December 2011
19 posts
Christmas it seems to me is a necessary festival; we require a season when we...
– Graham Greene
Best present this Christmas: scoring an interview for an internship and my dad pounding fists with me after the Niners’ epic win over Seattle.
We constantly search for that higher sense of purpose out of everything that we do and all the choices we make. We demand meaningful connections. But beautiful things grow out of chance encounters—when we didn’t even notice the beginning of anything life-changing. And they end when the beauty no longer exists. We are not the heroes of anything. But we’re not lost either. ...
Never, ever, ever leave your shit logged on at...
@twizzlefoshizzle. Bitch.
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This is the thing: When you hit 28 or 30, everything begins to divide. You can...
– Relevant Magazine (via “11 Things to Know at 25-ish”)
In the face of the abyss, we do everything we can to avoid confronting the void. But sometimes it’s just better to fill the empty spaces with the truths of ourselves. To be comfortable with ourselves and our choices—it’s everything.
Gus Van Sant’s “Good Will Hunting” (1997)
Skylar: That’s my life and I deal with it. So don’t put your shit on me when you’re the one that’s afraid.
Will: I’m afraid? What am I afraid of? What the fuck am I afraid of?
Skylar: You’re afraid of me! You’re afraid that I won’t love you back! Fuck it, I wanna give it a shot! At least I’m honest with you.