January 2009
18 posts
“We don’t get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really...”
– Steve Jobs (via gcn and soupsoup) (via david)
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“I’m waiting for my partner in crime before I decide to revel in caloric...”
– amanda via text
“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient...”
– Dr. Seuss (via littlemiss)
Staying in on a friday night reading Twilight ;)
The Financial Crisis →
jingc:
I was in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in September, … and I wondered just how the people there - who had lived with war for 15 years - coped psychologically with the constant fears of their lives. Why weren’t they all on the verge of a nervous breakdown? How could they sit and laugh in the sun? The most plausible answer was that they did not have even the luxury of anxiety; their...
Why Not Start the Weekend On Wednesday? →
jingc:
We earn—this is a very rough average—twice what our parents did when they were our age. When today’s teenagers are in their 40s, there is no reason why they shouldn’t decide to enjoy their increased prosperity by working less instead of earning more. Rather than being twice as rich as their parents, they could be no richer but start their weekends on Wednesday afternoon.
While I like...
“The only obligation which I have a right to assume is to do at any time what I...”
– Henry David Thoreau - from Civil Disobedience (via zachdyke) (via hunsonisgroovy) (via lindsayneedscoffee)
wowee gchat with don
don: remember that place we went to brunch on new years day?
me: haha of course
Don: It burnt down last night
me: NO WAY
Don: all of those places did but it started at the place we went to
me: holy crap
thats insane
Don: yeah i'm pissed
my favorite burrito place is there
me: yikes! do they know what started the fire
Don: probably those crackheads who sat behind us
that chick with the gross ass crack
me: hahahha that really is crazy though!
every place you go to is either a) falling apart or b) getting destroyed
Don: i know thats what i said
technically those are the last two places i sat down at
“Taurus April 20 - May 20
Monday Jan 05, 2009
All change originates within you today. If you don’t totally love what you see in the mirror, it’s up to you to make a few healthy improvements. If you’re so sick of a frenemy that you’d rather live on a deserted island than hear his or her voice, it’s up to you to draw the line and stop things while you still can....
Newsletter
I construct the monthly newsletters at the gym I work. This is a blurb I wrote on resolutions.
“Resolutions
Every January first millions of people make devout promises to themselves and others regarding vices they are going to eliminate and virtues they are hoping to acquire. However as the year increases on, the majority of these people tend to forget and/or grow tired of that promise. The...
Deep Thinking Can Make You Fat →
jingc:
According to this article, 45 minutes of intellectual work while sitting uses only three more calories than the same amount of time spent sitting and resting.
However, despite the low energy cost of mental work, the students spontaneously consumed 203 more calories after summarizing a text and 253 more calories after the computer tests. This represents a 23.6 per cent and 29.4 per cent...
Happy New Years!!!
“May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope...”
– Neil Gaiman (via lavenderlines) (via jessicachu)