January 2011
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To Hell with Good Intentions
“Of course, this surprising conviction was supported by members of a missionary order, who would have no reason to exist unless they had the same conviction - except a much stronger one. It is now high time to cure yourselves of this. You, like the values you carry, are the products of an American society of achievers and consumers, with its two-party system, its universal schooling, and its...
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Misery Has More Company Than People Think. →
”If we only wanted to be happy it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, which is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are.” Montesquieu
So should I deactivate or what?
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expectations: finish MCAT, get back to learning and studying things I’m learning in school, start looking at internships, get back in touch with friends.
reality: celebrating by myself by watching tv show after tv show, looking for instant gratification, watching myself lose friends.
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grateful
so many good lucks
so many bad omens
which will prevail? :P
“Passion makes a person stop eating, sleeping, working, feeling at peace. A lot...”
– Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho (via thechocolatebrigade)
I pretty much surrendered blindly to passion during my previous relationship, mirroring my partner. Now, it’s pretty much the opposite probably because the one I’m currently pursuing is the opposite. My astrologer friend pointed out at: Moon...
“The faster we live, the less emotion is left in the world. The slower we live,...”
– Stanko Abadžic (via hit-or-miss)
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Five Emotions Invented By The Internet: Thought... →
“The state of being ‘installed’ at a computer or laptop for an extended period of time without purpose, characterized by a blurry, formless anxiety undercut with something hard like desperation. During this time the individual will have several windows open, generally several browser ‘tabs,’ a Microsoft Word document in some state of incompletion, the individual’s own Facebook page as well...
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“The reasons that I have for wishing to go to Harvard are several. I feel that...”
– JFK’s Harvard application. “Harvard’s application in those days was all of three pages long, and Kennedy’s “essay,” date April 23, 1935, was a mere five handwritten sentences.” (via somethingchanged)
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Rules to Live By
11. Remember: No matter how pretty she is, someone, somewhere is sick of her shit.
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MLK
“Noting that a majority of Americans below the poverty line were white, King developed a class perspective. He decried the huge income gaps between rich and poor, and called for “radical changes in the structure of our society” to redistribute wealth and power. “True compassion,” King declared, “is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that an...
sober
no drinks because I’m taking antibiotics for the next couple of days.
my first exercise of self control? Heh.
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Attachment
So this is a very watered down version of attachment theory founded by John Bowlby and expanded on by Mary Ainsworth. Attachment theory is the idea that links attachment styles of adult relationships to how your caregiver treated you as a child.
Child and caregiver behaviour patterns before the age of 18 months: Secure: Uses caregiver as a secure base for exploration. Protests caregiver’s...
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“We need to make books cool again. If you go home with somebody and they don’t...”
– John Waters (via euphoriaaaa)
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SEX
“My idea of sex is corrupted by movies, porn, and gangster rap. Babes looking glamorous fucking, perfect legs, perfect boobs, perfect bodies… you have ruined me. I am fighting my own ideas about what sex should be and in the end it’s my own damn loss. Unfortunately, sex is not about revealing but about covering things up- only the aesthetic parts of sex are shown- a woman’s...
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UCB Poetry Slam: Jan. 20 - CalSLAM & Project... →
bobbypinned:
calslam:
Come and help us raise money to compete in National Competition this April!
145 Dwinelle Hall @ UC Berkeley Campus Doors - 7:30pm Show - 8-10:30pm Admission - $5
The 2011 CalSLAM team is teaming up with Project V.O.I.C.E. {Sarah and Phil Kay[e]} to welcome you back to school. One…
Friends, let’s go!
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a necessity
in the moments of silence he/she picks that perfect song to embody how you are feeling
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somethingchanged:
The National, “England.”
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“The relationship between attention, awareness, moral decency, and happiness...”
– Brilliant Mills on Internet Stupidity (read the whole thing).
(via somethingchanged)
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“I don’t want to be your friend
I just want to be your lover
No matter how it...”
– House of Cards, Radiohead (via lisachaves)
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Far beyond the hazy borders of my heart: Gender... →
“Men need to break out of the ‘man box’. Society needs to break out of the ‘man box’. People delude themselves into thinking only women are affected by social pressures, and that’s absolute nonsense: men are equally affected by exogenous influences and expectations. It’s why we kill ourselves in the gym kilo after kilo, rep after rep, set after set, routine after routine. It’s why we...
a wednesday night
one talib kweli concert, 2 four lokos and a Heineken, two old friends willing to party, sausage fest of stoic fans who didn’t dance, a veggie omelet.
things talked about
- family
- belting out kid cudi lyrics in my car during a kweli concert
- him moving onto dating maturely, me moving nowhere with my I want everything status
- reminiscing about old lovers (not about ourselves)
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good mourning
good afternoon
good night, what have you done with your life?
you only scared to die when you ain’t livin right
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“Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing....”
– Mark Twain (via justbesplendid) (via quote-book)
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“I can’t remember how this got started
But I can tell you exactly how it will...”
– (via kari-shma)
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Tomorrow is a New Day
“Today, no planes flew into any buildings.
Today, there was no fire falling from the sky.
Today, there were no riots in the streets.
Today, the news was mostly just about famous people.
Today, no shaky footage was recorded of children running from a burning village.
Today, not one person stood in front of a tank.
Today, no one put flowers in the rifle barrels of guns.
Today, you will...