Don't Listen to the Static: Archive

Just for today, the choice is mine.

1. Just for today I will try to live through this day only, not tackling all of my problems at once. I can do something at this moment that would discourage me if I had to continue it for a lifetime. 2. Just for today I will try to be happy, realizing my happiness does not depend on what others do or say or what happens around me. Happiness is a result of being at peace with myself. 3. Just for...

Apr 16th

“I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is...”

– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832

Apr 16th

Wild Geese

You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees For a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine. Meanwhile the world goes on. Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain are moving across the landscapes, over the prairies and the deep trees, the...

Feb 11th

Oct 26th

“Once you have a mission, you will never have a job again”

– Shai Agassi

Oct 26th

Slightly Interesting Picture →

Jan 13th

“You can’t expect to win unless you know why you lose.”

– Benjamin Lipson

Jul 14th

“The future is just a fucking concept that we use to avoid living today.”

– Brenda Chenowith - Six Feet Under

Jul 12th

Falling into the Same Hole

by Portia Nelson I. I walk down the street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I fall in. I am lost… I am helpless. It takes forever to find a way out. II. I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I pretend I don’t see it. I fall in again. I can’t believe I am in the same place. But, it isn’t my fault. It still takes a long time to get out. ...

Jul 3rd

“Had to find some higher ground Had some fear to get around You can’t say...”

– Tom Petty - Square One

Jul 2nd

“You only get one life. There is no God, no Rules, no Judgments except for those...”

– Nate Fisher - 6 Feet Under

Jun 29th

“It doesn’t matter how slow you go, as long as you do not stop.”

– Lao-Tzu

Jun 19th

Apr 22nd

I don't recall...

her: did this happen last time we went?
her: you kno
her: i think it may have
me: i cant remember
me: my mermory fails me
me: i cant recall...
her: lol
me: i remember feeling sick
me: but i dont remember when it was
her: you know, my day planner said that we ate there
me: yes yes
me: and we skipped the wine
her: but I can't recall eatting
me: and we only got 1 bread
me: oh i recall eating
me: o hahaha
me: yes i remember that
her: so most likely i was there,
her: and I ate
her: but i can't recall what it was
me: eggplant
me: and the rigoletti
her: "well alexis, don't you normally eat the same thing every time you go?"
me: lol
her: well, yes sir, but i just don't recall
her: "well did you eat"
her: oh i ate!
me: lol
her: I definitely ate!
her: i just don't recall when