December 2009
THE BOYS ARE WAITING.
(Milkshake covered by...
Curiosity Lane: Learning What to do with Emotions →
Let’s say I’m sitting alone one day…and suddenly I am washed over by a wave of intense loneliness and desolation and emptiness.
What should I do?
Emotions are meant to get us up and moving. Notice that the word “emotion” has the same root as “motivation.” The reason we have feelings is to spur us to action.
But what action?
So here I am feeling wretchedly empty and isolated. What now?
Well,...
Knowing What Exists →
Point 1
What exists? Does yesterday exist now? Does tomorrow exist now?
Of course, not.
Our thoughts of yesterday may exist now if we are now thinking of yesterday.
Our thoughts of tomorrow may exist now if we are now thinking of tomorrow.
But now neither yesterday nor tomorrow exists.
What about the moment a second ago when you started reading this blog? What about a moment from now when...
The 7 Kinds of Hope | World of Psychology →
Not all hopes are alike. There are many different kinds like daily hopes — that rain won’t spoil the picnic, that the dentist will not find cavities. Or still larger hopes, for example that our children will be healthy and happy or that we will emerge from the recession and find adequate work. Or even more substantial hopes for a cure for cancer, for the well-being of our planet.
Here are still...
No clean feed!
monkeytypist:
Appropriately, I will clean this post up later. Just notes for now. Links to come as well - check nocleanfeed.com/learn.html
Mandatory internet filtering is expensive (over $125 million and counting), complicated and doesn’t protect children from danger. It is an incredibly bad policy for the purposes of protecting children because it makes parents think that a risk is...
The average person tells 4 lies a day, or 1460 a...
bonita-applebum:
juicylovee:allisonkilla:fuckyeahskinnybitch:bonesandstyle:(via aubrionna)
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Petition: Stop Australian Internet Censorship →
sleepydumpling:
The Australian government are taking information and freedom of speech back to the dark ages with their plans to censor internet access to all in the nation. Please support and take part in action to make it clear to them that Australians do not accept this.
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“Top 10 Most Memorable FAIL Moments of 2009: 1. Kanye West’s Outburst at the...”
– FAIL Blog: Epic Fail Pictures and Videos of Owned, Pwnd and Fail Moments
I don’t even know some of these. Thoughts?
“During a visit to a mental asylum, I asked the director as to how he determined...”
– Why is violence and bigotry in Australia so impossible to curtail? - On Line Opinion - 14/12/2009
“I don’t see it as an either/or proposition. Work is part of life. You need to...”
– Gavin Bell, managing partner and chief executive, Freehills (via BRW Magazine Dec 10, 2009 - Jan 20, 2010). (via lanipauli)
Honest version: “If you don’t, or if you refuse to work unpaid overtime, your massive corporate employer will hire us to help them fire you. PS. We wrote WorkChoices”.
(via...
“The only unnatural sex act is that which you cannot perform.”
– Dr. Alfred Kinsey (via geeuh) (via havent-got-a-prayer)
Gosh, I am so sick of life.
Over it. Give up. Whatever.
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I can't wait!
You gonna be out of my life so fast! :D :D :D
I have seen the future
and that is why I’m not trying. It’s hopeless.
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“Anyone can give up, it’s the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it...”
– Unknown (via fuckyeahhappy) (via stephysreality) (via simonegrant)
fmylife:
Today, my boyfriend and I were having a serious talk. He proceeded to tell me that I was a quick-tempered emotional train wreck. He then said, “You know how we talked about getting married? Now the only way I’d marry you was if hell froze over.” He smiled, gave me a kiss, and went to bed. FML
Leave. What a dick.
“Loneliness is never more cruel than when it is felt in close proximity with...”
– Germaine Greer. (If You Want Intimacy, Then Find Someone Who…. | Psychology Today)
“$2,000,000,000 - The amount of GST money the Northern Territory government has...”
– FOLLOW THE MONEY: EPISODE 10 | Hungry Beast
This nearly made me vomit.