March 2012
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I saw Hunger Games again today
This time with my mom, and this time I didn’t cry uncontrollably through almost the entire movie well through most of it as much. She liked it and although she did not “crey every tim” there were some motherly sniffles happening in the chair next to me during Rue and when Katniss was saying goodbye to Prim and her mother.
Mom’s thinking about reading the books now so...
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WatchLoving the horns and the angry guitar in this!
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“The year you thought you were dying
was a really great year.
You ate licorice...”
– “The Year You Thought You Were Dying,” Mindy Nettifee (via highwayaisle)
Absolutely gorgeous.
(via undercovernun)
I felt a tear prickle my eye reading this. “close enough to measure your ribcage in wrists, your palms in lips.” oh my heart
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Body Language - Lapham's Quarterly →
The excerpt below is from the end of the essay, but the whole thing’s very interesting! Delves into whether gestures are “language” or not, history of the study of gestures, etc.
David McNeill, a psychologist who has spent his career studying gesture, first took notice of it watching two of his colleagues converse. They looked to him like “sculptors working in different media....
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best feeling
Somewhat personal body positive thoughts below the cut.
[[MORE]]Best feeling of this morning: Seeing my 11 yr old sister’s face light up when I told her that her thighs look strong and beautiful when moments before she’d been pointing out their flaws to me and my mom—“I don’t have good legs, they’re too big up here.” She was literally pointing with her...
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Trayvon Martin →
ohmyroses:
I know I said my last post would be the last for a while but this is too important not to write about.
If you can watch and get excited about a 30 minute video about Ugandan children, you can take 10 minutes of your time to educate yourself about Trayvon Martin. On February 26th, Trayvon Martin - a 17 year old boy - was murdered by a neighborhood watchman in a gated community in...
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“The fraudulence paradox was that the more time and effort you put into trying to...”
– David Foster Wallace, “Good Old Neon,” from his collection Oblivion (via thoughtcatalog)
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The beautiful moment when
you go to see your little sisters’ school art exhibits and it makes you wish you still had “free” art classes to go learn cool stuff in.
NNSchools, you BETTER not take any funding away from the art programs for next year, because that gallery was PACKED with parents and students and teachers supporting these young art-makers (and we’ll get maddd).
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Abstinence = Epic Fail | Urban Faith →
All baptized men and women, single or married, are called to the vocation of chastity, not abstinence. But our urban Christian voices struggle to articulate this doctrine of sexual wholeness. It’s not about saying ‘no’ but saying ‘yes.’
…. I am not convinced that Christians do a good job of telling young people what to do with their bodies other than say “no” to them. As a result, I am...
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Abortionomics: When Choice is a Necessity - The... →
Written by Robin H. Pugh Yi, Ph.D.
Fascinating report that is worth reading (yes, it’s somewhat lengthy), especially if you’re interested in some of the complicating economic factors of the pro-choice/life debate.
From the introduction:
Currently available research and data support the explanation that lower incomes and rising unemployment are affecting Americans’ choices...
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for the reading record
- Currently reading:
Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson
The Sandman by Neil Gaiman (whole series re-read/finishing FINALLY; starting volume 8 tomorrow)
The Pale King by David Foster Wallace
Signifying Rappers by Mark Costello and David Foster Wallace
Relationships: A Mess Worth Making by Timothy S. Lane and Paul David Tripp (for small group study)
- On hiatus/waiting to pick up again after the...
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wingsandtails:
soharborcoat replied to your post: soharborcoat replied to your post: that awkward…
It’s actually a pretty exciting book, even if a lot of things are wrong. I like him a lot as a thriller writer; I’ve read all his stuff except for his newest book and it’s all pretty thrilling stuff.
Nirakdahl, he’s trying to get me to read The Da Vinci Code.
The book that popularized an...
