January 2009
65 posts
Signs and symbols
oomb:
James came up from Baltimore last night, here for the weekend to celebrate Chinese New Year with his family (he is Chinese/Ecuadorian). This morning, James and Kiera and I went to brunch together. We had no reservation, and the three of us were seated at a table for six, with three others.
Each one of the three corresponded to one of us - there was a tall, long-faced young man like me; a...
“‘Whatever you give a woman, she will make greater. If you give her sperm, she’ll...”
– (via kbels)
Buy Chocolate, Support Valentine Peace Celebration →
Intentional Chocolate and The Valentine Peace Celebration
Imagine a Valentine’s day where the intentions of peace and love are shared around the world. The Valentine Peace Project (TVPP) is beginning to achieve this by distributing thousands of poems and carnations between communities in LA, San Francisco, Amsterdam and London.
Intentional Chocolate™ is focused on shifting the way humans...
Watchnotentirely:
mattlehrer:via:swissmiss Beautiful very relatable urban experience.
ok. that got me.
Google Maps Car Hits a Deer, Records Entire Ordeal... →
What happens when everything is not okay?
(via dominilucy)
Take comfort in impermanence, things will change, they always do - but what if it gets worse? if they can get worse, then that means that there are things that are okay after all and you can comfort yourself by being grateful for those things which are okay.
What Life Asks of Us →
upsider:
This op-ed by David Brooks for The New York Times is striking and poignant in its ability to pinpoint a key element of culture and convey its importance at this current moment of crux.
When you hear institutional thinking, as opposed to individualism, a bevy of negative connotations may arise. America is the country of manifest destiny, the wild west and self sufficiency after all....
“I was thinking…if there has ever been a time when so many people in the...”
– Michael Franti on Barack Obama’s Inauguration
Republican Rebranding →
Totally ridiculous perhaps even recockulous - check out Samantha Bee
“As President Obama spreads his New Testament balm over the capital, I’m longing...”
– Maureen Dowd
$8 Travel Reimbursment
I was justed handed an envelope with:
1 $5 bill
9 quarters
6 dimes
1 nickel
10 pennies
the universe today
Did you know that whenever you feel love, you literally begin to glow?
You probably did.
But did you know that the glowing is actually made up of zillions of
minute sparkles? And that these sparkles receive as much energy as
they create? And that because of this energy exchange you completely
stop aging and look younger? Abundance is immediately drawn to you?
Healing powers fill you? Muscles...
Kitchen Table Principles for State Budgets →
“When we asked ordinary people – people of color, low income people, people in cities, farmers — about their kitchen table discussions, what they told us, over and over again, was that in hard times families and communities stick together,” said Julia Freeman, Senior Organizer for Racial Justice at the Organizing Apprenticeship Project. “They make sure that what they do serves...
NYTimes: Eating Dirt Is Good for You →
(via upsider)
Humility and Responsibility
This is the new ticket, for me. This is the requirement that I am accepting for myself in order to have what I want. Humility: an honest look at my life and I see that I am the recipient of so much, everything really: air, water, a home, family, friends, education, good health, travel, work. All of these things I do not make happen and I rely on them every day. They are all given to me and I...
Auditorium →
huge:
Play this.
So cool
You must realize that something is happening to you, that life has not forgotten you, that it holds you in its hand and will not let you fall. - Rilke
“Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.”
– Woody Allen
Neave TV →
Totally Awesome
Akira Kurosawa - The Hidden Fortress
I love this director. Everything that he makes is just so lovely. He tells such simple, human stories in a profound and heartwarming way. I highly recommend any of his movies. Tonight I watched The Hidden Fortress.
Super Zoom →
sarcastic-icasm:
that’s pretty trippy.
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