February 2011
24 posts
“That ship has sailed. And crashed, and blown up and sunk to the bottom of the...”
– Ashley
January 2011
28 posts
Anonymous asked: Your let it go post. seriously one of the best things i've ever read.
“He’s not for you. He’s not willing to pay the price. He’s too cheap- this is...”
– My best friend, one of Las Chicas, Tumblr Jonquilrose!
This analogy was in reference to getting over The Cowboy, and it couldn’t be more accurate! This is why this girl is one of my best friends- she explains things to me in a way that my brain just understands!!
(via gypsycowgirl)
Normally I...
"Let It Go"
That’s the title of my favorite sermon. It’s taken from Ephesians 4:26, “Do not let the sun go down on your anger.” My mother always told me to never go to bed angry…you never want to regret your last words with someone.
But letting go goes beyond anger. It can deal with jealousy, infatuation, all types of emotions. I was having a conversation with a beautiful...
Like A Dungeon Dragon
I’ve been really into dichotomies lately (see my previous post on Black Swan), and I think that’s what I appreciate about Nicki Minaj.
Minaj gets a lot of flack for her hypersexualized image and lyrics, and there has been a constant debate in the Black community if her encouragement of a “Barbie” lifestyle is healthy for young women.
And while, yes, it is important to...
“Crying Blood”
Love her style. Love...
“I am not Jasmine, I am Aladdin.”
– Nicki Minaj
I Was Listening to NPR this Morning And...
I realized, politicians love staying faithful to their respective parties and the ideals they hold close. And that’s great, it really is, but I began thinking about the labels “liberal” and “conservative” and what they really mean.
I mean, I really wonder, are people even as liberal and conservative as they say they are: if conservatism’s core motivation is...
“It is the tragedy of the world that no one knows what he doesn’t know and...”
– Joyce Carey
“Born by the river…just like that river, I’ve been running ever...”
– Change Gonna Come
I'm in Need of a Good Rainy Day...
The kind of day where you keep the shade open, the lights low, and the Nina Simone Pandora on the background.
I’m talking tea, tiny cookies, soup, and a grilled cheese sandwich kind of day.
A day when you can just sit down and get everything done.
Some people find rain depressing. I find it cleansing. As if the sky is opening up and crying tears of joy. Growing tears. Tears that water...
Kanye West vs. Natalie Portman
Here’s an interesting article comparing Kanye West’s “Runaway” music video to Black Swan.
“The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are...”
– Albert Ellis
The F-Word
No! Not that one! But another one, that holds connotations that at times seem just as dirty.
Feminism.
Within the past few weeks, I have been referred to as a feminist several times by several people. And each time, it was a compliment.
But…I still didn’t know how a felt about that.
I must begin by saying that I believe in equal rights for all people. That people are at liberty...
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i alone posses my future. i excitedly hold it in the palm of my hand, watching it unfold before me, a beautiful tapestry woven just for me. it is a thing i dreamed of in girlhood. and it is happening. i am a dream come true.
Did You Know...
The more you know about a subject, the less you think you know, because you’re aware of what you don’t know.
That is precisely why I don’t take kindly to know-it-alls, myself included.
A certain amount of doubt is healthy. Not an overabundance - not the kind the that keeps you from accomplishing things or second guess your competency. Just enough to make you double (and...
“Illegitimi non carborundum”
WatchSpeaking of Black Swan, Jim Carey is awesome.
On "Black Swan"
I, like many others, enjoyed the movie Black Swan. Not only did I enjoy the cinematography (something I learned to really appreciate thanks to a movie criticism class in high school and intro to media production this past semester) but i really enjoyed how it portrayed the dichotomy of Natalie Portman’s character.
What I realized during the film, is that Portman’s Nina Sayers,...
“In this world of overrated pleasures…underrated pleasures…I’m...”
– Lena Horne
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“What we search for in fiction is not so much reality but the epiphany of truth.”
– Azar Nafisi (Reading Lolita in Tehran)