December 2009
80 posts
If you’re not failing every now and again, it’s a sign you’re not doing anything...
– Woody Allen (via ohtricia)
Just had to reblog this. I’ve been stuck in my head lately, but I really need to remember to keep taking chances.
listening to // heartbeats (live) // josé gonzález... →
Love this song. Clearly the original version is going on our NYE dance party playlist.
outofhabit:texturism:
goodness on a cold night in boston. home feels cozier than most nights just knowing how uncomfortable life would feel outside. thinking of all the people not fortunate enough to have a home and wishing things were differently for them. truly.
this song is amazing. heart.
Carpe Diem? Maybe Tomorrow [via NYT] →
Once you start procrastinating pleasure, it can become a self-perpetuating process if you fixate on some imagined nirvana. The longer you wait to open that prize bottle of wine, the more special the occasion has to be.
Agenda for Tues Dec. 29, 2009
Load up car for the drive back to LA
Deep Flow Yoga at noon
Eat healthy! No snacks til NYE
Run errands via bike in the afternoon
Figure out New Years Resolutions
You weren’t wrong, Tom. You were just wrong about me.
– Summer, 500 Days of Summer
Finally saw this movie last night. I got it for my sister as a Christmas present so that we could finally watch it together. Loved it, clearly.
Deep reading — the kind that you engage in when you get lost in the syntax and...
– Wife/Mother/Worker/Spy - The Endless First Chapter - NYT (via karigee) (via whilebird) (via literarypiano) (via somethingchanged) (via robot-heart) (via notemily) (via nerdgasms) (via 12minds) (via andeventhis) (via fuckyeahreading) (via eemmaa)
Unclose your mind. You are not a prisoner. You are a bird in flight, searching...
– Haruki Murakami (via crashinglybeautiful) (via myserendipities)
It’ll be much more than one night…Our minutes are longer than yours.
– Anna Sörensen’s Response after being told she’ll only get one night with her love, who is a soldier on the front lines. From the film Joyeux Noël. (via tylerknott) (via emel)
We laughed and laughed, together and separately, out loud and silently, we were...
– Jonathan Safran Foer (via suzywire) (via dreamawaymydear) (via pinkeezy)
On living, writing and trusting the unknown --... →
“I live by the rule - well, the rules - that you should ask yourself two questions in every situation. 1. Are you having fun? If the answer is yes, good on ya. Proceed accordingly. If the answer is no, then continue on to question #2, which is “Is it a good story?” If yes, enjoy. If no, get the hell out…”
Just wanted to share this blog — this piece really...
Scripting a Fantasy of a Family -- Mindy Kaling... →
“The problem with being a writer of romance and romantic situations is that my capacity for creating and believing in fantasy is huge…”
I love her.
It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning...
– F. Scott Fitzgerald (via midnightlunacy) (via itiswellwithmysoul) (via confessionsofawanderer) (via constantwanderlust)
and i'm home.
I drove back up to the Bay today. Along 101, instead of the 5. For the first two hours I could see the coast, which reminded me that I need to make a trip out to Santa Barbara/wine country sometime soon.
Agenda for tomorrow:
Bike to my friend’s house for a quick early morning work out — we’re focusing on abs!
Donating gifts with my mom/errands/shopping (for others,...
And therein lies the best career advice I could possibly dispense: just DO...
– Blogger Charlie Hoehn [via (via goodeggs)] (via outofhabit)
Tonight I was reminded to not be satisfied with things as they are. If I want to...
– I love Lulu. And yes to this statement. Getting back to yoga this weekend.
the next level - lululemon blog (via yoginiinthehood)