February 2012
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I Wanna Dance With Somebody - Whitney Houston
RIP...
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January 2012
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December 2011
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Kris Payne: the phrase "it is what it is" is... →
krispayne:
We don’t go to space anymore.
“Discounts” are covered up by new taxes and/or fees.
A protest because of fiscal inequality was just a bunch of people who ended up not going to work for a few months and then left all their garbage and graffiti behind. Nothing changed because of their actions.
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Also, ‘what-ev-ah!’ Grr…!
October 2011
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“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be...”
– Steve Jobs (via bobbyconway)
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“When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: “If you live each day as...”
– Steve Jobs (via justamanandhisblog)
April 2011
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WatchGo, Lindi! June can’t come quick enough.
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“If you’re afraid you can’t write, the answer is to write. Every sentence you...”
– Richard Rhodes (via bookstorecouture)
Though I’m sick of writing right now, this reminder rings true. 17K in six weeks, folks - totally going to kill this!
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March 2011
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February 2011
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Disposable Consumables →
So, it’s pretty and all, but does it really make you think of your relationship with these products? This kind of waste makes me want to cry.
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Fun Size Bytes (from @Tj): "There's someone here... →
tj:
My office is downtown — well, as much as there is a “downtown” here — and we occasionally get people who stop in looking for “help.”
More often we get people who call looking for help. They are going through the phone book, trying one after another. We have a small fund in our annual budget for…
This is lovely. So respectful, beautifully understanding and humane. Thank you, TJ,...
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“How Do Working Parents Do It?”
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How Do Working Parents Do It? - NYTimes.com
We make a fucking plan, and we pick family over email.
We also understand that you’re doing something wrong if you’re not home until your kids are brushing their teeth.
I ask you this: What the fuck is more important than dinner with your family? If...
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January 2011
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Holy Guacamole!
Some rather exciting news arrived on Tuesday - news I’d longed for over the last few months. YaY! and so on, but celebrations have been tempered by the advent of some unexpected turns. Now I find myself teetering anxiously on the cusp of a big decision. Do I accept change with every fibre of my being, or meet it half-way with a tentative gesture that allows some things to stay the...
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Hey, True Blue (& 28 Graces)
[If you read on, you may see that I started writing this entry a few days ago - right when the situation in Queensland started to get dire. As I typed, news coverage started rolling and suddenly thoughts of my slightly soggy brother and friends became concerns for their safety. At that point, the blinking light of optimism that had fuelled the post till then started to flail and I abandoned it in...
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Year of The Rabbit?
Year of productivity, more like! While I haven’t been blogging, I’ve been doing everything but. In case you’re wondering, here’s some things I’ve knocked off the To Do list in the last week or so: (I must have swallowed an Energiser bunny because the pace has been insane.)
1. Scrubbed tiles - with a toothbrush, I might add, because I’m hardcore - or insane, you...
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If your house was on fire and you could only grab...
Assuming all loved ones were safe and sound, my keys, portable hard-drive and i-pod. Music and memories soothe better than anything when all else is lost.
Ask me anything
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December 2010
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Top Fives of 2010
Raaaaaaaaawwwwwwr! The tiger certainly made her presence known this year, with more shake-ups than a cocktail urn and a wee touch of the wobblies to go with it. Thankfully, I’m a big kid. I love to watch the world tilt. [That feeling you get from spinning around several times, then sitting down straight away…? Awesome!] It’s been rocky though and I’m looking forward to...
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Hello
She said, the air looks good from here, stepped off at platform X, dived right in. There was a lull in the awakening, titters from the corner.
No regrets - no absolutes, no recompense, just Now.
A rustle from the layabouts, then the world stood still. The lookers, the dreamers, the talk-and-point makers, fixed fast to the centre of gravity, weighted down.
To the left, a flash of white. Hello,...
November 2010
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Flap! →
13 years ago, Bill drew a green dot on the wall and told us to play through it. I looked at my nails, watched light reflect off the polish. Around me, the troops blew fire. It was a massacre. Bell to the ground, Eamon’s sound was intense. He rocked it like a man possessed. Unsurprisingly, that gift still gives. These days, he’s the brass man behind various projects and, when he’s...
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mills: Notes from my window →
mills:
If it is the case that the planet is turning -something I cannot verify from my city window- then I may say that light poles and parking meters drag their shadows behind them across the pavement like ambling, exhausted brides dragging the trains of their dresses. Accepting -just for a moment- the…
I wish this wouldn’t reblog as link. It needs to be read, breathed, lived....
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What a Plunge!
after Woolf This morning the street stings like salt in a happily healing wound. A memory breaks under your ribs and plunges you in turbulent sweet water. Life is so dangerous, but this morning you can take the wave right to the sparkling shore. Today you can bear knowing tomorrow the street will dump you. - Dorothy Porter
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Overdue
Time for an update, Tumblrville. Life’s moved so fast lately that this blog barely resembles who I am or where I stand anymore. Seems this was the catalyst for some much-needed evaluation. Since then, my path has changed. I shed some skin, some ‘friends’ and some pride, got the funding, spilt my guts and left design college.
If you’re thinking that sounds scary,...
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“I want relationships which are not purely personal, based on purely personal...”
– DH Lawrence (via abrightcollection)
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_pel.lucid/serene verse: Dug →
sereneverse:
Once a sapling, I craved light sheltered beneath branches I thought were tall. The shadows taught me to dance and I was good. A good student, patient, diligent. By rote the rules ran straight though hard. I soon learnt not to question. Pale and guarded from the wind I became weary, drew fallen leaves around me and settled in.
Still procrastinating, but with poetry this time. Kill...
“It’s actually a rare and precious thing to discover what it is you love to do,...”
– Jonathan Ive (via jennaaaye)
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Procrastinating
Confession: I should be writing essays right now. My desk is creaking with the weight of a thousand books with barely a dint made in the 12K+ mountain of words I’m supposed to deliver by the end of the month. I’ve put off coffee dates, deactivated my phone and denounced Facebook in order to tackle it, but find myself instead alternately plumbing the depths of Tumblr and picking out...
October 2010
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THE ESSENTIAL MAN: On the Inconvenience of Romance →
I’ve yet to come face-to-face with an e-reader, so I’m hesitant to talk about them, but I wonder how they compare from a tactile perspective and what their introduction will herald for future generations. Will my children one day know the pleasures I’ve derived from them? I hope so.
When I was four, my dad built a this amazing wrap-around bookcase in our study/music room. On one...
September 2010
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“The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to...”
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“That love which is blind is no love, that love which shuts its eyes to the...”
– Mohandas Gandhi
July 2010
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Soundtrack of [My] Life →
Soundtrack of [My] Life, as borrowed off zenlikeme.
Instructions: 1. Open your library (iTunes, Media Player, iPod, etc) 2. Put it on shuffle 3. Press play 4. For every question, type the song that’s playing 5. When you go to a new question, press the next button 6. Don’t lie and try to pretend you’re cool… Opening Credits: For All The Wrong Reasons - Deborah Conway Waking Up: ...