July 2010
10 posts
for the few people who were in "the know"
my previous online journal, “RI.org” is back up. i’ll be updating over there.
need the address? lemme know (leave in the comments of this website).
i can’t say i’ll give it to everyone, but feel free to give it a shot.
Artist: Sade Song: Soldier of Love Album: Soldier...
“The longer I procrastinate on returning phone calls and emails, the more guilty...”
– Hyperbole and a Half
That is so me.
In need of help
I’ve been coming across a lot of older stuff—awards from elementary and middle school, letters from middle school and high school, old loose-leaf journal entries and poems, stuff from ex-boyfriends, etc.
My question is: What do you guys do with that sort of stuff? Do you throw it away? Do you keep it? Do you bask in the memory and then hoard it away only to resurface until the...
June 2010
3 posts
Lesson of the day: Indecision within you sprouts...
theipodguru:
though you may come around in the end, there’s no guarantee that they will. and it sucks when that happens. c’est la vie, I suppose.
“To be in love is merely to be in a state of perceptual anesthesia—to...”
– H.L. Menken
(one of my favorite quotes in high school)
April 2010
2 posts
July 23, 2003 8:04AM
[Excerpt from “Changes”]
I was asking my desk-partner at work, Kim about her husband. She was always talking bad about her husband-how bad he treats her and how unromantic he is. The romance just fizzled out of their relationship. She’s been with him for 5 1/2 years, they have a 4 year old daughter together, and she’s only 20 years old. From what she’s told me about him, he’s a...
Swedish Gripe
The Ikea website is the most user-unfriendly website I can remember ever getting really frustrated at every time I visit it.
March 2010
0 posts
“I’m selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of...”
– Marilyn Monroe
February 2010
2 posts
Happy birthday, Johnny
January 2010
3 posts
“The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent...”
– Bertrand Russell (Via Arni)
today i can write the saddest lines (pablo neruda)
vivalavieboheme:
I can write the saddest poem of all tonight. Write, for instance: “The night is full of stars, and the stars, blue, shiver in the distance.” The night wind whirls in the sky and sings. I can write the saddest poem of all tonight. I loved her, and sometimes she loved me too. On nights like this, I held her in my arms. I kissed her so many times under the infinite sky. She...
September 2009
2 posts
Title: Changes Artist: Tupac Album: Greatest Hits
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Under fire, Obama shifts strategy →
think4yourself:
brooklynmutt:
Aides to President Barack Obama are putting the final touches on a new strategy to help Democrats recover from a brutal August recess by specifying what Obama wants to see in a compromise health care deal and directly confronting other trouble spots, West Wing officials tell POLITICO.
…senior adviser David Axelrod said in a telephone interview
“I’m not going to...
August 2009
6 posts
Steele Confused, Overwhelmed By NPR Interview:...
think4yourself:
NSKEEP: Wait, wait — You would trust the government to look into that?
STEELE: No, I’m talking about the private — I’m talking about citizens. I’m talking about — (CROSSTALK)
INSKEEP: Who is it you — You said it is something that should be looked into. Who is it that you think should look into that?
STEELE: Well, who regulates the insurance markets?
INSKEEP: That would be the...
i freaking love how jon stewart calls people out...
Song: Dreaming with a Broken Heart Artist: John...
July 2009
2 posts
peeve
i hate feeling this physically exhausted when there is still so much stuff to do.
October 8, 2004 4:47PM
[excerpt from “Dreaming of my Dad”]
I’ve been feeling so tense lately.
I haven’t been able to sleep much, at all. I would sleep for 4 hours, shoot up out of my bed, only to not be able to fall asleep until the last 15 minutes before I have to get ready to go to work.
Trying to take naps is annoying.
I lay there for what seems to be forever. 15 minutes in, I catch myself almost...
Wal-Mart Gets Behind Employer Mandate →
think4yourself:
apsies:
notthatkindagay:
Wal-Mart, the world’s largest private employer, announced in a letter to President Obama today that it will support a requirement that all businesses provide health insurance coverage as part of sweeping health reform legislation.
The endorsement of the so-called employer mandate represents a dramatic reversal for the retailing giant and a boost...
June 2009
8 posts
Song: All of My Days Artist: Alexi Murdoch Album:...
“Besides, who do you trust more to help administer health insurance: a bureaucrat...”
– NTKG, Reporting: On the economics of Health Care:
This is the exact question I ask when people tell me they don’t want government controlling their healthcare. Nobody makes their own health decisions now, they all wait and pray for approval from an insurance company.
(via apsies) (via...
May 2009
14 posts
Death is terrifying because it is so ordinary. It...
Almost ten months after he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, my dad finally passed this morning.
He would have been 69 years old on June 6th.
That’s all I have to say about that.
Personality test based on Jung - Myers-Briggs... →
psychotherapy:
In a world full of crappy personality tests, this is one that is actually informative and useful - not to mention reliable: I’ve gotten the same result every time I’ve taken it, all the way back to the 7th grade. (via)
Me: INFP
How about you?
For years and years (since high school Psychology class), I was an INTJ, and pretty proud of it!
But I recently (a few months ago),...
Song: In the Waiting Line Artist: Zero 7 Album:...
Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night
Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, Rage, rage against the dying of the...
“It just seems like, you agree to have a certain personality or something. For no...”
– My So-Called Life (via ventisette) (via 52hearts)
Man, I loved this show (and this quote).
July 19, 2002 1:12AM
A recent conversation with my friend E reminded me of this post:
[excerpt]
So he dropped me off at my apartment. I told him, “We need to hang out more. You need to email me or call me. And I’ll do the same. Cos this was fun, and I want to continue to do this again.”
As I shut the door and I was telling him “Take care” I thought I heard him say, “I love you,...
Tumblarity
I’ve been refraining from saying this for the last few months, but in the midst of the new “Tumblarity” meter release, which shows you how popular you are in comparison to the gazillion other Tumblrs out there, I couldn’t help but say something about it.
I’ve noticed that Tumblr has become more and more about popularity and how many followers you have. Yeah, I get...
silent
i realized i’ve been increasingly silent the last few months, save for the occasional sappy love song directed toward my awesome boyfriend.
although i’m sure i could certainly come up with stuff to post or reblog, i’ve grown increasingly inward (or so it feels), quite fond of “liking” a lot of things, and don’t feel like cluttering up my (and other...