April 2009
9 posts
ACL Fest - Yes I'm finally going!
After all these years I’ve finally decided to go to ACL Fest. Just bought tickets for me and my sister. Very glad it’s in October this year.
Bands I’m especially looking forward to:
Dave Matthews Band
Kings of Leon
Thievery Corporation
John Legend
Ghostland Observatory
Toadies
Flogging Molly
Arctic Monkeys
The Decemberists
The Airborne Toxic Event
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Dalai Lama's 18 Rules for Living
passionateminutiae:
[from OwenKelly.net
At the start of the new millennium the Dalai Lama apparently issued eighteen rules for living. Since word travels slowly in the digital age these have only just reached me. Here they are.
Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.
Follow the three Rs: Respect for self
Respect...
Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.
– Marcus Aurelius
The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon,...
Via passionateminutiae via thepinkcookie
Once you accept the fact that you’re not perfect, then you develop some...
– Rosalynn Carter
survival of the fittest
I have been working like crazy lately. For the most part I have enjoyed this, but I am about to hit burnout. People have started commenting that I look tired or sick and it’s because a) I am exhausted and b) I don’t have time to put on make-up any more so I’m not hiding the fatigue. I know that this is a great opportunity for me to expand my skills and become more versatile,...