“Everybody needs an EVIL PLAN. Everybody needs that crazy, out-there idea that allows them to ACTUALLY start doing something they love, doing something that matters. Everybody needs an EVIL PLAN that gets them the hell out of the Rat Race, away from lousy bosses, away from boring, dead-end jobs that they hate. Life is short.”
Sunday, January 14, 2007 ( 2:17 PM ) shut up christine from Linda's blog
Sturm gave a speech on the last day of our Civ Pro class. She encouraged us to assemble a personal Board of Directors. That is, a Board of Directors for You. A steering committee that knows you and what you stand for and have your best interests in mind, to guide the enterprise that is your life.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 ( 10:57 PM ) shut up christine things i loved about today
running at the beach.
seeing our friend jensen and getting these bumper stickers at his Free Tibet booth at venice beach.
stopping to rest at the library and reading Mama. there are only two words in the whole book and i almost cried at the end. jk. but it's a cute children's book and it's based on a true story
coming home to make pizza.
a very good day. may all beings be filled with kindness and compassion for one another!
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( 12:39 AM ) shut up christine the bad news is that i tested positive for antibodies associated with lupus.
the good news is it's highly unlikely that i actually have lupus (phew!!)
more tests pending
i am not worried.
however, what alarmed me is when i told my sister about it
she works in insurance and she mentioned that a client of hers had lupus, and, as a result, was uninsurable.
i learned today thru my friend melisa
that thanks to the federal healthcare reforms, there are programs that provide coverage to individuals who've been denied health coverage or offered only unaffordable options
Monday, February 21, 2011 ( 3:47 AM ) shut up christine muscle memory
one of my favorite moments of nursing school happened in the hospital during clinicals
i bent down to tie my shoelaces
and one of my classmates noticed that i use the bunny-ear method
that's how i learned it as a kid and that's how i've always done it
so she tried to teach me the other way
and fuck me i couldn't get it!!
the knowledge of shoelace-tying must be deeply ingrained into my fingers
it's kinda scary/ fascinating that i (and my fingers) have so much difficulty learning how to do something differently, especially when that something should be so simple.
anyhoo we tried for ten minutes and the rest of my clinicals group came over and formed a semi-circle around me
giving me tips and rooting me on, saying stuff like you almost got it! and you're so close...so close
that was pretty sweet and i'm going to remember that forever, even though i still can't tie my shoes that way
when i see their facebook status updates, they're usually about mental breakdowns and sleep deprivation.
they don't read this but i am totally cheering them on. i miss them
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Saturday, February 19, 2011 ( 12:39 AM ) shut up christine la marathon in twenty nine days!!!
registration fee is non-refundable!!!
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Tuesday, February 08, 2011 ( 8:30 PM ) shut up christine inner beauty is important but not nearly as important as outer beauty
i laughed when i saw this commercial. clearly it was meant to be funny
but aint it the truth!
ya know, i'd like to think i'm all about personal change
when i see a problem in the world, i (try to) look within so i can see how i contribute to it
then i (try to) change something about my actions or myself, to contribute to a solution.
no blaming or finger-pointing,
just miniature personal revolutions. try is the operative word, i never said i'm 100% successful at this.
when i think about the concept of beauty, or rather, when i observe my own insecurities
i often think about shaving my hair or mutilating my face in some way via scarring
i don't believe i'm radical enough to actually go through with it
but the thoughts cross my mind
how is mutilating my own face contributing to beauty, you ask?
why not, say, get a facial instead?
last summer i purchased succulents (twelve for $10) from a vendor at the dodger stadium flea market
it took me a while to track him down (couldn't remember the name of his booth) but fortunately i've found him!
i don't know what i can personally do for the cause in egypt
but there's always something that can be done, right?
something like........
acts of love!
whenever i don't know what to do, this is always a good place to start
....starting with my own little microcosm on 23rd and magnolia.
the sidewalks of one street in los angeles will be a little cleaner today
in honor of egypt
If there is to be peace in the world, There must be peace in the nations. If there is to be peace in the nations, There must be peace in the cities. If there is to be peace in the cities, There must be peace between neighbors. If there is to be peace between neighbors, There must be peace in the home. If there is to be peace in the home, There must be peace in the heart. -- Lao Tzu
Tuesday, February 01, 2011 ( 9:42 PM ) shut up christine moment of truth
i'm craving a big fatty slab of salmon nigiri dipped in a small saucer of soy sauce
mmmmm
m is pesca-vegan which, technically, is not vegan at all
he won't consume anything containing eggs, butter, gelatin, milk or milk products -including whey- which is in SO many products like potato chips for example, and he won't wear leather or suede...
but he eats seafood
and i used to love sushi!
but fish is a gateway meat
if i start eating fish now
i know that soon i'll be snorting lines of bacon
and the last time i binged on chicken i broke out in hives!
no bueno!
must quit cold turkey
yummy yummy turkey.
fuck fish! i'm not eating you today
one day at a time
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"Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something."
-Last words of Pancho Villa
I am a pencil
ready to write
my life
-Jessica, 4th grade
I Open My Eyes
Take The Crusts Out
Stretch Myself And Check (If I Haven’t)
Returned Again And Everything Is Okay
Still There Is Something Missing
Like All The Walls
-Staralfur, Sigur Ros
Muteness is a speech disorder in which a person lacks the power of articulate speech.
