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December 2011
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Winter Break
I’ve been so busy*, but incredibly happy.
I started reading Sarah Vowell’s Take the Cannoli today! I’ve kind of been on an all magazine kick this entire break (mental_floss addiction is real!), so it’s nice that I’m falling into a book (I don’t care if it’s just essays!)
*Busy, but not with anything of much importance (i.e. Zelda, reading, coffee...
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Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be...
– bell hooks, All About Love: New Visions (via youveescaped)
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Next read?
I finished The Sorrow of War by Bao Ninh & Habibi by Craig Thompson tonight. What should I read next?
-The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
-The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
-Eragon by Christopher Paolini
(I just noticed I have two books on my to-read list that begin with ‘The Year of’. Strange.)
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You may never know that sorrow...
and I pray you never do.
Open your eyes and realize that you wear
a gilded crown & have precious gems at your feet.
Drink and be grateful. Eat and be grateful.
Breathe and know you are alive.
Think less about what you want,
work harder for the things you need,
give thanks for that which you have received,
and help others who have yet to be blessed with such things.
-SovietOnion
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Take This Survey's Best of 2011: Music Edition →
takethissurvey:
We made a playlist on Spotify featuring the music we enjoyed in 2011!
Not featured due to their absence from Spotify’s database: The Black Keys & Adele.
The whole thing is 2 hours long & pretty neat! Listen. Enjoy!
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