Wednesday, June 29, 2011
“There should be a drug class, there should be sex education, there should be a class on scams, there should be a class on religious cults, there should be a class on police brutality, there should be a class on Apartheid, there should be a class on racism in America, there should be a class on why people are hungry, but there's not. There classes on...
...gym."
17 years old.
blakkah blakkah
never have i heard "trying to make it through another day" or
"another day another dollar" or
"trying to stay out of trouble"
as a response to "how are you" so much as in this building. how can there be so many people slugging around like theyve seen it all?
like this is everything and life is a helium ballon they let go of when they were kids?
these are the kind of phrases that used to piss me off. like,
what?? so are you DONE then?
i never understood how someone can say that
but...
ive heard it so much now, it doesnt really faze me anymore. is it happening to me too? probably a bit
the funny thing is,
i think people say it to relate to me.
i just take it as warning shots
blakkah blakkah
"another day another dollar" or
"trying to stay out of trouble"
as a response to "how are you" so much as in this building. how can there be so many people slugging around like theyve seen it all?
like this is everything and life is a helium ballon they let go of when they were kids?
these are the kind of phrases that used to piss me off. like,
what?? so are you DONE then?
i never understood how someone can say that
but...
ive heard it so much now, it doesnt really faze me anymore. is it happening to me too? probably a bit
the funny thing is,
i think people say it to relate to me.
i just take it as warning shots
blakkah blakkah
the vancouver riot kiss
those riots were over a fucking hockey game but its still kind of important, now that (thanks to smart phones and youtube) abuses of authority and malicious crowd control is becoming more apparent to the average person. fuck what the riot was about, this image is meaningful for a different reason.
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after jump see video of what happened before this pic was taken
Great Wall of Vagina
Jamie McCartney cast over 400 women's vaginas for this exhibit. He said the idea was spurred when he first heard of women's insecurities about how their vagina looked.
More info here
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Friday, June 24, 2011
this song.. was very important to me and came at a point where nothing was awesome anymore, literally nothing. im not saying its the best song ever but its important to me. honestly the video is a piece of work in and of itself, and has a story line, so i think its distracting from the song which takes a bit of listening to. for some reason i cant find an audio-only version on youtube so here's the "short film"
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
"You see, I think drugs have done some good things for us. I really do. And if you don’t believe drugs have done good things for us, do me a favor. Go home tonight, take all your albums, all your tapes and all your CDs, and burn them. Cuz you know what? The musicians that made all that great music that’s enhanced your lives throughout the years were real fucking high on drugs. The Beatles were so fucking high they let Ringo sing a few tunes."
- Bill Hicks
Expansion
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Thursday, June 16, 2011
Post 943
I know I said I wasn't going to post for a few days, but I realized I had a bunch of draft posts, when I deleted them I was at 941. So the big 1,000 is still a month or two away haha. STAY TUNED??
REGRETS of the DYING
Bronnie Ware is a caregiver of the dying, who for many years has spent time at the side of people in their final weeks of life. In that time she has gotten to know people, and people in their final days shared with her some of their deepest regrets.
This is heavy shit - it may not seem it, some of the entries on this list sound cliche. But they're things we all know and realize, but when it comes down to it, we don't do enough about. We spend so much time trying to distract ourselves from mortality, but it is when people are forced to acknowledge it that the truth in them comes out.
blah blah blah here's the list
via inspirationandchai
This is heavy shit - it may not seem it, some of the entries on this list sound cliche. But they're things we all know and realize, but when it comes down to it, we don't do enough about. We spend so much time trying to distract ourselves from mortality, but it is when people are forced to acknowledge it that the truth in them comes out.
blah blah blah here's the list
1. I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.
This was the most common regret of all. When people realise that their life is almost over and look back clearly on it, it is easy to see how many dreams have gone unfulfilled. Most people had not honoured even a half of their dreams and had to die knowing that it was due to choices they had made, or not made.
It is very important to try and honour at least some of your dreams along the way. From the moment that you lose your health, it is too late. Health brings a freedom very few realise, until they no longer have it.
2. I wish I didn't work so hard.
This came from every male patient that I nursed. They missed their children's youth and their partner's companionship. Women also spoke of this regret. But as most were from an older generation, many of the female patients had not been breadwinners. All of the men I nursed deeply regretted spending so much of their lives on the treadmill of a work existence.
By simplifying your lifestyle and making conscious choices along the way, it is possible to not need the income that you think you do. And by creating more space in your life, you become happier and more open to new opportunities, ones more suited to your new lifestyle.
3. I wish I'd had the courage to express my feelings.
Many people suppressed their feelings in order to keep peace with others. As a result, they settled for a mediocre existence and never became who they were truly capable of becoming. Many developed illnesses relating to the bitterness and resentment they carried as a result.
We cannot control the reactions of others. However, although people may initially react when you change the way you are by speaking honestly, in the end it raises the relationship to a whole new and healthier level. Either that or it releases the unhealthy relationship from your life. Either way, you win.
4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.
Often they would not truly realise the full benefits of old friends until their dying weeks and it was not always possible to track them down. Many had become so caught up in their own lives that they had let golden friendships slip by over the years. There were many deep regrets about not giving friendships the time and effort that they deserved. Everyone misses their friends when they are dying.
It is common for anyone in a busy lifestyle to let friendships slip. But when you are faced with your approaching death, the physical details of life fall away. People do want to get their financial affairs in order if possible. But it is not money or status that holds the true importance for them. They want to get things in order more for the benefit of those they love. Usually though, they are too ill and weary to ever manage this task. It is all comes down to love and relationships in the end. That is all that remains in the final weeks, love and relationships.
5. I wish that I had let myself be happier.
This is a surprisingly common one. Many did not realise until the end that happiness is a choice. They had stayed stuck in old patterns and habits. The so-called 'comfort' of familiarity overflowed into their emotions, as well as their physical lives. Fear of change had them pretending to others, and to their selves, that they were content. When deep within, they longed to laugh properly and have silliness in their life again.
When you are on your deathbed, what others think of you is a long way from your mind. How wonderful to be able to let go and smile again, long before you are dying.
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Wednesday, June 15, 2011
post 999
no posts for a few days. so here
more j cole. i think i am going to buy this album. i am going to buy this album.
cuz you need more
"No one is illegal. The people you call illegal are human beings, whose only crime was being born on the wrong side of a border: A border that was created as a result of an unjust war. When they become desperate, and unable to support their families, they will do what any of you would do, which is look for opportunity elsewhere. Ask yourself, if you were living in a nation where there was very little opportunity, and you knew that by going to the country right next door you might make your life and the lives of your children better, wouldn’t you do it? Wouldn’t any good parent do that? To say no is to say that people should suffer because of circumstances that are beyond their control. Is that really what you want your country to be about?"
- Tim [is] Wise
basic
if you or a loved one has ...
sometimes haha. not enough
peter pan's shadow painted on a wall. dopest shit ever
just a well designed album cover
more j cole. i think i am going to buy this album. i am going to buy this album.
cuz you need more
"No one is illegal. The people you call illegal are human beings, whose only crime was being born on the wrong side of a border: A border that was created as a result of an unjust war. When they become desperate, and unable to support their families, they will do what any of you would do, which is look for opportunity elsewhere. Ask yourself, if you were living in a nation where there was very little opportunity, and you knew that by going to the country right next door you might make your life and the lives of your children better, wouldn’t you do it? Wouldn’t any good parent do that? To say no is to say that people should suffer because of circumstances that are beyond their control. Is that really what you want your country to be about?"
- Tim [is] Wise
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Monday, June 13, 2011
Richest Men of Cloth in Africa
Affiliation: Living Faith World Outreach Ministry, aka Winners Chapel
Estimated net worth: $150 million
Chris Oyakhilome
Church: Believers’ Loveworld Ministries, a.k.a Christ Embassy
Estimated net worth: $30 million – $50 million
Temitope Joshua
Church: Synagogue Church Of All Nations (SCOAN)
Estimated net worth: $10 million – $15 million
Matthew Ashimolowo
Kingsway International Christian Centre (KICC)
Estimated net worth: $6 million – $10 million
Chris Okotie
Church: Household of God Church
Net worth: $3 million -$10 million
blech..
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Friday, June 10, 2011
“There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique, and if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium; and be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is, not how it compares with other expression. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer, divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others.”
- Martha Graham
'And yet,' continued Lord Henry, in his low, musical voice, and with that graceful wave of the hand that was always so characteristic of him, and that he had even in his Eton days, 'I believe that if one man were to live out his life fully and completely, were to give form to every feeling, expression to every thought, reality to every dream - I believe that the world would gain such a fresh impulse of joy that we would forget all the maladies of medievalism, and return to the Hellenic ideal - to something finer, richer, than the Hellenic ideal, it may be. But the bravest man amongst us is afraid of himself. The mutilation of the savage has its tragic survival in the self-denial that mars our lives. We are punished for our refusals. Every impulse that we strive to strangle broods in the mind, and poisons us. The body sins once, and has done with its sin, for action is a mode of purification. Nothing remains then but the recollection of a pleasure, or the luxury of a regret. The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself, with desire for what its monstrous laws have made monstrous and unlawful. It has been said that the great events of the world take place in the brain. It is in the brain, and the brain only, that the great sins of the world take place also. You, Mr. Gray, you yourself, with your rose-red mouth and your rose-white boyhood, you have had passions that have made you afraid, thoughts that have filled you with terror, day-dreams and sleeping dreams whose mere memory might stain your cheek with shame ----- '
stupid fuckin advertising and big budget movies mindlessly written produced and edited to fit exactly what as many people have in common, which isnt much, -and certainly isnt fucking substantial- suffocating all the good films so that people who actually give a shit about watching cool new shit, different shit, have no way of hearing about it. money corrupts everything it touches, THATS why i get rid of it so fast. :)
this movie looks interesting
"We do scant justice and honor to our God if we want, for instance, to deny that Mahatma Gandhi was a truly great soul, a holy man who walked closely with God. Our God would be too small if he was not also the God of Gandhi: if God is one, as we believe, then he is the only God of all his people, whether they acknowledge him as such or not. God does not need us to protect him. Many of us perhaps need to have our notion of God deepened and expanded. It is often said, half in jest, that God created man in his own image and man has returned the compliment, saddling God with his own narrow prejudices and exclusivity, foibles and temperamental quirks. God remains God, whether God has worshippers or not."
- Desmond Tutu "God is not a Christian"
olafur eliasson - your rainbow panorama
located in Arhus, Denmark "your rainbow panorama" is a circular pathway affixed to the top of a building
the glass panels, extending the entire length of the pathway, compose 100% of the wall space (inside and out), and include every color in the spectrum.
way cool
via designboom
