February 2012
5 posts
Things to Worry About
In 1933, F. Scott Fitzgerald ended a letter to his 11-year-old daughter, Scottie, with the following:
Things to worry about: Worry about courage Worry about cleanliness Worry about efficiency Worry about horsemanship Things not to worry about: Don’t worry about popular opinion Don’t worry about dolls Don’t worry about the past Don’t worry about the future Don’t worry about growing up Don’t worry...
January 2012
12 posts
“You can call this ‘class warfare’ all you want. But asking a billionaire to pay...”
– President Barack Obama (via BLOGGING via TYPEWRITER)
“To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best day and night to...”
– e. e. cummings (via nancylicious)
The Truth
jaclynday:
Discovering I can wear non-maternity pants again…
Then, catching a glimpse of myself in the mirror before getting in the shower:
oh yeah, right there with you.
I LIKE IT HERE. - M.: there is a question i have... →
texturism:
there is a question i have been wanting to understand the answer to, but have been feeling that i simply can’t ask. eventually i just ask it anyway:
do you think there was a part of you that imagined the two of you would somehow end up together?
immediately, i wish that i hadn’t. the look on…
Salman Rushdie: Christopher Hitchens (Vanity Fair,... →
salmanrushdie1:
On June 8th, 2010, I was “in conversation” with Christopher Hitchens at the 92nd Street Y in New York in front of his customary sellout audience, to launch his memoir, Hitch-22. Christopher turned in a bravura performance that night, never sharper, never funnier, and afterwards at a small,…
December 2011
13 posts
“I was never aware of any other option but to question everything.”
– Noam Chomsky (via philphys)
Sounds about right.
(via soupsoup)
If Joseph and Mary set off to Bethlehem from...
100 reasons why I run:
To see the sun rise.
To blow off steam.
To eat whatever I want.
To raise money for good causes.
To avoid people.
To spend time with friends.
To hear my favorite song.
Prime daydream time.
To remember my ex-boyfriends.
To feel better than my ex-boyfriends.
To compete with my ex-boyfriends.
To forget my ex-boyfriends.
Window-shopping.
To figure out Brooklyn.
Because the ocean is at the end.
Because I know I can.
Because sometimes I think I cannot.
Because runners love to talk about running.
Because I bought these new shoes.
To justify buying the Nike Legend pant.
To run errands…literally.
To beat my old PR.
To break a six-minute mile…again.
To feel like I did when I was 19.
Marathon training.
Corporate challenges.
Because I like the taste of vanilla Gu.
To sprint up the boardwalk at Coney Island.
To feel long and strong.
Because my hair is long enough for a real ponytail.
Because I have these great spandex shorts.
Because the weather is gorgeous.
To say I've crossed all three Manhattan bridges in one day.
New socks.
Because I'm between the not hungry and hungry stages.
Because I am going to eat so much food tonight.
To cure this hangover.
To prevent this hangover.
To fit into those jeans again.
To sweat out the impurities.
To warm up for another workout.
Because it's Saturday morning, and I have nothing else to do.
Because it's Monday morning, and I have a million things to do.
Because he doesn't think I can.
Because I no longer know if I can.
Because I said I would.
To get a tan.
To see the sights.
To get my bearings.
To get lost.
To pick up coffee.
Because I don't have a hangover.
Because nobody else is up.
To catch the sunset.
Because all my friends have other plans.
Because we're all going out tonight.
Because I have not listened to Usher in a while.
Because I have not showered yet today.
Because I want to shower but should justify it first.
To sweat.
To bring a sexy flushed pink to my cheeks.
Because it's laundry day, and I have all these clean bras.
Because my friends are waiting for me.
Because nobody is expecting me.
To get some alone time.
To get some face time on the main drags.
Because I feel skinny.
Because I feel so fucking fat.
Because I just painted my nails and they need a breeze to dry.
Because if I don't, I might die.
To save money when I feel a shopping impulse.
To kill time.
Because I never have any time.
Because my legs feel fresh.
Because my legs feel so tired.
Sun's out, guns out.
To visit a new neighborhood.
To test my mettle.
Because we're on vacation.
Because sometimes I need to talk to myself.
Because I am so incredibly happy.
To avoid killing myself.
Milkshakes and cheeseburgers.
Because he said he wants to run with me.
To justify not smoking cigarettes.
Quick and easy getaways.
To look cool.
To have something to talk about at all times.
Photo ops.
Because it is such a good excuse to travel.
Because it inspires other people.
Because it inspires me.
To get angry.
Because it is the only time I ever cry anymore.
To earn tee shirts and win medals.
Because it gets me out of bed in the mornings.
Because it makes me happier than any man ever has.
To rehab my broken limbs.
To believe in God.
Because I have these two legs (co-sign)
November 2011
15 posts
yowsa →
Hatch: French-inspired maternity clothes →
I have to remember this for next time…..
Mars500 ends today →
science:
For 520 days, since June 2010, six would-be astronauts have been undergoing a simulated mission to Mars at an experimental facility in Russia. The project, which is a collaboration between the Russian Institute for Biomedical Problems and the European Space Agency (ESA), aims to study the psychological and physiological effects of isolation beyond the six-month rotation of the...
October 2011
15 posts
