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I lived on an island for a long time. I swam in the ocean and...

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:30:36 -0600

I lived on an island for a long time. I swam in the ocean and played near reefs. But I cannot remember seeing piles of beautiful shells like this…

I did once see a beach of pink sand. Pink sand. That was a trip worth taking.

normaltd: domusmusicae: Goodbye Music by L’Altra I would meet...

Mon, 20 May 2013 21:47:35 -0600

normaltd:

domusmusicae:

Goodbye Music by L’Altra

I would meet you upon this honestly.

I that was near your heart was removed therefrom
To lose beauty in terror, terror in inquisition.
I have lost my passion: why should I need to keep it
Since what is kept must be adulterated?
I have lost my sight, smell, hearing, taste and touch:
How should I use it for your closer contact?

- T.S. Eliot, Gerontion

─═ڿڰۣڿ☻ڿڰۣڿ═─

normaltd: birmuzik: Joshua James - Daniel ─═ڿڰۣڿ☻ڿڰۣڿ═─

Mon, 20 May 2013 21:39:11 -0600

normaltd:

birmuzik:

Joshua James - Daniel

─═ڿڰۣڿ☻ڿڰۣڿ═─

"If you belong to the majority, you can avoid thinking about lots of troubling things."

Mon, 20 May 2013 21:30:56 -0600

“If you belong to the majority, you can avoid thinking about lots of troubling things.”

- Haruki Murakami - 1Q84 (via thelearningbrain)

Find your way home

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:58:00 -0600

manfrommontreal:

T O D A Y A C H E S O F T H E C O L D N E S S I felt firsthand, aches from the departure of a lifetime ago, aches from the hunger I once knew so well—yet here I stand, with my soul unwrapped, my heart is naked and striped from your tender touch, here I feel so alone, abandoned. My eyes are fully open now and see how unwanted you made me feel, how strange is it to know how this makes me feel. I’m stranded in the fragrance you left behind, I’m bound to nothing but how this all feels, so unreal and yet so very surreal, an alien world of scales and fins, knives and breaking glass, and all these painful blow guns pushing darts against the surface of my skin. I feel so branded and marked now, I’m scarred without my wits to end the pain, yet I cannot chastise you for leaving, nor can I regret not going with you.

I blink coldly staring wistfully standing by the curb near the end of your parent’s former driveway, yes it’s sad. In front of the empty house that used to sing to me but no more, yes it used to beckon me, call my name— and I came running to see you straddling your open bedroom window. The window is black now both in memory and in depth, for there is nothing but regret and the emptiness of the room you left. I find no courage, only this weakness for you as I stand up next to the retched row of hedges in front of this old house. It’s reigning with overgrowth wrapped around the wrought-iron fence that keeps me out, like barbed wire, tight and fierce —the gate is barely visible, and I dare not ask you if you feel as I do. I pause to look up and I see stars in the night sky, my eyes close, melting into this fading memory— of this fragrance you left me in, and the time we wasted has evaporated with heartache. Looking back as I walk away I can only hope you will find your way home, to me, to us, to fill this hunger I have for you— can’t go on like this, for if it does I’ll starve to death.

livingsimplistically: The Cherry Lola Treatment - My Review I...

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:33:34 -0600

What is needed for this process!

This is my skeptical look. Can you tell?

I had to try it on my son's um...desert dry hair as his sister referred to his texture

Care-fully detangling with the wide tooth comb!

I swear I could feel this stuff working its magic!

The back.

After the rinse, no products used.

After using my Shea Moisture Deconstruction conditioner and masque.

livingsimplistically:

The Cherry Lola Treatment - My Review

I came across The Cherry Lola Treatment for frizzy hair while on Tumblr. A reader who follows Hey Fran Hey asked what she could do with her frizzy hair, and Fran referred her to The Cherry Lola Treatment. I went ahead, checked it out, investigated further and was nearly sold to try it on my own hair but wanted to wait. I finally decided months later, especially coming across it again for the umpteenth time on The Good Hair Blog (whose advice on natural hair I also trust). Once I read her reviews, I was done. Wallet was in hand and I traveled to the nearest health food store to pick up the following items:

What is needed:

1 - 16oz tub of yogurt - I used plain Fage

2 tbl spoons - Amino Acids (DO NOT use soy sauce, just don’t…even though this amino acid stuff tastes pretty good!)

2 tbl spoons - Baking Soda. Please be sure to read the label to ensure you picked up baking SODA and not baking powder like I did! Thank goodness for extra boxes lying around :-)

Mix the wet ingredients first (yogurt and liquid amino acids), then add the baking soda. It’s kinda cool how the mixture begins to froth up and becomes light and airy like whipped cream.

NOTE - this mixture is COLD! I took the yogurt straight from the fridge to make my mixture and when I applied it to my hair and realized O_o…not horrible, just took me by surprise.

I sectioned my hair into four sections and applied starting from the roots to my ends. I was nervous because I did not detangle my hair before applying. I thought I would run into some issues but I didn’t. I finger detangled while adding the mixture to my hair and once all was said and done, I took my wide tooth comb and detangled (from ends to root).

Not even a minute after having this on my head did I feel a difference! My hair fell straight down instead of out (though I think it’s growing) but the curls started to elongate a bit. I added my sexy shower cap and sat with this on my head for an hour.

After rinsing out - Vavoom! Lot’s of curls, lots of volume. Unfortunately this stuff wasn’t magical enough to cure the heat damage from my done years ago, but whatev!

My Review - Um, ~~HECK~~ yes!? Excuse me, but WHY did I not try this sooner? I give this treatment 5 out of 5 curls. This is the bees knees and will become a part of my monthly regime. I loved just how the application felt on my hair so much, that I put the left overs on my son’s hair. This stuff WORKS! I’m curious to see how treatment #2 will come out?

If you try Cherry Lola’s Treatment I would LOVE to hear your results and your thoughts.

Living Simplistically!

Photo

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:29:09 -0600

Photo

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:30:24 -0600

Craig David ft Sting - Rise & Fall Is it too late to show...

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:10:08 -0600

Craig David ft Sting - Rise & Fall

Is it too late to show you the shape of my heart

Lyrics

"I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by using fear as the..."

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:43:10 -0600

“I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by using fear as the basic motivation. Fear of getting failing grades, fear of not staying with your class, etc. Interest can produce learning on a scale compared to fear as a nuclear explosion to a firecracker.”

- Stanley Kubrick (via prahkalasalives)

Tumblr Staff: News!

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:37:46 -0600

Tumblr Staff: News!:

staff:

Everyone, I’m elated to tell you that Tumblr will be joining Yahoo.

Before touching on how awesome this is, let me try to allay any concerns: We’re not turning purple. Our headquarters isn’t moving. Our team isn’t changing. Our roadmap isn’t changing. And our mission – to empower creators to…

Such a sad, sad, sad day for Tumblr.

We are all waiting for Yahoo to gasp its last…and here goes Tumblr.

bluepueblo: Abandoned Cottage, Croatia photo via aurlie

Mon, 20 May 2013 06:37:11 -0600

bluepueblo:

Abandoned Cottage, Croatia

photo via aurlie

"Moon: it is no use flying anyway, so you go up in a flame of scattered opals: maybe you are my..."

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:02:08 -0600

“Moon: it is no use flying anyway, so you go up in a flame of scattered opals: maybe you are my heart, who is like a gypsy, who loafs in the sky, shedding poems like tears!”

- —James Wright, last strophe of “A Divine Falling of Leaves” (from the Spanish of César Vallejo), from Collected Poems (Wesleyan University Press, 1971)

an itinerant poet:

sweetlysurreal: fotoblur.com

Sun, 19 May 2013 11:30:29 -0600

sweetlysurreal:

fotoblur.com

Reblog if you've been told you have a nice butt.

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:33:33 -0600

briarhenge: I’m such a sucker for cellos. I have to thank...

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:30:59 -0600

briarhenge:

I’m such a sucker for cellos. I have to thank Pandora for introducing me to this group. 2Cellos (Stjepan Hauser and Luka Sulic) does covers of contemporary songs with cello. It’s a bit like Apocalyptica, but there’s just two guys.

"Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong."

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:29:13 -0600

“Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.”

- Leo Buscaglia (via explore-everywhere)

Video - Natural hair is annoying!

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:57:55 -0600

OMG! Listen to my words coming out of her mouth!

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o.o Seriously. When I saw this the first thing that popped into...

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:30:35 -0600

o.o

Seriously. When I saw this the first thing that popped into my head was Ernie from Sesame Street singing, “Rubber Duckie”.

There are no rubber duckies in the collage.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must...

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:16:22 -0600

Life is like riding a bicycle.

To keep your balance you must keep moving.

Albert Einstein