May 2009
“Don’t be so damn hard on yourself. Yeah, you screwed up. You’re not perfect,...”
– Unknown (via) Truth.
“I would chop down my own family tree to make paper to write out a hundred...”
– Shane Koyczan, Afraid
“This new approach starts at the top, with this commitment from me: From now on,...”
– President Barack Obama
“There is a loneliness in this world so great that you can see it in the slow...”
– Charles Bukowski (via)
“I don’t think it’s possible to love someone so much that the horror of “till...”
– Emily Gould (via)
“Because we always fall in love with the one who makes us laugh.”
– Mark Harris, Twilight of the Tummlers (via)
WatchMichelle Obama makes me smile and reflect and dream and love and think and be very proud to be alive right now.
“all i can do, if i feel this way, is trust that somewhere in the universe,...”
– I wrote this for you (via)
“It’s beauty that captures your attention; personality which captures your heart.”
– Anonymous (via)
“So I be written in the Book of Love,
I have no care about that book above;...”
– Omar Khayyam
Remember.
A small passage by Bob Moorehead that was an important piece for me to read this morning (via):
The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less...
Jamie Kennedy at the Gardiner to close on June 7 →
My friend Reese tweeted about this earlier today, and it made me sad. Despite what some of the commenters on the story might say, I’ve had nothing but positive experiences at Jamie Kennedy at the Gardiner, and I’m going to miss it now that it’s due to be closed.
I’m sad that I won’t be able to get up to Toronto before it closes to have one last meal there. If any of...
Obama tapped that.
A list of Obama-related headlines from today, collated by complicatedshoes (via):
AP: Obama Taps Sotomayor
Obama Taps Latina Woman
UPI: Obama Taps Sotomayor for Top Court
SunTimes: Obama Taps Sotomayor, first Hispanic, third female
Flashback - HuffPo: Why Obama Won’t Tap Jennifer Granholm
“Part of the $10 million I spent on gambling, part on booze, and part on women....”
– George Raft (via)
“I honestly couldn’t care less if you like the same bands or you’ve read the same...”
– Unknown (via)
“The journey between what you once were and who you are now becoming is where the...”
– Barbara De Angelis (via)
“But surely for everything you love you have to pay some price.”
– Agatha Christie (via)
Hi
All she had said was “hi”
and already I was swept away
into a relationship
of moonlight kisses
and home-cooked dinners
and whispered words of love
over cups of spiced tea in dark cafes
of mid-day disagreements
and dinner-table arguments
and heated words of spite
over cups of bitter coffee in neon-lit malls
All she had said was “hi”
and already I was swept away
into goodbyes.
“When I saw you I fell in love, and you smiled because you knew.”
– William Shakespeare (via)
WatchThis is one of the most amazing commencement speeches I’ve ever seen. My graduation speaker tried to be fun, but he was a math nerd and put me to sleep. Honestly. Ellen’s speech is just what you need if you’re about to leave school and join the real world.
Favorite Nightmare
Helpless,
I am assaulted.
Razor blades on my skin
A pocket knife in my heart
Body doused with scalding water.
All the while
She smiles at me:
More painful than any corporal attack.
I can not smile back.
Helpless,
I am assaulted.
Wincing.
Writhing in pain.
Until I wake up.
Shaking. Sweating. Out of breath.
I wait for the nightmare to return;
I long to see her smiling face...
