You can't make this sh*t up

What am I thankful for?

Fri, 17 May 2013 07:26:33 -0400

My children

My parents

My sister

The rest of the people on this planet

This planet

The internet

Always having food to eat

This house, as many painful memories as it holds

The dog, Max

My Mazda CX-9

Freedom

Yoga

Meditation

Books

Art

Poetry

Music

John Mayer

Living in NY

Beaches

I’m sure there’s more. I need to remind myself of these things -OFTEN. It’s so easy to lose sight of all you I have when I am stuck, thinking about what I don’t.

With that I am going to dust off my best suit, drop Bean off next door and start pounding the pavement with my resume in hand. First stop: job fair at the East Northport Library.

tylerknott: Typewriter Series #415 by Tyler Knott Gregson

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:28:06 -0400

tylerknott:

Typewriter Series #415 by Tyler Knott Gregson

Ned Hepburn: Wheaties diary 5

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:27:08 -0400

Ned Hepburn: Wheaties diary 5:

nedhepburn:

Leaving for Chicago in a couple of hours, and packing my bag(s) as I type this.

The whole thing has become quite real. It became somewhat real a month ago when I signed a contract for this endorsement. It’s become very official as I sit here looking at my suitcase, waiting for the car to…

Where do I apply?

brooklyntheory: Little Red Lighthouse, Washington Heights,...

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:53:57 -0400

brooklyntheory:

Little Red Lighthouse, Washington Heights, NYC

I foresee a day trip

"If you want to make someone feel emotion, you have to make them let go. Listening to something is an..."

Wed, 15 May 2013 13:22:03 -0400

“If you want to make someone feel emotion, you have to make them let go. Listening to something is an act of surrender.

I want to rethink ‘surrender’ as an active verb.”

- Brian Eno (via kateoplis)
Theme of the day

"Oh how much we see when we stop waiting for life and start living it."

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:40:19 -0400

“Oh how much we see
when we stop waiting for life
and start living it.”

- Daily Haiku on Love by Tyler Knott Gregson (via tylerknott)

kateoplis: start living Why TY, I will

Tue, 14 May 2013 17:49:15 -0400

kateoplis:

start living

Why TY, I will

Happy Mother's Day

Sun, 12 May 2013 16:00:58 -0400

Although its not my scheduled weekend I am spending my Mother’s Day with my children. It feels the way everyday with them should feel. Shrills of laughter as my kids and a couple of the neighbor’s kids from up the block play in the yard. A cool gentle breeze from the south blows as I lounge on my garden swing, legs crossed, swaying back and forth with doodle bug by my side.

nedhepburn: The OK Gatsby. I wrote a thing about the novel....

Sat, 11 May 2013 22:00:26 -0400

nedhepburn:

The OK Gatsby.

I wrote a thing about the novel. Give it a read.

We learn, sometimes too late, who to trust, and subsequently who not to trust, too. It’s a process of elimination, one that takes years in practice, and further years to master. A young man takes everything in sight, amassing a collection to impress. Look at what I have! Look at what I can do! But a large collection, while formidable, is hard to maintain. If not impeccably well looked after it can fall into disrepair, spoiled by gross negligence on the part of it’s supposed owner. It may be well and good to own a fleet of cars, but you only have one ass to fill a driver’s seat at a time.

I guess the weight of having one tenth of the books on that particular shelf be “Gatsby” made me sit down and finish the thing, once and for all, facing the window with a caraffe of coffee beside me, finally getting down to business and completing something I had neglected for years.

I had thought it to be a novel about the 1920s and nothing more. I’d missed out on the broad-stroked symbolism entirely, had taken the green light literally, and worst of all, after a “fuck it” moment flipping to the back page several years ago during a failed attempt to sit and read the book again, I had thought (for longer than I care to admit) the novel actually finished with Gatsby in a rowboat.

Good article. But why should I be surprised? Ned has talent that goes beyond just writing.

things Devan says: Mom, why did you name me after The Great Gatsby?

Sat, 11 May 2013 11:06:35 -0400

things Devan says: Mom, why did you name me after The Great Gatsby?:

thingsdevansays:

Devan’s middle name is Jay. Yes, he is named after Jay Gatsby. I read The Great Gatsby for the first time in my late 30’s when I was pregnant with doodlebug in 2006. I fell so in love with Gatsby’s story and the hypnotizing fluidity of the way F. Scott Fitzgerald married the words together on the…

It's about that time again

Fri, 10 May 2013 08:39:15 -0400

Time to check in on myself. Welp I still ain’t gots a J-O-B. Bummer. I’m pluggin away at it. Rewrote my resume. It looks spiffy and reads nicely, if I do say so myself but not one of the positions I’ve applied for has so much as sent back more than an automated “Thank you for your interest” response. I did however get a call from an unexpected lead. I shared my resume with a former co-worker who said he would pass it on if he heard of anything. Thanks to him I was contacted about a position that just opened up. Fingers crossed. I have a good feeling about this one. It’s crunch time. My deadline for 5 goals in five months is rapidly approaching.

Yoga and meditation. I’m still not doing both of these daily. Nor have I been eating too healthy. Maybe that is the missing element from this equation.

Reading and writing. I have been reading every free moment I get; I’m reading a biography - Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson. So far it’s ok as biographies go, I guess. This being my first biography I don’t have much of a comaparison. Writing. Not a whole heck of a bunch going on over here either. Tisk tisk girl, you is too busy slacking. Show some discipline.

My kids. It’s been a great month as far as spending time with my kids goes. I was a guest reader in both my boys’ classes. Doodlebug was student of the week and on that Friday I got dressed up, put on makeup and brought his favorite oatmeal raisin cookies that I baked to share with his class. We read 10 poems from Shel Silverstein’s Everything On It. It was cool. As I was leaving the building I passed my other son’s classroom and his teacher invited me in to read to her class right there on the spot! I only read 3 poems this time. I engaged in a lot more discussion amongst the teacher and the students about the selections I’d chosen. Espcially Swoosh. The poem about the hair dryer.When I left there my heartlight was glowing. Rick has also started playing baseball so we’ve been going to a lot of his games. With the weather getting nicer Me & the Bean have been going to the beach or playgrounds. One day we went to the Holtsville Farm and Ecology center. I’ve been trying to do as much “free” stuff as possible funds being tight and all. The library has been a great resource for that. They just started this Friends of the Library program where you can check out for three days a family pass to Museums and Parks. Just last weekend just the boys and I (Bean was at a birthday party with her daddy) went to the Vanderbuilt Museum and Planitarium. Next weekend we are going to the Long Island Childrens Museum. And my oldest- he’s all done with court for now, but he has a year to complete a program. So glad the worst part of that is behind us.

There it is. Now if you’ll excuse me I have to dust off my yoga mat.

gatsbymovie: The Summer of Gatsby begins TODAY - get your...

Fri, 10 May 2013 07:09:13 -0400

gatsbymovie:

The Summer of Gatsby begins TODAY - get your tickets now to the party of the year! http://bit.ly/GatsbyTix

Got a hot date tonight. Just me & the screen. See you later Jay…

onetinyhand: daisy buchanan & jay gatsby.

Tue, 07 May 2013 13:33:35 -0400

onetinyhand:

daisy buchanan & jay gatsby.

Not equal to

Fri, 03 May 2013 22:35:13 -0400

Not equal to:

nevver:

body worker ≠ sex worker
discomfort ≠ pain
i like you a lot ≠ i love you
vice-president ≠ president
99% ≠ 100%
friendly ≠ flirting
trying your best ≠ winning
getting undressed ≠ getting naked
looking ≠ seeing
giving up = losing

kdtesting123: Mayer’s...

Fri, 03 May 2013 22:18:07 -0400

kdtesting123:

Mayer’s Back

What?…Wait…OH!

Mayer Is Back!!

Gotcha!

I got your back, JM. So looking forward to hearing you sing again.

laughingsquid: Things Come Apart, Beautiful Photos Of...

Fri, 03 May 2013 15:16:06 -0400

laughingsquid:

Things Come Apart, Beautiful Photos Of Disassembled Technology by Todd McLellan

So appropriate for me today

I’ve decided on my new career. I’m becoming a...

Fri, 03 May 2013 09:24:03 -0400

I’ve decided on my new career. I’m becoming a professional colored pencil sharpener.

jhnmyr: New record this Summer… Not a Born and Raised “plus”… A new group of songs to bring the...

Fri, 03 May 2013 07:12:38 -0400

jhnmyr:

New record this Summer… Not a Born and Raised “plus”… A new group of songs to bring the whole thing up to date with Summer 2013. I have that hunger that always precedes something meaningful. See you all soon. And thanks for the warm welcome back to the stage. Getting back on it a little at a time.

John

Best news today by far.

The best pet of living on an island is when you’ve got...

Thu, 02 May 2013 15:53:52 -0400

The best pet of living on an island is when you’ve got time to kill there’s always the beach (at Jones Beach - Field 6)

Late afternoon nap after a tough day living The Life

Wed, 01 May 2013 16:52:43 -0400

Late afternoon nap after a tough day living The Life