March 2012
Zumba finally gives women a reason to shake their...
I, however, will not ever be participating as I feel that my type of exercise far trumps their middle school dance routines.
Yoga and pilates, FTW!
February 2012
Get Well Soon: Day 2
I take a deep breath before starting this because in the 10 or so years I’ve been blogging, it never gets any easier to write about how you really feel. It’s especially difficult when I’m not allowed to hide behind extravagant metaphors and loosely held together conundrums.
I did almost everything I planned on doing yesterday. I’ve managed to stop sneezing so much since my...
thequietplace →
hellotraveler:
take 90 seconds and visit this. i promise it’s worth it.
Get Well Soon: Day 1
I thought I would start documenting how I’m doing and what I’m doing to remind myself that life is much more than feeling sorry for myself, to get out more, and to enjoy the lovely supportive people around me. Here goes day one out of… However long it takes.
9:00am | Wake up- This didn’t actually happen. I woke up once at 8ish, once at 10ish, and actually got up around...
The Metaphor's Means To The End
It’s the perfect night for star gazing, enjoying the air on your neck and the faint smell of dew beginning to bead up on spears. We watch together, the few that shine against the parking lot lights from across the road. People buying wine and beer to head home to warm fires and nice company. A buggy was lost, crashing into a curb in the dark. Or was it the thunder. Either way, it’s...
Dear Spring:
Please come quickly. I’m growing weary of the cold, dull weather and need a new spring in my step. How about that pun? But seriously, how about a few days this week in which the outdoors call out to me and I absolutely must go on a picnic. That would be lovely. That would make me feel a little better, I think.
Warmly, Me.
“And because I carried all that guilt around inside me, because victims always...”
– Aleph by Paulo Coelho page 53
“… A life without a cause is a life without effect.”
– Aleph by Paulo Coelho page 203
Stop and Listen
I finished all of my interviews today to set me up with another stint of staying at home in my pajamas. I’m due to turn in the article by the middle of next week, after consolidating what ended up being four interviews. The last interview, this afternoon, was probably the most difficult interview I’ve ever conducted.
Originally, due to the wait time I was given, I pictured it being...
Today I...
Got out of credit card debt.
Made a plan to tackle my student loan.
Went to the ballet.
Had a coffee and a molasses cookie.
Spoke about the family’s past.
Talked to the VP of Fashion Trending at Belk.
Was asked to conduct an interview over text messaging.
Enjoyed the beautiful weather.
It was an incredible day. Thank goodness.
It makes life way more interesting to take the...
I mean, the Germans are comin’, guys.
Also, a tornado is coming as well. A tornado of Germans.
20 Things To Start Doing In Your Relationships →
jazzyjean:
I’m trying to make new friends and these are excellent reminders of how you should choose (or reevaluate) your friends. Here’s one that especially stood out to me:
Be your imperfectly perfect self. – In this crazy world that’s trying to make you like everyone else, find the courage to keep being your awesome self. And when they laugh at you for being different, laugh back at them for...
Imma Get Stuff Done Today.
Email back a few people.
Write up questions for tomorrow morning’s meeting.
Yoga like woah.
Turn in my resume to a few places.
Read half of The Winner Stands Alone.
Make an appointment for teeth cleaning.
Pay the bills.
Send out mail.
Write a letter to my great aunt.
Try to chase down my cat and force her to wear a bandage on her ear even though it quit bleeding. (But...
Rob Dougan - Clubbed to Death
Was reminiscing...
Starting to get Mean.
Well, maybe not mean but definitely annoying to a degree. After only getting a single response from about six different places I wanted to interview for an article, I’ve recalled/emailed all but two of them (the two I can do without). I’ve interviewed one and have scheduled an interview with a second. That means there are three left. I can still get rid of one more if I don’t get...
“The trouble with words is that they give us the illusory sense that we are...”
– Aleph by Paulo Coelho page 191
Life Support
Examine at will the breathing patterns and vitals, pretend like you know what they’ve been through, and insist on a medication to cure the dull ache resonating and pulsing from the lack luster cave: hollow, distant, insignificant. You know better after all; you went to school for this.
And when you breath in the exhales, peering through the ophthalmoscope, their eye responsive to the light:...
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““But I just want to stop feeling.”
“As far as I can tell,...”
– I Wrote This For You: The Light From Frozen Graves
Short, Simple, and Sweet.
I sat there, after blowing what could have been the chance of a lifetime. It didn’t matter. The rain was bound to come anyhow, purifying the air, washing the bitter taste from my mouth. Unreal.
I watched Valentine’s Day lights through the car window, passing me by. I scoffed and went to a world in which someone… Somehow, it doesn’t seem real. It isn’t.
The light let...
I'm Going To Bed.
Me, myself, and my stupid ear ache. The cat’s been banished again to the couch.
I hope it doesn’t hurt in the morning. :-(
“You’re very naive and fragile because you act as if you don’t believe in...”
– (via nickmiller)
Random Memory: Ever Not Eat Something Because It...
I had this really great friend a while back. We swore that we would always have each other’s back but since that time, we’ve grown apart as many friends unfortunately do. I don’t think of her too often these days as she is living in a different town a bit of a ways from here and I never get a call or a text from her unless it’s asking me for something.
Anyhoo.
I just saw...
“I know a lot of people who help others simply as a way of avoiding their own...”
– Aleph by Paulo Coelho page 254
Stateless - Miles to Go
Every time I hear this...
Hey Girl! I Heard You Like Spending Loads of Money...
So Imma put interest on your interest so you can give money away futilely to our government as you give money away futilely to our government.
AWWW YEA!
No, but seriously, that’s EXACTLY the gist of the letter I recently received in accordance with my student loan interest. I took out a loan about two years ago to go to a college I ended up strongly disliking and transferring from (mind...
“It made him want to weep, to see how far human beings would go to hide from the...”
– Steve Almond, Donkey Greedy, Donkey Gets Punched
The Spill Canvas - The Dutch Courage
My dad once...
Why Adele's 'Someone Like You' Makes Everyone Cry →
Currently:
Trying to snag an interview with Belk’s Fashion Director about Fashion Week and so forth.
Yea, it went there. I’m channeling my inner fashionista when the last three days may or may not have been spent in pajamas.
Valentine's Day
In about 99% of cases, I tend to avoid today. In all honesty, I only remember celebrating it once. I could be wrong as I’ve never claimed to have a fantastic memory. To me, I think I’ll always want to treat it as a regular day. And things are always what you make it out to be… Oh wait, I got that wrong, didn’t I?
Saturday night, a few friends and I got together to go out...
What Do You Do When You're Doing Nothing?
A lot of my recent bouts have stemmed in some way to the fact that I’ve ceased leaving my house much at all. To be honest, other than reading and writing, my day doesn’t really include much more especially that the weather recently has prevented me from long walks or trips to the park. As much of an introvert as I make myself out to be, I’ve learned that the idea of solitude...
Rusted Root - Send Me On My Way
Most every time I...
“Everyone contributes a word, a sentence, an image, but in the end it all makes...”
– Aleph by Paulo Coelho page 21