Thad is in Chile for the semester. This has left a large goofy man hole in my life.
This week, he sent me this video- apparently it is really popular in Santiago.
Since today is a "Better Person Day" or a "Thad Day"- I thought it would be fitting  us all to listen to this song and imagine Thad dancing to this in Chile.

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Have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Don't search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. ( Read more... )

This weekend, my Malibu (fondly known as The Mali) and I were forced to part ways. You see, the Mali, as wonderful as she is, is getting older. And lately, she's been a little cantankerous, god love her. And as such, my parents decided that she was no longer reliable enough to continue as my trusty sidekick.
As luck would have it, my mother just ( Read more... )

For you information, the final version of the Winter Mix is as follows:
Holy S/he/it: A Wintry Mix
1. November Blue- Avett Brothers
2. No Kinda Dancer- Robert Earl Keen
3. Can't have it all-  Jay Brannan
4. Videotape- Radiohead
5. Most of the time (alternate version)- Bob Dylan
6. Single Ladies- Beyonce
7. Don't think I don't think about it- Darius Rucker
8 ( Read more... )

From Belief and Technique for Modern Prose
(I thought we could use some inspiration for our LJ's)
1. Scribbled secret notebooks, and wild typewritten pages, for yr own joy
2. Submissive to everything, open, listening
3. Try never get drunk outside your own house
4. Be in love with your life
5. Something that you feel will find its own form
6. Be ( Read more... )

I went to see Let the Right One In last night at the Belcourt. So good. Please do yourself a favor and go see it.

that's all.

I wrote a post. Apparently the LJ gods didn't want you to read it. So, how about this.
Been thinking a lot about this poem.. wondering if this will be my life come May.

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as ( Read more... )

Well, hey. Merry Christmas, etc.

Umm.. so lots has happened since we talked, I suppose.
I went to Massachusetts... and every state between here and there... 18 hours in the car. I am thankful for books on tape.
We had a lovely time... my time in Boston was kinda cut short due to a blizzard.. you may have heard about it.
Highlights of the trip:
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I shared this with a friend today... I think this might be my advent song. a little unconventional, I know... but.. It is hopeful at the end.. there is light in the shadows..

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Breathe through it, write a list of desires
Make a toast, make a wish, slash some tires
Paint a heart repeating, beating "don't give up, don't give up, don't give up.

In other ( Read more... )