August 2009
14 posts
“My goal in life is to be as good of a person my dog already thinks I am.”
ways to wake up (to be picked before we fall asleep… we will practice before bed)
• ear nibbles • cheek drags with lips • forehead kisses • breathing over lips without touching • body blanket • tooshy squeeze • squinty eyed “I love you’s” • butterfly kisses • eskimo kisses • footside nudgie rubs
Kurt Halsey
Unusual (and fun!) Date Ideas
Go on a search for as many good climbing trees as possible, climb as high as you both can in all of them, compile photo evidence
Go to a major chain bookstore, and leave notes to future readers in copies of your favorite books
Have her dress up as a ghost and you dress uup us Pacman. Walk around downtown holding hands, and whenever anyone sees you two, pretend to...
small things you can do to change your perspective
(an ongoing list)
1. Change the height at which you perform everyday tasks. (i.e. brush your teeth while on your knees.)
2. Look under every object you encounter for a week.
3. Wear sunglasses all day (inside and outside). Notice how it feels to take them off.
4. Alter your body somehow so as to impede your motor function slightly. ...
“‘You’re a rotten driver’, I protested. ‘Either you ought to be more careful, or...”
– The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Many, many years ago in a sad, faraway land, there was an enormous mountain made of rough, black stone. At sunset, on top of that mountain, a magic rose blossomed every night that made whoever plucked it immortal. But no one dared go near it because its thorns were full of poison. Men talked amongst themselves about their fear of death, and pain, but never about the promise of eternal life. And...
Lester Bangs: They make you feel cool. And hey. I met you. You are not cool. William Miller: I know. Even when I thought I was, I knew I wasn’t. Lester Bangs: That’s because we’re uncool. And while women will always be a problem for us, most of the great art in the world is about that very same problem. Good-looking people don’t have any spine. Their art never lasts. They get the girls, but...
“Someday you’ll find the right person, Mari, and you’ll learn to have a lot more...”
– After Dark, Haruki Murakami