January 2012
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“i aint too proud to tell you that i cry sometimes, i cry sometimes about...”
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“I swallow hard and get the words out. “You don’t have much...”
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the cruelty of self-criticism
I’ve come to the sad realization that the most effective motivator for workouts is constantly shit-talking yourself in stream-of-consciousness fashion using as many colorfully vulgar phrases attacking your own laziness and girth as possible.
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sdwifey:
Dark indeed.
brotherdarkness:
Everything ███ █████ is █████ ████ ████ fine ████ ███ █ ██████ love. █████ ███████ ███ your █████ ████ government.
awareness.
s̶t̶o̶p̶ ̶S̶O̶P̶A̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶P̶I̶P̶A̶.̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶a̶w̶a̶r̶e̶.̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶i̶n̶f̶o̶r̶m̶e̶d̶.̶ ̶d̶o̶ ̶N̶O̶T̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶a̶p̶a̶t̶h̶e̶t̶i̶c̶.̶
i am going to get in shape for feb vegas even if it fucking kills me.
my escape
hi tumblr. can i tell you a secret? so ive read like…10 books in the past 15 days… 12 in the past month or so. this isnt the secret part though.
sometimes, i feel like falling into a world of fiction is the only way to settle my reality down. for the past couple of months, ive just constantly needed something to do… a place to retreat to so i can get on with my life. first, that...
December 2011
13 posts
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voracious.
So, with all of this lovely spare time I have being on winter break, I’ve decided to undertake a wonderful project.
Since I haven’t read any of the books or watched any of the movies, I will be attempting to finish the seven Harry Potter books within the next few weeks. I figured I should have a grasp of what young adult fiction is like if I’m you know…teaching young...
“The TLC reality show All-American Muslim, which follows five families in...”
– All-American Muslim Meets an Un-American Advertising Pullout | Entertainment | TIME.com (via northamericanscum)
“keep your nose out the sky, keep your heart to God
and keep your face to the...”
– Kanye West - Family Business
procrastination
as a 24 year old student/student-teacher, id be lying if i said that i’ve cured my affinity for procrastination. id be lying if i told you ive even come close to fixing this little problem. id be lying if i told you that the magnitude of any given assignment holds no bearing as to when i would start.
with that being said, ive also found that sometimes it just takes a gentle kick of...
November 2011
11 posts
so #FavoriteNBAmoment is trending...
on Twitter, and I don’t think I’d be able to constrict myself to 140 characters on the subject.
See, my favorite NBA moment occurred damn near every home game. Every time my dad and I would head out to see the Warriors at Oracle, it was always a good time.
I seriously cherish the memories I have at these games with him. Most of our good conversations occurred on the ride over or...
feeling pretty down
its a thursday+rainymood.com collaboration tonight. unfortunately, every day has the potential to be a struggle…and its not like you can rely on people to make it easier.
nez...
does lots of things that i am thankful for and yet dont thank her enough for. thanks for cleaning this past week and thanks for driving last night, even if you cant drive for shit <3
Lit Map of San Francisco
sanfranciscomaps:
San Francisco has long captured the imagination of literary types. This collection of quotes about the city originated as an art piece in the Chronicle, and was detailed further by Strange Maps.
i got wet off of this.
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amazing.
while grading poetry, a piece written by one of my students absolutely shook me to the core with one of the realest lines ive read in a loooong time.
“i was good enough to sleep with, but not good enough to be seen with”
god. the life that teenage females live… im not particularly close to this student or anything other than the respect i have for her writing ability, but...
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you can only run away from your demons for so long until they’re breathing down your neck once again.
im just scared of what will happen when im too tired to run.
October 2011
8 posts
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September 2011
12 posts
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“Sometimes you just have to jump out the window and grow wings on the way down.”
– Ray Bradbury (via danceabletragedy)
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You know you've been listening to way too much J....
*Watching the movie The Lion King*
Mufasa: One day Simba, the sun will set on my time here and will rise on yours as the new king
Simba: And this will all be mine?
Mufasa: Everything.
Simba: Everything the light touches..
Me: IN MY FRESHEST J'S I AIN'T SLEPT IN DAYS, GIRL YOU GON MAKE ME LATE UNDRESSIN ME
*People in theater give me weird looks*
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i live my life...
i live my life in increments, bookended by various trips to wonderland. every mundane partition is tolerated for the sake of each magical night while im in the rabbit hole.
oct 22, you seriously cant come any sooner.