tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19171379494790953232024-12-18T21:27:32.213-06:00...is a constant readjustment to our surroundings. ~Kakuzo OkakuraCaseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16232284150150433104noreply@blogger.comBlogger104125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917137949479095323.post-34245591841639584622021-08-01T17:12:00.000-05:002021-08-01T17:12:24.122-05:00

Patient listeningAbsorbing my affliction:Unspooling. Affirming wordsSpoken with conviction:Needle threading. Unwavering concern Overflowing with affection:Knotting the end. Personal strugglesOffered as connection:Piercing through scar tissue. Unconditional embraceFree of intuition:Stitches weaving in and out. Luminescent empathy Reaching its fruition:Excess strands are

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I’m sorry I did not protect you.I believed her when she said You weren’t enough. I believed him when he said You were too much. I believed them when they saidYou needed to conform.But I will fight for you now.I will disarm the bulldozersWho deny your lived reality. I will slap away the hands That try to toss you aside. I will slay the demons Who whisper in your ear That you are invisible.If you

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There is no way to learnIf something is rightWithout finding outHow it is wrong.Fall on your face.Bleed.Feel ashamed.Hide.Find some footing.Slip.Let the scars remind youThat you tried.Hold out your hand.Share the weight.Begin to heal.Joy will peak throughThe cracks of your woundsAs they mend.Let the scars remind youThat you lived.Now do it all again.

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Stop. Wait and listen. What can you decipher from the sounds deep down? Don’t let the buzzing drown it out. Focus on the thumps, The stirs, The pumping. It may be faint, but it yearns to be heard. Let it speak. Let it sing. Let the voice inside confide in you. Accept its truth. Accept its love. Accept the shift the gift imbues. For it to be felt, you must feel it. For it

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It pierced your heart continuouslyUntil the pain seemed normal,But numbness never came.It blinded your eyesFrom the vision of the futureAnd the hope residing there. It chilled your bones so completelyThat the warmth of othersCould not persist. They might sayThe cause of death is weakness,But weakness doesn't burn away hatred with flames of love.Weakness doesn't persevere through raw fingers and

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1. Where did you begin 2013?  At Drew's parents' house in Edmond with great old friends 2. Did you have a New Year’s Resolution?  Eat less, exercise more, lose weight, be healthier 3. What was your status on Valentine's Day?  single 4. What did you do for St. Patty's Day in 2013?  Drove up to St. Louis via Kansas City and did a pub crawl with Drew, Heather,

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Blue: My Pick, Red: The Academy's Pick, Purple: It's a match! Best Picture Amour (Margaret Menegoz, Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka, & Michael Katz) Argo (Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck, & George Clooney) Beasts of the Southern Wild (Dan Janvey, Josh Penn, & Michael Gottwald) Django Unchained (Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin, & Pilar Savone) Les Miserables (Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra

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1. Where did you begin 2012?  At Colin's parents' house in Lake Forest with Colin, Chris, Rosmer, Graham, and Mike 2. Did you have a New Year’s Resolution?  figure out if I want to go to grad school/figure what I want to be when I grow up (I decided the answer was yes/I want to be a librarian) 3. What was your status on Valentine's Day?  in a relationshiop with Colin

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I had lunch at McAlister's today and had a sort of epiphany. I noticed a girl across the room at a table by herself (like I was, but with a laptop instead of a book) who, after she received her food from the waiter, closed her eyes and bowed her head in prayer with her hands together, touching her forehead. I watched as she sat there in silence for about 30 seconds, and I realized something about

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(pun intended) NBC didn't cover any taekwondo on their main channel, so I had to go online to watch it. We won two bronzes, one for Terrence Jennings, who got into the sport by watching Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and one for Paige McPherson. Great Britain also won with a gold for Jade Jones! I'm glad the British have won lots of medals at these Olympics--it's always nice to see the

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Synchronized swimming is fun to watch. Similar to figure skating, it obviously takes tremendous athleticism and skill, but the athletes try to come up with choreography and artistry that goes well with their music and provides entertainment for the crowd. You get everything from Great Britain's Peter Pan theme to Australia's AC/DC routine. What really gets me is how much time they spend

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Americans Ashton Eaton and Trey Hardee won gold and silver in the decathlon, so we've got the world's top 2 greatest overall athletes. It was pretty obvious by the 7th event that those two would be at the top, but I was pulling for Hardee to win because he's the better thrower (shot put, discus, javelin). Eaton's discus throwing, in particular, was less than impressive. :P   He more than

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Gabby's gold in gymnastics all-around was exciting, but Aly Raisman really shined in this year, as well. She won bronze on the beam in a tie breaker, and then went on to win gold on a nearly perfect floor exercise, with the crowd clapping along with her music, as usual. Aly was the one who edged out Jordyn Wieber for the all-around final, and while everyone was upset that Jordyn didn't get a

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I really like Ryan Lochte. He such an easy-going guy, but he worked his butt off to win 5 medals at these Olympics. Though he didn't win as many golds as was expected, he did get one in the 400m IM, beating Phelps soundly, so he can add that to his list of accomplishments. Plus, he wore grills on his teeth during that gold medal ceremony--so silly, but hilarious! Missy Franklin won gold in the

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I am having so much fun watching the ups and downs of world class competition! American Nathan Adrian winning the gold in the 100m freestyle by 1/100th of a second was so exciting! And the women pulled through again with another gold in the 4x200m free relay. But watching gymnasts Danell Leyva and and John Orozco compete in the men's all-around was absolutely engrossing. They both had a chance to

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I am sooooo glad our women's gymnastics team won the gold! It was so heartbreaking that Jordyn Wieber didn't make it to the individual all-round finals--her score was 4th out of everyone behind 2 teammates and a Russian, but only the top two athletes from each country are allowed to compete in that event. So sad! But she did her best to put it behind her to help the team win gold. Now THAT is a

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Individual diving is pretty amazing, but synchronized diving is double the awesome. Not only are the dives cool-looking and super difficult, two people have to do the exact same thing at the exact same time! And the US did great, too! The women's team won silver and the men's team, bronze. So neat! The American men really messed up the team gymnastics competition, but the Brits pulled through to

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I really enjoyed watching women's weightlifting. If whoever runs the 100m is the fastest in the world, then I suppose whoever lifts the most would be considered the strongest in the world. Those asian women are so much smaller than me, but they can lift 2 me's into the air. So cool. The women's road race was pretty exciting. It was raining, which made the road slick (and caused the cameramen to

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I loved London's Opening Ceremonies. It really showed off how much great stuff Britain has produced for the world over the centuries. The progression of time was a cool framework for the show, starting out with quaint agrarian life (reminiscent of Hobbiton), transitioning to the Industrial Revolution (towering silos coming out of the ground reminded me of the intro to "Game of Thrones"), and then

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2012 started off pretty well. I did some soul searching and figured out that I wanted to become a librarian. I wouldn't quite call it my life's passion, but after working at a library as an aide (aka page), I realized I could see myself staying in that environment long-term. Here was a job that I could make into an enjoyable and fulfilling career. So I started doing research on grad school for a

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Snow White and the Huntsman was incredibly disappointing. It has a lot of the elements that a great film needs--complex themes; excellent style through costuming, set design, and cinematography; an amazing score (by James Newton Howard); and interesting characters--but the pieces don't quite fit together to form a satisfying whole. The script is all over the place, but it's no wonder, with 3

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The Oscars were quite enjoyable this year! Better than last year's production, I thought. Billy Crystal was an excellent host, told lots of very funny jokes (though I didn't really care for the awkward song he sang at the beginning). And I loved the Cirque du Soleil performance to Danny Elfman music, as well as Hans Zimmer's orchestrations for the whole awards show itself. I was mostly satisfied

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I just finished reading a book called What's Up Down There? Questions You'd Only Ask Your Gynecologist If She Was Your Best Friend, which I loved, and so I went to author Dr. Lissa Rankin's website called Owning Pink. Lissa was a gynecologist for years until she became fed up with what she considered an incomplete system. She felt the medicine she was trained to practice was missing something, so

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The last couple months have been super busy! I worked a lot--that's not really a new thing, but I had other stuff going on so it seemed like more than usual. I did some traveling--visited Agatha in South Carolina in November, visited Colin in Lake Forest over New Year's (both very fun and relaxing vacations). And Kristine and I started the "Unofficial Library Movie Club," so I've been going to

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1. Where did you begin 2011?  At Zack Stickrod's in Stillwater 2. Did you have a New Year’s Resolution?  1. give up all non-chocolate candy; 2. do some kind of physical activity at least 3 days a week 3. What was your status on Valentine's Day?  single 4. What did you do for St. Patty's Day in 2011?  Six Flags Over Texas with Heather 5. Did you play an April

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