February 2011
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Resolutions
When you kiss someone don’t close your mind
as tightly as you close your eyes.
Remember that butterflies don’t always mean love,
many moments can turn a stomach.
Stop chasing; you’re too clumsy for such sport;
be chased instead to know you aren’t the only player.
Be resolved to be resolved;
don’t let yourself be distracted by castles in the air
or promises...
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Timing
I wish we had met as children
where we could get our kissing
out of the way with innocence,
lacking all consequence,
weight placed upon adulthood.
Maybe then we could have
moved on as friends
no worse the wear for shared affection.
Then I could go on keeping you,
my confidant,
my favorite person.
Maybe then we could have grown up
without complication; content with us
as we have always...
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“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
– The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald (via fuckyeahliteraryquotes)
January 2011
“I bide my time, pick at the petals, play the good best friend. You ask me what...”
– (via poeticheartache)
“When you write down your ideas you automatically focus your full attention on...”
– Michael LeBoeuf (via libraryland)
For my students! I must remember to say this in class.
“We’re so busy watching out for what’s just ahead of us that we don’t take time...”
– Calvin and Hobbes (via quote-book) (via poeticheartache)
Eek! I am very very guilty of this. It is hard to balance present enjoyment with fears for the future. Very very hard!
Why I Can't Focus, At Least for This Morning
My grandmother is dying. Not in that “we are all slowly dying” kind of way, or that “she is just getting older” sort of way, but in a very active deteriorating before our eyes sort of way. Recently Grandma was placed into an assisted living arrangement because she was showing signs of dementia. Since my Grandmother has always been a little unhinged from the beginning...
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animalatheart:
The Temptation of Adam / Josh...
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First Lines for a Story I Am Going to Write
“She knew, the moment she met him, that he was going to break her heart. As she saw it, in life hearts are going to break. She could think of nobody better to break hers than him.”
“Nice is different than good.”
– Into the Woods , Little Red Riding Hood about the wolf.
I have been slowly learning how true this quote is. I have met a lot of nice guys, now I want to meet a good one. Or at least one who is trying.
Reblog if you want (3) cute message from someone....
“Throughout life you will meet one person who is unlike any other. you could talk...”
– (via poeticheartache)
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Fetch My Flying Monkeys →
This is the best definition of “English” I have ever read in my life. My title of “English Major” reaches whole new heights. I shall wear it proudly. After reading this, if you ask me my major I will simply grin and say, “Why, I AM an English Major. I am actually earning, yes earning, my Masters in English.”
… *grin*
“Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the...”
– C.S. Lewis (via mandabythesea)
“Life is short. Too short to waste a single second with anyone who doesn’t...”
– Sarah Dessen (via thresca)
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“You embrace me mottled, I leave you shimmering like watered silk; I embrace you...”
– Michel Serres The Five Senses - A Philosophy of Mingled Bodies
A philosophical book I am reading for my thesis that deals with the Cartesian concept of the soul in a way that will, frankly, make you sit up and pay attention. :-)
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Jan. 28, 2011
As the Baker turned English Teacher sat, staring at her computer screen at 1 in the morning, she concluded two things. One, that her love affair with running could be quickly coming to end in the glaring spotlight of the bone deep pain known as shin splints; and two, that hobbling around the house makes a person feel twice as lonely as before. Humans, the English Teacher decided, must have...
“Someday, somewhere, somehow, me and you.”
– Joshua D. Richardson (via kari-shma)
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WatchDueling cellists playing “Smooth Criminal”. How cooler can you get?
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Dean Fields and My Surreal Morning
Okay, oddity of oddities, I found myself online this morning due to circumstances I don’t even want to get into, when I received an email from Twitter letting me know that I’ve gained a new follower. This happens so rarely, as I know you oh tumblr friends can understand, that I had to see who this was. Mostly because a new follower on Twitter usually means some company is trying to...
“Most people ask for happiness on condition. Happiness can only be felt if you...”
– Arthur Rubinstein (via quote-book)
“So avoid using the word ‘very’ because it’s lazy. A man is not very tired, he is...”
– John Keating, Dead Poet’s Society (via paulavaleria)
There are 2 reasons why people don't talk about...
Either it doesn’t mean anything or it means everything.
Jan. 26, 2011
As the Baker turned English Teacher sat, sipping one of her Trader Joe’s mystery beers and eating her reheated risotto, she thought about her day and the odd mixture of triumph and anxiety it gave her. While she savored the joys of teaching, a joy felt from the tips of her frozen toes to the top of her tangled head, she also hated paper writing and dreaded this Goliath of a Masters Thesis...
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Question to my followers
Just because. No guarantees I will follow your advice, but I need a few sounding boards to talk out and figure my own mind. So, here’tis:
Should I get a cat?
The house if feeling mighty lonely. I am something of a homebody, however even when I am home I am working. Either on my thesis, homework, preparing for the class I am teaching, or writing creatively to keep myself sane. This...
“I’ve never thought of writing as the mere arrangement of words on the page but...”
– Joyce Carol Oates - from The Faith of a Writer - Ecco, 2003 (via literary-labyrinth)