August 2010
1 post
“Hemos aprendido a volar como los pájaros y a nadar como los peces, pero no hemos...”
June 2010
1 post
May 2010
3 posts
“The search for the authentic comes at a price.”
– Andrew Potter on finding the ‘authentic’ travel experience. Find out what he means here.
“You are not insulting God when you pray according to His will. That is pleasing...”
– Matthew 7:7-8 (via modernedge)
“Dear mum,”
– Remember when you asked if I wanted you to send me anything? Well, I’d really love some Vaseline Cocoa Butter lotion. People down here apparently don’t like to moisturize. And Quaker Instant Breakfast bars. I miss those.
Oh, and tampons. Lots and lots of tampons.
Love you,
~B
April 2010
3 posts
“The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The...”
– Albert Einstein (via quote-book) (via shellyshell) (via modernedge)
“I find racism so curious. There are so many reasons to dislike people, and...”
– Shalom Auslander (via neversober)
“You need to stop thinking about what you think you loss. Look forward to what...”
– Diary of a Mad Black Woman (via geraldinee) (via miss-boondocks) (via kayands) (via modernedge)
March 2010
3 posts
“…I think I’ll travel abroad again. I’m thinking Chile or Peru this...”
– Me
Written almost a year ago on this very blog. I wrote that post out of anxiety, frustration and even anger. I was angry that I had spent so much of my time working, studying, trying to make myself into the most competitive writer/editor I could be. And then as I was tossing my cap into the air...
February 2010
5 posts
Serenity Prayer
primarilymotivated:
E Ke Akua God E hâ’awi mai ia’u ka maluhi Grant me the serenity e ‘ae I nâ mea I hiki ‘ole ia’u ke ho’ololi, to accept the things I cannot change, ka wiwo’ole e ho’ololi i nâ mea I hiki, the courage to change the things I can, a me ka na’auao e ike ai I ke ‘oko’a. and the wisdom to know the difference.
AdAge: In Spain, Pepsi Becomes 'Pesi' →
If you speak Spanish, you’ve probably noticed that some letters/words are prounounced differently according to what country you’re in…actually, that’s pretty much true no matter what language you speak.
Apparently, Pepsi just got the memo. What do you think?
“““In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled...”
– michael jackson (via dirtylittlestylewhore)
January 2010
6 posts
Dear Other Artists Who Work With Drake,
thepo:
It’s well known that everyone is on Drake’s nuts right now. Or Aubrey’s. Whatever he prefers to call them. They’ve been there for a while now. BUT, this is not an invalid nut attachment. Literally, his verse on your song is about….oh, 98-100% of the time better than yours. Can you fix that? Timbaland, I don’t really have hope for you. Birdman either. In fact, when “Money To Blow” comes...
““Above all, remember that the most important thing you can take anywhere is not...”
– (via dirtylittlestylewhore)
neversober:
Fito Blanko ft. Drake - Mambo
Drake...
Howard Zinn, historian who challenged status quo,... →
I practically devoured his text, A People’s History of the United States. Let’s all pray tonight that there are other truth-bearers who will step up in his absence.
jhnbrssndn:
Howard Zinn, the Boston University historian and political activist who was an early opponent of US involvement in Vietnam and a leading faculty critic of BU president John Silber, died of a heart attack...
Conocimiento
libbystravels:
No me sale. No puedo dejar de pensar en ello
No me puede salir. Estoy todavia en la imagen
Como viviendo con un pie en un mundo y otro aqui, dividiendome
Por que .. no se
Me ha convertido no se como ni una explicacion seria suficiente
No tiene sentido
Ya que esta dentro de mi alma
No esta fuera de mi cuerpo
No lo puedo quitar
… y hombre te digo q no quiero quitar
- de...
“Anything you dream is fiction, and anything you accomplish is science, the whole...”
– Ray Bradbury (via booklover)
December 2009
1 post
Anthony Bourdain on Traveling the World →
travelhighlights:
From The Observer:
‘What did it get me? It got me the world. But you do pay a price when all your dreams come true.’ Someone interrupts for an autograph, and it’s a while before I can prompt him on what the price was, and a while again before his careful voice falls a little softer. ‘Well. My home. My friends. My country. My kitchen. My profession.
‘Oh, I enjoy the filming,...
November 2009
2 posts
“We have been told we cannot do this by a chorus of cynics who will
only grow...”
– Jon Favreau via President Barack Obama
...on chasing worldwide equality for women and...
Just found out about this new site founded by Tammy Tibbetts, web editor at Hearst Digital Media and all-around world-rocker;-) Learn how she’s spearheading an effort to mentor young girls in developing nations at www.shesthefirst.org.
For more on Tammy Tibbetts, visit her twitter page.
October 2009
9 posts
I Choose
I just had a very real moment. Reading my guide to CIEE—all 30 pages of it—I couldn’t help but get excited about living abroad for a year. Until I came across a small section with a header in bold. “A note to minority students…” Racism and discrimination are a very real factor anywhere I go in life. I’ve expertly quelled the consuming rage that most people find difficult to overcome for 23...
I →
How did Google Books know?
Trap Thieves Abroad →
I just found this site via jaunted.com. It’s a discreet way for female wanderlusts to carry cash and important items while traveling. I bet they’ll see a boom in business since dvf just got purse-swiped in Madrid. You know what they say: “que será, será.” pero you dont have to leave it all to fate. Give pickpockets a run for their money, literally with the Racktrap.
“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”Mark Twain
I feel like now would be an apt time to share some of what I have learned over the past year or so considering I just talked to my mother, and she almost convinced me that I haven’t learned anything at all.
I...
Stimulating New Blog: Read About 'The New American...
nybooks:
Garry Wills
A widely circulated image from the Tea Party protests
The hysteria shown at town hall meetings this summer is simply the tip of an outpouring of organized hostility to government that is unparalleled in our history. We have had wildly emotional opposition movements in the past—red scares, nativist riots, anti-Catholic and anti-Semite outbreaks. And there are some parallels...
this is how i learn new words every day...
mi amiga, la princesa: Hola chiquita! Como estas?
yo: me duele la mente.
princesa: la mente o la cabeza?
princesa: La mente no duele!
yo: la mente...pienso que he pensado demasiado.
princesa: Lo siento. no tienes calmantes?
yo: tal vez. quizas si supiera yo lo que es un calmante...
princesa: pain relief medicine
yo: oh! yes, i do have some.
princesa: now you know.
“Mao was right. Revolution isn’t a dinner party. It is the chance for something...”
– from an essay in Departures by Joshua Cooper Ramo, author of The Age of the Unthinkable: Why the New World Disorder Constantly Surprises Us and What We Can Do About It .
I read this today, and I couldn’t help but feel that the revolution which he explains has swept me away, too.
I just...
September 2009
3 posts
August 2009
7 posts
“Who wants mortality? We all want immortality. Michaelangelo said, ‘The...”
– Michael Joseph Jackson
Happy 51st!
July 2009
7 posts
so i took a nap today, and...
ppl (shouting to me in my dream): SUPERIORITY!
me: but what does that mean?!
ppl: if you don't stop to help the people in need, it means you think you're superior to them.
me: is this the end of the world?
ppl: no. it's not about the end. it's about going back to the beginning.
Although I’m confined to a little cubby for...
“The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my...”
– Thomas Paine