February 2010
January 2010
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I can't believe I'm going to confess this...
What’s more embarrassing? The caretaker of your apartment asking you to check to see if your grandmother is cooking something (she lives on the first floor, I’m three floors up hers. Yes, we live in the same building…tell me about it) or the caretaker thinking the neighbor next door is dead and the stench permeating is the smell of decay matter. Or when she phones the police and...
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I love John Travolta before he got crazy...
Okay, the title really has nothing to do with what I’m planning on writing; I’m just watching one of his movies and I thought I’d give a shout out to him (before he got weirder).
On Thursday (last), I got to work in the office for a day (I don’t work in ‘the office’ and I surely don’t get to sit down during work) and there was one other desk besides mine...
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Let's call him the Wickham man.
Have you ever known someone to be so encompassing, so wholly alluring to fluster even the strongest part of you? I pride myself in being aloof, professional and one not to flutter under the gaze of someone so heady.
But let me tell you this; I’m having a hard time today. Especially when we’re in very close proximities and he got himself cleaned up. Well, excuse me Mr. W, but I’m...
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Taking the long way
I have been meaning to write this post for the past few days now but I wanted to keep it to myself for a while to let it stew and formulate a way to tackle this thing down, once and for all.
Family is a touchy subject for me (and I bet for a lot of other people too), its something that should just be accepted in all shapes and sizes. And I understand that, it has taken me a while but I am finally...
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Standing up
I stood up for myself today, I stood up for my family and for the ones I loved. It was the best feeling I’ve had in a while.
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Kindness in Line
A few days back, I was grocery shopping. I had a basket full of items and I knew I wouldn’t be eligible for the express line, I had more than a few items but not enough for me to get a cart.
I woke late that morning and it was decided that I would head to the store to stock up on a few things that was getting low in the pantry. Normally, I try not to spend my late mornings in the store,...
“When a massive ship goes down, you always think, ‘I’d be in a lifeboat,’ but you...”
– Corinne Bailey Rae. [After a Death, Corinne Bailey Rae Embraces Life’s Diversity - NYTimes.com] (via idiosyncrasies)
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“I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope”.”
– T.S.Eliot (via amare-habeo)
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“We’ve fared, my heart and I.”
– elizabeth barrett browning