January 2011
15 posts
Being Born a Human
mybiggestregretever:
My biggest regret ever is being born a human. I mean seriously what the devil is with you all. You’re horrible, I don’t want anything to do with you. Really please just stop everything you’re doing its making me nauseous.
[Male, 17]
Ha ha ha ha ha….!
“I didn’t expect so many people to be like, ‘You’re not hot...”
– Lena Chen, author of Sex and the Ivy, about reaction to her writing
“For the first time in human history, the images’ power and allure have...”
– Naomi Wolf on pornography
“Yeah, you’re the Milli Vanilli of patriots.”
– Tropic Thunder
“Genuine love must first be directed at oneself—if we do not love ourselves, how...”
– The Dalai Lama
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Time
When I was back home for the holidays my dad told me something like, “Ninety percent of the things that happen to people, of the things that go on in life, are good or better than good. But people can’t see that. They only see the negative. I want you to try not to be like that.”
I went through a four or five year period where I barely spoke to my dad. I resented him. We were...
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Let it go
Bubbles gets tested for HIV in Season Five of The Wire. His NA sponsor, Waylen, reads him the results. Waylen: Negative. Negative means— Bubbles: I know what it means. It must be wrong. Waylen: It ain’t wrong. Bubbles: All the shit I done? All the works I shared? My best boy years back, I shared off the same hype as him dozen of times. He had the bug for sure. That shit ain’t...
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Let's do this
In 2010, I ended my 20s, left the country, set roots in Oahu, damaged my car, hiked the stairway to heaven, found a job copy editing (miracle), fell, got up, became a volunteer literacy tutor, began taking yoga classes, tried online dating (wtf was i thinking?), delivered fresh fruits and veggies, hatched ambitious plans, failed, learned, had some breakdowns, made some breakthroughs.
2011, bring...