August 2010
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Movie To-Do List
Reservoir Dogs Pulp Fiction Ben Hur Shawshank Redemption The Room Donnie Darko Schindler’s List 12 Angry Men Dead Poets Society Casa Blanca Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb A Clockwork Orange Requiem for a Dream 2001: A Space Odyssey Moon No Country for Old Men The Big Lebowski The Manchurian Candidate Crazy Heart Trainspotting A Streetcar Named Desire...
eff yeah nerdfighters!: As I’m sure some of you... →
As I’m sure some of you know, we got some heartbreaking news today. Our very own Esther lost her battle with cancer last night. It’s still difficult for any of us to comprehend, and more difficult to try and form words around. We love her so much, and are sending all of our love and prayers to her…
I hate cancer. I hate it so much. Esther was 16, and such a beautiful lady with such a...
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"Dear God, make me a bird."
You believe in me. You believe I will make the right decision. You trust in me. And so, you make me believe that I can trust in myself.
That is empowering; that is enough to get me flapping again. Once upon a time, I clipped my wings in my sleep (Oh, how we ARE victims to what our own hands have wrought!), but that was long ago. Maybe this time my wings will catch that Eastern wind moving down...
Pale Blue Dot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9tDO3HK20Q
Whenever I feel sad, this video always calms me.
A Banjo Named Isaiah
My dad just bought me a banjo. When I saw it, I couldn’t even speak. He bought it for no particular reason. “Just because. I know you’ve wanted one for a long time.”
And I have.
I don’t care if it’s for hillbillies. It’s something I can connect with. It’s something I can call mine. It’s heavy and slender, it has a remarkable history, and it...
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"And I would take my mental flight..." Dr.MLKJr.
“I wish - I wish - I wish I could have lived in the Old Days,” said Caspian. (He was only a very little boy at the time.)
Oh, how I do know the feeling.
I wish - I wish - I wish - I could have lived in the Old Days.
In the days before things were so complicated. Perhaps a few decades ago, before the internet? No, no. Further back than that. Perhaps in the 40s, even...
Boys Are Dumb; Let's all be nuns
I have an admirer. He’s from Australia. He’s pretty good with the ladies, from what I deduce. I’ve known him awhile…from a distance. Suddenly, he’s in love with me. He’s texting me like crazy and messaging me.
Wha?
Last time I saw him, I said hello and he walked right passed me. Perhaps it was because he was shy, but I don’t care. Boys are annoying....
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Random Journal #1 On Writing, Shingles and the...
(I would like to start writing in narrative style more. I have another blog that I write more personal, controversial, uneasy-going things on, but this one looks prettier, so I think I’m going to start using this one for random journalish crap that doesn’t matter, but that I’d like to write anyway since it will get me to think about writing style a bit more.)
Im laying in bed,...
Lyrics
“The sun will rise and then the sun will set, and then the sun will rise again, so lift up your head!
(This is life: not a static object preserved and displayed like a relic from the dead; You are not a fruitless tree with a rootless disease growin’ in a bucket in a rich man’s home next to the TV tamed and alone learnin’ to lust for the things you don’t own—...
One day, I'll go seasteading →
bestofwikipedia:
Seasteading, a portmanteau of sea and homesteading, is the concept of creating permanent dwellings at sea, called seasteads, outside the territories claimed by the governments of any standing nation. Most proposed seasteads have been modified cruising vessels. Other proposed structures have included a refitted oil rig, a decommissioned anti-aircraft platform, and custom-built...
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Did you hear the joke about Sarah Palin, Dr. Laura...
I wonder what Sarah Palin would do if someone shouted “retarded” repeatedly to her child. What? I’m just using my Constitutional rights—thanks, Sarah!
“When you date someone, you have the markers along the way, right? You kiss, you...”
– John Green ; Will Grayson, Will Grayson. (via keesaysxwhatt) (via effyeahnerdfighters, ilikeimpossible)
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Your Advice is Not Advisory.......
You are to wait; you will find your answer.
But, I’ve waited for a very long time now. I haven’t found my answer.
You must search and find the answer.
I have been searching. I find nothing but more to question.
You must rest—you will be found.
Surely you cannot expect me to rest when so much is at stake? I have rested. I have collapsed. I have waited. Nothing ever happened...
“The secret dream of every novelist is to be a rockstar.”
– John Green, author, vlogbrother, nerdfighter (via effyeahnerdfighters)
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Random Thought # 63 "Jesus is a-comin' y'all!"
Nothing like hearing an esteemed man speak at Sunday church and wanting to curse him out even before he opens his mouth.
Really.
I almost wish I’d taken notes so I could argue his points here, but I was too angry and didn’t want to give anyone the impression I found worthwhile validity in his points by writing something down in my notebook.
I don’t do stupid. And that was...
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Dear Roger (part 1) Random Thought #247 (part 2)
I just sent a Facebook message to Roger Ebert, who is my Facebook friend (heck yes) and who I follow on Twitter.
It was fairly simple to write and send, because I am sure he will never read it.
But I am very happy I sent it, regardless. He has been quite influential in my life, and he has my utmost respect. He can take credit largely for many views I currently hold—I told him that. Not...
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"It's a Good Day for America"
Congrats to everyone the dissolution of Prop. 8 effects.
“Sad there was even a question about who deserved those rights and who didn’t.”
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random thought # 65--deception & optimism
today i met with a girl who is having a hard time at home. she’s here in fort worth right now because she had to get away. she is leaving the state to go back home soon—to a home where everything has changed for the absolute worse. she is afraid. i looked her in the eyes from across the table, leaned forward to show confidence, and i told her, “You are going to be okay. Look at...
"How terribly strange..." They are almost 70 now.... →
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Random Thought #flipping1: When Useful Words are...
I was an Agnostic once…okay, for like a month, but still. That’s not what this story is about. It’s about how such a thing came to be for me.
So why? What made you begin referring to yourself as Agnostic? What stripped you of your gnostic title?
Words.
Words?
Let me explain…
Dr. Richard Dawkins is a brilliant man who I admire. I used to listen to him a great deal...
I don't know how a song can be this awesome...I... →
My dad is my hero. He’s dedicated his life to God and his faith, and made me a better person. So if there isn’t a Heaven, I WILL kick someone’s ASS.
