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Lighter "art".

"Facts are the enemy of truth."

mother nature is going through detox...sunshine, hail, 2 rainbows, light rain, heavy rain, fog, blue skies. it's been a weird day

guess i should have turned on the heat last night, because it's freezing in here. & 4am:/ brain, please nap some more

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Basically, universal responsibility is the feeling for other people's suffering just as we feel our own. It is the realization that even our own enemy is motivated by the quest for happiness. We must recognize that all beings want the same thing we want. This is the way to achieve a true understanding, unfettered by artificial consideration. - Dalai Lama

i do totally understand words have power and that power affects everyone differently. i also think sometimes we need to step back and take into consideration how we let that power affect us and how we interpret the world. the power of words is dynamic and words evolve. so even if you find a word offensive, others may not. the question is, how do we proceed after being offended. at what point does the sanitation of language stop being effective?

dear hollywood, please remove the word reboot from your dictionary, it's overused and passe now. love me

was i in your dreams, i'd like to know, did i touch your hand and did it feel like snow

the colors of the yarn are much more vibrant in person http://ping.fm/srVrZ but this is my knit texture play with different stitches plaything. i guess it's a scarf, but it's more me playing with stitches.

the city is a blank slate... http://ping.fm/lbzAI

First rainbow of the year. :)

woah http://ping.fm/yfh8c that is totally neato papercutting

Waffleizer http://ping.fm/IwccH

so i don't like purling. it's awkward:/

blarg, my body does not appreciate early starts to the day

gah found awesome yarn store, bought yarn, picked colors mom will not like. oh darn, i guess i'll have to go back to the shop of awesome.

inflatable hospitals http://ping.fm/MK1Ew how doctors with out borders set up shop.

ok so i do not have to report for jury on tuesday. fingers crossed for the rest of the week. i actually don't mind serving, but i hate being rejected from the jury, it's like being hte last one picked for the kickball team.