Month: October 2009

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29 Oct 2009

What is love?

I think I’ve questioned love for a very long time. I grew up knowing the Disney way, the reality way relating back to people in my life, and from a standpoint of just observation.

My philosophy midterm paper due Monday is challenging me to actually give some kind of a definition for it. The prompt that I made up is as follows:

Diotima and Socrates have different views and accounts of love. What elements of their definitions still exist today and what has changed? Messages about love portrayed in movies evoke strong emotions to their audiences. Throughout the stages of our lives (childhood, adolescense, and adulthood) we develop our own ideas. Do these match up to what love is “supposed” to be?

The three movies I’m using:

Little Manhattan

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29 Oct 2009

Song of the Day

Eleanor Seabird – Belgium

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I discovered a new singer today. She’s absolutely wonderful and I think I love her voice? This song has been on repeat all day. Her name is Eleanor and she hails from the UK, maybe someday we can bring her to the states. Can ya dig it?

Check out her MySpace here

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29 Oct 2009

A Collection Part 8

Pictures kind of speak to me, do they speak to you too? These are probably my favorite posts. I feel like every collection serves a different purpose and defines exactly what I’m feeling at that moment. Can anyone guess the theme of this one? I’ve been working on this post on and off all day and I think I’ve finally come to the realization that I love these pictures not just because of the way they make me feel inspired, but because these are things that don’t happen in life sometimes. Either that or no one catches it. I kind of want to do a photo series in which I can document THESE things.

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28 Oct 2009

Bento for Kidlet

I have migrated through a number of different lunches growing up. Soup – elementary school meals, junior high a la cartes, high school unhealthy’s.

Jenn is a 26-year old mother who blogs and takes pictures of the lunches that she makes for her son every day for school. These aren’t normal brown paper bag lunches, they’re bento boxes and they’re actually really cool.

^^ Yeah, I don’t know about that one

Source

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27 Oct 2009

Remembering Shiloh Pepin

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It is saddening to hear that Shiloh passed away this weekend. I had heard that she had a documentary on the Discovery Channel which is what I think the video above is from. What an amazing and courageous girl. At ten years old, she still had such hope and it is truly inspiring. She’s the prettiest mermaid girl I’ve ever seen 🙂

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27 Oct 2009

In the News…

– Nick Jonas is going solo. Apparently, the name of his new solo act is called “Nick Jonas and the Administration.” How very…school ish of him? Wait, what does this mean for The Jonas Brothers?

– Disney World is welcoming a new character to their theme park: Princess Tianna of Disney’s The Princess and the Frog.

– Paramore’s new single to be released is “Brick by Boring Brick.”

– Ben Stiller and Robert Deniro were on the set of their new movie yesterday, “Little Fockers.” …again really?

– Tegan and Sara released their new album Sainthood today!

– Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are launching a new junior lines for JC Penney called “Olsenboye.” The clothes are actually decent looking, I would wear it. But then again, I’m also the same girl that said she would wear Stella McCartney’s line for Gap Kids. The line is set to debut in 600 stores starting February. Find out more about the line here

– Actress Keira Knightley will play the part of Eliza Doolittle in a remake of “My Fair Lady.”

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27 Oct 2009

Let’s watch movies

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Precious, a story based on the novel Push by Sapphire, is about a young girl still in high school who is pregnant with her second child from her own father and also suffers from constant physical and verbal abuse from her mother. It has received a great deal of attention and talk from many film festivals and you can expect some celebrity appearances by Mo’Nique, Mariah Carey, and Lenny Kravitz.

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And then we fall in love w/ Joseph Gordon-Levitt all over again! Even after watching that trailer, I still have no idea what the movie is about.

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27 Oct 2009

50 best foods in the WORLD and how to om nom

50. Best place to eat: Ramen
Ramen Jiro, Tokyo

“People in Japan always say ramen (Japanese noodle soup) can’t be this and can’t be that. Ramen Jiro is very non-traditional, in your face, take it or leave it. You either love it or hate it, but people who like it are good people. It’s got pork, it’s got cabbage, it’s got garlic, and the sauce is sweet. It’s gnarly. There are several branches; my favourite is the one near Keio University.”

To check out the rest of the list click here

I dare someone to try all of these!

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26 Oct 2009

Song of the Day

Sia – Breathe Me

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A beautiful video and a beautiful song. I know I just posted a song of the day like seven hours or so ago, this one’s for .. 10/26