January 2011
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Jan 30th
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Jan 28th
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Jan 27th
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Jan 27th
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A text transcript between my dad and I.
Me: Whoa a magazine is paying me to use three of my pics!
Tatang (that's Filipino for "father"): Wow...did u ask why n d price?
Me: I post some of the photos I take online. Not much, 10$ per photo. It is a gardening mag. I have had other websites use my photos and I realized I should start asking for money.
Tatang: Ya u s/d have. they saw something amazing in ur pics sellable n thats money. im so proud of u.
I am going to save this text in my phone forever, saved along with two texts from my dad that read exactly the same message: "Happy birthday, darling" *Tear*
Jan 27th
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Two weeks ago, I woke up one morning and the last image stuck in my mind from my dream was a screenshot of a photography website. My photography website. Like, a company.  Then last week, Gardening Australia Magazine asked if they could use some of my images they found on Flickr. I asked the Twitter for advice on whether I should charge, and the resounding answer was: YES! I’ve read...
Jan 27th
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Jan 27th
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Had my first Mpls comm ed class in drawing today. Turns out that it’s all about shadows and light. Just like life. Whoa.
Jan 26th
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Jan 25th
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One of the principles of mindfulness is Acceptance. When thrown in a pool of water, flailing in a frenzy will lead to drowning more likely than relaxing and just letting yourself float. Sometimes we get fixated on the wrong goals.
Jan 24th
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Waiting for my heaven in eleven to kick into gear…seems to be in motion for everyone around me. Trying and yet not.
Jan 24th
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Today I also: - danced like a maniac to an audience of one 14-month old girl. She looked very confused. - successfully ran two and a half miles without my knee revolting. - had a great day of teaching about ethics. Lots of discussion, participation. Students came up after class to talk more and ask questions. Got the warm and fuzzies. - supported Asian American artists at a fundraiser open mic...
Jan 21st
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Today in session with my therapist, I cited Popperian Falsification Theory and postpositivism.
Jan 21st
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Jan 19th
“We have waited for more than three hundred and forty years for our God-given and...”
– Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” was published in the August 1963 issue of The Atlantic. Read the whole thing here. (via theatlantic)
Jan 18th
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Jan 18th
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Jan 13th
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Jan 13th
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“There’s also the whole sexism aspect of how it’s being reported. How it’s not...”
– Allison Kilkenny, Citizen Radio 1/12/11 (via unburyingthelead) I am also irked by how often reporters refer to her informally, by first name or Gaby, instead of “Rep. Giffords.”
Jan 13th
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Jan 8th
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“Dear sir or madam,”
– “Across the Internet the use of ‘dear’ is going the way of sealing wax,” according to the Wall Street Journal. “Email has come to be viewed as informal even when used as formal communication, leaving some etiquette experts appalled at the ways professional strangers address one another.” (via...
Jan 7th
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Jan 7th
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“Dear sir or madam,”
– “Across the Internet the use of ‘dear’ is going the way of sealing wax,” according to the Wall Street Journal. “Email has come to be viewed as informal even when used as formal communication, leaving some etiquette experts appalled at the ways professional strangers address one another.” (via...
Jan 7th
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Listenashliej: yesyesyes danhurray:Robyn -...
Jan 7th
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Jan 7th
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WatchWatch
Smart Girls at the Party: Ruby the Feminist Amy Poehler and friends’ web series celebrates young women who are changing the world by being themselves. This video made my day!
Jan 5th
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On choosing faith
That Onion article on the Virgin Mary statue reminded me that I went to Catholic mass for the first time in a long time over the holiday. It makes my mom happy. Like many other salad-bar Catholics (pick-and-choose what you want to believe in!), I’ve gone for stretches without going to mass and then come back like it was the day after Confirmation. But not this time. I abstained from saying...
Jan 4th
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“One way I would fix the country is to create a program that focuses on ending...”
– Professor Tricia Rose (via brownpeople) learned so much in her class. gifted teacher, brilliant mind. read her book the hip hop wars ~ http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1866048,00.html (via dancingonembers) Like this quote points out, I think that a major step involves turning the...
Jan 4th
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Jan 3rd
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Jan 3rd
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Jan 3rd
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“If you do follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been...”
– Joseph Campbell auto-reblog (via soul-surfer) Lately, I’ve been struggling with this idea because it seems to be conflated with the general concept of fate or destiny. I want to believe in it. I want to believe that there is some order to the unfolding of my life and that if I follow what is...
Jan 3rd
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“The problem with sexist, racist, homophobic, transphobic, classist, ableist,...”
– I Don’t Care If You’re Offended by Scott Madin (via inherhipstheresrevolutions)
Jan 2nd
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