July 2010
June 2010
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Dear 21 Year-Old Me
yobigmel:
Take a trip to visit Busch Gardens Williamsburg. Head into the magic shop (I know, I know, just do it) and look around for the magician with the most amazing hair you’ve ever seen. Look at it. Isn’t it other-wordly? Okay, now shake off the mesmerization and ask him what kind of a car he drives. Once he tells you, go to the the middle of the parking lot where employees leave their cars,...
I HAVE A MOSQUITO BITE ON THE BOTTOM OF MY FOOT!
and it is not an ironic mosquito bite!
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Dear 14 year-old me
I’m still HELLA proud of you for yelling at the top of your lungs during tryouts and getting on the basketball cheering squad in spite of your hyper-extended elbow and the fact that your family was the center of the biggest scandal in town in over 100 years. There’s a team on the left! There’s a team on the right! The team on the right is READY. TO. FIGHT!
You rocked those bobby...
Dear 17 year-old me
You can’t dance to Tangerine Dream’s Moog Synthesizer in front of 500 people.
Just. Don’t.
Dear 18 year-old me
You’re going to leave him. You’re going to stop writing. You’re going to ignore everything you know is true about yourself for a stupid long time.
But you’ll go back. You’ll write again and you’ll have so much more to write about. Everything you know is true about yourself will be very different and so much more true.
It’ll all hurt a lot.
But...
Dear 42-Year-Old Me
atfrageelay:
It’s not too late.
You hear that 43 year-old me?
YOU HEAR THAT?
Dear City of Kent, Ohio
What? Cancer rates in town aren’t high enough for you, so you have to run the mosquito spray truck around town at 8:30 in the evening, peak time for the whole damn neighborhood to be out taking a walk on the very sidewalks upon which your truck is spraying high doses of pesticides? My husband and my daughter took a nice dose of that spray while they were walking home from a friend’s...
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People who challenge others opinions in an...
warriormcpoet:
jmarie3:
littlelightx:
Just because someone is against something/has a certain opinion on a subject, that doesn’t mean they judge those who do what they’re against or that they want to make preventatitve rules according to their opinions.
SHIT THE BED, I FORGOT WE LIVED IN A COUNTRY WHERE FREEDOM OF SPEECH IS A HUMAN RIGHT.
EXACTLY.
Just read all opposing views in Tracy...
John Hiatt ~ Crossing Muddy Waters ~ Take It Down
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DEFEND NEW ORLEANS TUMBLR: Abita Beer Is A Message... →
nolagrrlnyc:
Abita announced the launch of a nation-wide fundraising effort to assist those impacted by the oil spill disaster. ’SOS – A Charitable Fund’ will assist with the rescue and restoration of the environment, industry and individuals fighting to survive the oil spill.
The centerpiece of the…
I know it’s a lot to ask you folks to drink a beer of two, but come on, it’s a great...
MEDITATION OF THE WEEK : Change Your Focus To the...
constantflux:
Buddha used to say that when a thought arises, note down that a thought is arising. Just inside, note it: now a thought is arising, now a thought has arisen, now a thought is disappearing. Just remember that now the thought is arising, now the thought has arisen, now the thought is disappearing, so that you don’t get identified with it.
It is very beautiful and very simple. A...
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Truthful Tuesday
I end most days by reading until I can’t keep my eyes open any longer, hoping that the words will replace the thoughts that circle around the perpetual whirlpool of worry that is my mind. I have never before in my life experienced this kind of constant low-grade anxiety. I don’t like it one bit.
Things that I know will make it better:
stopping
exercise
meditation
unplugging from...
meetingboy:
Just an FYI, there are other minutes besides the last minute.
Stapling this to my son’s forehead.
dear tumblr
inthefade:
Let’s, once again, talk about radar.
That photo of the plate of nectarines has been on radar for about two days. I finally clicked it today because, as someone who loves photographing food, it intrigued me. Unfortunately, I was taken to someone’s tumblr where the picture was posted with any credit given to the photographer.
Guess what?
It took me 47 seconds to find the...
dougstumblr:
autismsucks:
inthefade:
You have become the antithesis of everything you claim to stand for.
Any chance you had of me listening to your views, your opinions and your ideas is gone.
Why do you think your anger over world policies gives you the right to wreak havoc and destruction upon the property of people who have nothing to do with what you’re protesting?
That the world is...
Women wearing cancer bandannas creep me out.
xntrek:
aliciate:
(via planettampon)
Excuse me? They creep you out?
Think for a moment of all the things they are going through, the least of which is their hair, which once made them feel beautiful and feminine, is falling out in clumps due to the toxic chemicals being pumped into their bodies.
The fact that they may not be able to have children in the future due to the chemo.
The fact...
One more Maudeforsaken bug crawls up my pants leg...
Guys, it's hot as balls out there. I almost...
It's 10:30 pm and my mate and my youngest are...
Mate is saying “Alright. We’re done now. Time for bed. OK. Goooooodniiiiiight.”
and youngest is saying…
bam bam bam bam bam ba dum dum dum bam bam bam ba dum dum
Lagniappe: World Cup Tribute →
Sung to Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah
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The World Cup is played on a far shore
South Africa is home to glory and lore
But games are just part of the story.
There is a buzz
A hiss, a hum
A goal is scored, a game is won
The people all reach for their vuvuzelas.
.
Vuvuzelas, vuvuzelas
…
made of awesome and dipped in delicious.
Geeze-oh-man
Posting that gave a terminal case of the stinky sweats.
factualfiction:
This is stunningly beautiful. I...
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I miss my harmony singing group. It’s so...
beautiful, Taiss.
Just perfect.
Perspective is everything.
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Still laughing
Those are the craziest bewbs I have ever seen. EVER. And I’m not sure if I should be praying that they belong to a man or not. I mean, either way. Holy hell.
I’mma say thank you right now to my rogue hairs for keeping the insanity to a dull roar.
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THE FUCK IT DIDN'T.
factualfiction replied to your post: Two and a half inch-long hair.
factualfiction replied to your post: Two and a half inch-long hair.
Darn, photo reply didn’t work : (
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Cary,
Your photo reply is actually the perfect angle for seeing that hair. Which is why it got so long before I realized it existed.
Stupid droopy boobs.
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Two and a half inch-long hair.
Really, nipple?
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I just had enough, OK?
Lila and her friend are staring at me in a charming combination of abject horror and amusement because I just got up from my chair and said, “come on you monkey butted mean monkey, you’re outta here.”
then I walked to the front door, opened it wide and stood aside and waited patiently while the monkey skulked past. I slammed the door and said, “don’t let the door hit...
Writing an authentic and interesting bio for...
I probably shouldn’t do it on a day when my emotional eater monkey is sitting on my shoulder suggesting I change happy words like “transforming” to “festering”.
I’m just guessing.
