August 2010
29 posts
“Eventually I discovered for myself the utterly simple prescription for...”
– Ralph Steiner (via hrrrthrrr)
A sensitive issue
I’ve encountered my fair share of folks who think that a master’s degree automatically means I should be rolling in dough and working some high profile job.
Example:
“You have a masters degree?”
“Yep.”
“Wow. Really?”
“Yep.” “In what field?”
“Psychology.” *Brow furrowed* “Why are you an...
Barista: “Good morning, what can I get for you?” Me: “Hi. What has the most caffeine in it?”
Nice note from Yoga last night: Teachings are given to you in the form you must receive them, not the form you think you must receive them.
Four. Four days is apparently how long I will wait before cleaning up the cat’s hairball. It’s okay, I’m appalled enough for all of us.
You know what happens when you start drinking at 10 am? You’re drunk by three. And by 9, you’ve become untethered from reality.
So. It’s 10 a.m. And I’m about to sample 5 bourbons straight from the barrel. You can drink away a headache, right?
Probably not in the spirit of yoga to eat a fistful of Sour Patch Kids right before class. And yet.
Now I know what a marshmallow feels like when it’s held over an open flame. Outside for 3 minutes and my face felt like it was melting off.
RT @tinybuddha: “Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.” ~Pema Chodron
“How would you like to feel like a fucking storm every time someone looked at...”
– Excerpt from The Book of What Remains
Please come rescue me. I CAN’T STOP EATING CHEESE.
Balls, hot as.
“…when things come into our lives we respond to them. We meditate upon them...”
– Cary Tennis
“To captivate the attention of the people you’re interested in, appeal not...”
Good advice for all signs.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): One of the best ways to cultivate your own radiant brilliance or native talent is to look for excellence in other people. So if you suspect there’s some half-hidden or partially dormant reservoir of genius within you — a mother lode of intelligence that you have not been fully successful in tapping into — I suggest you make it a point to identify the...
JESUS. Even if your teeth aren’t jacked up, orthodontic photos of your mouth are HORRIFYING.
