March 2011
1 post
Making it
Life has launched me into a totally new place. I feel unsettled, yet happy. Not quite comfortable, but looking forward to what things are in store.
In the span of a few months, I’ve changed jobs, fallen in love, moved out of my home of 2 years, co-founded and became CMO of a non-profit and now live with the love of my life.
All these adjustments have contributed to the most stressful and...
October 2010
2 posts
Patience
I’m eager to setup my life for success. I want to direct my life towards where I belong. Sometimes I wonder if I’ve been having too much fun and not taking life seriously enough though.
Because of that, I was surprised by some advice from a friend telling me to be patient. (He also advised that having fun was really important. I honestly never thought of having fun as being...
Holding on
I always took the saying “You can’t have everything” as a materialistic statement but have recently digested how this equally applies to relationships and goals.
I want to learn guitar. I want to become fluent in Chinese. I want to keep in touch with all my friends. I want to have deep relationships with everyone I love. I want to be closer to my family everyday.
Life has...
September 2010
1 post
If poetry is cheesy, get me my wine glass...
claracmusic:
HelloooOOooOo! I gymed it up for 2 hours, showered, took a bubble bath, turned on some Eels, Fleet Foxes and Kings of Convenience and read poetry. It was GLORIOUS. Here you go:
Yes, it’s longer than you may like. Yes, I typed every letter. Yes, that’s one of the lesser reasons to read it. Here’s the greatest reason to read it: “THIS COMPOST by Walt Whitman 1819-1892 Something...
August 2010
5 posts
Ryan Freitas: 35 Lessons in 35 Years →
My father always told me that the day we stop learning is the day we die. I wrote this as a sort of preparation for my 35th birthday last week. Some of these are poignant, others are simply trite; I attribute the latter to my growing sense of sentimentality as I age. That, and I need an editor.
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Hopefully I can put together something as insightful as this when I hit 35. Or at least...
one forty plus: Hit →
Listening to Train play “Hey Soul Sister” from backstage. What a massive hit. Yea, it’s on the radio pretty constantly, but a hit song is all about the way the crowd reacts to it. There’s nothing like the reward of making the air swirl around thousands of people with one of your songs. Better than any of the spins or chart positions. I think people would write better songs if they aimed for the...
Wild flowers
At the last leg of a run around my neighborhood I passed a fenced-off empty lot that was filled with wild flowers. It was surprising, strange and very beautiful. Some Googling revealed someone decided to plant seeds in the lot.
I can’t help but imagine someone thinking up the idea, getting really excited, planting the flower seeds and then coming back everyday to see if they’ve grown...
July 2010
10 posts
“Money is like gasoline during a road trip. You don’t want to run out of...”
– Tim O’Reilly
Found on Ben Casnocha’s amazing blog.
Seattle Tumblr Meetup!
ourseattle:
my friend mrsiancurtis and i are hosting a seattle tumblr meetup! it will be on July 24 at 2PM at the Broadway Grill at 314 Broadway East. hope to see you there!
Only a few blocks away but during Block Party? I’ll try to make it anyway :)
“Turn on the television. We have a wedding channel on cable TV devoted to the...”
– Diane Savino, NY State Senator (via gayformarriage) (via fuckyeahlgbt) (via darkmovesoflove) (via chaichangechaos) (via reenamonster) (via naomiwaxman) (via jerseyjezebel)
Seriously, I don’t get how people still think they can use the argument about it being “for the sanctity of marriage” for...
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Ben Casnocha: Do Love and Sex Naturally Go... →
Always a topic I’m up for discussing. It seems to beg the question though, is what’s natural what’s best?
In my mind, I don’t think any of that is really relevant though. Some people prefer one way, some the other, however culture ends up dictating which way is acceptable. I disagree with that part.
June 2010
2 posts
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What's going on
Ahh to blog… I used to be a prolific blogger and I still have that itch. Since I don’t have a lot of time for hobbies nor to relax, hopefully I can do both by coming back to writing.
I’ve never been a great writer, but I’ve always been one who loves nostalgia so my mission for this blog is to merely act as snapshots of my life that I can look back on for when I’ve...