| In Memory of W.B. Yeats by W.H. Auden |
[Dec. 16th, 2009|12:25 pm] |
Earth, receive an honoured guest:
William Yeats is laid to rest.
Let the Irish vessel lie
Emptied of its poetry.
In the nightmare of the dark
All the dogs of Europe bark,
And the living nations wait,
Each sequestered in its hate;
Intellectual disgrace
Stares from every human face,
And the seas of pity lie
Locked and frozen in each eye.
Follow, poet, follow right
To the bottom of the night,
With your unconstraining voice
Still persuade us to rejoice;
With the farming of a verse
Make a vineyard of the curse,
Sing of human unsuccess
In a rapture of distress; |
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| Victorian Visions |
[Dec. 16th, 2009|12:19 pm] |
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Some lovely Christmas decor in a mansion on my old college campus, thought you guys would enjoy it. 
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[Dec. 17th, 2009|01:16 am] |
I looked anxiously around me: the present, nothing but the present. Furniture light and solid, rooted in its present, a table, a bed, a closet with a mirror--- and me. The true nature of the present revealed itself: it was what exists, and all that was not present did not exist. The past did not exist. Not at all. Not in things, not even in my thoughts. It is true that I had realized a long time ago that mine had escaped me. But until then I believed that it had simply gone out of my range. For me the past was only a pensioning off: it was another way of existing, a state if vacation and inaction; each even, when it had played its part, put itself politely into a box and became an honorary event: we have so much difficulty imagining nothingness. Now I knew: things are entirely what they appear to be--- and behind them… there is nothing.
- Nausea, 130. Jean-Paul Sartre |
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| Clippings! |
[Dec. 16th, 2009|12:49 pm] |
Hi everyone!
I have a question about taking a clipping from one of my plants. All I know about this plant is that it is some type of begonia. I have had it just over a year. I was given two pieces of it. I kept one for me and gave the other to a friend. All I remeber from the peices were that they were each a sigle leaf.
could anyone tell me the proper way to cut this to ensure that I do not harm the plant?
Photos uner the cut. Thanks for any help!
Happy holidays :)
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| e.e. cummings |
[Dec. 16th, 2009|07:25 pm] |
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It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. –ee cummings |
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| Kurt Vonnegut, Cat’s Cradle |
[Dec. 16th, 2009|07:22 pm] |
"Each one of us has to be what he or she is".
"It is only by realizing what I am that I have found comfort of any kind".
"It is tragic how few people ever possess their souls before they die".
"I have hills far steeper to climb, valleys much darker to pass through. And I have to get it all out of myself. Neither religion, morality, nor reason can help me at all". |
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[Dec. 16th, 2009|09:27 pm] |
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two ways i would describe most men i have met is forceful, and letdown |
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| Landscape Plans? |
[Dec. 16th, 2009|08:26 am] |
Thanks to everyone for your responses on my last post. I'm going to make it a point to go by and take a picture of the plant in question.
Does anyone know of a low cost/free site or book that can be used for residential landscaping ideas? If I had the money, I'd pay a professional to draw up plans and then just do the installation myself. Since we are in a new house, we are working with a relatively blank canvas (aside from all the trees) and I am a little overwhelmed with the thought of breaking ground (aside from a garden) on a full acre. |
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| Make up and cosmetic reviews journal. Add me! :) |
[Dec. 16th, 2009|01:26 pm] |
Hello everyone!!
I am a long time user here in livejournal, I have had a personal blog for years now, but I have decided I wanted to do a public specific account for everyone that is interested in make up and cosmetics to read reviews and probably tutorials on make up, hair styles, skin care.... The tutorials will come in the near future when I get a new good digital camera! Reviews will be blogged often :)
So please feel free to add me and send your friends along!
You can watch my intro post, where I explain how my LJ will work here
Hugs and merry xmas / Holiday season to everyone!
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) cosmeticreviews a.k.a. jaegersosse |
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| How Bad is Corn Syrup? |
[Dec. 15th, 2009|11:24 pm] |
I don't mean the high fructose kind, I mean regular corn syrup. Like Karo. In comparison to other sugars, how bad is it?
Also, is it true that the darker the corn syrup is, the better? My husband buys the dark Karo because he insists it's healthier.
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| Inventory Sale |
[Dec. 16th, 2009|12:57 am] |
(Men of SD, here is your chance to do some mindless shopping for the woman in your life :) J/K!
I have a TON of brand new Avon items I need to clear out of inventory or else my husband is going to sell me on ebay. Make his Christmas wish come true and help me clean out the office that is full of Avon products.
All items will be well below book price. I'm pretty mobile around the county so we can meet up where ever. All items are well within expiration dates and were purchased legally by me (an Avon rep). New in package, never used or opened.
If you're looking for anything in particular, let me know otherwise here is a partial list of products:
Chrgers Watches
Reese Witherspoon "In Bloom" Gift sets
Patrick Dempsey 2 EDT for men
Bond 007
Spotlight
Kissable (Brand new Scent)
Electrify Me
Fire Me Up
Pomagranite Mango lotion and body Wash
Almond Milk Naturals Gift Set
Anew Clinical Line (Instant Face Lift, Lip Plump, Eye Cream, Flash Facial, Firming cream)
Professional Clearskin Line
Skin So Soft (in all scents)
Plantet Spa
Liiv Botanicals
U by Ungaro for her
Mark make-up
True Color Lipsticks
Bubble Bath in a million different flavors
Stocking Stuffers
Jewelry
ETC ETC ETC
Post here, email Avonforbrit AT yahoo DOT com or call/text 760-443-4214 (Michelle)
First come first serve :) |
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| Too cute. |
[Dec. 16th, 2009|02:57 am] |
♥ "... We could go dancing?"
I knew that was a stupid idea as soon as I said it. I danced like a donkey on Rollerblades and Rachel was even worse. The only thing she knew about rhythm was based on Dance Dance Revolution. And a girl who danced in a perfect square faster and faster just made everyone uncomfortable.
♥ I was as close to spontaneously combusting as you can get without being in the Fantastic Four.
♥ The apartments got smaller and smaller, and the parade of potential roommates started to resemble a Surreal Life highlight reel.
"I have my Wiccan sisterhood meetings here every full moon. That's why I have this goat."
"I have this lower intestine issue and I use a lot of toilet paper, but I barely use paper towels. So it evens out."
"I cook with curry."
♥ "... I thought about forking myself in the eye it was so boring. But then I remembered that I forgot to bring any extra contacts to New York, so I can't really fuck this pair up. Remind me to ask the parentals to send up more next time they call, 'kay?..."
♥ So okay, I was lost, but maybe I could pick up some sweet outfits anyway? As Rachel always says, if life gives you lemons... stick them down your shirt and make your boobs look bigger!
♥ He leaned into my cubicle, his gut cascading over the fabric-covered fiberglass wall that separated my cube from the mail cubbies. "Because I remember when I was your age. I used to party all the time." When he said "party", he kind of shimmied, which I assumed indicated that back in his day "partying" actually meant grotesquely fat men moving their shoulders.
~~Hot Mess, Summer in the City by Julie Kraut & Shallon Lester. |
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[Dec. 16th, 2009|12:14 am] |
My tired body craves warmth (and I just posted about being cold in New England, so this a pretty logical follow up), so I'm looking at investing in a hot water bottle. (Also useful if I move and don't have a microwave because God knows that I cannot live without a kettle, ever in my life, even when I move into the upper canopy of the Everglades during the zombie apocalypse and live off of canned jam.)
I'm looking at Amazon, but if they're attractive/well rated, they're expensive. If they're not expensive, they're ugly and have serious flaws. I want something with a cover that won't leak hot water all over me and my mattress in the middle of the night. Since this is an alternative to an electric blanket (obviously not natural) I was hoping for something a bit cheaper, but maybe that's not an option?
Suggestions? |
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| Blackstrap Molasses |
[Dec. 16th, 2009|12:00 am] |
I tend to get anemic due to low iron levels, and as a vegetarian I'm always looking for things to eat that will boost my iron intake. I know vitamins are an option, but I really prefer to consume it from natural food sources rather than a supplement or a fortified product.
I bought some blackstrap molasses today, which will provide 70% of the daily value of iron in one tablespoon a day, so I was wondering how you guys use it. Any simple recipes? I know you can cook it into baked beans, but I'm not a huge fan of them. I suppose I could just suck it up and eat a straight tablespoon of it, but it's strong stuff!
Any other good sources of iron that you know of? |
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| from A Marriage Poem, Ellen Bryant Voigt |
[Dec. 16th, 2009|12:55 pm] |
This is what is done with pain:
ice on the wound,
the isolating tourniquet--
as though to check an open vein
where the self pumps out of the self
would stop the second movement of the heart,
diastolic, inclusive:
to love is to siphon love into that chamber. |
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| The Velveteen Rabbit or How Toys Become Real - Margery Williams |
[Dec. 15th, 2009|11:54 pm] |
"What is REAL?" asked the Rabbit one day, when they were lying side by side near the nursery fender, before Nana came to tidy the room. "Does it mean having things that buzz inside you and a stick-out handle?"
"Real isn't how you are made," said the Skin Horse. "It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real."
"Does it hurt?" asked the Rabbit.
"Sometimes," said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. "When you are Real you don't mind being hurt."
"Does it happen all at once, like being wound up," he asked, "or bit by bit?"
"It doesn't happen all at once," said the Skin Horse. "You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand." |
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| Project CultCrit Returns! -- Submission F |
[Dec. 15th, 2009|11:30 pm] |
By a vote of 2-0, you guys voted out Richard Brautigan. It's cool, though -- I know you've all been very busy voting on actual applications!
Richard Brautigan is best known for Trout Fishing in America, a novel that met well with a return to nature sentiment in San Francisco of the 1950s and 1960s. Allied with hippies and beats alike, and known for a curious mix of Zen Buddhism and dark satire in the best of his poetry, Brautigan nonetheless withdrew from writing and community in the 70s, and ultimately took his own life in 1984.
There's also a ton of member poetry up, so please think to comment on tinuviel8994's work here, and leisaie here.
On to the next hapless victim!
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| wasteland, francesca lia block |
[Dec. 15th, 2009|10:31 pm] |
You asked me who I thought I was before. I said maybe a fish because I love water and you said, you thought a mermaid, maybe.
If you were a mermaid, you said, If you were a mermaid, I was the sea. |
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| theme: my inspiration |
[Dec. 15th, 2009|09:49 pm] |
old family photos:
My grandfather in his WWII uniform and his sister Mildred.
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