sweepthesunshine: Rockstar Links&Things

I spotted Yaz in Kelso! (via UmrSlm) [Reason #4,563 why i love...

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:41:00 -0800

I spotted Yaz in Kelso! (via UmrSlm)

[Reason #4,563 why i love the rockstars on flickr. also, i think it may be the same car as this, which makes me laugh even more. -yasmine]

Southwold (via Number Six) [i want to be there right now, in one...

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:46:35 -0800

Southwold (via Number Six)

[i want to be there right now, in one of those crayola-colored houses. -y]

garfield minus garfield [never underestimate how distressing...

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:08:59 -0800

garfield minus garfield

[never underestimate how distressing such a situation is. -yasmine]

clingtomymouth: “Create beautiful children; Marry an Arab” (via...

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:27:04 -0700

clingtomymouth:

“Create beautiful children; Marry an Arab” (via Lawrence L)

[ha! to my sister & futurebrotherinlaw: i demand beautiful nieces and nephews, ya hear? eventually ;) -y]

"My concern was that they would never have been able to find an Indian kid who could act well enough..."

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:09:00 -0700

““My concern was that they would never have been able to find an Indian kid who could act well enough and who was a good enough basketball player to play me,” Mr. Alexie said in a recent interview, adding that basketball was even more important to him than “the Indianness of me.” As it did during his own youth, salvation for his misfit protagonist, Junior, comes when he quits the reservation and excels on an all-white high school team. “I’d rather see myself played by a Puerto Rican or an Italian with a tan than have them ruin the basketballness of me,” he explained.”

- Sherman Alexie - A Native Son With No Borders - NYTimes.com

[not sure how i feel about him, but that last line made me laugh — partly in disbelief. -y]

walking on air (via Vivienne ~ Vivacious Photography) [drinking...

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:04:42 -0700

walking on air (via Vivienne ~ Vivacious Photography)

[drinking coffee is never a good idea — and on the rare occasions i try it, i’m reminded why i don’t like it. it accelerates my heartbeat, makes me feel anxious and blue — something i can’t afford these days, when i’ve got so much going on. this photo makes me breathe easy.

vivienne’s weblog is here, too. -yasmine]

"Of course I act like a barbarian, he said. They’re the only ones who have any fun in this..."

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:06:09 -0700

“Of course I act like a barbarian, he said. They’re the only ones who have any fun in this life.”

- StoryPeople:Barbarian

"Can I count on you to be there, no matter what? she said & I said no & she said what kind of..."

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:40:08 -0700

“Can I count on you to be there, no matter what? she said & I said no & she said what kind of friend are you? & I said the kind who won’t lie to you any time you want & I think she kept me around as a curiosity after that”

- StoryPeople:Curiosity

pakistani: Fuzon - Khamaj Another of semi-classical song from...

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:40:32 -0700

pakistani:

Fuzon - Khamaj

Another of semi-classical song from Pakistan. Video shows the glorious period of Pakistani film industry which met its fate in late 70s and only recently has started to make a respectable resurgence.

(HD mode recommended)

[ =) one of the first times i watched this video was with my brother, 5 years ago, and it still makes me think of him, since he’s all about cinema and film-production. -yasmine]

"It might be that I am looking to have my attention grabbed in a certain way when I’m reading on a..."

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:43:16 -0700

“It might be that I am looking to have my attention grabbed in a certain way when I’m reading on a screen, or it might not — after all, I am talking here about actually having more patience for circuitousness and idiosyncratic syntax when I’m reading online, not less. I don’t know! I don’t know what it is! I love blogs! I love reading blog posts. I hope someday to once again love writing blog posts.”

- Truths to be self-edited - Emily Magazine

[yeah, i want to love writing weblog posts again, too. -y]

anjum: via The Sartorialist how cute is she! [of course...

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:03:09 -0700

anjum:

via The Sartorialist

how cute is she!

[of course she’s cute! her name’s Yasmine! ;) i love her hair so much. -y]

mariamjaan: explodingdog: Coffee makes the morning...

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:34:34 -0700

mariamjaan:

explodingdog:

Coffee makes the morning OK

[substitute ‘hot chocolate’ for ‘coffee,’ and that’s me warming up my hands on my daily cup. sometimes it’s the only thing to look forward to in the mornings/what makes coming into work bearable. -y]

"When do you get to be a grown-up? she said. When you can read & write & lie without..."

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:31:11 -0700

“When do you get to be a grown-up? she said. When you can read & write & lie without laughing, I said & her eyes got big & she said she didn’t know it was that hard”

- StoryPeople:Big Job

Kevin Coval: A Post-Olympic Plan for a City Under Siege

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:54:36 -0700

Kevin Coval: A Post-Olympic Plan for a City Under Siege:

…All this will lead to Louder Than A Bomb: The Chicago Youth Poetry Festival which takes place in February and March. The winners and all teams will then go back to their schools and communities and in April perform and provide writing workshops in elementary schools, libraries, and park districts around the city. The city will be abuzz with language and records of now from people who are normally never heard from, the youth. Seen and now heard.

As for Obama, we invite him to be a judge at this year’s finals. He can sit and listen and hear what the grassroots around Hyde Park, and city wide, are going thru. How they want to be safe, how they want their peers to be safe, here and abroad. He can give the poems Olympic-style scores, ranging from 0 to 10. He can listen to the crowd scream, Listen to the Poem! Then he and his crew can stop playing, and say they did some work to bring the games to the city. Games that matter, hope, save, and are safe.

But we shouldn’t wait for politicians and celebrities to build a world and city that is just and equitable.

We do this work.

Teachers, students, rogue school administrators, artists whose work matters, parents. Regular folk who get up and work, who greet the sun. We are the ones who change culture and society.

[i think i’m kind of in love with this plan. -y]

"I spent months asking out loud why bright young people joined gangs? I stopped asking this question..."

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:51:37 -0700

“I spent months asking out loud why bright young people joined gangs? I stopped asking this question when one of my teenage students gave me an alarmingly simple answer: “Because at least I am safe on one side of my neighborhood.””

- Eboo Patel at The Faith Divide: The Battlegrounds of America - On Faith at washingtonpost.com

[More about Eboo Patel and his organization here. -y]

Praying the light (via HORIZON)

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:33:30 -0700

Praying the light (via HORIZON)

.Lighthouse hunting. (via Ashu Mittal)

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:18:41 -0700

.Lighthouse hunting. (via Ashu Mittal)

Pearls Before Swine [ha! -y]

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:31:00 -0700

Pearls Before Swine

[ha! -y]

#201 There’s no need to give disclaimers.

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:15:27 -0700

#201 There’s no need to give disclaimers.:

When you present your work (a research paper, a painting, a song) don’t be tempted to qualify it beforehand with a verbal laundry list of possible flaws. Learn to fight off that natural insecurity and present your work for what it is. Let it be judged on its own merits at face value, then critique it afterward with feedback from the group.

-500 Pieces of Prudent Advice for My Baby Daughter

[i need to remember this one more often. which reminded me to go back and hunt up and re-read this post from years ago. -y]

#202 Accept the invitation.

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:11:22 -0700

#202 Accept the invitation.:

Just go! Go visit your Peace Corps friend volunteering in Guatemala; go wear a fancy dress to the Daytime Emmys; go chat with the boys at the Ghanaian Soccer Academy benefit. When you get an invitation to do something out of the ordinary see it as a little microcosm of life’s possibilities and say “yes” even if you’re tired, nervous, or uncertain. At least when you’re older you’ll be able to reflect on your adventures instead of regretting the shiny bubbles of opportunity that floated away while you were moored to the couch.

-500 Pieces of Prudent Advice for My Baby Daughter