February 2012
5 posts
This is easy as lovers go So don’t complicate it by hesitating This is wonderful as loving goes This is a tailor-made What’s the sense in waiting?
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My dad likes to tell the story of being a broke kid, getting the one job that he knew would get him into the big leagues and then being great at it. Classic case of the little man making it. Then I get lectured on getting into industries that don’t “pay as well” - I mean, wasn’t the whole point of you giving us a life that you couldn’t have so that we could get a job...
How do you fight the one thing that you always knew was coming?
January 2012
6 posts
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Maybe this time will be different. I cannot decide if it’s foolishness or a desperation - but possibly a strange combination of both - that makes so many clever people do so many stupid things. I want to keep the logic and the practicality involved as much as I can because I can’t get my feet wet anymore…not if I can’t guarantee what lurks beneath. All my friends are...
“Ask yourself if what you’re doing today is getting you closer to where you want...”
– Unknown (via kari-shma)
We were hoping for some romance All we found was more despair . . . . . If your right hand is causing you pain Cut it off, cut it off
I’ve always known that the day the conversations stop is the day to walk away.
2012 is going to be the big one. I can feel it in my bones.
December 2011
2 posts
“Does it break my heart, of course, every moment of every day, into more pieces...”
– Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (via quote-book)
I usually divide people into two camps: the care takers and those that need to be taken care of. Most people fall into the latter category. But I’ve always found it so much easier to take care of other people than to let someone take care of me. It’s hard because you get yourself so attached, so involved when you let this happen.
There are many occurrences this year that have slowly...
November 2011
11 posts
My life is officially an irony
Things that require a healthy dose of courage:
1. Giving someone the power to break you
2. Taking risks
3. Getting into something with the potential to put you in a world of pain
4. Believing in the intangible
5. Trust
Don’t make my feelings change. Don’t make them disappear. x
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When I was 19…
I am wondering if I will ever reach a stage where socially acceptable, or socially respected, or the societal standards of it all will stop being a forever question in my head. Will I ever truly comprehend the dumb things we do as people to get a little attention, to be a little bit noticed or adversely, to hide behind whatever it is you find appealing - not to you, but...
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October 2011
17 posts
Just because I know more about L’wren Scott and Lanvin than I do about law, and more about Marchesa than medicine - doesn’t mean that what I want to do is frivolous. It doesn’t mean that what I choose to put my time into is an endless pit of materialism. If you don’t understand that, it’s fine. Just don’t tell me about everything it isn’t, when you...
You know that you are truly obsessive when you sit in bed unable to sleep because you are trying to figure out how to not let your neuroses take over your life.
“The first draft of anything is shit.”
– Ernest Hemingway (via anditslove)
I don’t miss the youthful ignorance we all had towards life. Sure, some people cheat, some have no common sense, everyone lies - but that’s real life. What we all used to want was an idealised version of life that never exists. Like when you were younger and you went through your first heartbreak, older people would always tell you, “it’s only your first...
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Yves Saint Laurent Arty Gold-Plated Glass Ring in Red Glass, $250
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September 2011
19 posts
Turn your eyes upon Jesus Look full in His wonderful face And the things of earth will grow strangely dim In the light of His glory and grace
Whoever is up there please don’t let me die
(Being melodramatic because this is the most stress I have felt in my life)
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Diptyque Roses Candle, $60
Diptyque Kuntzel +Deygas Roseros Candle Set, $78
Brass Medallion Catch-All Dish, $12
Vintage Deer Multi-Hook, $29
Filigree Scroll Vanity Tray, $24
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Cafe Society: Socialites, Patrons, and Artists (1920-1960), $47.25
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Parisian Interiors: Bold, Elegant, Refined, $32.97
Vogue Living: Houses, Gardens, People,...
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What I found stashed away, dated 30 March 2010:
How I got so enveloped by this boy, I have no idea. I don’t think there was a single moment where I realized that he was getting more of me than I wanted to give. I don’t think I was happy for the last six months of our relationship, but that’s just it, that up till now I’m still unsure. It seems to me now that the last 29 months were a past life...
So if you want to be with me With these things there’s no telling We just have to wait and see But I’d rather be working for a paycheck Than waiting to win the lottery Besides maybe this time is different I mean I really think you like me
- Bright Eyes, ‘First Day of My Life’
God bless the day light The sugary smell of Springtime
An ex-boss once told me not to focus on a career too much that I sacrifice too many personal relationships. But, really, how many personal relationships does one need? The constant shuffle between two countries has taught me to not be reliant on anyone (except Dad’s money and knowledge of economics). I don’t need to emotionally attach myself to many people. Is that really a fault? I...
“I’d like you to run your thumb over my lips. Cup my face with both of your hands. And I want you to kiss me. This will be a kiss that liquefies from light to deep and then back to light. A seemingly endless kiss that doesn’t lead to anything else. It doesn’t need to. We’ll share it simply to feel the warmth that it brings on its own. Then I want you to roll me over. Lie on top of me and...
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