As I love smartphones AND Moleskine notebooks, so this video is perfect for me. I do love it so.
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Coffee: A Love Story
Glorious blackness
Trickling cup-wards; Ah, life!
Coffee, my dear friend
Social Media Success
One common element to successful social media campaigns: fun. Seems quite simple, yet it’s everything. Simply trying to make money, or gaining popularity, shows. That’s trite and pathetic behavior offline, too. But delighting in human interaction, in these discussions and conversations; connections get made. All those “success metrics” build out from there. Genuineness: social media’s gold standard.
Social Media Success
One common element to successful social media campaigns: fun. Seems quite simple, yet it’s everything. Simply trying to make money, or gaining popularity, shows. That’s trite and pathetic behavior offline, too. But delighting in human interaction, in these discussions and conversations; connections get made. All those “success metrics” build out from there. Genuineness: social media’s gold standard.
Starlight
Stars are flickering
Beneath the weight of my dreams
Darkness chills the winds
Change
Gentle wind climbs down
From sun bleached, rock strewn hillsides
Inevitably
Star Wars: The Force Awakens Official Teaser #2
I’m more excited than I should be. This awakens the 10 year old within me, the one whose life forever changed the moment the Star Destroyer flew over Tatooine chasing the Tantive IV. Star Wars has forever dominated my path. Seeing that this is in Imax, I intend to see it at the Pacific Science Center come December.
But You Don’t Look Sick
A friend of mine pointed me to this article recently, which is found powerful as an explanation of living with chronic conditions: The Spoon Theory. It’s a great allegory for the life-management that those living with chronic conditions (lupus, chronic fatigue, etc) constantly deal with. Each of life’s decisions represent a significant opportunity cost.
This article comes from But You Don’t Look Sick, a website dedicated to those with hidden disease. Our culture stigmatizes those who don’t meet our expectations for being “ill”. My theory: it’s tied to a disdain for folks “trying to get something for nothing”, and our lingering distrust of others. It’s easy to believe that they’re “making it up”, whether they “thrive on drama” or are “playing for sympathy”, or whatever other pejorative label we rattle off. It’s an easy, and painful reaction. One that needs consideration and control.
Personally, I’d rather be played a fool (as the adage goes) than not be supportive to a friend in need. Yet I, too, struggle with these reactions. And so I proceed, more aware, towards some semblance of wisdom.
Self Destruction
My soul is haunted
Life’s mistakes memorized
Destroying my peace
Violence Displayed
They mesmerize us
Pictures of carnage, strife.
Cherry blossoms fall