February 2012
1 post
January 2012
1 post
“Do stuff. Be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration’s shove or society’s...”
– Susan Sontag (via omoso)
November 2011
1 post
October 2011
2 posts
The Secret Life of the Overlooked →
How to find the hidden spots in your town.
September 2011
3 posts
Write one sentence that summarizes each year of...
-Plinky.
“Use your senses fully. Be where you are. Look around. Just look, don’t...”
– Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now (via nirvikalpa)
August 2011
3 posts
“As you’re reading this, your life’s getting shorter. It’s ticking away. I’m not...”
– Mike Litman (via thisisacrisis)
July 2011
3 posts
“Cherish your solitude. Take trains by yourself to places you have never been....”
– Eve Ensler (via misswallflower)
June 2011
2 posts
To my niece and nephews,
brain-food:
Relax.
Enjoy being a kid. Enjoy every aspects of having an imagination and being open to new things. I understand you want to be grown. You want to be treated like an adult and act like such, but that time will come. Don’t rush it. Because once you’re an adult, all you’ll be thinking is, “Man. I wish I was a kid again.”
Be friends with everyone. We grow up in a school system where...
May 2011
2 posts
Invent a course that every high school student...
-Plinky prompt.
April 2011
2 posts
January 2011
1 post
December 2010
8 posts
“You’re not a kid anymore. You have the right to choose your own life. You can...”
– Haruki Murakami, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (via kari-shma)
“Get over the idea that only children should spend their time in study. Be a...”
– Henry L. Doherty (via hellosole)
Think of that person you want to get to know, but...
List or illustrate 5 details you like about this person.
November 2010
1 post
“You need to spend more time being in awe.”
– I Wrote This For You: The Struck (via kari-shma)
October 2010
4 posts
“Walk around with an instamatic camera and take people’s pictures and give them...”
– Day 02, Random Acts of Kindness 30 Days Challenge (via iseekneverland)
“You know what you should be doing at seventeen, Fiona? Listening to music....”
– Libba Bray (via awordnerd)
kissalyssa:
Make a list.
Knock them off, one by one.
You’ll get there.
September 2010
2 posts
“The homework is simple. It’s this: Tell me what makes you who you are. ...”
– Try Montaine, The Murder of Bindy Mackenzie by Jaclyn Moriarty
August 2010
12 posts
“Have fun! Eat things that give you bad breath! Trip over your own shoelaces! ...”
– Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days! by Stephen Manes
find a food or spice you've never tried before at...
What would your own album look like if you were in...
shoutillusion:
Follow the directions below and find out. Here are the rules: 1 - Go to Wikipedia. Hit “random… Read more” ……or click pecial:Random The first random Wikipedia article you get is the name of your band. 2 - Go to Quotations Page and select “random quotations” or click random.php3 The last four or five words of the very last quote on the page is the title of your first album. 3 - Go...
new rules:
ivyatoms:
if you don’t feel hella badass when you’re doing something STOP DOING IT
if you have something you needa talk about TALK ABOUT IT
if you absolutely can’t see yourself living without something GET IT
if you can easily see yourself living without something GET RID OF IT
if you appreciate someone TELL THEM
if you see an animal you like PET IT
if someone gives you hella good vibes...
bryscott:
It’s that time of year again. For classes to begin. [ugh. kill me]. There are two movies I always like to watch before the semester begins because they help me “get in the mood” to actually sit in the library for hours on end, cramming my brain with useless knowledge.
I have to recommend that everyone watch
a) Legally Blonde
and
b) Sydney White
Both films are really fun and you...
“Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life. Aim above...”
– Henry David Thoreau (via suzywire) (via misterfisch)
Taking Notes of Human Nature: Think. →
Everything is open. You have an endless amount of possibilities. You have all the choices in the world. All the choices, even if you think you don’t. Even if you think you are stuck. Do something crazy. Wake yourself up. Feel like you are alive. And when you finally feel alive, you should think. Be open minded and think. Think about what it is that you want to do with your life. What it is that...
do something that involves your neighbor.
(leave him a gift, cut his grass for him, write a poem or essay about him or his home…)
July 2010
16 posts
