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Choosing what you want to do, and when to do it, is an act of creation
~ Peter McWilliams
And suddenly, it dawned on me, I could choose . It's a little distressing that someone had to remind me of the miraculous phenomenon that is the ability to choose, everything and anything, 1000 times a day, but thank god they did. Because I had forgotten. Stress, life responsibilities, deadlines, alarm clocks and guilt had been working overtime to erase the knowledge that all this shit , all... Read Full Story
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“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore” ~ Andre Gide I think it's fair to say that I cannot, cannot , dance. I can do this thing where I drink three shots of tequila and then sort of hallucinate I'm on So You Think You Can Dance , but once the liquor wears off it becomes apparent that I have just run drunken laps around the bar with my hands in the air like a maniac. I love the idea of dancing - I watch all the shows, entertain fantasies about... Read Full Story
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I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught
~ Winston Churchill When I'm feeling less than spectacular, I tend to engage in an activity where I tell myself all the things I'm not. Not successful. Not a super athlete. Not rich. Not in a relationship. ..I'm good at it. Someone should give me a medal. Or at least one of those vague Dollar Store trophies where the gold guy is just sort of standing around and which can be used for anything from being awesome at... Read Full Story
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“ Supposing you have tried and failed again and again. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call "Failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down ” ~ Mary Pickford
I'm currently seeing the world in a bright shade of dull .
As much as I believe we make our own mood, our own happiness, I'm fully aware that sometimes life just...goes. There doesn't seem to be anything to really look forward to. Waking up every morning, staring at the ceiling... Read Full Story
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“Courage allows the successful woman to fail
and learn powerful lessons
from the failure
so that in the end
she didn't fail at all”
~ Maya Angelou
As I was cleaning my room this morning (dusting my countless shelves and getting severely freaked out at the amount of dirt I live with on a daily basis) I came across a list of things I wanted 2011 to bring. Ha ha ha .
The end of 2010 had me making big wishes. I wanted some payback from the shitty 365 days I... Read Full Story
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" Well, there are lots of great treats this time of year - Zucchini Bread, Fruitcake.. but the thing that I most like to bring out this time of year are my Balls "
~ Pete Schweddy
The holidays have been written about, and written about, and written about .
So my bosom buddy Maria and I decided we would discuss -- as in, jump on iChat one Friday night when the rest of the world was fist pumping and doing shots of marshmallow-flavored Vodka (because it unfortunately exists) -- the... Read Full Story
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“ That's the thing with magic. You've got to know it's still here, all around us, or it just stays invisible for you ” ~ Charles de Lint
The best thing about being a kid at Christmas (besides the obvious gift gluttony), was sitting next to our nonsensically decorated tree, listening to my mom's Christmas records -- I swear to you we had a record player in the late 80s -- and building lincoln log houses underneath the twinkling lights and amid the fresh scent of pine needles. It was... Read Full Story
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“ Do not lose hold of your dreams or aspirations. For if you do, you may still exist but you have ceased to live ” ~ Henry David Thoreau
When you've still yet to have your break
- the moment Hollywood realizes you've been knocking at their door for like 5 years, in the rain, without an umbrella, and finally lets you in -
You learn that concentrating too hard on contests, or a producer getting back to you, or an agent deciding they like your work enough to not use it as a... Read Full Story
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I don't always like to do what other people are doing.
Which is why this Thanksgiving , I'm not talking about turkey or being bloated.
Instead, we'll be discussing hot men. "Is there anything that could improve a holiday dedicated to food?" I asked my good friend Maria a few nights back while we were both Facebook chatting and drinking wine. "There is one thing," she typed. "WHAT?!" I couldn't imagine. "Hot Dudes. Naked. Eating Thanksgiving dinner with you."
The image stunned me... Read Full Story
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Who knows what started it: Maybe I ate too many carbs at lunch. Maybe my stomach is angry that I keep sucking it in every time that hot computer guy walks by. Maybe I no longer have any idea whether I'm a normal weight or not because in one store I'm a size 2 and in the next I can barely squish my ass into a size 6. Or maybe I've read one too many articles about celebrities giving in to some pre-determined falsity of beauty.
Whatever the case, I am pissed . I'm so fucking angry that day... Read Full Story
