more... )

Not as catchy as the Obama video, but certainly more powerful ( Read more... )

I may not truly favor either Democratic candidate, but still I am in love with this video:

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WHY is this laughing baby so frickin' hilarious?

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My new favorite distraction for when I'm having a bad day and need to laugh. That and icanhascheezburger.com :D

Posted by angrytalkingmuffin on YouTube, the best new show (with Damian Lewis!):

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Here's what I'm thinking about the world: each of us has a purpose in life. Maybe we don't know what it is right now, maybe we never totally know what it is. But when we find it, when we feel it, that's what we should spend our life doing.  Maybe it's doing something that entertains others, or teaches them, or helps them, or whatever. But then I'm ( Read more... )

It's now Sunday evening. On Saturday morning at 1 am me, Kelly, Jackie, and Sarah got back from Yosemite after what seemed like one of the longest car rides of my life. We all got back safe and sound, and I felt fine while I was driving, but it was still probably pretty stupid of me to drive that much and that late. I'm still pretty tired right now ( Read more... )

Beautiful.

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from postsecret.com

Kids growing up in the U.S. are taught from birth to take pride first and foremost in being an American citizen, not a world citizen. This makes some sense--if we think of the whole world as our community, then it's gonna be a lot harder to justify waging a war against them. Looking at the demographics, most Americans have a lot more in common ( Read more... )