January 2010
21 posts
Lykke Li - Let It Fall
Somebody I love
empowered me today. Through all of the uncertainty it is so nice to hear, “You are strong enough, capable enough, to handle this.”
And it came straight from the person I needed it from the most.
Author Benoit Denizet-Lewis: Tiger Woods is being... →
And art therapy is part of his treatment!
[Denizet-Lewis] says Woods will have to sign a celibacy agreement - no masturbation, even - and will be enrolled in 12-step programs, art therapy and a most-likely cringe-inducing bought of raw truth.
Kseniya Simonova's Amazing Sand Drawing →
My intern sent me this link.
Goosebumps throughout the whole thing.
I miss my grandpa.
It was difficult to have any in depth conversations with him over the past few years, but his absence is so profound.
Amos Lee - Colors
When you’re gone…
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Breakfast FAIL
I don’t think eating well is in the cards for me today.
The Walter Reed cafeteria (there’s my first problem) was out of all milk except whole milk, Lactaid, and soy milk. I was really craving my little container of all-bran, so I opted for the Lactaid bc I refuse to drink whole and although I could prob. handle the soy, I felt it would be most different from the skim I normally...
I've never seen The Big Lebowski.
My roommate had it on and I asked what movie he was watching.
I think he might kick me out.
Dear Cold Weather,
I like you occasionally, but this recent consistency is making it hard for me to function.
I’ve worn my heaviest L.L.Bean coat for the past week and resembling the Michelin Man is making it very hard for me to feel cute and confident. Oh and one of my friends recently called me Nanook all night long. Not cool.
I’ve been late to work everyday because my cozy bed is that much more...
An Unlikely Way To Heal The Hidden Scars of War →
Atlanta, Georgia — A veteran of the Iraq war stands beneath the eaves of a white clapboard church and scrawls two tiny eyes on a small scrap of canvas. He is painting a self-portrait, yet aesthetics are the furthest thing from his mind. He is painting for one reason and one reason only. He is trying to get better.
Art as treatment, particularly for war trauma, may seem like a strange idea....
Working Out to Eat →
This New York Times article about Japanese nerdery is sort of interesting in-and-of-itself, but the description of a Japanese treadmill really got me:
I was on a Japanese treadmill gazing at the usual numbers, speed and calorie count and so on, when I started to get mesmerized by the little images of food and drink on the screen. At 35 calories, there was a frothy cappuccino, and then at 75 two...
This makes the... →
Happy Winter!
(via lickystickypickyme)
OUCH ouch ouch ouch
OOOOUCH.
The only evidence I have of post-midnight is some scratches from falling in the bushes.
Yes. I fell in bushes.
2010 should be interesting. Happy New Year everyone!