What are the 5 words that best describe your life right now?
Submitted by mojito.
1. work
2. busy
3. lame
4. hot
5. hungry
"May the sun bring you new energy every day. May the moon softly restore you by night. May the rain wash away your worries. May the breeze blow new strength into your being. May you walk gently through the world and know its beauty all the days of your life." - Apache Blessing
"Go for long walks, indulge in hot baths, question your assumptions, be kind to yourself, live for the moment, loosen up, scream, curse the world, count your blessings, just let go, just be." - Carol Shields
"We do not remember days. We remember moments." - Cesare Pavese
“Watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you, because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in the magic will never find it!” - Roald Dahl
“A misty morning does not signify a cloudy day”. - Ancient proverb
“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the number of moments that take our breath away.” - Anonymous
“This is my wish for you: comfort on difficult days, smiles when sadness intrudes, rainbows to follow the clouds, laughter to kiss your lips, sunsets to warm your heart, hugs when spirits sag, beauty for your eyes to see, friendships to brighten your being, faith so that you can believe, confidence for when you are in doubt, courage to know yourself, patience to accept the truth, love to complete your life.” - Anonymous
“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it or who has said it not even if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.” - Buddha
“The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.” - Buddha
“Live to the point of tears.” - Camas
“Believe there are no limits but the sky.” - Cervantes
“Live in the moment and make it so beautiful that it will be worth remembering!”- Crosby
“Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.” - Leonardo Da Vinci
“When there are no words, know that the silences are carrying the thoughts and prayers of all who love you.” - Dawn Dais
“Open your eyes to the beauty around you, open your mind to the wonders of life, open you heart to those who love you, and always be true to your self.” – Donna Davis
“Dwell in possibility” – Emily Dickinson
“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Do not go where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
“To laugh often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children, to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends, to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Be the change you wish to see in the world.” - Gandhi
“To know someone with whom you can feel there is understanding in spite of distances or thoughts unexpressed. That can make this life a garden.” - Goethe
“When I count my blessings, I count you twice!” - Irish blessing
“May your troubles be less, and your blessings are more, and nothing but happiness come through your door!” - Irish blessing
“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.” - Keller
“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.” - Keller
“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars...” - Jack Kerouac
“Sometimes when one person is missing, the whole world seems depopulated.” - Lamartine
“Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. Look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true. Think only of the best, work only for the best, and expect only the best. Forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future. Give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others. Live in the faith that the whole world is on your side so long as you are true to the best that is in you!” - Christian d. Larson
“Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.” - Christian d. Larson
“Risk more than others think is safe. Care more than others think is wise. Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible.” - Cadet Maxim
“You can't roller-skate in a buffalo herd you can't take a shower in a parakeet cage, you can't drive around with a tiger in your car, you can't go fishing in a watermelon patch, but you can be happy if you've got a mind to. All you've got to do is put your mind to it, knuckle down, buckle down, do it, do it!” - Roger miller
“Some people walk in the rain…others just get wet!” - Miller
“The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.” - Henry Miller
“Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” - Niebuhr
“May your life be like a wildflower, growing freely in the beauty and joy of each day.” - Native American proverb
“Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Continue to learn. Appreciate your friends. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is.” - Mary Anne Radmacher
“When you
reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on!” - Wilfred Peterson
“Love
generously, praise loudly, and live fully.” – Porter
“Some
stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not
knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without
knowing what's going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity...” - Gilda Radner
“The
purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out
eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.” - Eleanor Roosevelt
“To those we love best we say the least...” - john ray
“I beg you to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Do not search for the answers, which could not be given you now, because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer.” - Rilke
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” - Eleanor Roosevelt
“Dance as though no one is watching you, love as though you have never been hurt before, sing as though no one can hear you, live as though heaven is on earth.” - Souza
“Happiness is a journey, not a destination. For a long time it seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, and a debt to be paid. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life. This perspective has helped me to see there is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way. So treasure every moment you have and remember that time waits for no one.” - Souza
“In the long run, we only hit what we aim at.” - Thoreau
“Peace. It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.” - Unknown
“Many
people will walk in and out of you life, but only true friends will leave
footprints in your heart.” - Unknown
“To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.”- Unknown
“Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end.” - Unknown
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor, and catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” - Unknown
“Be glad of life, because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars; to be satisfied with your possessions; to despise nothing in the world except falsehood and meanness, and to fear nothing except cowardice; to be governed by your admirations rather than by your disgusts; to covet nothing that is your neighbor’s except his kindness of heat and gentleness of manners; to think seldom of your enemies, often of your friends…and to spend as much time as you can, with body and with spirit. These are little guideposts on the footpath to peace.” - Henry van Dyke
“Walk in the rain, smell flowers, stop along the way, build sandcastles, go on field trips, find out how things work, tell stories, say the magic words, trust the universe.” - Bruce Williamson
“When you stand in the present moment, you are timeless.” - Rodney Yee
“You are here to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, and with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world” - Wilson
"Good friends are like stars. You don't always see them, but you know they're always there." - Old Saying
“Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly.” - Anonymous
“It is
never too late to be what you might have been.” – Eliot
“Fall in
love or fall in hate. Get inspired or get depressed. Ace a test or flunk a
class. Make babies or make art. Speak the truth or lie and cheat. Dance on
tables or sit in the corner. Life is divine chaos. Embrace it. Forgive
yourself. Breathe. Enjoy the ride.” - Solbeam
“Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder.” - Thoreau
i picked four days that you can count on me attending...I'm surprised it's only four.
JUNE 28
FLYLEAF at 9:15
JACK'S MANNEQUIN at 11:00
JUNE 30
THE GOO GOO DOLLS at 10:00 (even though there are a bunch of good band playing, including Rise Against, Johnny Reznik was amazing and I would love to see them again.)
JULY 4 (what a fourth of July...)
SOMETHING TO DO at 2:30
STREETLIGHT MANIFESTO at 6:30
LESS THAN JAKE at 8:00
REEL BIG FISH at 10:00
JULY 6
DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL at 10:00
With one or two I get used to the room
We go slow when we first make our moves
By five or six bring you out to the car
Number nine with my head on the bar
And it's sad, but true
Out of cash and I.O.U's
I've got desperate desires and unadmirable plans
My tongue will taste of gin and malicious intent
Bring you back to the bar
Get you out of the cold
A sober, straight face gets you out of your clothes
And they're scared that we know
All the crimes they'll commit
Who they'll kiss before they get home
I will lie awake
Lie for fun and fake the way I hold you
Let you fall for every empty word I say
Barely conscious in the door where you stand
Your eyes are fighting sleep while your mouth makes its demands
You laugh at every word trying hard to be cute
I almost feel sorry for what I'm going to do
And your hair smells of smoke
Who will cast the first stone?
You can sin or spend the night all alone
Brass buttons on your coat hold the cold
In the shape of a heart that they cut out of stone
You're using all your looks that you've thrown from the start
If you let me have my way I swear I'll tear you apart
Cause it's all you can be
You're a drunk and you're scared
It's ladies night, all the girls drink for free
I will lie awake
And lie for fun and fake the way I hold you
Let you fall for every empty word I say
I will lie awake
And lie for fun and fake the way I hold you
Let you fall for every empty word I say
I will lie awake
And lie for fun and fake the way I hold you
Let you fall for every empty word I say
fucking boys.
*giggles*
*My full name is Kayla-Rose. NOONE calls me that. (aside from my mother, when I've done something very wrong) Everyone calls me Kayla, Kay for short.
*I go to UW Stevens Point. I love it here...most of the time.
*I am majoring in Communication, with a Public Relations emphasis. I've also got an art history minor in the works.
*I am officially 5' 2 3/4". Yes, I know I'm short. It really only frustrates me when buying pants.
*I love music, and I love going to shows where I can jump around and scream like a maniac.
*I adore puppies and dogs. If I see one, I will point it out. My mom is allergic and I've never had the dog I think I deserve.
*My family consists of me, my mom, and my dad. Yes, I am an only child, and yes, I am spoiled. I am a daddy's girl.
*At my house we currently have 2 cats (Zeus and Angelou), 6 hermit crabs, 3 fish, a hamster, and a 5 year old little boy named Harley. My mom is known for bringing home random pets and it's always a wonder to see what new animal we will have acquired.
*The five year old is my cousin's son. She is in jail.
*I have no maternal instincts and I don't like children.
*My friends mean the world to me. Without them I would be lost.
*I am a city girl at heart. I get big thrills out of Milwaukee and Chicago. I've never been to NYC but I have a feeling it would be amazing.
*Trendy coffee shops and pizza joints are one of my weaknesses.
*I love traveling. I want to see the world.
*I am extremely overemotional sometimes...okay, most of the time. I cry ALOT. This is heightened when I am under the influence. Most of the time I will say I want to be left alone, but really I am just begging for a hug.
*I hate when things are unorganized, especially school stuff.
*I'm a sucker for cute boys and acoustic guitars.
*I have a cat named zeus and he is my baby. I love him dearly.
*I hate confrontation and would rather hold things inside than fight with friends, which rarely works out to my benefit.
*I don't quite know where I stand on religion and God. I consider myself Episcopalian but sometimes I cant find the meaning behind that statement.
*My favorite food is a good grilled cheese sandwich. Simple, yet delicious.
*I love Noodles and Co. I can eat there again and again and never get sick of it...and I only order three things on the menu.
*When at school, I work at a grocery store. Sometimes I like it, other times I hate it. It's a job.
*There are alot of things in life I regret.
*I want to be loved and in a stable relationship more than anything, however I'm afraid I will forever keep destroying my chances.
*I would take juice or water over soda any day. Most soda all tastes the same to me.
*I want to make a difference in someone's life.
*I love animated movies. Cases in point; Finding Nemo, Madagascar, Over the Hedge.
*I am also a huge musical and theatre buff.
*Art museums = *hearts* I'm a big fan of Toulouse Lautrec.
*I am very dependent. On my parents, on my friends, on my electronics. I hate being/going places alone.
*I will never be happy with my weight. I feel guilty after eating too much. It is an internal struggle and it will not change anytime soon.
*I love to scrapbook and do various other crafts.
*I am ticklish pretty much everywhere. Tickle me and I will squirm and giggle. If I kick you, I am not at fault.
*I thrive off of being the center of everyone's attention.
*I am very liberal. Bush is an idiot. I support homosexuality entirely. I'm pro-choice.
*I hate politics.
*I love shoes and fashion magazines.
*A lot of times I pretend to be someone I am not to impress people who don't care.
*I love to talk.
*I cant whistle to save my life, nor can I light a lighter or do a cartwheel.
*I frequently check away messages and stalk people on facebook. I'm real nosy.
*I drive a 93 Geo Prism. It may be lame, but it gets me where I need to go.
*Ice cream is god's gift to women, especially me. My favorite is Birthday Cake Remix from Coldstone.
*I consume lots of alcohol on weekends.
*I love cameras and pictures.
*Most of the time I'm more comfortable sitting on the floor than on a chair.
*I hate the word 'cancer'. I hate what it means, I hate what it brings, I hate everything about it. I can only dream of the day when it will not be a word associated with so much pain.
*I am easily amused. Shiny objects will do the trick.
*My favorite song is the acoustic version of punk rock princess by something corporate. It hits me right in the gut.
*Chinese food is great. Egg rolls are my favorite.
*I love to shop and try different things on.
*Favorite holiday = Halloween.
*I'm pretty open about most everything. If you want to know alls you have to do is ask.
When do you file your taxes? Do you do it yourself or get outside help?
WELL....I would love to file my taxes by myself, i know how and everything (thanks to high school consumer econ with mr. kozarek of course) but my dear mother insists on doing them for me with her snazzy software. Where would the world be without accountants?
What are your three favorite snacks?
Submitted by Sunscreem.
1. Dora the Explorer fruit snacks
2. Cheerios and marshmellows
3. veggies and ranch
those are at the moment at least...
i love the red jumpsuit apparatus. the album makes me happy. everyone should know.
"face down in the dirt she said, this doesnt hurt, she said, I've finally had enough."
I decided to make the switch from livejournal to this. Not that I update blogs that often anyways, but vox seems alot cooler than lj, and it allows for a lot more editing room than with livejournal...
so yeah. consider this the first post.
hah.
