February 2010
16 posts
Hope there’s someone Who’ll take care...
Well, you can break his heart.
There was once a person that was in love with me, or I’d like to believe rather, in love with the idea of me, for almost 15 years. About half a year ago, we realized that it would never, could never, work out (we had grown too far apart characteristically and this is in no way the story of childhood-best-friend-turned-love-of-your-life). Though the story was appealing, and in the sunny...
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How can I be awesome for you?
I’ve discovered a certain point when you empower someone or make them feel like they rock, and they immediately turn to you and say “You are awesome!”.
I’m calling this the Point of Awesomeness — when you remove the barrier to joy in someone’s life. Sometimes it’s as small as a compliment. Other times, it’s bigger. But the feeling the person...
True Magic — When Work Isn't Work
One time, minimeals called me a hard-worker, and it just didn’t seem right. Now I realize why.
I never work hard. But I have always been good at being honest with myself and discovering what I love sooner than everyone else. So when it looks like I’m working hard, I’m actually pursuing what I love. When you’re doing that, work isn’t work; it’s play.
All...
“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever...”
– Steve Jobs (via timewillnotwaitforus)
Adaptation.
Charlie Kaufman: There was this time in high school. I was watching you out the library window. You were talking to Sarah Marsh.
Donald Kaufman: Oh, God. I was so in love with her.
Charlie Kaufman: I know. And you were flirting with her. And she was being really sweet to you.
Donald Kaufman: I remember that.
Charlie Kaufman: Then, when you walked away, she started making fun of you with Kim Canetti. And it was like they were laughing at *me*. You didn't know at all. You seemed so happy.
Donald Kaufman: I knew. I heard them.
Charlie Kaufman: How come you looked so happy?
Donald Kaufman: I loved Sarah, Charles. It was mine, that love. I owned it. Even Sarah didn't have the right to take it away. I can love whoever I want.
Charlie Kaufman: But she thought you were pathetic.
Donald Kaufman: That was her business, not mine. You are what you love, not what loves you. That's what I decided a long time ago.
(A scene from Adaptation)
Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet;
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
By W.B. Yeats
It's all in your head
pneuma:
“Those who consider themselves lucky tend to exhibit similar attitudes and behaviors. Their unlucky counterparts tend to exhibit opposite traits.
Lucky people tend to maximize chance opportunities. They are especially adept at creating, noticing, and acting upon these opportunities when they arise. Second, they tend to be very effective at listening to their intuition, and do work (such...
howtobearomantic:
howtobearomantic:
“Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.”
— Pablo Picasso
I’m all for questions over answers, but the above statement is hilariously self-contradictory when blogged. Even if it were true that computers only give answers, I wouldn’t blame the machines, but their makers.
That is exactly right. :)
“Every statement can be flipped on its head and interpreted as a question.”
howtobearomantic:
“Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.” — Pablo Picasso
I’m all for questions over answers, but the above statement is hilariously self-contradictory when blogged. Even if it were true that computers only give answers, I wouldn’t blame the machines, but their makers.
“May you live every day of your life.”
– Jonathan Swift
“Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.”
– Pablo Picasso
