July 2011
36 posts
June 2011
21 posts
“
For attractive lips,
Speak words of kindness.
For lovely eyes,
Seek out the good in people.
For a slim figure,
Share your food with the hungry.
For beautiful hair,
Let a child run his or her
fingers through it once a day.
For poise,
Walk with the knowledge
you’ll never walk alone.
People, even more than things,
have to be restored, renewed,
revived, reclaimed, and redeemed;
Never throw out anybody.
Remember,
If you ever need a helping hand,
you’ll find one at the end of your arm.
As you grow older,
you will discover
that you have two hands,
one for helping yourself,
the other for helping others.
The beauty of a woman
is not in the clothes she wears,
The figure that she carries,
or the way she combs her hair.
The beauty of a woman
must be seen from in her eyes,
because that is the doorway to her heart,
the place where love resides.
The beauty of a woman
is not in a facial mole,
but true beauty in a woman
is reflected in her soul.
It is the caring that she lovingly gives,
the passion that she shows,
And the beauty of a woman
with passing years-only grows!
Things I believe in (today)
- Courtesy is owed. Respect is earned. Love is granted.
- The weather could change at any time. It’s smart to keep an umbrella and a change of shoes in your car.
- Sometimes, you need the space apart from people.
- Sometimes, you really don’t need space.
- Tea is good at any time of the day. Jasmine green tea, especially.
- Sometimes, you have to let go of good things to make room for great things.
- Winnie the Pooh has some seriously profound quotes.
- To someone in this world, you are perfect, beautiful, and indescribably, inexplicably stunning, inside and out.
- Starbucks, despite it being the monopoly of all coffee shops, has still earned my love. Yes, I am a product of American consumerism. I will not apologize for loving a good chai tea latte and a cafe with a soothing blend of jazz and world music.
- You are where you are meant to be. Until you’re not. Then you just gotta pick up and go.
“All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, a light from the shadows shall spring; renenwed shall be blade that was broken, the crownless again shall be king.”
—J. R. R. Tolkien
“You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.”
—Audrey Hepburn
“The world is changed because you are made of ivory and gold. The curves of your lips rewrite history.”
—Oscar Wilde
Dress and Tie (feat. Darren Criss)
Charlene Kaye
I’ll wear that dress if you wear that tie-Charlene Kaye Ft. Darren Criss
does the guy look familiar ;)
If you’re dating the guy, Jlin, just tell us. Geez, way to be cryptic ;)
Anyway, this is a lovely song! :)
“The books or the music in which we thought the beauty was located will betray us if we trust in them; it was not in them, it only came through them, and what came through them was longing. These things - the beauty, the memory of our own past - are good images of what we really desire; but if they are mistaken for the thing itself they turn into dumb idols, breaking the hearts of their worshipers. For they are not the thing itself; they are only the scent of a flower we have not found, the echo of a tune we have not heard, news from a country we have not visited.”
—C. S. Lewis
“A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure. It is exquisite, and it leaves one unsatisfied. What more can you want?”
—Oscar Wilde, Picture of Dorian Gray
“The key is to get to know people and trust them to be who they are.
Instead, we trust people to be who we want them to be - and when they’re not, we cry.” —David Duchovny (via creatingaquietmind)
Instead, we trust people to be who we want them to be - and when they’re not, we cry.” —David Duchovny (via creatingaquietmind)
Finals Week: Pet Peeves & Happy Things
Pet Peeves
- Water rings. Use coasters! :)
- People who text while talking to you. What, is my conversation boring you? >:(
- People who say, “I’m not good at keeping in touch.” Um, no. Think of a better excuse; it ain’t gonna work.
- Crowded, stuffy libraries. Definitely need to build more study spaces.
- When the person shaking their leg (and the entire row of desks) is too far away.
- When, after studying for five hours and you’re hungry, the person next to you breaks out some delicious, full-on meal. You make me sad.
- “Fine.” “Very [insert rest of the sentence].” “K.” Damn it, people. Use your words! Don’t get lazy!!!
- Facebook.
- Textbooks missing a page. You will never know what you missed.
- Cafes, gyms, and pretty much any place that closes early/opens late.
Happy things
- The stretch right after you’ve sat through hours of studying, the fresh air outside the library.
- Getting your studying on! Productivity FTW
- Gyms that are empty ‘cause everyone else is studying for finals.
- Hot jasmine-green tea.
- Finally understanding the concepts they explained in class weeks ago :)
- Bread. It’s amazing.
- People who do sweet things ‘cause you’re stressed for finals [Thanks, Kay & Viv for the cupcakes!]
- Being able to wear sweats and comfy clothes everywhere ‘cause it’s finals week.
- Freshly sharpened Dixon Ticonderoga HB2 pencils & Pentel and Pilot pens
- Having reasons to wake up in the morning
Arms
Christina Perri
How many times will let you me change my mind and turn around
I can’t decide if I’ll let you save my life or if I’ll drown
I hope that you see right through my walls
I hope that you catch me, ‘cause I’m already falling
I’ll never let a love get so close
You put your arms around me and I’m home
The world is coming down on me and I can’t find a reason to be loved
I never wanna leave you but I can’t make you bleed if I’m alone
You put your arms around me
And I believe that it’s easier for you to let me go
I tried my best to never let you in to see the truth
And I’ve never opened up
I’ve never truly loved ‘Till you put your arms around me
And I believe that it’s easier for you to let me go
“I came to where I am today because I went on a personal discovery and made my choice. I’m also not the type of person to have anything shoved down my heart so, I tell you, sister, breathe.”
—Joanna Hong, my beautiful wise amazing friend
Hiding my heart away- Brandi Carlile (with lyrics)
So this is how the story went
I met someone by accident
That blew me away
That blew me away
It was in the darkest of my days
When you took my sorrow and you took my pain
And buried them away, you buried them away
And I wish I could lay down beside you
When the day is done
And wake up to your face under the morning sun
But like everything I’ve ever known
I’m sure you’ll go one day
So I’ll spend my whole life hiding my heart away
And I can’t spend my whole life hiding my heart away
I dropped you off at the train station
And put a kiss on top of your head
I watched you wave
I watched you wave
Then I went on home to my skyscrapers
Neon lights and waiting papers
That I call home
I call it home
I woke up feeling heavy hearted
I’m going back to where I started
The morning rain
The morning rain
And you know I wish that you were here
But that same old road that brought me here
Is calling me home
Is calling me home
And I wish I could lay down beside you
When the day is done
And wake up to your face against the morning sun
But like everything I’ve ever known
You’ll disappear someday
So I’ll spend my whole life hiding my heart away
And I can’t spend my whole life hiding my heart away
Especially after this morning, I hear this song differently.
Story
Of
My
Life.
The cannibalistic ways that KHan shows she cares:
- Me: I think I'm taking five classes in the fall again.
- Kristina: Please don't stress out and toast.
- Kristina: Or I will eat you up.
- Kristina: With butter and jam.
