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Friday, January 8th, 2010
damnportlanders
[ hallucinas ]
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12h22 . 08 january 2010
Dog needs home
I got this message at work today and it is really sad... Anyone want a dog?
It's not me, I swear, I would never do this. Contact me if you are interested.
Does anyone know someone who would like to provide a loving home for an 11 year old female German Sheppard???
She is a good dog, very people and kid friendly, not very dog friendly unfortunately, tolerant of cats, but prefers to be the center of your attention.
I just cant care for her any longer and she really only has a few years left in her so taking her to the Humane Society is my very last resort…
I have all her stuff to provide even medical records & food.
She just needs a yard to play in, regular walks, someone to pick-up her poop, feed & water her and of course a lot of love!!!
If you know anyone who would like to have a good companion…
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paperthinwalls
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12h08 . 08 january 2010
.......someday, just to amuse myself when i am disgustingly rich, i am going to purchase a small town in montana and rename it 'tony.' and then i am going to purchase a small town in maryland and rename it 'doogie howser.' then and only then will my life be complete. ;)
current mood: think about it!
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damnportlanders
[ lunadragonfly ]
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10h53 . 08 january 2010
TV question
If a Portlander (with comcast cable) wanted to watch WNBA games on teevee this year, would she have to get one of those overpriced packages, or is it available on regular channels somewhere? Google is being kind of unhelpful about this question.
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abraxa
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10h39 . 08 january 2010
You must habit yourself to the dazzle of the light.- Whitman
Even fire is gradual, spontaneous and ravenous as it seems. Some things take so long to burn, burning being a state we work up to, gradually, choosing carefully our kindling for weight, for size and for dryness. Burning is not fast, nor easy, little ones, you must work hard to burn.
I'm reading Whitman in the mornings, the way I used to read my Bible in the mornings when I was religious. It's powerful. I come away each time with something to think about through the day, something like there will never be any more perfection than there is now and I resist anything better than my own diversity and the most life-changing yet, Why should I pray? Why should I venerate and be ceremonious? Having pried through the strata, analyzed to a hair, counselled with doctors, and calculated close, I find no sweeter fat than stick to my own bones.
Seriously. You must habit yourself to the dazzle of the light. We all want the simple, the feather-weight, the bright and shining. But we're not accustomed to it when it comes. We've been mining. We've been crawling through the deep dark tunnels that sometimes we must in order to connect to our desires. We've been walking on our knees through the mud toward our own personal mecca, whatever and wherever that is. We've been eating fruit from trees and scavenging bread. And then: light? Light? We're curious, but we're fearful. We don't know how to be happy. But it is our work, our most true and original occupation. We must learn how to be happy, to live in the light, to accept the light when it comes. When we can do that, live in the light, not by containing the light but living in it and shining it forward and embodying it, we will never again be below ground, never again try to match candle to flame in the dark pits where fear lives.
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literarytattoos
[ menkkamaster ]
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20h23 . 08 january 2010
Hi all
Recently I came up with the idea of one day having a picture of Sylvia Plath tattooed on me.
In the end the thing that matters the most is my own opinion, but I'd like to hear your opinions about it as well, since:
1) I love Plath's novel The Bell Jar. Just LOVE it. It's my favourite book of all time.
2) I'm not so much into Plath's poems. Not that they're bad, no, but I know better poets than her.
3) I don't adore self destruction, depression or suicide. I don't idolize Plath or the kind of life she led, either.
So, what do you think?
Is it a bad idea to have a tattoo of a poet, who'se poems by now don't seem better than average to me?
Having Sylvia Plath tattooed on me, do you think people could easily consider me a person who is depressed and suicidal (which I don't happen to be)..?
I myself think that my love towards the Bell Jar is a reason good enough to get this tattoo. To me, Plath is, above all, the creator of the best novel ever written, not an idol who'se footsteps I want to follow.
It's just the idea of people misunderstanding my tattoo that bothers me.
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