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This ain't goodbye...just an attempt to shake things up a bit.
As if you couldn't figure it out, I've been having tremendous bouts of writer's block when it's come to posting on this ol' LJ.
So, my solution was to start a new blog, one that's a bit more thematic in nature. So far, it's working.
The project is called A Year of Thanksgiving. The goal is to post at least once a day for the next year, each day ( Read more... ) -
LA vs. NYC, 1.
I posted this on twitter this morning, but it bears repeating here ( Read more... ) -
Strung together like Christmas lights.
It's been a good couple of weeks, by and large.
Last week might've found me the happiest I've been in...I don't know, months? Just lots of wonderful little uplifting moments: time well spent over hot chocolate with an old friend; time well spent with another dear friend as we engaged in vinyl therapy (i.e. shopping for records at Amoeba) and then ( Read more... ) -
Great. Just what the world needs...
...another online forum for me to wax pseudo-philosophical. Or whine. Or talk complete nonsense:
twitter.com/torstyIt's called micro-blogging: 140 characters or less per post. It's basically a site where all one does is post facebook statuses. If you feel so inclined, you can follow along as I twitter away. At this point, it's really just ( Read more... ) -
my new favorite website!
Well, maybe not my absolute favorite. But I like it a lot:
It's called muxtape.com. It's the Web 2.0 take on crafting the mixtape/CD, one of my all-time favorite things to do for people I care a great deal for (example: the last girl I dated received no less than four mix CDs from me ( Read more... ) -
"don't call it a comeback..."
Or, do. Whatever. SPIN goes so far as to call it a resurrection (which I'm cool with, given that it's deemed worthy of a cover story):
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"Jesus at Easter"
I was all set to post this on Easter Sunday; it's a passage from "The Relentless Tenderness of Jesus," a fantastic book by Brennan Manning (one of my favorite authors) that I've been working my way through as of late. I guess I got stuck trying to figure out what to say to preface the quoted passage, so instead I'll just get out of the way and let ( Read more... ) -
"Now I'm not one to sit and spin, 'cause living well is the best revenge..."
Two things of note:
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Remember how I said in the last post that there was one thing I was really looking forward to in the future? Well, it came a bit earlier than expected, much to my pleasure.
R.E.M.'s new album, "Accelerate" leaked to the internet last weekend, and--being the rabid fan / willpowerless individual I am--I immediately ( Read more... ) -
"I took the prize last night for complicated mess..."*
This may just be the depression talking, but: I'm sooooooo incredibly ready to see the day when I no longer regret every single decision I've made in the past 2.5 years of my life ( Read more... ) -
02/28/08, summed up:
(from a text message a friend sent me at 11:49 pm that night)
"The law of averages says this year will be far better than the last."
My reply: "I sure hope so."
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Some friends are taking me out tonight to celebrate. I don't feel up for it. There's nothing to celebrate.