i'm so glad that the lil dutch boy and i can be friendly now, weeks after his departure. and that i didn't strangle him ( Read more... )

Workshop:

Overcoming Anxiety, Exploring Courage

September 21st

2:00 - 4:45 p.m.

$35 (plus tax)

YogaNow, 215 Gold Street SW

We all experience anxiety from time to time, whether in the context of social interaction, trying something new, job interviews or going to the doctor. Additionally, over 6.8 million Americans suffer from generalized anxiety ( Read more... )

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me: i like the word eigenaardig
 all compliments regarding robin from now on must contain the word "beautiful / guzelim", "astounding", or "eigenaardig"

agsijbrands: "own-earthy" literally

me: huh?

agsijbrands: aarde means earth

me: i'm from the earth

agsijbrands: wait

me: =)
  okay

agsijbrands: this word actully comes from "aard" (closely related)
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 ...... lonely.

breathe in the sweet, dense scent of it,
soaking our clothes
and thoughts
and conversations...
pull me under the eaves,
take me into your shelter.
or burst forth into it all - 
part the skies and bathe me naked on the roof
with your tongue.

i just tried to give blood.

tried.

after over an hour of waiting in line, answering extraordinarily personal questions, getting poked in the finger (anemia check), blood pressure taken, temperature taken, lectured, and asked more personal questions, i went over to get stuck with a large needle so that they could collect my blood. now, i've give ( Read more... )

i'm kind of
maybe
well
just a little bit

in love.

sort of.

it's all crazy and rather unrealistic.

sigh.

i don't where to begin in my travel stories... where does anything begin, really? on the plane ride over, the day in december when i decided i should just go ahead and do it, or when i first stepped out of the metro into the middle of madrid?

in spain, i spent the bulk of my first day in El Retiro, the large park where everyone goes on Sundays, ( Read more... )