haven't updated in awhile, but don't really have much to share. i've been taking care of myself the best i can these past two months. took a lot of time off work (for the first time really ever), started exercising more, reading more. doing more of the things i love with the people i love. as i've come back to working, i just don't feel like i have ( Read more... )

hey, happy new year!

this year i will be participating in the fifty fifty challenge and invite you to do the same. 50 books, 50 movies. no re-reads or re-views allowed! i'm beginning my year by trying to wrap up all the books i'm in the middle of reading, and the movies are going to have to wait until i finish plowing through the most recent ( Read more... )

i just read a pretty interesting post on the silent treatment (wooo friday night!) personally, i am really not a believer in this method of communication (or, more appropriately, lack thereof) and especially with friends and loved ones, i think it can damage the stability of that relationship because it sets you up to see that relationship with ( Read more... )

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"[In a forest] you feel that sense of something for nothing, for all this is coming to you simply by dint of walking around and deploying your senses."
from the Omnivore's Dilemma
(a book I have been crawling with for over a year now, almost done at last. my review here)


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i'm going to force myself to update this here blog more. and maybe force myself to do illustration friday more too:


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