I'm learning guitar, thanks to my rockingly awesome friend Soheil. He's teaching me because he's great at it and wants me to become a rock star. =P  I'm actually practicing this time, so I'm having another lesson tomorrow! Yahoo!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/09/AR2010020903739.html

GET YOUR FUCKING CHURCH OUT OF MY STATE AND KEEP IT INSIDE YOUR CHURCH WALLS. Thanks.

In this video, she shows how amazingly people are able to conceive the notion that due to ONE snowstorm, global warming all of a sudden doesn't exist. Because ONE snowstorm occurs during WINTER in ONE part of the ENTIRE WORLD, obviously global warming doesn't exist ( Read more... )

http://sierraclub.typepad.com/greenlife/2009/12/green-your-greeting-cards-new-life-for-old-cards.html Shared via AddThis

"With everything that has happened to you, you can either feel sorry ( Read more... )

This morning, I read this article on the Washington Post's website. A mixture of feelings filled my body, and I could feel my "blood boiling," as the phrase goes.  I was so angry that the Catholic Church would pull aid for thousands of people solely based on their discrimination against ONE group of people.  They want to discriminate against ( Read more... )

"Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really
have to love yourself to get anything done in this world."

--Lucille Ball

"You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve
your love and affection."

--Buddha

Before anything else and above all else, you must love yourself. You
are the most important person in your own ( Read more... )

"With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live
now."

--Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Trust no future, howe'er pleasant!

Let the dead past bury its dead!

Act, - act in the living Present!

Heart within and God o'erhead."

--Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The past holds lessons, the future holds promise, however now holds
all the power. ( Read more... )

I am really sick and fucking tired of hearing people throw their worry, concern, anger, etc. at petty bullshit (like who gets the Nobel Peace Prize, most currently), when there are SO MANY other important issues deserving of the aforementioned emotions.  Seriously, people, wake UP! There are millions without health care in this world because they ( Read more... )

"Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who
envies others does not obtain peace of mind."

--Buddha

"Whatever our individual troubles and challenges may be, it’s
important to pause every now and then to appreciate all that we have,
on every level. We need to literally “count our blessings,” give
thanks for them, allow ( Read more... )