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there is no other word but 'disaster'

The most lucid shots of the 22/02/2011 Christchurch, NZ 6.3 earthquake: http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/02/earthquake-in-new-zealand/100013/

Just horrific.

Toll at 75 and counting.

All my love, support and hopes. x

A Year of Badassery

'The New Year' has thrown open its golden gates, the only ticket necessary for entry being a resolution to make yourself a more wholesome, healthy person, setting you once again on the ever elusive course to perfection. Ahem.

Part in rebellion, and part in recognition of my need to aim for this perfectly happy ideal life thing, my resolution is:

"Be more badass."

Or more specifically, to do one thing everyday that makes me feel badass.

I'd just like to discuss the definition of 'badass.' Tattoos and guns and car chases and leather jackets all spring to mind I'm sure, and if you have any idea who I am, you would lol your way right off into the sunset and never return in order to save yourself the agony of witnessing my dismal failure. HOWEVER, I believe the actual essence of badassery is doing stuff that makes you feel cool or awesome simply beacuse YOU want to. Doing something someone else thinks is badass ain't gonna make me feel badass unless I also think that its badass. Kapeesh?

For instance. On 2nd January 2011, my badass act was baking a loaf of bread. REASONS: (a) I've never done it before so I was embarking into the unknown, a common trait of badass acts (Jason Bourne doesn't even know WHO HE IS! That's pretty unknown, and oh so synonymous with having no idea how to bake bread), and (b) it fed my family, and we all know that the most badass dudes only perform their badassery in order to protect their clan (the Mafia anyone?!!). Not overly convincing perhaps, but one must ease oneself into these things.

On 3rd January, my badass act was having friends over for a marathon game of Pictionary which lasted until 3am, and on January 4th, my badass act was going mountain biking for the birthday of one of my closest friends. SO BADASS.

...ok it may seem like I'm shooting myself in the foot by even listing my seemingly pitiful attempts at badassery, but however apparently mediocre my success in the School of Badassery, if I feel badass in the process, then I've achieved my goal. Bitchez.

being young and careless, as in, who gives a flying f**k.

"Don't be afraid to be a fool. Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who pretend to be wise to the ways of the world are mostly just cynics. Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don't learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us. Cynics always say no. But saying yes begins things. Saying yes is how things grow. Saying yes leads to knowledge. 'Yes' is for young people. So for as long as you have the strength to, say yes."

-Stephen Colbert

the world is a really big place

This 6 year old boy in Guangxi, China is an AIDS orphan and lives alone. His grandmother visits him every few days but for the most part he cooks, cleans, plays, learns to read, and exists, all by himself.

The world is such a big place...for such a little one to be alone in.

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oops!!

phewee it's getting morbid in here. let's lighten this shit up a little:

xoxo gossip girl

a thought for the day

i've got sun and cups of tea, but not every one does.

this is not a guilt trip, but a trip to someone else's world. i think they'd appreciate at least being remembered for a little while.

it gets better

www.itgetsbetterproject.com

Spoken Word

Those unassuming looking people who have so much going on in there!

Thank you to them. Inspiring in a really positive way.

hello there miss moneypussy

Sometimes you feel you wanna put up a resistance. Nothing fancy. Even saying thank you to your bus driver can be an 'up yours' to the spoons that don't. Or arguing your point. Or ceding to someone else's point. Or just kinda feeling courageous.

As a person, living one single life, feeling something on the inside can be just as important as manifesting something on the outside. We all gotta look after ourselves.

Also, sometimes, as we all know, actions speak louder than words. And doing something could be so much more clear...oh and clarity is what we all so dearly lack.

A stunner of a quote from Zhuangzi:

"Words are obscured by the ostentatious blossoms of reputation that come with them" (Chapter 2).

ymfy