April 2012
“Worrying is praying for something you don’t want.”
– Bhagavan Das (via nirvikalpa)
pathofdeparture asked: Why wouldn't I have that book?! I have the whole series! lol.
I just realized that I’ve never expressed my availability to questions from my followers. If you have anything you want to ask, go ahead. Hit me up, even if it’s anonymous.
“I’m not fascinated by people who smile all the time. What I find interesting is...”
– Unknown (via creatingaquietmind)
“We need to be reminded that no matter what anyone on this earth says or does to...”
– Leslie Ludy, Authentic Beauty (via littlewishjar)
YES! Number 2 for highest unemployment rate! →
I can’t wait to waste my money on a M.F.A. in Creative Writing. However, I must not be so optimistic yet. I might not be in the 5% who get accepted, so there’s still room for heartbreak. Ah, the cruel, cruel irony. Fight hard to get in, shell out cash to stay in and become extremely proficient at your craft, then be unemployed for the rest of your life.
Somehow, this doesn’t...
Running list of books/authors I will attempt to...
The bolded ones are my must-reads.
Books I own which I haven’t read/finished:
The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan (partly read)
The Glamour of Grammar by Roy Peter Clark
The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays by Oscar Wilde (partly read)
Journal of Henry David Thoreau (partly read)
The Wilderness World of John Muir (partly read)
Books I bought at Calvin:
Extremely Loud...
One day, I’d like to take a trip to visit all the best bookstores in the world (okay, maybe just the U.S. and the UK because other countries’ books would be printed in non-English languages). The downside is that I’ll probably buy so many books I won’t have enough money to get home. So I’ll return via train hopping, another thing I really want to do someday. Thus...
A Poem-A-Day Celebration: Franz Wright's "Dead... →
celebratepoetry:
Franz Wright’s most recent collection, Kindertotenwald, is book of prose poems that serve to remind us how tragic is the loss of childhood, not just when we first lose it but throughout our lives. Wright, now in his late fifties, has remained alert to the hauntings of youth, as well as to surreal…
I think I rather like prose poetry.
“Unannounced changes in life’s itinerary are like dancing lessons from God.”
– Kurt Vonnegut (via 23rd-block)
You are a phobia! →
kris10socuteyee:
jo-nah:
shuraiya:
nevereatdirt:
beepony:
mangosgonewild:
thoracs:
macabremechanics:
sassypotassium:
isthiscereallife:
pinkameenah:
fryings:
kawaiipyro:
the-thief-of-heart:
abigailphobia is the fear of Moses.
Colleenphobia is the fear of homophobia.
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Llamaphobia is the fear of losing in an internet argument.
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Tsukiphobia is the fear of...
So cool. →
With this link, I would like to iterate that the Pacific Northwest seems uncannily suitable for my future place of residence.
“The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.”
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Makes me sick. →
What a father-son bonding activity. Also, dehumanizing women with barcode tattoos? That’s so awful I can’t even explain, much less figure out, how I feel about this. It’s despicable. Like seeing a real Van Gogh at a mini-mart for $2, and then watching some guy buy it, take it outside, and just pee all over it. Just wrong and sad and angering.
“I pray because I can’t help myself. I pray because I’m helpless. I pray because...”
– C.S Lewis (via mi-chiamo-jo)
“O Relentless Muse, who never slumbers or sleeps, be always stirring up a...”
House Votes to Open Much of National Park System... →
livetheoutdoors:
other-stuff:
sarahlee310:
cryptolero:
On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Sportsmen’s Heritage Act, which as drafted, would allow the National Park System to be opened to hunting and recreational shooting. The bill included language that purports to exclude national parks and national monuments from hunting and recreational shooting, but it does NOT...
Possibly backpacking through Europe and/or Asia...
Um, yes please.
A Poem-A-Day Celebration: Song of teardrops →
celebratepoetry:
Poem submission by sutakimu
I’m trying to understand this suffering sky,
you painted black much of your time
Empathy, chemical reaction to my thoughts
Lightning, thunder to break my stare,
Explodes, ravishes a rainstorm,
your innermost spark belongs there
wonderful abyss,…
Stunning.
“…But I am sure God keeps no one waiting unless He sees that it is good for him...”
– C. S. Lewis (via dontwakemamabear)
“Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still.”
– Chinese Proverb (via lucifelle)
