December 2008
37 posts
Mumbai was not our 9/11 →
(via salonika)
[thank you for sharing this, asad! -Y]
I wake up every mornin’ and I’m steppin’ out the... →
hellovagina:
What really knocks me out is a book that, when you’re all done reading it, you wish the author of it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it.
— J.D. Salinger, Catcher In The Rye
hellovagina:
I watch people sometimes, wonder how they can walk around with the weight of what they know. Wonder if they feel like me, stumbling with lead shoes on the bottom of the ocean, swimming in a sea of the unsayable. It’s a mistake we make, thinking its words that tell us everything. It’s sound that breaks glasses,cracks windows, sends cats up trees. Bats hear more than humans,...
Need to Know
lovepuppy:
If you need to know anything- know this: Never listen to people that say “this is the way its always been done before”.
“Many of us are slaves to our minds. Our own mind is our worst enemy. We try to...”
– Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche (via everybodycares)
“If we listened to our intellect, we’d never have a love affair. We’d never have...”
– Ray Bradbury (via hellovagina)
[ray bradbury, i always knew there was a reason why i loved you. -Y]
The life of boy who may have been tortured -... →
‘When the world met Kyle R. this week, he was barely dressed, bloody and barefoot, a heavy chain padlocked around his ankle.
The vision has haunted some rescuers. Workers at the Tracy fitness center he stumbled into Monday, begging for help, sobbed when he was taken away by ambulance. […]
In a jailhouse interview with TV reporter Alan Wang, Lau, a stay-at-home mom and Girl Scout...
salonika:
“Teree Aisee Ke Tesee”, Dead Bhuttos,...
“The world may never know the truth about your life, that’s because they don’t...”
– (via littlemiss) (via kari-shma) (via snowblind) (via butterflyeffect) (via lawful)
Welcome To The Territories
lawful:
lowlife:
Jewish settlers in West Bank to Ethiopian Israeli soldiers: “Niggers don’t expel Jews”
Not only do they serve long and tiring hours in the reserve forces, and not only are they forced to deal with violent clashes with settlers, but now, Border Guard officers of Ethiopian descent are also faced with rising racism. “Niggers don’t expel Jews! This isn’t what we brought you to...
I've never read Vonnegut
lawful:
randomlunatic:
nashvilleneedsmoremetaphors:
clarityunfiltered:
Is that wrong?
Yes.
Oh my God — at the very least, read the short story “Harrison Bergeron.”
Very wrong. Go buy Mother Night and Dead Eye Dick right now.
[more books to add to my reading list. highfive! -Y]
“I believe that, if a triangle could speak, it would say that God is eminently...”
– Baruch Spinoza. (via dailymeh) (via robot-heart)
Love Spinoza.
(via lawful)
The World - India Calling - NYTimes.com →
‘Which raises a heart-stirring question: If our parents left India and trudged westward for us, if they manufactured from scratch a new life there for us, if they slogged, saved, sacrificed to make our lives lighter than theirs, then what does it mean when we choose to migrate to the place they forsook?
If we are here, what are they doing there?’
Confession:
lovepuppy:
I prefer reaching out to people via words (read: e-mails) versus sounds (phone calls). Ok, I hate making business related phone calls. Hate it!!
On a side note: any tumblrs familiar with creating booths at trade shows?
[dude, this is so me. i want to stab people who have the audacity to make business-related phone calls to me while i’m at work. why, oh why, must you harass...
“The collection of eight stories takes its title from a passage from Nathanial...”
– Jhumpa Lahiri’s Struggle To Feel American : NPR
Third Culture Kids →
karion:
Heh. I am one of those kids.
robot-heart:
dhk:claytoncubitt:
“Third Culture Kids (abbreviated TCKs or 3CKs) (sometimes also called Global Nomad) “refers to someone who [as a child] has spent a significant period of time in one or more culture(s) other than his or her own, thus integrating elements of those cultures and their own birth culture, into a third culture”.
I did a lot of...
Psychology Today: The Art of Now: Six Steps to... →
(via beanay)
[i lovelovelove this article. and i think i’m pretty good already about ‘living in the moment,’ but i could always use reminders. thanks, Bean! -Y]
hellovagina:
Today I will be serious. If you should happen to trip and fall and get a minor concussion on your way somewhere important, I will be helpful. If I hug you like a bear it will be with the utmost professionalism and civility. I will spend my day reading serious texts about the best procedure for using proper punctuation while drinking black coffee. When you come home, I will be...
Ack.
duckandpenguin:
lawful:
Completely forgot I am working in the NYC office tomorrow. USAir just emailed me a reminder to check in for my flight.
Wheee.
This is what my life is like, only it’s more like “Completely forgot to save for kids’ college tuition,” or “hi, this is HR, you forgot to sign up for health insurance this year so you’ll have to wait until October”
[both of these posts made...