“I swear to every heaven ever imagined ( Read more... )

Interesting quiz/article about introversion based on research by a Wellesley prof! Apparently there are four types of introversion: social, thinking, anxious, and reserved.

Descriptions of introversion from article:

Social: Social introversion is the closest to the commonly held understanding of introversion, in that it's a preference for ( Read more... )

I like drinking coffee alone, and reading alone ( Read more... )

Click to view

( full text here )

FINALLY I've been searching for this poem since I heard Ken Arkind perform it back in May. It's not the best video because whoever's filming keeps laughing, but am gonna post it anyway.

"Social Networks"
Ken Arkind

Text messages have become the new carrier pigeons ( Read more... )

I drove manual for the first time today! It's pretty different to automatic. Dealing with the stickshift is hard. Gonna need more practice before I start driving on the road like that.

Just watched Junot Diaz's beginning part of keynote speech at Facing Race 2012. AMAZING. That man is awesome. Watch it here. The part about decolonial love was ( Read more... )

Click to view

Really awesomely done music video! Check out this music video for "ChristianMuslim," written, recorded and performed by Jason Chu and Rah Zemos. It's a really cool hand-drawn stop-motion animation piece speaking out against violence and bloodshed between people who "believe that we're all God's children"

Brené Brown: The power of vulnerability

Click to view

Completely and utterly agree with this, but man vulnerability is SOOOO hard to do sometimes. Have been working on it in various parts of my life, but still a long ways to go before achieving real authenticity and compassion towards myself and to others.

LZ Granderson: The myth of the gay agenda

A ( Read more... )

Really interesting article on how being Asian American affects ability and inability to navigate social hiearchy and professional worldQuotes from the article ( Read more... )

"But she smiled, he saw, only out of politeness, and he felt a flash of jealousy as do friends when they lose another to love, especially those who have understood that friendship is enough, steadier, healthier, easier on the heart. Something that always added and never took away ( Read more... )