amazing book

just bought this yesterday, and it is the most inspiring thing to read. Instead of just complaining about all the problems facing our world today, there are feasible options

Ted Leo lyrics

As I was walking through a life one morning
the sun was out, the air was warm, but
Oh, I was cold
And though I must have looked half a person,
to tell the tale, in my own version,
It was only then that I felt whole

Do you believe in something beautiful?
Then get up and be it

Fighting for the smallest goal: to get a little self-control
I know how hard you try. I see it in your eyes
But call your friends, 'cause we've forgotten what it's like to eat what's rotten
And what's eating you alive might help you to survive.
We went on as we were on a mission, latest in a Grand Tradition
And oh, what did we find?
It was Ego who was flying the banner, and me and Mia, Ann and Ana
Oh, we'd been unkind

But do you believe in something beautiful?
Then get up and be it

Fighting for the smallest goal: to get a little self-control
I see it in your eyes, I see it in your spine.
But call your friends,
'cause we've forgotten what it's like to eat what's rotten
And what's eating you alive, might help you to survive.

And even the nights, they could get better
And even the days ain't all that bad
And after a week of fighting, as more and more it seems the right thing

But do you believe in something beautiful?
Then get up and be it

Fighting for the smallest goal: to gain a little self-control
Won't anybody here just let you disappear?
Not doctors, nor your mom and dad, but me and Mia, Ann and Ana
Know how hard you try. Don't you see it in my eyes?
Sick to death of my dependence, fighting food to find transcendence
Fighting to survive, more dead but more alive
Cigarettes and speed for livin', and sleeping pills to feel forgiven
All that you contrive, and all that you're deprived
All the bourgeois social angels telling you you've got to change
Don't have any idea. They'll never see so clear.
But don't forget what it really means to hunger strike
when you don't really need to
Some are dying for a cause, but that don't make it yours.

And even the nights, they could get better.

Anthony Burrill

anthonyburrill.com

Optimism

Optimism is a political act. Entrenched interests promote despair, confusion, and apathy to prevent change. They encourage us to think that problems can't be solved, that nothing we do can matter, that the issues are too complex to allow even the possibility of change. It is a long-standing political art to sow the seeds of mistrust among those you would rule: as Machiavelli taught, tyrants do not care if they are hated, as long as those under them do not love one another. Cynicism is often seen as a rebellious attitude in Western popular culture, but in reality, our cynicism advances the desires of the powerful; cynicism is obedience.
When no one believes in a better future, despair is a logical choice- and people in despair almost never change anything. When no one believes there might be a better solution, those who benefit from the status quo are safe. When no one believes in the possibility of action, apathy becomes an insurmountable obstacle to reform.
www.worldchanging.com/politics

Grass vases

I want..... from Norman Copenhagen

Reprise

I went to see the film "Reprise" today, and it was amazing. I appreciate any film that brings in social change ideas into it. Plus the soundtrack included some great music, including joy division

Jens Lekman - Opposite of Hallelujah (Jens dancing)

happy monday!

how swede

leave it to sweden to have specific lanes for bikes and families walking...

everybody dance

sweet summer's night at Too much love

Marimekko shoes

Shoes I could never afford, Jimmy Choo

#89.2 R.E.M. Living well is the best revenge

i don't even normally listen to R.E.M, but this is amazing

SEBASTIEN TELLIER - DIVINE - OFFICIAL VIDEO

just about the best video I have seen this year

boredom

inspiration

I was clearing off a table today at work and someone wrote this quote on the paper on the table...
"The promise of adventure can fend off the ennui of the conventional life"
-Jamison







Lilacs are in bloom, they smell heavenly

Acid House Kings - 7 Days

sounds of summer

Wistful Reveries

My bestie, Maritza showed her senior line at St. Kate's fashion show this past saturday. I even got to be a model. She was inspired by writers such as lewis carroll, edgar allen poe, oscar wilde, it was pure magic

am loving this

From the artist Nadia Plesner
http://nadiaplesner.com/

handsome men

i only wish men dressed like this in minnesota...

taking a step from the humdrum

Summer is finally here!
last final was yesterday!

Jens Lekman

its finally summer, the only way i can celebrate is by listening to jens