outdoors
is it bad that the first thing that comes to my mind is boot and rally? the idea of coming back from a low moment, of convincing yourself that it is okay to get back up and get back on the keg stand when you no longer know your own name?
is it bad that the first thing that comes to my mind is boot and rally? the idea of coming back from a low moment, of convincing yourself that it is okay to get back up and get back on the keg stand when you no longer know your own name?
uneven bars. dive bars. bar exams. parallel bars. gay bars. straight bars. small-town bars. gold bars. pull up bars.
the ants were biting at my feet every morning, reminding me of the things that can get me down, that pinch and that jab but that i can barely even see. the things that stop you dead in your tracks and you never saw coming, but when you look down and look around you, you realize you were the one that ignorantly walked into the ant hill
i spent the summer working with teenagers and if they taught me anything it was how to be a sponge to the new experiences, flavors, and cultures that surround us on a daily basis. the teenagers were so eager to learn that they absorbed all of the stimuli around them, constantly changing and adapting. more people should be sponges.
i have an interview this afternoon and even though it is the first interview after almost 30 applications, i wonder if i will want it to turn into an offer or not. its a big commitment--employment--and I am so comfortable in my shoes already. but i guess it would be the start of a bigger thing
around 5:00 every afternoon when I was in costa rica this summer the mist from the storm clouds would flow into our windows, as if we were in the sky. at only 6000 feet but literally living in the mist, it was like we were invading the privacy of the birds
it has taken me a long time to decide how important it is to take a chance, how much of my life is determined by chance, whether following him is worth the chance, and after thinking about it and reflecting on it the decision i have come up with is that if you don't take the chance, you end up empty handed and taking life far too seriously
rainy days are some of the best days when you have an umbrella to stand under; it reminds me that even the worst of days can be made better by something simple
is it pathetic that the first thing that comes to my mind is soymilk? and then i start thinking about how i learned in grade school that slave owners used beautiful and colorful silk to lure women onto cargo ships and bring them to the US?
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