September 2010
12 posts
The Earth Turned To Bring Us Closer
The Earth Turned To Bring Us Closer
by Eugenio Montejo translated by Peter Boyle
The earth turned to bring us closer, it spun on itself and within us, and finally joined us together in this dream as written in the Symposium. Nights passed by, snowfalls and solstices; Time passed in minutes and millenia. An ox cart that was on its way to Nineveh arrived in Nebraska. A rooster was singing some...
Love is...
“When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn’t bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That’s love.” - Rebecca - age 8 “When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.” - Billy - age 4 “Love...
HeLa Cells (are hella cool)
I wonder if you took HeLa cells and injected it into someone’s body they’d develop a tumor at that spot. I’m not very informed in terms of many things that are biology related, so that may be a stupid question. But these cells are fascinating. They are immortal. And they have been invaluable in medicine through cures and research, though Henrietta’s family didn’t even know about it for...
Three Good Things
Wow, I am so blessed. Feeling kinda ehh at work tonight I decided to revisit a list I had started a while ago that counted a hundred reasons to be happy. I added forty things to the list in about forty five minutes, and I’d add more but I know that I have to sleep soon. Though right now I’m feeling energized and positive and too excited about my life to sleep!
I’ll post that...
“When the pawn hits the conflicts he thinks like a king
What he knows throws the...”
– Fiona Apple’s second album title.
1. Non-Secret Tumblr
So I’ve had a so secret tumblr for about a year and a half now? Yeah, since before a lottttt of people started blagging but it isn’t anything remarkable. Maybe fifty or so posts? But what these posts lack in quantity they make up for in quality; most are at times of being emotionally effeddd up, or manic, or vulnerable, or joyous. So they’re intense I’d say, in both...
