a lifetime burning in every moment

Holy…

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“I think I got left behind somewhere because I’m still a romantic. You have to go charging ahead, can’t stay behind.”

[via tulletulle]

The New Adventures of Old Elaine →

Oh, NYT, you slay me.

The 20s are a black box, and there is a lot of churning in there. One-third of people in their 20s move to a new residence every year. Forty percent move back home with their parents at least once. They go through an average of seven jobs in their 20s, more job changes than in any other stretch. Two-thirds spend at least some time living with a romantic partner without being married. And marriage occurs later than ever. The median age at first marriage in the early 1970s, when the baby boomers were young, was 21 for women and 23 for men; by 2009 it had climbed to 26 for women and 28 for men, five years in a little more than a generation.

We’re in the thick of what one sociologist calls “the changing timetable for adulthood.”

-‘What Is It About 20-somethings?’, The New York Times Magazine

This is a creature on fire with love, but it’s still scary since most people think love only looks like one thing, instead of the whole world.

-Brian Andreas, Story People

Justin Bieber’s ‘U Smile’ Slowed Down 800 Percent Becomes Haunting New Song →

bdan:

This is amazing.

Wow. Now again… W-O-W.

Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies — ‘God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.’

— God Bless You Mr. Rosewater

A Matter of Priorities

We experience numerous disappointments each and every day. Our expectations go unmet, our plans are blocked by circumstance, our wishes go unfulfilled, and we discover that our lives are subject to a myriad of forces beyond our conscious control. In some cases, our response is powerful because we must invest ourselves and our resources to overcome genuine hardship. In others, our reactions are far more passionate than our circumstances likely warrant. The tension that permeates our bodies and minds when we are late for an event, interrupted at work, or sitting in traffic is not inappropriate, but it can interfere with our well-being in profound ways. When we stop worrying about relatively unimportant matters, we can be at peace and devote so much more of ourselves to what is truly important.

The small frustrations and irritations wield such power over us because they rob us of the illusion of control. But every problem is a potential teacher—a confusing situation is an opportunity to practice mindfulness, and difficult people provide us with opportunities to display compassion. There is a natural human tendency to invest copious amounts of emotional energy in minor dilemmas and frustrations in order to avoid confronting those more complex issues that are largely outside the realm of our control. The intensity of our response provides us with a temporary sense of personal power that helps us cope with challenges that might otherwise overwhelm us. But it is only when we let the little stuff go that we discover that the big stuff is not really so devastating after all…

Daily Om, 8/11/10

What’s the best style advice can you give a woman?
Nothing is worse than seeing a beautiful stylish woman walking down the street in a pair of heels that she clearly has no idea how to walk in—her awkward, clumsy, goofy strut kills the whole look. Thus my style advice is to never buy shoes that aren’t comfortable, and always take at least one lap around the store to be sure.

-Sarah Sulzberger Perpich in JC Report

[Having known her when she was a shopper at Henri Bendel, I may be biased, but I’d say she knows what’s up.]

Heck yes.

Underrated eats: What a lot of people don’t know about the Jersey Shore is that the food is amazing, especially in the area I’m from, Monmouth County. Aside from great fresh seafood, and just about any other type of cuisine you could possible want, New Jersey definitely has the best pizza. Imagine the best New York thin crust pizza you’ve ever had, and then picture it a little thinner and a little better. That’s New Jersey pizza.

-Jessica St. Peter on Jauntsetter