This is my life...

aseaofquotes: Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 09:48:13 -0600

Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass

The easiest way to thrive as an outlier

Mon, 08 Oct 2012 15:23:00 -0500

The easiest way to thrive as an outlier:

“…is to avoid being one. At least among your most treasured peers.

Surround yourself with people in at least as much of a hurry, at least as inquisitive, at least as focused as you are. Surround yourself by people who encourage and experience productive failure, and who are driven to make a difference.

What’s contagious: standards, ethics, culture, expectations and most of all, the bar for achievement.

The crowd has more influence on us than we have on the crowd. It’s not an accident that breakthroughs in music, architecture, software, athletics, fashion and cuisine come in bunches, often geographic. If you need to move, move. At least change how and where you exchange your electrons and your ideas.

We all need leaders who challenge the tribe. We benefit even more when our leaders have peers who push them to be even better.”

laughingsquid: Welcome to Blogging!

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 10:56:40 -0500

laughingsquid:

Welcome to Blogging!

Love love love this song. When the stars are the only thing we...

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 05:26:06 -0500

Love love love this song.

When the stars are the only thing we share, will you be there?

be careful for what you wish for

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:52:26 -0500

remember when I asked for that challenge from the universe?

Well I got it.

My old housing plan fell through, so beginning September 21, I’m homeless in Paris. I’m working on the situation though.

le sigh.

Blessed

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 16:18:05 -0500

I don’t know how or why, but the universe always seems to pull through for me. All I can say is thank you. Thank you.

Photo

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 06:02:42 -0500

"I get down for my grandfather who took my momma Made her sit that seat where white folks ain’t wanna..."

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 18:40:21 -0500

““I get down for my grandfather who took my momma
Made her sit that seat where white folks ain’t wanna us to eat
At the tender age of 6 she was arrested for the sit in
With that in my blood I was born to be different””

- Kanye West (“Never Let Me Down”)

crashinglybeautiful: The long silences need to be loved, perhaps more than the words which arrive...

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 11:45:07 -0500

crashinglybeautiful:

The long silences need to be loved, perhaps
more than the words
which arrive
to describe them
in time.

—Franz Wright, from section II of “East Boston, 1996” in God’s Silence (Alfred A. Knopf, 2006)

Amazing. Thank you, apoetreflects.

a rainy night

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 19:20:00 -0500

I’m currently at a family friend’s house in the french alps. fancy eh?

It’s raining, a nice soft pitter patter, with random lightning strikes. I can’t really sleep, but I don’t really want to anyway. My body has become accustomed to my college schedule (going to bed at 4 am in the morning) and my old habits are back (pretty sure they never left). I’m forcing myself to finish up my internship paper tonight. It’s actually quite an easy paper, if I could just avoid getting distracted by the internet.

It’s a really weird feeling knowing that I have so many connections sprawled out everywhere in the world. Whether it’s family, distant family, family friends, or new friends with open hearts and homes—I never seem to have any difficulty finding a place to stay in any city. It’s really a blessing, I know, but I crave this feeling of being completely helpless. Is that weird? Does that make me sound ungrateful?

I mean, I know Paris is going to be a challenge once my parents leave. But then I would have started school and I assume, I would have made friends.

I don’t know what I want and traveling 1000+ miles across the atlantic isn’t going to give me the answers, or the questions to ask.but maybe it will.I just want to be challenged, longing desperately for something to ignite my passion again. Why am I thinking about this when I’m in one of the most beautiful places in the world?

I have lots to write about my travels.** If you’re interested you can follow my travel blog lilynhoi.wordpress.com —it’s not as dramatic as my tumblr.

**still procrastinating on the travel blog

laughingsquid: Jimmy Fallon as Neil Young Singing The Fresh...

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 22:46:24 -0500

laughingsquid:

Jimmy Fallon as Neil Young Singing The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Things I lack ...

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 08:53:17 -0500

A sense of direction. Using tall buildings as a point of reference in a city full of tall buildings is not a good idea. #whatwouldidowithoutmysmartphone? #surprisemorningworkout

finally took care of some unfinished business

Sat, 04 Aug 2012 20:19:00 -0500

#feelsgood

#thankfulforthepeopleinmylife

#needtostophashtaggingsentences

#ohwell

Photo

Sat, 04 Aug 2012 15:29:10 -0500

supcakes: #WHY DOES HE ALWAYS MAKE THIS FACE?

Sat, 04 Aug 2012 02:28:55 -0500

supcakes:

#WHY DOES HE ALWAYS MAKE THIS FACE?

Incomplete and Insecure

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 19:52:30 -0500

Sitting in a coffee shop in chicago, trying to act like a hipster as I drink my iced coffee and debate if I should order a cubano sandwich. The coffee shop is down the street from my hotel and next to a hostel. I didn’t know chicago had hostels (looks a little too fancy to be a hostel). I’m feeling way too introverted and tired to talk to anyone, which is due to my lack of sleep these past few days.

The title of this blog post is an Avett Bros song, which I love, and the title sums up my summer. I’m learning more and more about people, old friends and new friends, all revealing their pain to me, their brokenness. And when I try to comfort them, I realize how incredibly blessed I am. That might sound like an inappropriate thought, but it’s the truth. I always talk about my family and what a blessing they are, because I learned that my personality, my confidence, my “independent-ness” comes from their love. I’ve always felt like I was enough, I’ve always felt complete. And not a lot of people can say that.

It saddens me to think how many people out there, especially those close to my heart, don’t have that. And how much of that affects who they are today. Its just a lot to process, and I’m still trying to process it all. This summer has just been so consistent with people revealing themselves to me, one after the other.

I wish I could just take away the pain.

heyoscarwilde: You can’t get there from here. Banksy quote...

Sat, 28 Jul 2012 19:04:39 -0500

heyoscarwilde:

You can’t get there from here.

Banksy quote illustrated by Lisa Currie :: via busybody-lazybones

inothernews: capucha: aliquidcure:Top middle was me all...

Sat, 28 Jul 2012 18:58:37 -0500

inothernews:

capucha:

aliquidcure:Top middle was me all night

HAHAHAHAHAHA

feeling good

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 22:03:16 -0500

just cleaned my apartment(temporary apartment) and that always symbolizes I just cleaned/cleared my mind. I’ve been putting off a couple of errands, still putting some off, but I completed a majority of the items. The items lingering require a lot of courage, and I always chicken out. Who knows, maybe tonight I will man up and finally finish those tasks. I went to king spa and sauna this weekend in dallas and it was awesome, except i have this really bad lower back pain. which might be from the spa or from doing a kettle bell exercise wrong. its probably the kettle bell exercise. the owner of the apartment i am staying at failed to take out the trash or tell me that there is a trash can under the sink, so i came in yesterday to a little fruit fly infestation. #so gross. But I took action and got rid of the stuff (also the main reason why I cleaned the apartment). Silver lining of the situation: it served as a catalyst for me to get other crap in my life organized. Chicago in a week and paris in a month. Beyond excited for both cities, especially since I totally remembered my cousin lives in chicago and can show me around/let me crash at her place for a weekend. learning simple french phrases everyday. Its fun and brings me so much joy (as lame as that sounds, its the truth). Its just me and the computer and i end up laughing sometimes at how bad I sound. #goodtimes also spent a day doing absolutely nothing which was really nice—watched a cheesy tv romcom and an indie french romcom. the french one was pretty good, the tv romcom was not good. I’ve been reading a lot, half spiritual books and half business. this summer has been good to me so far. even with pesky problems like fruit flies (which you can trap by putting apple cider vinegar in a jar and covering that jar with a plastic bag and cutting a little slit—thank you google and about.com) and other stuff i rather not mention.

**end of word vomit

Video

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 20:27:01 -0500