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grace
Julian (a godsend) helped me move today, which consisted of three rounds of furniture tetris in the back of his truck, unloaded less than 100 yards away. When we loaded up my box spring during round three, my IPod, missing for five months, fell out of its hiding space between the box spring and frame. About a month after my ipod went missing, my ( Read more... ) -
Dances
White Winter Hymnal by Fleet Foxes has taken over my life. At random moments of the day I can hear their five part harmony echoing through the noise of all my other thoughts. The last lyrical image of the song is bittersweet and accompanied by music so beautiful and joyous that I just want to float on my very tiptoes while I dance to "And, Michael ( Read more... ) -
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I think that following your intuition leads to the best kind of spontaneity. I had no plans for this weekend, and it ended up being everything that I needed. On Friday, it was too hot and humid in the hotshop. Just disgusting and sweaty, really, so I had to put on my headband, which Kathleen said made me look like a ninja. Which is just a really ( Read more... ) -
envelopes
"It is only by following your deepest instinct that you can lead a rich life, and if you let your fear of consequence prevent you from following your deepest instinct, then your life will be safe, expedient and thin." - Katharine Butler Hathaway -
rebirth
“The minute I heard my first love story I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along.” -- Rumi ( Read more... ) -
Fancy Free
Ryan Gosling's new band, Dead Man's Bones, is my new, not-so-guilty pleasure. Here's my reasoning: http://vimeo.com/3996103Read more... ) -
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If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing. Margaret Thatcher
"I have you and even if we never meet or ever see each other, we have left our thumbprints in the thick, moist clay of each other's lives." Hugh Elliott -
love burns
I got three goblets in the box today. I feel very accomplished and proud of myself, much more so satisfied than getting letter grades online at the end of a quarter's worth of work. I think the intrinsic joy that comes from creating something by crafting/cooking/building is worth a lot. Besides my parents' economic background, there's the ( Read more... )