December 2009
21 posts
If self-obsession were an Olympic sport, you could have played for Australia. How dull and how droll at the same time.
“Ever since happiness heard your name, it has been running through the streets...”
– Hafiz (via justbesplendid)
“Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can...”
– Arthur Schopenhauer (via kari-shma) (via quote-book)
Dear Stephen Conroy
I’m sure pointless abuse has already been directed your way, so I’m going to avoid that, and try the old favourite, passionate argument for human rights. You remember - the rights we have as humans, to live free in a democracy. I’d tell you to Google them, but I’m betting the result will be filtered by the time you do.
As someone who has had first-hand experience with the...
Today
I sat in the park and read about Zombies
I thought about how everyone secretly believes they’re a little bit above average
I ate Nando’s chicken with a man who lives a life so idyllic as to be a character in a Leave It To Beaver episode
I slept late
I decided there’s no such thing as a small decision
I didn’t stretch enough and hurt my calf muscle
I drank flat Coke...
Everyone’s a Monet. The closer you get, the less they become clean shapes and recognizable ideals, and the more they become random combinations of colour and shade
Whenever I encounter people who have only had one spouse and are married to them (like high-school sweethearts) I’m amazed. Partly because that takes tenacity and stubbornness I don’t have. And partly because I consider how much more of a person I became when I had my heart broken and found I could recover. The longer you go without losing, the harder it’s going to hit you when...
Unprofessional
This is essentially the only place I don’t link my professional identity to, so it’s where I can have this little explosion without fear or repercussion.
I’ve been told, by my employer, that because I wrote a blog post calling into question some behaviours by recruiters at my company, I’m no longer considered the expert on social media, and will no longer be involved in...
“A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be...”
– Nikos Kazantzakis (via kari-shma)
The Seven Wonders of the World
justbesplendid:
Junior high school students in Chicago were studying the Seven Wonders of the World. At the end of the lesson, the students were asked to list what they considered to be the Seven Wonders of the World. Though there was some disagreement, the following received the most votes: 1. Egypt’s Great Pyramids 2. The Taj Mahal in India 3. The Grand Canyon in...
November 2009
18 posts
kari-shma:
The Bird and The Bee | Please don’t...
