“Passion, it lies in all of us, sleeping... waiting... and though unwanted... unbidden... it will stir... open its jaws and howl. It speaks to us... guides us... passion rules us all, and we obey. What other choice do we have? Passion is the source of our finest moments. The joy of love... the clarity of hatred... and the ecstasy of grief. It hurts ( Read more... )

My friend Bao wrote this about his travels, and I agree with it 100%:
Travel releases us to re-discover living in the present, in the very motion of the voyage, in the mirror of other cultures. The outward journey always turns us inward. Then we get home, we rejoice for a while, the fog rolls back in, and we forget the beauty of home, we forget the ( Read more... )

Apparently a certain Mr.Benson (he needs a good nickname for my LJ? I think we had one for him in grade nine, Kayt? I can't remember) is back in town and recently single. And wants to hang out.

Hmmm....

He was a big douche after our tryst last year though. But still... food for thought.

I am so desperate to be loved again that it clouds my judgment and makes me act crazy ( Read more... )

Today, everything is coming up Susan. With the sheer amount of doom and gloom posts of late, its a nice change ( Read more... )

Crying in the bathroom at work, face-flushed, immense urge to drink copious amounts of alcohol. Why do I feel like I was just in a break up when we never actually even did anything ( Read more... )

"I am so annoyed that hot yoga switched from 8pm to 5 pm ( Read more... )

Too late. You've missed your chance. You don't know what you've got til it's gone. Am I just interested now because the chase is back? Or is it because I'm finally ready to stop the random flings and find someone who likes me for me? Not just because i'm lonely and melt when guys flash smiles and lines (esp those with gfs... not good for me). Why ( Read more... )

A guy that I used to like a lot is getting married. And I'm happy for him because he's been with this girl for-ev-er (even with all the flirting going on with me back in the day). But every single time I see the fact that he's getting married on FB, a little part of me falls apart with all those "what-if" questions ( Read more... )

"When I get lonely these days, I think: So BE lonely, Liz. Learn your way around loneliness. Make a map of it. Sit with it, for once in your life. Welcome to the human experience. But never again use another person's body or emotions as a scratching post for your own unfulfilled yearnings."

- Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat, Pray, Love)