today, instead of doing my work like i need to...i made these:


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on another note, how easy it has been for me to unplug and completely disconnect from the outside world. having connected with theoretical and artistic greats, and having completed in toto jonathan letham's you don't love me yet (purely pleasure reading), i am returning to a more acute, active, and creative bibliophile self, and what stribling has ( Read more... )

what i most want to know about other people is what they are passionate about. i fall in love with artists and musicians and poets and writers becasue their passion is so clearly manifest. dancers, yogis, anyone creative and dedicated--they live within this drive ( Read more... )

i am up alone, burning down the spark. tired but not sleepy. broken pro means silent nights, and for all my enthusiasm for dancing (if you dance too much very longer, you'll be known as the boy who's always dancin'...rings through my head.) i find myself homebodying it this weekend. room cleaned, laundry done, everything in its right place before ( Read more... )

so i was watching this video from sherwin newland on TED.com, on hope. and he uses a lot of etymology and quotations and things to sort of define hope before he really gets down into talking about his perspective ( Read more... )

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so, i was fortunate enough to watch the inauguration live from the student union pub here.

and yes, i cried.

and i'm not ashamed about it.

because i can finally say (with heart!) that i am proud to be an american. dreams DO come true! :)

so, i've never been big on the new years resolution thing...mainly because i'm one of those people who is always trying to self improve (latest developments/achievements in that: quit taking on too much, be less stressed, and be okay with not doing more than one thing at a time. take more care in appearance on a daily basis ( Read more... )

the first chapters of life almost made us give up altogether ( Read more... )

so, um. i am now officially single again.

i have mixed feelings on the development.