29 life lessons learned in travelling the world for 8 years straight. Shakespeare and me. The Kyoto Jet Programme newsletter turned webzine. Everyone I’ve Had Sex With. [Candy.Me] Mara Wilson Writes Stuff. Why I Can’t Have An Open Relationship. A college education teaches you many things, but the most important morsel of wisdom it imparts on you is the ability to think critically.
We all ask questions through the course of our meager existence. We ask why there are three branches of government in the United States. We ask how a tree is born, and what makes it shed its leaves once a year. We ask how babies are made. We ask why a Twinkie never goes bad. The place where education fails the human race is that it does not teach us how to not ask questions occasionally. The joy of another human choosing to spend the rest of their lives with you can be very fulfilling. With that comes a whole other set of issues. The open relationship is that thing that happens when both participants in a coupling accept that they have an abiding interest in themselves. Despite the fairly reasonable nature of the open relationship, they are either not considered socially acceptable or they’re just rare. Blog « amanda palmer. I’m in dallas, mixing the record at john’s.
(i may NINJA somewhere outside next week. follow the twitter.) my head is still spinning from five weeks straight of rehearsing-and-recording all day every day….then shooting a video (more on that soon). Then flying here. i owe melbourne a big, long blog. i miss you. at any rate: the record is a masterpiece. the band and all the guest musicians KILLED IT….the grand theft orchestra lived up to its majestic name. michael, chad, and jherek were the most incredible, patient, intuitive musicians to work with, and john congleton, producer extraordinaire, captained the ship with mind-blowing genius. Questions For 20-Somethings. Where did your friends go?
I mean, you realize that the definition of a friend has become bastardized, especially since you were spit out into this cornfield maze people like to call “the real world”, but you could’ve sworn you had a few good ones left. Maybe you’ll check underneath the bed. Or maybe you’ll check the Internet. Oh, there they are! Tweeting away about their day. Why are you afraid of being bored? Where did your future go? Why has no one touched your genitalia in the past 4 months? Why did you get drunk last night why can’t this person just give you some affection why is your roommate eating your food why won’t your mom call you back? Why am I staying in why am I going out why can’t I maintain a healthy relationship why can’t I like what I see when I’m naked I mean my flesh is still so young I should at least love it now…you know?
Why am I so self-obsessed and such a narcissist? No one will have the answers to these questions and even if they do, you won’t listen. TNW Lifehacks - Killer lifehacks: get things done easier, faster and better. Salvia Divinorum and Brain Damage « RonnieDay.com. I once took a drug that changed my life, and not in a good way… Some people learn not to touch the stove by burning their own hand, but other people, smarter people, learn by watching their stupid brother burn himself.
Please, let me be your stupid brother and learn from my mistakes. I experimented heavily with Salvia Divinorum, and I fear that I’ll never enjoy another peaceful night in my own mind because of it. I had been smoking weed for a few years, and enjoyed an occasional magic mushroom experience, but never found myself beyond repair (and believe me, we took the whole mushroom thing pretty far). I had been reading books by all of the psychedelic pioneers, and many of my heroes had taken acid, mescaline, peyote, DMT, and even my own father often boasts of his own hallucinogenic glory days. So, being an artist, I thought of drug use as an investment in my future.
JediJane.me. Publish or Perish. Anil Dash.