Friday, July 31, 2009
Picture of Success
"Most successful people begin with two beliefs: the future can be better than the present, and I have the power to make it so."
-David Brooks in an op-ed piece riffing against the premise of Outliers and talking about why control of attention is the ultimate individual power.
-David Brooks in an op-ed piece riffing against the premise of Outliers and talking about why control of attention is the ultimate individual power.
Monday, July 27, 2009
Things that Conjure Good Feelings, Pt II:
- Themed birthday parties
- Sexual tension
- Wine with Eileen
- Nick in a sweater vest
- The top of the world
- Kiki de Montparnasse and Agent Provocatur lingerie
- Airports in the morning
- When I wake up in the middle of the night and realize that I still have a few more hours to sleep
- Driving (poorly at that)
- Notes from Mom
- Breakfast with Annabelle, Lucy and Phoebe
- High five-ing
- Eating an entire box of clementines without getting sick
- Jinx-you-owe-me-a-soda moments
- Triceratops
Lou Doillon
"I guess I always wanted to move more than be sexy. I always wanted to look like a little animal that you wanted to take home more than the super beautiful girl who’s not moving. It’s not about impressing people, it’s about moving them."
Yes.
Yes.
Saturday, July 25, 2009
If You Think You're Falling in Love:
1. Put your head in the sand
2. ...freak out
3. Crush the butterflies in your stomach with pancakes
4. Flip...(like pancakes)
5. Roll down a rocky hill and hope you hit your head pretty hard
6. Be afraid of getting hurt (on the hill/in your heart)
7. Use many exclamation points
That's all I've got.
2. ...freak out
3. Crush the butterflies in your stomach with pancakes
4. Flip...(like pancakes)
5. Roll down a rocky hill and hope you hit your head pretty hard
6. Be afraid of getting hurt (on the hill/in your heart)
7. Use many exclamation points
That's all I've got.
How To Be an Explorer of the World:
1. Always be looking.
2. Consider everything alive and animate.
3. Everything is interesting.
4. Alter your course often.
5. Observe for long durations.
6. Notice patterns.
8. Make connections.
9. Document your findings.
10. Observe movement.
11. Trace things back to their origins.
12. Use all the senses in your investigation.
2. Consider everything alive and animate.
3. Everything is interesting.
4. Alter your course often.
5. Observe for long durations.
6. Notice patterns.
8. Make connections.
9. Document your findings.
10. Observe movement.
11. Trace things back to their origins.
12. Use all the senses in your investigation.
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