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Photo reblogged from Landscape, Lifescape with 445 notes
“Kyaik-Tiyo” Pagoda, Cambodia
What the… how does this even… that thing is BALANCING.
Everything In Its Right Place
Too many things have just been falling into perfect little compartments in my life and it’s making me nervous. I mean, at some point my luck and happiness has to run out.
I’ve been rediscovering this great little unknown city that I live in, New York, from the eyes of those who’ve never been here before. It’s a crazy and beautiful and ugly and strange place.
I miss school and can’t wait to get back and get my hands dirty - I want to be up to my elbows in it.
I get to meet my future nephew in April and he’s going to be perfect.
I love family, friends, and great old movies - I just watched Funny Girl. I love browsing around at Saks 5th Ave without any intention of buying but thinking that one day it might be possible.
I love the fact that the cat next to me is snoring just slightly, in a way that sounds like a whimper.
I don’t know, call me a loser or a nerd or a wimp - I know I will when I read this post over - but I’m a sap right now for this great life and this great present time and I just don’t want to lose it.
Happy 2011… be grateful, and be great.
Shannon
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So mi novio is the best and he got me one of the new polaroid 300 instant cameras for my birthday! Here’s a quick shot of the lake behind my house… I really think it takes nice pics. Unfortunately scanning it caused many vertical lines and blurriness, so you gotta just take my word that it’s better quality in person. I think it’s a nice gadget to have for fun, and I’m going to love putting the photos up everywhere in my room, and also sending them to friends from my place in the city this year!
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“I found this photo at a garage sale from a guy who said he used to work at a photo lab and would occasionally print doubles of crazy pictures that came through. This was his favorite photo he ever copied. It raises a lot of questions.”
I’ve lost several hours this week on this website!
What I Learned on the History Channel Today
It was a show called the Seven Deadly Sins, and it focuses on each sin, its connotation through the years, stories about the sin, etc. This episode happened to be about sloth.
In the early 1900s, sloth was very frowned upon and even considered to be unpatriotic. Doctors created all sorts of methods to help people who fell prey to sloth’s evil ways. Somehow, it became popular for men to receive an operation in which the man’s testicles were replaced with monkey testicles. Yup. It even became a pop culture thing; there’s a reference to it in a Sherlock Holmes movie, among other places.
Well, one doctor decided that he wanted to use goat testicles instead of monkey testicles. Soon enough, he had people lining out the door because of satisfied customers with goat-parts. He performed over 16,000 operations, one of which was a U.S. senator who said something like, “Yes I have goat testicles, and I’m proud of it.”
One and a half year later, the senator was dead. It was soon discovered that the “doctor” was not actually a doctor at all, and it was also discovered that 42 people had died on the operating table.
I’m glad for modern medicine.
Chat
- John: when i find my girl
- i'll treat her just like that taylor swift song
- Me: which one?
- John: love story
- Me: i think it'll be more like teardrops on my guitar.
- John: nahhhhhh
- well
- nahhhhh
- maybe a little
number four pivet drive
I’m rereading the Harry Potter series while laying in bed with a broken collarbone (caused by my own clumsiness). I just started Chamber of Secrets. I opened it up and found my own name written on the inside, spelled with several colored “gel pens” and very large, bubbly letters. The last time I read this book, I was in the second grade. And I think I’m about to go downstairs and grab a cherry popsicle from the freezer, just to make my comforting childhood reversion complete. It takes my mind off the collarbone pain.
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