Archive for July, 2008
Monday, July 28th, 2008
for the skeptics, The Neuroscience of Dance. (thanks to Aditi)
"Dance is a fundamental form of human expression that likely evolved together with music as a way of generating rhythm. It requires specialized mental skills. One brain area houses a representation of the body’s orientation, helping to direct our movements through ...
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Saturday, July 26th, 2008
i never take this book with me on the airplane, because i am soaking up each page like a delicately sweet morsel of rich chocolate. so forgive me for being a slow reader, but i don't want it to end.
"Because the world is so corrupted, misspoken, unstable, exaggerated and unfair, ...
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Friday, July 18th, 2008
on and on we keep going
crowded like subway cars
on and on to the beat of our noisy hearts
- m. nathanson
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traveling motivates.
pro: i get to run in beautiful new places
con: i have to remember to lug my running shoes everywhere i go
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
something i have learned in my constant geographic transience (how's that for an oxymoron?) is that both physical location and the company i keep is as impermanent as the breath i'm about to take. i remember when i used to be very sentimental; goodbyes were earth-shattering, ironclad contracts stating "i ...
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Saturday, July 12th, 2008
sometimes, miracles happen from reading just one sentence, or even just a phrase.
i'm sitting at home on a saturday evening and i'm reading. on my new-used couch from craigslist. for the first time since moving to Houston, i arrived home and didn't feel pressured to clean, or organize, or ...
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
my job requires me to set up and attend many one-on-one meetings with the client departmental managers. the most rewarding thing is when i am able to hold a quick meeting and discuss everything on my agenda in a short amount of time. i always enter the mangers' offices and ...
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Sunday, July 6th, 2008
i told Tu that i have about 20 blog entry drafts that i have been unable to finish. so, to prevent that from happening to this particular post, a quick happy things list:
- for the first time since November, I got to spend an entire week at home
- i slept ...
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Saturday, July 5th, 2008
this might be cheesy, but the Sex and the City movie got me thinking about love letters.
the thing about unpacking my life from boxes is that i find a lot of old letters and reminders of beautiful and extinct moments. i found a little paper bag filled with the ...
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Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
one day while wandering the mall, i found shoes that were so incredibly comfortable. hieu convinced me in 4 seconds flat not to get them, because he scrunched up his face like a wad of discarded paper and said (with the great disdain that only a gay-straight man can pull ...
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Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
it's so pathetic that i haven't read much at all in the past 5 years.
From Elissa:
The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed.
1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicize those you intend to ...
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