Live Life in a Blare of Pleasure: Archive

philolzophy:

Demonstrate feigned hyper-masculinity. During the small period of time when I thought it would be a good idea to meet guys on Match, I went out with what I believed based on chats and talks was a gentlemanly, traditional-but-not-in-the-misogynist-way bro. What I got instead picked me up in a…

Feb 28, 201257 notes

“Never half ass two things. Whole ass one.” —Ron Swanson, Parks and Rec

Feb 24, 20122 notes

#parks and rec #ron swanson #truth

I think you have to be a very special kind of person to willingly teach first graders.

Today:

12 nurses office visits (3 headaches, 7 I-might-throw-ups, 1 sprained ankle, 1 bump on the head)

7 cards pulled for behavior (and I was being lenient)

4 needy kids who had to show me every little thing they colored/wrote/drew and told me far too much about their lives

5 kids who claimed to be on the verge of losing teeth

5 girls hugging my legs to the point that I couldn’t move through the hallway [please stop touching me!]

4 “busywork” assignments I had to assign because the teacher didn’t leave enough work to keep them busy

HOW DO FIRST GRADE TEACHERS EVER GET ANYTHING DONE??

Give me middle/high school any day…

Feb 23, 20121 note

#substitute teaching #first graders...whew #here's hoping I don't end up with whatever virus they were carrying around

“Why the hell am I writing a novel? Who’s going to read it? And why read it? Whatever I have to say will undoubtedly be of no use when a pair of stockinged limbs go clicking by on seductive heels. And when a guy finds himself in the path of an onrushing army of soldiers brandishing bayonets, what does all my writing or the writing of anybody else matter? […] A novel is usually written by novelists. I am a human being, with a soul, a vanity, an ego, and a suitcase. I am a poet and a writer. I am not a novelist. I live on this earth, and if you don’t mind my saying so, the other man-creatures that exist with me are damned difficult to get along with. And I don’t doubt that they find me difficult also.” —Jack Kerouac in “No Connection: A Novel That I Don’t Intend to Finish” (1941, nineteen years old)

Feb 20, 2012153 notes

“There are so many fragile things, after all. People break so easily, and so do dreams and hearts.” —Neil Gaiman, Fragile Things (via creatingaquietmind)

Feb 20, 2012927 notes

Feb 19, 201226 notes

Updates

My meeting with the athletic trainer went well; he says that I have great flexibility but not enough strength in my legs for the continued mileage increases I’ll have this year. (Damn you Jillian, what about all of those squats?) He gave me a set of strength moves and stretches to do that literally takes me an hour to complete. I’m sure you’ll all of aware of this, but I’m not super patient when it comes to stretching/sitting still. I have a continual love/hate relationship with yoga for this reason, and I tend to neglect stretching or half ass it as a result. So I’m really proud that I’ve managed to stick to this for the past three days, and I’m looking at how I can start incorporating some of the moves into my day so it won’t be so overwhelming. Every time I want to quit my inner voice screams “DON’T BE A DUMBASS, YOU’LL CRAP OUT IN CHICAGO!” and then I keep going.

I’m going to attempt running (probably run-walking, actually) again tomorrow because I’m worried about the miles and maintaining my fitness level for my half marathon in April.

This weekend was awesome. Now I sort of miss college.

Feb 19, 2012

#running #knee issues #fun saturday-rough sunday

thetangential:

One of the first things that amazed me about “30 Rock” was that it was able to make Alec Baldwin cool again. Before he was on that show, people were thinking of him as the dude who got caught calling his 11-year-old daughter a “thoughtless little pig.” Then he became Jack Donaghy, the suave…

Feb 19, 201217 notes

I’m too old for this shit. But it’s never gonna stop me.

Feb 19, 2012

#crazy night

“Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.” —William Shakespeare (via libraryland)

Feb 16, 2012250 notes

STRESSSSSSSS

allthestress

Feb 15, 2012

#knee heal thyself #money replenish thyself #illness stay away #ex leave me alone

Do you know what happens when a runner can't run?

It’s not good, folks.

Feb 13, 20121 note

#cmon knee repair yourself

Feb 13, 20124,073 notes

Feb 13, 20124,715 notes

#hahahaha #p.s. I love Bon Iver--so glad they won!

(excerpt)

And, this week, Grammy producers confirmed that Chris Brown will be performing on Sunday’s show.

“We’re glad to have him back,” said executive producer Ken Ehrlich. “I think people deserve a second chance, you know. If you’ll note, he has not been on the Grammys for the past few years and it may have taken us a while to kind of get over the fact that we were the victim of what happened.”

Read that quote again. Think hard about what is being said. Here is what this quote says to any woman who’s ever been abused:

By blacklisting Chris Brown from the Grammys for a “few” years (actually, a grand total of TWO Grammy Awards), the Grammys have gone above and beyond expectations for the social exile of an adult man who hit his girlfriend so hard she went to the hospital, and honestly it was really, really hard for them to show even that much support for victims of domestic violence worldwide.
It was rather thoughtless of Rihanna to go and get herself hit in the face by her boyfriend, because it’s put such a burden on the Grammys. Maybe if she hadn’t made such a big fuss out of it, things could have been easier for everyone.
The Grammys think that they were the victim of Chris Brown hitting Rihanna in the face.
The Grammys. Think. That they. Were the victim. Of Chris Brown. Hitting. Rihanna. In the face.

Feb 13, 20124 notes

#chris brown #grammys #domestic violence

“What you seek is seeking you.” —Rumi (via libraryland)

Feb 11, 2012220 notes

Feb 8, 20121,434 notes

I relate to more of these than I care to admit.

thetangential:

Triumph: 7:34 AM. Manage to get presentable for work in only ten minutes after sleeping in. You didn’t even tear a run in your pantyhose! Grab a brownie-flavored Clif Bar for breakfast, you health nut!

Defeat: 7:38 AM. On your way out, ask the surly Russian contractor working on your…

Feb 8, 201226 notes

“It’s not hard to decide what you want your life to be about. What’s hard, she said, is figuring out what you’re willing to give up in order to do the things you really care about.” —Bittersweet by Shauna Niequist (via creatingaquietmind)

Feb 8, 2012926 notes

Feb 7, 2012611 notes

Feb 7, 2012395 notes

#amused #this needs to become a meme

Feb 7, 2012247,332 notes

you know how the Chicago Marathon sold out within 6 days this year?

I signed up for that business on Friday. Doing something epic ~~for~~ ON my 25th? Check.

Feb 6, 20121 note

#nervous but oh-so-excited #I really hope training doesn't succccck

“When people are ready to, they change. They never do it before then, and sometimes they die before they get around to it. You can’t make them change if they don’t want to, just like when they do want to, you can’t stop them.” —Andy Warhol (via creatingaquietmind)

Feb 2, 20127,213 notes

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February 2012

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