December 2010
Typing with frozen fingers
Missed my flight to Berlin vía Palma yesterday. I quickly posited that the cheapest next-day flights to Berlin would be from Madrid. So, I got my friend to drop me off @El Puerto train station and I got on to Sevilla. Once there, I bought an overnight (11-0530) bus trip to Madrid. Over the phone, my friend Kienan helped me buy a flight to Berlin. I am now in Madrid, by Plaza del Sol, standing...
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Great News Before Takeoff!
I have just recieved a letter from the school of the Art Institute of Chicago.
YES! I got the merit scholarship!
On to Berlin to celebrate. 2011, I’m ready for you!
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“Traveling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of...”
– Cesare Pavese (September 9, 1908 – August 27, 1950) was an Italian poet, novelist, literary critic and translator; he is widely considered among the major authors of the 20th century in his home country.
Off to Berlin, Venice, Paris/Angers!
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it's a lovely universe in us all: “Our deepest... →
oceanofmind:
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, famous? Actually, who are you not to be?
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MERRY CHRISTMAS!
It’s Christmas morning and although I’m on duty, I got 2 packages in the mail. YAY!
Merry Christmas, everyone!
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“What annoys me is that the moment we say homosexuality the first image that...”
– RITUPARNO GHOSH an Indian Actor
Read more: Jezebel.com The Telegraph
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Link: What the Fuck Has Obama Done So Far? →
So many Americans are anti-Obama these days. Millions of people watch Fox News and actually believe the gibberish being spouted at them. It’s only recently that the Tea Party seems to be taking a break from their hate parade. The whole Republican party seems dead-set on “de-throning the socialist king” or something along those lines.
Everyone should click over to this website...
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Link: With Obama's Signature, 'Don't Ask Don't... →
Although the DADT repeal is signed, there is still at least a 60 day congressional waiting period before it is completely, legally, repealed. In the meanwhile, I hope the military can proceed with the transitional/cultura/sensitivity/etc. training, so we can all move on with our lives, as a military, a country with increased freedoms.
Interestingly enough, this came in today for our daily...
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Senate Repeals "Don't Ask Don't Tell" →
I had no internet over the weekend, so this is a bit of late news, but a good one, nevertheless.
Here’s a direct quote from Gawker.com user S.A.Tan which I found especially poignant:
“Because I can’t be bothered to reply to Freerepubs, Glenn Beck’s crew, and FoxNation, I’ll preach to the choir: 1. Gays in the military will not cause America to go backwards. Gays...
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Pain in Spain: OH MY GOD
I hate Movistar. I should have just paid my bill on time, like I normally do, instead of trying to do it online. Now, I have to deal with their broken website, speak to customer service in my broken Spanish, and be told to call back when their computer system ceases to be broken.
I could pay my bill through the mail, but they close at 2 pm, when I’m still at work.
I miss Verizon and...
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“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always...”
– Mark Twain (via oceanofmind)
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it's a lovely universe in us all. →
oceanofmind:
We all create the world around us by our thoughts and beliefs, and our perceptions of events (and of ourselves) determine how we experience life. If we believe that life is gloomy, then we will perceive gloom in events and by that perception we have drawn gloom into our lives and gloom is what we then experience.
“A hostile person lives in a hostile world, A loving person lives...
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Link: How to travel around the world for $418 →
I absolutely love travelling. I think this was instilled to me at a young age. As a child, I never lived in one place for longer than two to three years. I am used to change, in fact, I embrace it.
So, as an adult, I’ve jumped at every chance to travel, move around, see new things and meet new people. I’ve been very fortunate that the Navy has allowed me plenty of these...
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WatchThis is an absolutely genius idea. It’s like a magic box of some sort. I want one.
Read more @Gizmodo.
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“I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.”
– Carl Jung (via oceanofmind)
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“We haven’t lost romance in the digital age, but we may be neglecting it....”
– Asthton Kutcher
I never thought I’d ever quote Kelso from That 70’s Show, but, there you go. I thought it was kind of spot on.
Read more: http://jezebel.com/5709524/ashton-kutcher-is-unfortunately-the-new-carrie-bradshaw#ixzz17b2oVCmc
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Link: "What Troops Are Saying about 'Don't Ask,... →
from member, mgallagher713: “Having a military that discriminates against a portion of our population for no reason is a civil rights issue that effects everyone. It speaks to the value that our society places on individuals and how a person’s sexual orientation effects that value. People in the armed forces were against allowing African Americans to serve equally the military. Some...
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“The Pentagon unveiled a study on Tuesday that predicted little impact if the...”
– Reuters
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At least 13,000 men and women have been expelled from the military since “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” which allows gays to serve in the armed forces as long as they keep their sexual orientation private, came into force in 1993.
The study dismissed as...
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“Invisible before birth are all beings and after death invisible again. They are...”
– Bhagavad Gita (via oceanofmind) 