December 2008
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a Good Night!
Photos to come later but I’m about to crash and I was only staying up later to keep my mom company until my dad and sister get home but 48 Dashboard pages later she’s still out on the couch by herself. Time to cuddle.
“If someone hurts you, betrays you, or breaks your heart forgive them, for they...”
– (via littlemiss) (via myluna) (via noahkai) (via fantasyaction) (via havent-got-a-prayer)
insomnia...
havent-got-a-prayer:
setsailrachel:
This year has been crazy… A rollercoaster of emotion, a year of loss, pain, regret, triumph, love, courage, and definatly a year full of life lessons. There have been struggles with families, losses of close friends, sour relationships, and everything in between. I am so greatful to be where I am at this point in my life. I may not have everything I want but I...
looking over my shoulder.
havent-got-a-prayer:
If you had asked me one year ago where my life would be now, I wouldn’t have had much to say. I probably would have told you to fuck off, and gone right back to my empty existence. I would never in my wildest dreams have predicted that I would be in the spot that I am in today. I am still broken, but I am slowly gathering the fragments back together. I am still confused,...
“The unreal is more powerful than the real, because nothing is as perfect as you...”
– Chuck Palahniuk (via cateo) (via amandasthoughts) (via kari-shma)
“We’ve all felt lost while struggling to make a change - afraid and hesitant to...”
– Julie Morgenstern (via paperglass) (via present) (via kari-shma)
“If one day you realize that I haven’t talked to you in a while, just remember...”
– (via littlemiss) (via kari-shma)
By 30, you should know:
kari-shma:
amandasthoughts:
littlemiss:
1. How to fall in love without losing yourself. 2. How you feel about having kids. 3. How to quit a job, break up with a man and confront a friend without ruining the friendship. 4. When to try harder and when to walk away. 5. How to kiss in a way that communicates perfectly what you would and wouldn’t like to happen next. 6. The names of: the secretary...
Happy Holidays!!!
Whatever you’re celebrating, I hope it rocks. xoxo
Can't Leave Soon Enough....
Not only did I not portion out enough wine to enjoy a glass my last night before heading home for festivities, I also did not leave myself enough toilet paper. Oops.
I’m so tired. I still haven’t packed. I did, however, clean my shower, which is a pretty big deal. In other housekeeping-before-I-go-away news, there’s a several(?) month old acorn squash in my cupboard I’m scared to go near.
juliaallison:
Grown Up Christmas List Amy Grant
...
On Being a No-Name Blogger Using Her Real Name →
theengineer:
[E]very time you don’t tell your buddies it’s not okay to talk shit about women, even if it’s kinda funny;
every time you roll your eyes and think “PMS!” instead of listening to why a woman’s upset;
every time you call Ann Coulter a tranny cunt instead of a halfwit demagogue;
every time you say any woman–Coulter, Michelle Malkin, Phyllis Schlafly, Condoleezza Rice, Hillary...
Packing
elizabethanne:
I hate it. I switch my outfit at least 3 times before leaving my house on a daily basis - how am I supposed to pack for my indecisive self?
Just got off the phone w/ my mama, telling her I would be home tomorrow, not tonight, because it would be too late by the time I got packed and showered to make the drive. I overpack for weekends back at my parents when I have no plans to...
“Knowledge is learning something new every day. Wisdom is letting go of something...”
– Zen Proverb (via reluctantbuddha) (via kari-shma)
The Roof of my Mouth is coming off.
I’m not sure why. Or how. But I definitely don’t like it.
“If we knew we were on the right road, having to leave it would mean endless...”
– Franz Kafka (via kari-shma)
“What?????!!!! Is Oprah freaking kidding me? Does she NOT realize that those of...”
– My sister, a server, freaked out when I told her that on Oprah’s “Financial Crisis 101” show, the big “O” told the audience to tip only 10% in order to save money. (via jackieheartsb)
Further proof that Oprah lives about 10,000 miles from the real world. Here’s an idea: If you can’t afford to tip...
Oh, People
I live near a post office, and those big mailboxes are right in front of my building. I know, from experience, that they are not marked “Local” or “Out-of-Town,” though I don’t recall if either of them is marked with anything (pretty sure they’re not).
So I pull up in front of my place this evening and see two people walking across. The area where I live is...
Good Hair Day
I was at my parents’ house this weekend and I took a photo of my sister and myself to hang on my fridge because, as I told my mom, “My hair looks good here!” (Obvi not always a given that my hair will cooperate.)
Today didn’t start out looking like a good hair day, but my tresses seriously look awesome right now (at least from the front, which is really saying somethign...
“You’ve got to own your own days and name them, each one of them, every one of...”
– Herb Gardner (via outofthedark:snowblind) (via trappedintime) (via anotherandomspaceontheinterweb) (via frannyandzooey) (via libbylovesnyc)
“Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we...”
– Buddha (via reluctantbuddha) (via kari-shma)
I stayed up way past my bedtime watching the R+L...
And that is why I generally don’t drink caffeine after 5 pm. Cuz a football game + more than 50 Dashboard pages and I’m still not tired.
Gotta say though, without that Coke Zero I probably would’ve fallen asleep on the drive home and definitely wouldn’t have turned on the bowl game, which turned out to be much better than I would’ve expected. Southern Miss beat...
beautiful and forgotten.
havent-got-a-prayer:
Do you ever wake from a dream and wish you hadn’t? It had been such a nice scene, and then your eyes were open and your mind was pulled out of sleeping bliss. Perhaps you were in love, leaning in for that sensual touch or a beautiful kiss. Maybe your heart was pounding with the thrill of the chase, and the adventure was ended all too soon. Perhaps you even found yourself...
love story
fiftywords:
She wrote the beginning of a love story, bright hopes innocently told in little kisses and long talks at night. He wrote the ending, all busted hearts and betrayal. They met in the middle, on a hill in a park, where he brought her Shasta daisies and promised the world.
“Relationships are a lot like yard sales; they look really fun from a couple...”
– Christian Finnegan, Two for Flinching (via kari-shma)
“‘Every man has his secret sorrows, which the world knows not; and often times...”
– Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (via lickystickypicky) (via kari-shma)
Also, when someone’s just been through a lot yet they seem fine, sometimes it’s just camouflage, and they’re really bothered by it and hurt and upset and more affected than any observer could ever imagine.
Pay It Forward
georgiegirlnyc:
Julia has a bunch of lovely emails on her blog about ‘paying it forward’ or what I would refer to as ‘random acts of kindness’. I loved the story below.
juliaallison:
From: [redacted] Date: December 20, 2008 8:44:31 AM EST To: Julia@nonSociety.com Subject: Pay It Forward Hi Julia, I have never written to you before, but I read nonsociety.com almost daily. You ladies are...
“This is my wish for you:
Comfort on difficult days, smiles when sadness...”
– Unknown (via kari-shma)
“Maybe we’re not supposed to be happy. Maybe gratitude has nothing to do with...”
– Meredith Grey. (via dirtydreams) (via havent-got-a-prayer) (via kari-shma)
“Deep down, at our core, there are only two emotions: love and fear. All positive...”
– David Kessler (via onherway)
“She smiles through the pain because she knows, even though she’s breaking...”
– Unknown (via overflowing) (via lovebot) (via umbrellaboat) (via skysignal)
This is me. Probably something about myself I should change
Rick Reilly: A man walks into a pro shop with... →
LOL.