We read Post Secret together every Sunday. It's a tradition we never miss. Unless we're fighting.
Of course, it makes sense that I'd be alone to discover a secret he could have sent.
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Recognized
We read Post Secret together every Sunday. It's a tradition we never miss. Unless we're fighting.
Of course, it makes sense that I'd be alone to discover a secret he could have sent.
The Surrealist Compliment Generator says
La pluie de vos insultes n'atteint pas le parapluie de mon indifference.
Design That Solves Problems for the World’s Poor
I love this. As an aspiring furniture designer, I have had to come to terms with the idea that my work will serve no greater purpose than to make people's environments "pretty". This article reminded me that there is an alternative. I don't think I am practical enough to come up with usable designs, but I can at least focus on creations that help local communities and use recycled materials like http://northsouthproject.com/
The sky went from beautifully bright to this in a matter of minutes. The wind outside is unbelievable with sand and debris whirling like mad around the parking lot. Our power went out a few minutes ago, the phones are still down and there is a tornado watch.
This is exactly what I needed: for the sky to be as turbulent as I feel makes everything ok. I'm so excited at the prospect of a storm that I literally feel charged.
This is exactly what I needed: for the sky to be as turbulent as I feel makes everything ok. I'm so excited at the prospect of a storm that I literally feel charged.
Every day since writing my long rant on excuses last week, I’ve thought about how harsh my feelings are on this. It’s not really surprising though because at one point, I struggled with the very same issues myself – and so I feel like the knife cuts very close indeed.
Why is it that we judge harder when it’s something we have direct and personal experience with?
Why is it that we judge harder when it’s something we have direct and personal experience with?
Meerkat fever
I'm not a big animal person BUT I love meerkats. They look like little monkeys minus the climbing and crazy puberty stage. In addition to being very dapper, they have the added bonus of protecting villages from Moon Devils.
How to fall in love
From here:
1. Find a complete stranger.
2. Reveal to each other intimate details about your lives for half an hour.
3. Then, stare deeply into each other’s eyes without talking for four minutes.
York psychologist, Professor Arthur Arun, has been studying why people fall in love.
He asked his subjects to carry out the above 3 steps and found that many of his couples felt deeply attracted after the 34 minute experiment. Two of his subjects later got married.
Makes it sound so easy.
1. Find a complete stranger.
2. Reveal to each other intimate details about your lives for half an hour.
3. Then, stare deeply into each other’s eyes without talking for four minutes.
York psychologist, Professor Arthur Arun, has been studying why people fall in love.
He asked his subjects to carry out the above 3 steps and found that many of his couples felt deeply attracted after the 34 minute experiment. Two of his subjects later got married.
Makes it sound so easy.
Hair petting
Why do I think this is hilarious?
Basically, it's a game where you're supposed to pet strangers' hair without getting caught. It's suprisingly complex with a point system and everything.
A couple of weeks ago, in Indy, a random older woman complimented me on my hair (yes, it happens) and proceeded to stroke it. I thought it was the creepiest thing ever!
And yet, here I am thinking that the people who do this hair petting are a cross between nuts and awesome. I won't be participating anytime soon, and beware ANYONE who thinks I'm a likely target. I don't look it, but I can be fierce...
Help
This morning, on my way to work, I gave $1 to a woman holding a carboard sign on the street. As I rolled my window back up, almost before I could feel good about it - I started thinking about what I had just done.
1. I was ashamed that giving only a dollar could begin to make me feel charitable. It's hardly a sacrifice to me, and definately doesn't go a long way for any one.
2. I never give money to anyone on the street in America but felt moved to do so because it was a woman asking for help.
3. I never would have done it if I wasn't sitting in the warm comfort of my car at a red light with a dollar handy.
There's no real conclusion to my experience, except that maybe I could deal with a little help in helping others.
1. I was ashamed that giving only a dollar could begin to make me feel charitable. It's hardly a sacrifice to me, and definately doesn't go a long way for any one.
2. I never give money to anyone on the street in America but felt moved to do so because it was a woman asking for help.
3. I never would have done it if I wasn't sitting in the warm comfort of my car at a red light with a dollar handy.
There's no real conclusion to my experience, except that maybe I could deal with a little help in helping others.
Natural Curiosities
I just found this wonderful set of biological prints that I can't wait to frame and put up on my walls. I was talked out of the volume I really wanted by a friend (the one of insect prints), and so I am now the proud owner of 14 assorted coral species prints. I can't say how much I love them enough.
Now if I can only do something about the awful neon green I painted mmy living room, I'll be on my way to having a home I can truely feel good about.
(I'd have loved a set of the marine creatures as shown above, but sadly, couldn't find them...)
Advanced Global Personality Test Results
Extraversion 56%
Stability 53%
Orderliness 56%
Accommodation 56%
Interdependence 56%
Intellectual 56%
Mystical 90%
Artistic 90%
Religious 56%
Hedonism 56%
Materialism 83%
Narcissism 50%
Adventurousness 50%
Work ethic 43%
Self absorbed 76%
Conflict seeking 50%
Need to dominate 30%
Romantic 90%
Avoidant 56%
Anti-authority 36%
Wealth 36%
Dependency 70%
Change averse 63%
Cautiousness 70%
Individuality 56%
Sexuality 50%
Peter pan complex 70%
Physical security 70%
Physical fitness 77%
Histrionic 50%
Paranoia 63%
Vanity 83%
Hypersensitivity 83%
Female cliche 76%
Stability results were medium which suggests you are moderately relaxed, calm, secure, and optimistic.
Orderliness results were moderately high which suggests you are, at times, overly organized, reliable, neat, and hard working at the expense of flexibility, efficiency, spontaneity, and fun.
Extraversion results were moderately high which suggests you are, at times, overly talkative, outgoing, sociable and interacting at the expense of developing your own individual interests and internally based identity.
Extraversion 56%
Stability 53%
Orderliness 56%
Accommodation 56%
Interdependence 56%
Intellectual 56%
Mystical 90%
Artistic 90%
Religious 56%
Hedonism 56%
Materialism 83%
Narcissism 50%
Adventurousness 50%
Work ethic 43%
Self absorbed 76%
Conflict seeking 50%
Need to dominate 30%
Romantic 90%
Avoidant 56%
Anti-authority 36%
Wealth 36%
Dependency 70%
Change averse 63%
Cautiousness 70%
Individuality 56%
Sexuality 50%
Peter pan complex 70%
Physical security 70%
Physical fitness 77%
Histrionic 50%
Paranoia 63%
Vanity 83%
Hypersensitivity 83%
Female cliche 76%
Stability results were medium which suggests you are moderately relaxed, calm, secure, and optimistic.
Orderliness results were moderately high which suggests you are, at times, overly organized, reliable, neat, and hard working at the expense of flexibility, efficiency, spontaneity, and fun.
Extraversion results were moderately high which suggests you are, at times, overly talkative, outgoing, sociable and interacting at the expense of developing your own individual interests and internally based identity.
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