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Archive for October 2008

act

In Uncategorized on 29 October 2008 with 2 comments

“When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more than […]

a one way ticket…

In neuva york, travel on 29 October 2008 with no comments

…and no responsibilities.
Where would you go?
I’m starting to think that opportunties like this don’t happen that often in a lifetime and when they do most people are usually too complacent to take advantage of them.

wait without hope

In philosophy, quote, writers on 23 October 2008 with no comments

I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope
For hope would be hope for the wrong thing; wait without love,
For love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet faith
But the faith and the love and the hope are all in the waiting.
Wait without thought, for you are not ready for […]

my horoscope, good enough to share?

In found things, personal, quote on 22 October 2008 with no comments

As the stock markets came crashing down, a different kind of global devastation received scant notice. The World Conservation Congress revealed that 25 percent of the planet’s mammal species and one out of eight birds are on close to extinction. We’re not just talking about exotic animals in remote hideaways, but rabbits and deer and […]

the apartment hunt

In People, neuva york, personal on 22 October 2008 with no comments

I’ve been meeting a lot of interesting people these past few weeks of looking for a place.

a writer and a prop stylist (meg and i combined??)
two upright bassist
one actor
ten kids with unsure job titles who live in a commune
one recently broken up guy who kept talking about his girlfriend’s stuff
drank twice with prospective roommates
someone registered […]

the truth

In Writing, personal, philosophy on 21 October 2008 with no comments

The most important thing you have, the one thing you want the most, its already in you.
I was writing tonight, and not just writing, writing without effort, writing without thought. Writing from some place in me that just needed to sit down and put it down on paper. Its been a while since I wasn’t […]

futreme.org

In letters, personal on 21 October 2008 with no comments

I’m kind of in love with the concept of FutureMe.org, an internet time capsule of sorts where you send a letter to yourself at a pre-decided time in the future, the clock automatically set to one year. I read through a bunch of the letters on the site, some ranging from one liners like “I’m […]

quote for change

In quote on 21 October 2008 with no comments

“It is precisely when the ground is pulled away and we plummet that we may suddenly sense a truth outside our normal way of seeing, and realize that the fixed values that used to be the whole story and formerly defined our own position are simply the objective correlative of a subjective stance that our […]

this american life

In culture, found things on 16 October 2008 with 3 comments

Ok. You won. I finally listened. And yes, I absolutely loved it.
I’m not sure how to describe This American Life, Ira Glass’ radio show that was around a full decade before I started seeing his defaced posters in subways. I had no idea what the premise was so for the record showtime, those ads weren’t […]

death to rss readers?

In blogging on 16 October 2008 with 4 comments

I’d been thinking about ways to get myself off the rss bandwagon and back to actually reading blogs. Lately I sit down at the computer, click onto google reader, quickly go through my friend’s feeds, whiskey river, Maud Newton, the Sartorialist, and my friends shared items (watch this one, she’s a ninja). Then its back […]