reflection
52 entries in 2015 · oldest first
2015
The kinda day that leaves you inspires you to stand tall and meet the world with strength and a smile that says "I've got a lifetime."
I have to get on that smiling wagon.
this feels true
Feeling alive.
India to home. Japanese trees smile at me. Spring in the District.
I missed our home. 3 years later, we're back. #patiencepaysoff
Where do you draw your line?
My 20s were pretty rad.
From the mud comes beauty.
The story of my college roommate becoming a meme, then becoming a functional component of his favorite art through his own spectating fills me with joy.
Cut it all off or nah?
Taking it all in.
A wonderful weekend.
This is real, and it's part of the reason I knew the restaurant industry was not for me.
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/2015/07/15/how-d-c-servers-are-secretly-profiling-diners/
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/2015/07/15/how-d-c-servers-are-secretly-profiling-diners/
12 years at 14/P, and the only people who smile and say "Hi" or "excuse me" or "no problem" are the middle class employees who work here and live elsewhere. It has not always been this way.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/yes-14th-street-may-be-better-these-days-but-something-vital-is-missing/2015/07/21/f144a65c-2fce-11e5-8f36-18d1d501920d_story.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/yes-14th-street-may-be-better-these-days-but-something-vital-is-missing/2015/07/21/f144a65c-2fce-11e5-8f36-18d1d501920d_story.html
@[672459487:2048:Jeffrey Platts] keeps knocking it out of the park.
Emily helped me learn to love myself. She died 12 years ago today and I miss her very much. She remains one of the greatest friends I've ever had. I don't think she's "gone." Love you, Emily.
It's India hot.
Read the whole thing. Grace Jones teaches lessons and remains inimitable. But this wisdom is applicable everywhere, yes?
Fuck. Winters coming.
"Keep your eyes on the horizon," read the guide to paddling.
Spectacle is the sun never sets over the empire of modern passivity.
Pamela Anderson is an under appreciated icon.
How is it today already?!
Just had a cop threaten me with a $100 fine and tell me to drive "like a normal person" for having my foot on the dash. Park Police motorcycle m-12. Violation of power?
Have you been mocking this (and I don't think Kitty was)? I don't think the most interesting thing going on here is the pic-snapping, but the open-air market of derision they're receiving for doing... what, exactly? Enjoying each other's company, snapping pics and chowing on food? As opposed to enjoying the bullshit escapade of cultural hypnosis that is professional sports leagues?
What if your rock bottom had been televised? Some cheer for success, others root for failure. I know what team I'm on. I love a comeback.
https://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=zuouOMOhEoI&u=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DHMFAiyVmRTU%26feature%3Dplayer_embedded
https://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=zuouOMOhEoI&u=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DHMFAiyVmRTU%26feature%3Dplayer_embedded
Sometimes things get stuck in my head during silent times.
We're not in Mysore anymore.
Rays of light. Love the process.
How is indentured servitude an appropriate way to keep costs low? Where is the labor union? The workers rights advocates? How are "bonuses" for numbers a way to encourage practice for underserved populations? Or to encourage advancement? Where are the professional standards? Shameful.
"Iâve listened to someone as young as 14 and someone as old as 100 talk about their close friends, and [there are] three expectations of a close friend that I hear people describing and valuing across the entire life course,â says William Rawlins, the Stocker Professor of Interpersonal Communication at Ohio University. âSomebody to talk to, someone to depend on, and someone to enjoy. These expectations remain the same, but the circumstances under which theyâre accomplished change.â
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/10/how-friendships-change-over-time-in-adulthood/411466/
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/10/how-friendships-change-over-time-in-adulthood/411466/
Do you believe in vibrations? Does the shaking of the very electrons that make up the star stuff inside of us have frequency? Can we tune in?
I didn't get in to Mysore for January, but when my teacher asks "who is your teacher" to one of those who have shared space in my Shala, I feel like I'm there, and niyamas take over. Is this "parampara"? Wow. I miss and love my teacher, but just wow. #dotherightthing
She told me to let go of my hope, and it was the hardest bit of yogic wisdom I had ever received. But the sky, it changed. Like being far from the city, I could see all the stars. No hope, no fear.
In DC, barbers are required to have 1500 hours of training to receive licensing. Tuition runs 9k-15k. We need to talk about "yoga teacher trainings."
Fuck Your Politics.
All these Christians in America acting like they don't have blood on their hands and also mocked fries a few years ago. gtfo. Native Americans say "hi!"
I apologize for my purposefully divisive comments on prayer, fundamentalism, and letter of the law religion. I recognize in them a lack of compassion.
As an individual who prays to a supreme (not Diana Ross) power, I see value in prayer. Due to the value I also see in the dissolution of labels and constructed beliefs, I let my interest in the dissonance that can bring destruction override equanimity in tone and presentation.
I cannot destroy your constructed beliefs nor force an experience of any kind-- I forgot that, as my passion got in the way.
Please understand: I am challenged in tonality by strong opinions on faiths that recommend slaughter or subjugation. Many do.
A better framing: does your faith pray to a God that would cast anyone to a hell for getting the name of God "wrong"? That would enslave a people? That kills? How does this make you feel in light of recent tragedies?
As an individual who prays to a supreme (not Diana Ross) power, I see value in prayer. Due to the value I also see in the dissolution of labels and constructed beliefs, I let my interest in the dissonance that can bring destruction override equanimity in tone and presentation.
I cannot destroy your constructed beliefs nor force an experience of any kind-- I forgot that, as my passion got in the way.
Please understand: I am challenged in tonality by strong opinions on faiths that recommend slaughter or subjugation. Many do.
A better framing: does your faith pray to a God that would cast anyone to a hell for getting the name of God "wrong"? That would enslave a people? That kills? How does this make you feel in light of recent tragedies?
6 years ago.
Happiest!
Seeking to be a source of inspiration frequently fosters in others aspiration. The aspirant sound is a gasp-- not rich, not full-- dying. Be yourself and let others choose.
I love you!
I cried.
Anyone need a place to live? http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/doc/apa/5340604651.html
Oh man. Friends....
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Went in to the new gay bar downstairs. Did a lap & walked out. No thanks.
I am officially inside some wormhole parallel universe of my life. I love Rolf, Marci, and Goa.
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