October 2010
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Funny how my world keeps spinnin’ sometimes...
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Hedgehog's dilemma
The hedgehog’s dilemma, or sometimes the porcupine dilemma, is an analogy about the challenges of human intimacy. It describes a situation in which a group of hedgehogs all seek to become close to one another in order to share their heat during cold weather. However, once accomplished, they cannot avoid hurting one another with their sharp quills. They must step away from one another. Though they...
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“The greatest battle is not physical but psychological. The demons telling us to...”
– Graeme Fife
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“How terrible it is to love something that Death can touch.”
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If you’re not depressed, those bipolar depression commercials will make you depressed.
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I’m in the mood for musicals right now.
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“Now, and for a long time, the best way Bridget knew to settle her mind was to...”
– Ann Brashares
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“A thing cannot be completely wonderful so long as it remains sensible.”
– G. K. Chesterton
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Last year, my life went so uncontrollably spinning in one direction. It scared me because I lost control so quickly. Towards the end, I began to realize how uncontrollable life is.
And now, my life is spinning uncontrollably in another direction.
Do you know what I think the problem is? Trying to control it. I’m going to roll with the punches.
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Perhaps I should be working harder at my job but I...
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“Obviously there are things I regret, things I would like to take back, things I...”
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No, there won’t be Christmas for me this...
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“Shall we condemn ourselves to a life of convenience and unhappiness or commit to...”
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“Most people don’t grow up. Most people age. They find parking spaces,...”
– Maya Angelou
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Lessons of Life
“I’ve learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow. I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights. I’ve learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you’ll miss them when...
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“We are hungry for equilibrium.”
– Professor Irina A. Telyukova, Macroeconomics
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When your heart gets restless, it’s time to...
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“Forlornly, she brushed a strand of hair back from her forehead. A frown on her forehead, the graffiti of sorrow.”
Robert Cormier
What a beautifully sad sentence. The graffiti of sorrow.
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Big Bang Theory
Sheldon: “Although now that I think of it, he asked me not to tell you that.”
Penny: “I’ll pretend I didn’t hear it.”
Sheldon: “…I’d rather you pretend I didn’t say it.”
Bazinga!
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Gattaca
Anton: Vincent! How are you doing this? How have you done any of this?
Vincent: You want to know how I did it? This is how I did it. I never saved anything for the swim back.
Gattaca.
Amazing.
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I’m so behind on the mainstream music but...
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Swallow your bullets and go on.
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“This cannot be a team of common men because common men go nowhere. You have to...”
– Herb Brooks
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“We’re gonna show this town how to kiss the stars.”
– Kings of Leon, Manhattan
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“I plead to change my life just before I dream and wake to realize that the...”
– We Came As Romans, We Are the Reasons
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“Sometimes you wake up. Sometimes the fall kills you. And sometimes, when you...”
– Neil Gaiman, Sandman
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Fall and Holidays in California
You know that really crisp water-y smell after rain? I love that. I LOVE that.
Yesterday, my friend and I were walking when out of nowhere, it started raining! Of course, it is a little unnerving to see rain in La Jolla. You really know that global warming or something like that is throwing off the weather. We ran for cover and sheltered by an archway next to a cafe before we resolved to go in...
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Arrivederci
Till we meet again.
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“I can’t be in there and if I can’t be in there, I don’t know...”
– Christina Yang, Grey’s Anatomy
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Random thoughts:
- As I’m learning more and more, I’m finding that there are not enough words in the English language to express myself anymore. In other words, when I was younger, I didn’t have much to think about and therefore, my limited vocabulary was sufficient. But as I think, wonder, and discover more, the absence of precise words is increasingly prominent. Scientifically, pressure is...
