Notes to Self

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At forty-five, I feel grateful almost daily to be the adult I wished I could be when I was seventeen. I work on my arm strength at the gym; I’ve become pretty good with tools. At the same time, almost daily, I lose battles with the seventeen-year-old who’s still inside me. I eat half a box of Oreos for lunch, I binge on TV, I make sweeping moral judgments. I run around in torn jeans, I drink martinis on a Tuesday night, I stare at beer-commercial cleavage. I define as uncool any group to which I can’t belong. I feel the urge to key Range Rovers and slash their tires; I pretend I’m never going to die. You never stop waiting for the real story to start, because the only real story, in the end, is that you die.

Jonathan Franzen (via nogreatillusion: via gildamehraban: via sequinsandsideeye)

(Source: kateoplis)

(Reblogged from elizablr)

Do Toms Shoes Really Help People?

scenes-from-my-hood:

my issues with toms shoes, summed up nicely in mother jones.

is giving a pair of shoes better than nothing? yes. but there’s a lot more to the story.

(Reblogged from scenes-from-my-hood)

Apr 17

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magicallybabelicious:

The Gay Marriage Debate in 50 years: “basically a fossilized bigot”

Nailed it, oatmeal.

(Reblogged from magicallybabelicious)

Jan 01

heylaney:

I love this idea.

katbot:

“Start on January 1st with an empty jar. Throughout the year write the good things that happened to you on little pieces of paper. On December 31st, open the jar and read all the amazing things that happened to you that year.”

[via themagicianthatneverfailed: dr-kara:heretherebdragons]

(Source: mickeykayyy)

(Reblogged from georgiegirlnyc)

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Carry all the good you have gathered forward into the New Year. Leave the rest in the trash bin to be picked up at midnight.

John Patrick Shanley (via emphasisadded)

(Reblogged from emphasisadded)

Nov 17