July 2009
“I choose to embrace change and uncertainty, because I don’t think any of us can...”
– Zoë Westhof
June 2009
“I am imagination. I can see what the eyes cannot see. I can hear what the ears...”
– Peter Nivio Zarlenga (via)
Aaaw. Saw this adorable post on Dear Old Love today:
Stuffed. Last night I found the perfect combination of pillows and teddybears to feel like you were sleeping right next to me.
A lot of the posts on DOL are spiteful or mean or humorous or sad, but there are a few, like this one, that make my heart flutter.
“I’m here not because I am supposed to be here, or because I’m trapped here, but...”
– Richard Bach, The Bridge Across Forever (via)
There are few things in life as wonderful as spending a sunny afternoon near the waterfront with someone you love.
“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”
– Soren Kierkegaard (via)
“I thought, There is nowhere else in the universe I would rather be at this...”
– Rob Sheffield, Love is a Mix Tape
For someone with such a remarkably high pain...
“Cancel any old stories and programs that are not part of your truth today. You...”
– Natalia Rose (via)
“The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it...”
– Morrie Schwartz (via)
(The second part is so much harder than the first.)
“I don’t need, from you, a waterfall of careless praise, and I don’t need a...”
– Bowerbirds, Northern Lights (via)
Things that are very difficult to do...
…but that I still do anyways.
Wake up before six in the morning every weekday, before seven on weekends.
Pretend that I’m not in excruciating pain every single time I bend my knee.
Read 600 blogs, listen to 21 podcasts, and end every day at inbox 0.
Refrain from talking to someone when all I want to do is ask them about their day.
Go to the gym at least four times and week and...
Academy Award nominees so far this year.
Just heard news that the Academy will be nominating ten films for Best Picture this year.
Here is a preliminary list of the films that I have seen 2009 that I think should get nominated in the top ten spots.
Up
Up
Departures
Up
Up
Coraline
Up
Up
Goodbye Solo
Up
Up
Yeah, that’s eleven. Yeah, eight of them are Up. It’s that good.
People I have never met but I really like because...
Meghan
Katie
Eric
Maddy
Emily
Jack
Soup
Jessica
Becky
Gary
Kaytee
Paola
Crayton
Peter
Erin
Jaime
Thanks for making me smile. If any of you are ever in DC, let me know. I’ll buy you lunch. Promise.
"Most essential foreign films" I have seen.
More lists tonight!
I made (one, two, three) four lists last night, and I’m in a list-making mood again. So more lists.
This is a list of the films I have seen from Paste’s list of this decade’s 25 most essential foreign films.
Maria Full of Grace (Colombia, 2004)
Persepolis (France, 2007)
Volver (Spain, 2006)
Let the Right One In (Sweden, 2008)
Oldboy (South Korea,...
“Tears are the safety valve of the heart when too much pressure is laid on it.”
– Albert Smith (via)
Feeling a bit of pressure today, I’ll be honest.
“I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.”
– Albert Einstein (via)
“Happiness does not consist in what you are feeling, but in what others feel...”
– Simon Critchley
Things I hope I see as soon as I wake up tomorrow...
Fourth and final list of the night. I need to sleep because I need to be up in just over two hours.
The sun pouring through my window.
My mini-cactus on my windowsill.
My glasses.
My Winnie-the-Pooh stuffed toy.
Your smiling face.
Eleven things I love about summer.
Inspired by Katie’s list, here’s mine, off the top of my head:
Ice cream cones from ice cream trucks.
Messy picnics in public parks.
Dipping toes into the water at the beach.
Fireflies. And chasing them.
Madras plaid short-sleeved shirts.
Rainbows glistening in the sun after a massive downpour.
Sipping iced citron oolong on the balcony.
Lying in the grass holding hands.
Fruit...
Some of my favorite things, off the top of my...
List number two for the night:
Cupcakes.
Sharks.
Butterflies.
Falling leaves.
Hugs.
Balloons.
Countdowns.
Swings.
Holding hands.
The color purple.
Sunflowers.
Tea.
Hot air balloons.
Good books.
Hearts.
Comfy pillows.
Typewriters.
Cuddling under the covers.
Sundresses.
Whispering secrets.
Running in the grass.
Sunsets.
Pink post-it notes.
Things to look forward to.
You.
Things that are alive in my apartment right now.
List number one for the night.
One sunflower.
Two flies that came in through my open balcony door.
Two succulents.
Me. (Kinda.)
Compared to a similar effort two weeks ago.
In a list-making mood.
“Always look at what you have left. Never look at what you have lost.”
– Robert H. Schuller (via)
No more stories to tell? →
It’s a little sad that someone that runs a site called “I Tell Stories” can run out of stories to tell, but hey, it happens. In the meantime, if you’re looking to tell a few stories and get a few people to read them, I’m opening up my home online for your voices.
“The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and...”
– Allan K. Chalmers (via)
“People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway. If you are...”
– Mother Theresa (via)
