"Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen." - Ralph Waldo Emerson ( Read more... )

I'm back from Europe with ( Read more... )

At last, I finally have a moment to myself. I spent two hours cleaning some neglected mess in the kitchen, tidied up the living room and took out the trash. A good two hours spent on public areas in the house while my room remains untidy. There are unpacked bags, unfolded laundry in the basket, and random stuff scattered on the floor. I spend more ( Read more... )

I'm a sucker for the underlying romantic plots. Even bigger plus when such plots are stuffed in intelligent, mystery or historical fiction. I love it when the romance doesn't compose the chunk of the main plot, but rather it's the spice that makes the story interesting. For example, in Dan Brown's Angels and Demons, two unlikely strangers ( Read more... )

When my gut tells me I'm in the "right place at the right time," an unbelievable, often compulsive, feeling overcomes me. Sometimes, overwhelmingly. I become this person with a goal and I often don't let anything stop me from achieving it. There are times when I let a goal consume me, or even affect my mood until it's finished. Is that normal? ( Read more... )

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CULTURE
Volunteer at a homeless shelter
Visit Barcelona & Madrid, London, Paris, Vienna, Rome, Athens, Santorini
Go island hopping in the Caribbean
Visit Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore
Visit Australia and New Zealand
See pyramids, a sphinx, and the Nile in Egypt
See the Western Wall in Jerusalem
Learn ( Read more... )

"Believe that with your feelings and your work you are taking part in the greatest; the more strongly you cultivate this belief, the more will reality and the world go forth from it."

"Live your questions now, and perhaps even without knowing it, you will live along some distant day into your answers."

- Rainer Maria Rilke

i'm constantly pressing "save all changes"
to this document i'm typing, also known as my life

i ( Read more... )

been thinking a lot about getting my b.a. - how much it's going to change and not change my life ( Read more... )