:)

I'm eating one of my grandma's tortillas, because I saw her yesterday and she sent some home with us. I warmed it on the open flame of my stovetop, put butter on it, and folded it in half twice like she used to all the time for me.  

Quotable Friday's Post (Yeah, I know I missed one.)

A apology to myself, mostly, for missing last week. I've been on spring break, and now it's almost over. I've been spending time with Hedieh, writing a parody to Complicated by Avril Lavigne, seeing my family, and watching TV. Yes, I know, that inspires envy. So I missed last week's quote.

"Better to write for yourself and have no public, then to write for the public and have no self."
-Cyril Connolly

"I always say, keep a diary and someday it'll keep you."
-Mae West

Quotable Friday's Post

“Look at you. You’re young. And you’re scared. Why are you so scared? Stop being paralyzed. Stop swallowing your words. Stop caring what other people think. Wear what you want. Say what you want. Listen to the music you want to listen to. Play it loud as fuck and dance to it. Go out for a drive at midnight and forget that you have school the next day. Stop waiting for Friday. Live now. Do it now. Take risks. Tell secrets. This life is yours. When are you going to realize that you can do whatever you want?”

 (Taken from

http://www.goodmorningandgoodnight.com/?p=3351)

I found this by setting "quotes" as my search on StumbleUpon and stumbling. This was the first page. Hope your Friday is going well. I've decided that it's better to let other people disappoint you than to disappoint yourself. Those wounds from others can be healed for healthily. Optimism! Okay, bye. :)

Friday's Quotable Post

"It gets late early out there."

-Yogi Berra

(Notice the time posted!)

Write one leaf about something you wear on your wrist.

Write one leaf about something you wear on your wrist.

I wear various bracelets at times, but my spirit cord is the only thing that's constant. It cannot be removed like a bracelet, because it is a piece of nylon rope or cord that has had its ends melted and molded to each other. The only way it can come off now would by falling off or cutting it off. 

It's been on my wrist since July of 2009. That was the summer, the only summer, that I was a member of Phase Three staff at Camp Artemis. The rest of staff and I burned this spirit cords around our wrists, which we later did for our campers, to serve as a memory of the spirit of camp. It's green and white and blue, somewhat faded since it goes everywhere with me and has become very worn. It still seems securely together though. I don't know when it will fall off (since I never want to cut it off) but I know I'll be a little sad when it does. For me, it's my connection to other people who shared those ten days with me in July of 2009. 

 

What is it about the topic of sex?

The older I've gotten, the more sex has seemed to dominate the humor, stories, and jokes articulated by my peers. You would think this would be the inverse, but no. What is it about sex? College humor and college social life seems centered around the idea of sex, if not actual sex itself. It's embedded in the humor I hear on a daily basis, and in the jokes even I make.

And it's not just here. It's not like there's something in the water here in LA. I find this to be true for my friends at different colleges and elsewhere. I suppose I can't complain about this observation, because I am a part of the trend. I catch myself following along with the innocent, if you will, dirty jokes. They're innocent because they really don't mean anything or say much about our personal views. It's just simple humor.

Why is everyone so obsessed with sexualized college life? It's a rhetorical question, no need to give me an obvious "duh." I'm aware of the weird psychology behind the sex obsession. It's normal at this stage, especially with new freedom.  And if it's funny, I should just accept it for that. I guess it doesn't have to be that hard. No pun intended.