Losing it, too.

18th April 2013

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CISPA passed

14th April 2013

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themodprometheus:

Haha my mom has a story from I was kid that is kind of like this.

(True Story)

Source: wockykitaki

1st March 2013

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Open Letter to Sean Farrell

Dear Sean Farrell,

Forgive the shortness of this open letter to you. I never saw “Sean” but I sure saw “Following Sean”. I am the silvered daughter of the sixties and seventies. I carry my path on my face, both unhappy realizations of the falseness fed me as a child and the triumphs of the same truths that play out before my eyes.

We are the dirty bare footed children raised in pot smoke and dandelion wine grown to adults who try to balance the hope and rainbows fed us with our own trails and realities tempered by our discoveries of truths we may not have wanted to own.

Thank you for sharing your life and the unspoken things in your eyes.

Chrissy

11th February 2013

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Food Whore: Tastykake Be Thy Name

I eat at people and things.

I ate a Tastykake lemon pie out of anger at myself. Do you know how many calories are in one?! Such a food whore, giving themselves to me like that, with no shame.

I’m five foot one inch, there are only so many calories we can…

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6th January 2013

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ghettotrophy:

This is SO RESPONSIBLE of those parents!

anna-powers:

Greg Hoffman is a kid who just got an iPhone from his parents. His mom, Janell Hoffman, wrote these [slightly edited] rules for its use:

1. It is my phone. I bought it. I pay for it. I am loaning it to you. Aren’t I the greatest?
2. I will always know the password.
3. If it rings, answer it. It is a phone. Say hello, use your manners. Do not ever ignore a phone call if the screen reads “Mom” or “Dad”. Not ever.
4. Hand the phone to one of your parents promptly at 7:30pm every school night & every weekend night at 9:00pm. It will be shut off for the night and turned on again at 7:30am. If you would not make a call to someone’s land line, wherein their parents may answer first, then do not call or text. Listen to those instincts and respect other families like we would like to be respected.
5. It does not go to school with you. Have a conversation with the people you text in person. It’s a life skill.
6. If it falls into the toilet, smashes on the ground, or vanishes into thin air, you are responsible for the replacement costs or repairs.
7. Do not use this technology to lie, fool, or deceive another human being. Do not involve yourself in conversations that are hurtful to others. Be a good friend first or stay the hell out of the crossfire.
8-9. Do not text, email, or say anything through this device you would not say in person.
10. No porn.
11. Turn it off, silence it, put it away in public. Especially in a restaurant, at the movies, or while speaking with another human being. You are not a rude person; do not allow the iPhone to change that.
12. Do not send or receive pictures of your private parts or anyone else’s private parts. Don’t laugh. Someday you will be tempted to do this despite your high intelligence. It is risky and could ruin your teenage/college/adult life. It is always a bad idea. Cyberspace is vast and more powerful than you. And it is hard to make anything of this magnitude disappear — including a bad reputation.
13. Don’t take a zillion pictures and videos. There is no need to document everything. Live your experiences. They will be stored in your memory for eternity.
14. Leave your phone home sometimes and feel safe and secure in that decision. It is not alive or an extension of you. Learn to live without it. Be bigger and more powerful than FOMO — fear of missing out.
15. Download music that is new or classic or different than the millions of your peers that listen to the same exact stuff. Your generation has access to music like never before in history. Take advantage of that gift. Expand your horizons.
16. Play a game with words or puzzles or brain teasers every now and then.
17. Keep your eyes up. See the world happening around you. Stare out a window. Listen to the birds. Take a walk. Talk to a stranger. Wonder without googling.
18. You will mess up. I will take away your phone. We will sit down and talk about it. We will start over again. You & I, we are always learning. I am on your team. We are in this together.