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softerworld: A Softer World: 972 (no one could steer me right,...

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:42:41 -0400

softerworld:

A Softer World: 972

(no one could steer me right, but mama tried.)

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nevver: Someday

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:17:38 -0400

nevver:

Someday

On Season 2 of Game of Thrones and can’t get enough of...

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:24:54 -0400

On Season 2 of Game of Thrones and can’t get enough of these gorgeous Stark Women.

hurry up, schmuck, get unstuck and get on the scene…

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:29:18 -0400

hurry up, schmuck, get unstuck and get on the scene…

how does stone produce such beauty…. such pain?

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:25:00 -0400

how does stone produce such beauty…. such pain?

You guys know this is the #FridayJam, right? ...

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:37:48 -0400

You guys know this is the #FridayJam, right? #YouGotLightInYourEyes

Pretty sure this is going to be a good evening…

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:25:27 -0400

Pretty sure this is going to be a good evening…

Reading elephants!

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:29:13 -0400

Reading elephants!

Creative People Say 'No'

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:29:25 -0400

Creative People Say 'No':

This article was posted by a handful of people I know from college. I met them all in the theater program at Ohio State, one of them was my “sound design maven.” To this day, one of my favorite people, even though we rarely talk. They are all still working in theater, producing shows, and having successful careers.

Can I say I envy them? Because part of me does. There was a time in my life, a time when I was… absorbed in creativity. The all too familiar phrase “I can’t… I have rehearsal!” was uttered so many times, and as a result, my world, my circle of friends, it became smaller. And more intimate. And intenser. But I did not feel SOLID. Happy? Sometimes. Drunk? A lot of the times. Fulfilled? When I was producing work I was proud of, sure. When I was stressed, though, I was really stressed. I made myself ill, I couldn’t eat, I was not sleeping, and I still would not say ‘no’. To another project, to another fundraiser, to another thing. But I could say ‘no’ to dinner plans, to house parties, to dates, unless it was ‘after my show.’

And then? I stopped feeling fulfilled. I was burnt out. I was not creating the art, I was selling tickets to the art. The work I was doing became a chore. And I was saying ‘no’ to EVERYTHING. No, I will just turtle away to my studio. No, I can’t tonight. No, sorry, I’m broke. No, sorry, I’m staying in. No. No. No.

Somehow in this, I landed in grad school. I started getting interested in other things. I figured out I was GOOD at this. That the things I was perhaps failing at in creativity, I was channeling in other ways. And then, guess what? I started saying ‘Yes’ to school, to activities, to fundraisers, to outings, to new friends, and lo and behold, NO crept back in too. No, I have to write a paper. No, I have a student org meeting. No. No. No.

I am now almost exactly 3 years in to my career. The reason I’m writing this today is that suddenly I realize that I might actually need something in my life that I care about enough to say ‘no’ for. My job is going well, I am finding opportunities to challenge myself with. I am fulfilled when things go well, frustrated when they go poorly, but overall I can’t complain too much. My day ends after 8 hours and for the most part, I leave things at the office.

My greatest fear is that somewhere along the line, i stopped being a ‘creative person’. What does this mean for me, and where do I go from here? How do I find that self again?

William Caxton Fan Club: NOTES ON IMAGINARY EXTANT, LOST, DELETED, AND UNRECORDED TRACKS WRITTEN, PERFORMED, RECORDED FOR OR DURING THE PERIOD OF...

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:37:55 -0400

William Caxton Fan Club: NOTES ON IMAGINARY EXTANT, LOST, DELETED, AND UNRECORDED TRACKS WRITTEN, PERFORMED, RECORDED FOR OR DURING THE PERIOD OF...:

johndarnielle:

1. A Warrior of Jarella (3:16)

John Darnielle (“Dar-NYEEELehhhh”)* was born in Bloomington, Indiana (“Bloomington: The Other Bloomington”). This son of the Midwest moved around much as a child before settling in California (“The Golden State,” “Fucking California”). This record is…

i wish being a good person could erase the bad things i’ve...

Tue, 14 May 2013 19:30:10 -0400

i wish being a good person could erase the bad things i’ve done.

softerworld:

A Softer World: 970

(I guess that’d be incentivizing decency though.)

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keep your head up, my love.

Tue, 14 May 2013 17:05:17 -0400

keep your head up, my love.

How is it that after 33+ years on this planet, I am just now...

Sat, 11 May 2013 14:36:18 -0400

How is it that after 33+ years on this planet, I am just now hearing “Katy Too” by Johnny Cash?!?!

Sometimes you might find yourself here. The trick of it...

Fri, 10 May 2013 11:10:47 -0400

Sometimes you might find yourself here. The trick of it is… getting back.

What’s Her Face: ”My blood hurts.”

Thu, 09 May 2013 16:22:14 -0400

What’s Her Face: ”My blood hurts.”

Hey guys, come ride bikes with me!

Thu, 09 May 2013 12:05:11 -0400

Hey guys, come ride bikes with me!

how to get a bikini body: put a bikini on your...

Wed, 08 May 2013 11:40:40 -0400

how to get a bikini body: put a bikini on your body.

josephdreamboatlevitt:

I wish I could find the source for this, to properly credit it. Best thing I’ve seen online forever.

"…Clara found herself with no further reserves left for the waiting, the daily risk… She..."

Thu, 02 May 2013 01:28:00 -0400

““…Clara found herself with no further reserves left for the waiting, the daily risk… She staggered through the women’s camp looking for the electric wires… When she saw an acquaintance from Plaszow, a Cracow woman like herself, Clara propped herself in front of her. ‘Where’s the electric fence?’ Clara asked the woman… ‘Don’t kill yourself on the fence, Clara,’ the woman urged her. ‘If you do that, you’ll never know what happened to you.’””

- -Schindler’s List Thomas Keneally.

Oooooof, this book is going to sit with me forever. As well it should.

questioning my karma must be bad karma.

Thu, 02 May 2013 00:51:17 -0400

treating others the way you wish to be treated is absolutely exhausting.

Can you spot your bibliophilic webrarian in...

Wed, 01 May 2013 17:12:45 -0400

Can you spot your bibliophilic webrarian in there?!

ala-annual:

Here is the fabulous Epic Librarian Photo from C2E2 2013 :-D

We’ve had a booth at C2E2 every year since it started and this is by far the biggest Epic Librarian Photo yet. It was such a great show! We got to talk to tons of librarians, teachers, and of course so many wonderful patrons who made sure to stop by and tell us how much they loved their libraries and their librarians.