May 2012
3 posts
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Motivators.
TRIBE CALLED QUEST wrote a really dope song about MOTIVATORS. My main motivation to lose weight is the idea that I have control over a self fulfilling end result! I’ve always despised running, until recently. I went for a “run” with my friend Kim, and 5 minutes into the run, she informed me that I was running far too fast for her to keep up, let alone for me to keep up with...
April 2012
4 posts
Mi Casa
Today, the wind makes long sighs outside and branches shimmy, mixing evergreen with auburn.
The smoke from the chimney wisps past the windows and you wonder if the power might fail.
With this view up here - just the middle of the trees and the power lines in sight - you could be anywhere. Canada, America, Sweden, New Zealand… You pretend for a bit; you’re able to go wherever the...
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Loneliness is the human condition. Cultivate it. The way it tunnels into you...”
– White Oleander (via notsoplainemilyjane)
March 2012
12 posts
4 tags
Punning With the Night
Last night, a friend texted me the following: “We pushed a piano off the wharf. What we learned is that pianos FLOAT.” The following is the remainder of our text convo.
Pardon the puns.
Actually, don’t. They’re there on purpose.
February 2012
5 posts
January 2012
7 posts
3 tags
The Devastation of Peter Pan
I miss working with kids.
Mostly, because they don’t say things to me like, “blow me!” or “lick it,” when I am taking logical action aligned with policy*. (*Real “adult” reaction).
But also, because they do say things like, “I love peeing and pooing.” And, “You can’t be in Lego club if you don’t believe in God!” Or...
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Suggestions in Behavior
Last night, I was thinking of my personal actions since the beginning of 2012. I’m having difficulty justifying some of them.
It’s hard to gain perspective when you’re inside your own head, isn’t it? We try to step outside of our own thoughts and patterns, but in the end, we’re a bit trapped.
I asked myself: do I approve of these actions? Are they best for me?...
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Visions of New Year's Eve: Past and Present
Last year started off with a barrage of bad omens before the clock even struck midnight, and then continued well into the spring. 2011 was capricious. Does the word capricious relate to the word “Capricorn?” Because I am one, and there was something about last year that aligned my birth month with a fickle beginning. The eve of New Year’s 2011 is wrought with visions of watering...
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Degradation
As you may be able to tell, this medium (my blog) has degraded into a general mess of random, inconsistent, disjointed thoughts or prose. A steady influx of Instagram photos have also lessened the quality of what may have once been a great outlet. My New Year’s resolutions involve - upping the quantity and quality of written pieces, standing on my head (worked on it and now my neck hurts),...
December 2011
16 posts
“My New Years resolution is to stand on my head.”
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Treatment
Gentlemen, some advice. When questioning your own motives or actions in relation to females, ask yourself these key questions.
1. (If you have a sister.) “Would I approve of a man treating my sister this way?”
2. (If you have a mother.) “Would my mother approve of me treating a woman this way?”
3. (If you are rogue.) “Am I being an asshole?”
It’s...
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What's Happening in This House
- Mum baking MORE treats in a chef jacket my brother received during his culinary studies (“I paid for it!” - Mum).
- Sisters taking several “safety meetings” and producing half ass crafts.
- Dog thriving on attention of 5 different people’s love.
- Bad jokes + lots of them.
- Eating + lots of it.
- Bad hair. Mad real hair. Sleeping on wet hair.
- Fashion...
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Welcome to the Universe.
“Oh, hello,” said the man, as he bit into a pear. “Welcome to the universe.”
Felipe blinked four times - stared up at the man who looked down at him from underneath a brown brimmed hat - and gurgled. Felipe’s two small hands had fingers that looked like small sea creatures wiggling in the waves, tucked beside his cheeks in the swaddling. “Well, I see this is...
November 2011
11 posts
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CONTAINMENT
The weather right now provokes a feeling of forced containment. It’s like living in a tupperware container. You want to be outside of the condensation, the stale air and the claustrophobia, but it’s actually REALLY hard to get the lid off and get out there. In social work, “containment” is used as a positive phrase. You “contain” someone’s emotions or...
