January 2012
32 posts
While anxiety is defined by uncertainty, human anxiety is greatly amplified by...
– Searching the brain and for the roots of fear and anxiety (via curiositycounts)
i have decided that everyone is a bastard and i...
i'm ready for something new. i'm ready for...
emo as shit.
wine fixes everything.
Travel is so rewarding that it should take precedence over other things younger...
– New York Times: Advice on Finishing With No Regrets
South Africa, Argentina, Antarctica > clothes, bags, shoes
(via quickandcurious)
A lot of folks have been asking me lately how I am able to travel so much (and rightfully so). Well, this quote is the answer.
Trips are what I frame my year...
One of the interesting things about success is that we think we know what it...
– Alain de Botton, The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work (via melodiscontent)
Why not go out on a limb? That’s where the fruit is.
– Mark Twain (via nomoreundead)
A few times in my life I’ve had moments of absolute clarity. When for a few...
– Christopher Isherwood (via tigtag)
where are the boys that wear westwood?
things to do in 2012
The state has a right to [ban contraception], I have never questioned that the...
– Rick Santorum in New Hampshire today (via lenachen)
Terrifying…
(via thedeepz)
i’m starting to get far more concerned that women are seen as second class citizens by the GOP.
"what if i cry!?"
then you cry.
and it’s all fine in the end.
rip it open, stitch me back together again
you can not go back. there is no starting over....
#thoughtsonthemetro
Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. They deepen and widen and...
– Anne Lamott in one of 9 essential books on reading and writing, for a New Year’s resolution to read more and write better (via curiositycounts)
I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes.
Because if you are making...
– http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2011/12/my-new-year-wish.html (via neil-gaiman)
Man, I was thinking about unrequited love. I figure it’s best to just walk that...
– Joey Comeau (via melodiscontent)
December 2011
27 posts
Quitting Facebook and Signing Back Up to Life
ohrohin:
I noticed that most people were failing in having basic conversations so I deactivated my Facebook profile sometime earlier this year, in March. Conversations about the weather, about the indiscretions of vague acquaintances had all become preceded by the qualifier, “Did you see on Facebook that…?” My best friends and I suddenly had nothing to talk about, no reason to meet for a coffee,...
copymattt:
If the true measure of one’s self is the people you love and love you, I’m living the life I want to live.
i was thinking something along those lines this weekend, but this is far more succinct than the verbosity in my head.
me: man. writing a first draft sucks so much more than editing it
Carlyn: WELCOME TO MY WORLD
me: sigh. i haven't had to do this in awhile. oh right, bc i've put it off to the point where my boss won't let me do anything else.
Carlyn: hahaha. yes, so you've brought this on yourself through your pesky need for employment
me: damnit. i blame society