January 2008
33 posts
looking for sparks of gold →
I just found this great blog on everything I love: art, dance, flowers, paris… I mean, really, what more could you ask for? check it out.
I found it via cup of jo—my daily pick-me-up!
“Maybe this is what we get in life, a few great loves: loves that return us to...”
– from last week’s Modern Love article in the NYTimes, by Laura Dave
somehow, I’d like to think we get more than a few great loves… hmmmm…
The Quarterbacks' Sideline Play - New York Times →
I’ve always been an Eli Manning kind of girl.
for S.
“ There are many times that I wish I had heard that ‘just who you are at this moment, with the way that you’re feeling, is fine. You don’t have to be anything more than who you are right now.’ I’d like to think it’s also something that’s happened to me through the years, that I’m more able to accept myself as I happen to be, rather than as somebody thought I should be. ”
Fred Rogers, in Life’s...
check out Cup of Jo’s musings on Paris here, here and here.
or read her on Marie Claire’s site!!!
“like a silk nightgown falling from a hook, I fall at the sound of ___________.”
fill-in-the-blank
one of my favorite professors in college had the best writing exercise. she would start a phrase, and we would each have to fill in the blank, and then write for 20 minutes. her prompts were always so poetic. and engaging. she had this magical ability to make words flow right out of you.
she used to say that performance is the word made flesh. and I think she’s right.
“Oh, the tiny tenderness of ________.”
– my playwriting professor in college had the best fill-in-the-blank exercises.
how would you finish this phrase?
on my way to class this morning...
…a bird flew into my face. no joke. I hope it wasn’t one of those washington square park pigeons. so gross!
don’t get me wrong, I still don’t think I’m 100% over it, but this is so exciting!!!!!!!!!!! I am bouncing off the walls.
going to the chapel
the best cure for a break-up is your sister getting engaged. really. who knew? there’s nothing that reaffirms my belief in love like seeing the people I love in love and so happy. I’m sure I sound like some crazy person, but I feel so full of happy feelings right now. just the thought of my sister getting married makes me giddy! I’m going to have a big brotherrrrrrrr!!!
“Faith is taking the first step, even when you cannot see the whole staircase.”
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive...”
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
“go confidently in the direction of your dreams. live the life you imagined.”
– thoreau.
I like that idea.
New York Times article by Gloria Steinem →
hmmm…
not sure what I think about this.
it's 60 degrees in NY today!!!!!!!!
Best Love Songs Ever: The Top 25 | EW.com →
I was surprised by some of these…
Danziger Projects - The Sartorialist →
so want to go to this!!!!
still writing...
uuuuughhhhhhhh just want to get this thing out of my hands!!!
Mermaids Past and Present Keep Things Real - New... →
AAAAHHHHHH-AHHHHHHH-AHHHHHHH Ariel…. I’ve always wanted to be a mermaid.
“the past does not determine our future but instead offers a set of lessons about...”
– martha minow (I’m reading one of her articles for my paper)
lalala
in the library, trying to finish a paper…
I like the light in here. soft and pretty.
“dance until the stars fall from the sky and fill your hair with sparkle and...”
– the way over-priced notecards at kate’s paperie.
OMG, I totally wrote a paper on this last... →
Putting Your Best Cyberface Forward, NYTimes, Stephanie Rosenbloom
maybe I should have listened to my prof when she suggested that I publish my paper. looks like the NYTimes beat me to the punch!
Watchgeoffrey canada knows exactly what he’s talking about. merit pay for teachers, federal accountability…
here he is, on charlie rose.
