November 9, 2009
How I spend my weekends. Walking around campus wrapped in a comforter.

How I spend my weekends. Walking around campus wrapped in a comforter.

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November 6, 2009
THANK YOU, DUDE, not only for killing a bunch of people, but for continuing to make it worse for Middle Easterners to live prejudice free in the USA. from Newser.

THANK YOU, DUDE, not only for killing a bunch of people, but for continuing to make it worse for Middle Easterners to live prejudice free in the USA.

from Newser.

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So excited to see Nava in 19 days.

So excited to see Nava in 19 days.

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November 5, 2009

We’re half awake in a fake empire — by Ryan Lewis. This video serves as a beautiful reminder to get your ass off the computer and go spend some time without your face in front of a screen.

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October 31, 2009
I know you’re jealous of my new elmer fudd hat.

I know you’re jealous of my new elmer fudd hat.

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There is nothing like some Miles Davis on a rainy night while you are all cozy in bed.

What a great way to end my Friday.

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October 30, 2009

So Israel’s shmoozing with the Turkish and trying to repair their one relationship with a Muslim country — and the ethics behind it are really bugging me. Israel is doing it for that reason — to have an ally that isn’t a Western country, but a predominately Muslim one, and Turkey is a huge source of water for them.

And in order to keep their ties with Turkey? They ignore the Armenian genocide. That’s who they should be reaching out to — Armenia. Out of all countries, Israel should be the most sympathetic of the Armenians, and they aren’t even willing to admit it was a genocide.

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O MY SERVANT!

Thou art even as a finely tempered sword concealed in the darkness of its sheath and its value hidden from the artificer’s knowledge. Wherefore come forth from the sheath of self and desire that thy worth may be made resplendent and manifest unto all the world.
Baha’u’llah, the Hidden Words, the Baha’i Faith.
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“ Within the Christian churches, how else can we explain the obvious avoidance of so many of Jesus’ major teachings? Jesus’ direct and clear teachings on issues such as nonviolence, a simple lifestyle, love of the poor, forgiveness, love of enemies, inclusivity, mercy, and not seeking status, power, perks, and possessions: throughout history, all have been overwhelmingly ignored by mainline Christian churches, even those who call themselves orthodox or biblical. This avoidance defies explanation until we understand how dualistic thinking protects and pads the ego and its fear of change. Notice that the things we ignored above require actual change of our lifestyle, our security systems, or our dualistic thought patterns. The things we emphasized instead were usually intellectual beliefs or moral superiority stances that asked little of us: the divinity of Christ, the virgin birth, the atonement theory, and beliefs about reproduction and sex. After a while, you start to recognize the underlying bias. The ego diverts your attention from anything that would ask you to change, to righteous causes that invariably ask others to change.

Richard Rohr (via azspot) (via robot-heart-politics) (via andyweezy)

I see this so much with the Christian church and so many other faiths.. and people are always putting down religion, but it’s not the religion itself that is at fault, but the people themselves. Religion doesn’t corrupt people, people corrupt religion.

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October 29, 2009
“ Not that I condone fascism, or any -ism for that matter. -Ism’s in my opinion are not good. A person should not believe in an -ism, he should believe in himself. I quote John Lennon, “I don’t believe in The Beatles, I just believe in me.” Good point there. After all, he was the walrus. I could be the walrus. I’d still have to bum rides off people.
Ferris Bueller (via crookedindifference) (via taperjeangurl)
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