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“I was thinking how amazing it was that the world contained so many lives. Out in these streets people were embroiled in a thousand different matters, money problems, love problems, school problems [...]”
― Jeffrey Eugenides
-- Beloved

bookmarks:
ᴠɪʀɢᴏ ♡ financial
laoise fiction (rooms)
television (Christmas watching 2024)
about me (a personal alphabet)
music (favourite songs)

Learn how to ...

  • retain 90% of everything I learn
  • drive a stick shift
  • the art of bonsai
  • self-hypnosis
  • identify the constellations
  • hand-bind books
  • deal with difficult people
  • blacksmith
  • make violins
  • blow glass
  • roll my Rs/trill
  • more about botany
  • calligraphy
  • archery
  • ice skate
  • weave fabric
  • bartend
  • basic carpentry skills
  • more about mythology
  • to be a better story teller
jun 3 2013 ∞
jan 16 2014 +

Words I use way too often and those I need to start using

  • remotely
  • abridged
  • eloquent
  • sultry
  • correlation
  • semantics
  • docent
  • sensual
  • revelations
  • emphasizing
  • timid
  • frugal
  • suffice
  • pretentious
  • innovations
  • contemplating
  • quixotic
  • pious
  • pretentious
mar 24 2013 ∞
mar 26 2013 +

03.2013

  • Veronica Franco
  • Penmanship Styles
  • Downton Abbey
  • RadioHead
mar 24 2013 ∞
mar 26 2013 +
  • Vines/moss
mar 21 2013 ∞
mar 24 2013 +
  • Micron Pen
  • Zhen Chef's Knife
nov 5 2015 ∞
nov 5 2015 +
  • Bridge to Iran
  • First Position
  • Craigslist Joe
  • Hungry for Change
  • Food Matters
mar 24 2013 ∞
jun 3 2013 +
  • Pit bull is not one breed of dog. it's a generic term for quite a few breeds, but there is only ONE American pit bull terrier.
  • There will always be one breed of dog seen as the "bad" one. Before pits, it was German shepherds. Before GSDs, it was the rottweilers, before that the dobermen. You can coincide media induced fear with every one of those breeds
  • There is no jaw-locking in any breed.
  • There was a comparative bite pressure test between a Pit Bull, a Rottweiler, and a German Shepherd. The Pit Bull had the lowest PSI .
  • Responsible ownership is sorely lacking in these breeds. Bad owners whose dogs become dangerous due to improper breeding, socialization, care and training. Not to mention the ones that are chained up 24/7 and become frustrated as well as the ones that are taunted and teased by ignorant ...
jun 12 2012 ∞
jun 19 2012 +