christine writes for you.

quality.

noreply@blogger.com (christine marie) — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:12:00 +0000

i really wanted you there.

noreply@blogger.com (christine marie) — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:06:00 +0000

like.

noreply@blogger.com (christine marie) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:08:00 +0000

drifting.

noreply@blogger.com (christine marie) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:33:00 +0000

Sunday morning post-political show music musings.

mellow/relaxing.

noreply@blogger.com (christine marie) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:18:00 +0000

lana/llama

noreply@blogger.com (christine marie) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:00:00 +0000

apt.

noreply@blogger.com (christine marie) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:25:00 +0000

perfection.

noreply@blogger.com (christine marie) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 02:01:00 +0000

...

noreply@blogger.com (christine marie) — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:49:00 +0000

my first handgun?

noreply@blogger.com (christine marie) — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:18:00 +0000

Maybe.

the truth will set you free.

noreply@blogger.com (christine marie) — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:38:00 +0000

WE ALL SPEND SO MUCH TIME NOT SAYING WHAT WE WANT, BECAUSE WE KNOW WE CAN’T HAVE IT. AND BECAUSE IT SOUNDS UNGRACIOUS, OR UNGRATEFUL, OR DISLOYAL, OR CHILDISH, OR BANAL. OR BECAUSE WE’RE SO DESPERATE TO PRETEND THAT THINGS ARE OK, REALLY, THAT CONFESSING TO OURSELVES THEY’RE NOT LOOKS LIKE A BAD MOVE. GO ON, SAY WHAT YOU WANT. … WHATEVER IT IS, SAY IT TO YOURSELF. THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE. EITHER THAT OR IT’LL GET YOU A PUNCH IN THE NOSE. SURVIVING IN WHATEVER LIFE YOU’RE LIVING MEANS LYING, AND LYING CORRODES THE SOUL, SO TAKE A BREAK FROM THE LIES FOR JUST ONE MINUTE.

A LONG WAY DOWN BY NICK HORNBY

via FYE

too many resolutions.

noreply@blogger.com (christine marie) — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:22:00 +0000

I've decided to list ten things I'd like to work on in 2012. It might be interesting to reflect back next December and see if I actually managed to implement most of them. I've already started on 1, 4, 5, and 7! Not a bad way to kick off the new year, if I do say so myself.

1) Read 50 books, 5 of which are in Spanish
2) Develop a portfolio, begin doing something with my money
3) Improve my Spanish language skills
4) Learn how to shoot, purchase my first handgun
5) Challenge myself at the gym with a more varied routine
6) Push harder at work and take on more projects
7) Cook often and try new recipes
8) Go out frequently and give myself the opportunity to meet people
9) Start writing again
10) Plan travel now and go places in 2012!

Cheers and best wishes to you & yours in the new year.

xoxo
c.

comment.

noreply@blogger.com (christine marie) — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:56:00 +0000

I was reading an article on recent changes to the Catholic mass, maybe it was over at NPR, and I pulled one of the comments to save. It rang especially true for me as someone who was raised Catholic, but now puts little stake in the faith. The "myth" itself is extraordinary and fascinating, but ultimately it is only that - a myth.

"As a non-believer brought up a pre-Vatican II Catholic one can attest to a very interesting fact. All over the world, no matter ones native language, any Catholic could walk into any Catholic church and follow along, in Latin with just as much or little understanding as the rest of the congregation. The idea was a shared (and hopefully uplifting) experience and this is how the word "catholic" in the broad sense is understood. There was a sense of belonging to a world-wide family where everybody was on the same page, politics aside.

So far as understanding, believing in or not believing in god, Christ etc., of course it's all irrational. To try to make rational sense out of a myth is pointless. Just as watching or reading good science-fiction sometimes requires suspension of belief, space and time so does religion. It's all experiential not rational. That's the power of Myth and if one benefits from it, then all the better. The emphasis is on the "if".

Language always carries cultural and emotional baggage. That's where the advantage of using a dead language came in handy, it had less "baggage" but everybody got the basic idea."

watch this movie.

noreply@blogger.com (christine marie) — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:40:00 +0000

reinvent.

noreply@blogger.com (christine marie) — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 02:37:00 +0000

If this week isn't effed up, I don't know what is. But dear god, I love The National.

clams casino

noreply@blogger.com (christine marie) — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 23:29:00 +0000

flies!

noreply@blogger.com (christine marie) — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:16:00 +0000

Always a day brightener. I love Winnebago Man.

dark.

noreply@blogger.com (christine marie) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 04:53:00 +0000

New girl crush, Jennifer Lawrence.

leave me quicker.

noreply@blogger.com (christine marie) — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 05:18:00 +0000

yes.

noreply@blogger.com (christine marie) — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 20:57:00 +0000

via Oh, you bad turtles!

another sunday morning.

noreply@blogger.com (christine marie) — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 16:04:00 +0000

Rediscovering old favorites.

saturday afternoon.

noreply@blogger.com (christine marie) — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 19:12:00 +0000

Waking up at noon, This Old House, and Real Estate.

breaking bad

noreply@blogger.com (christine marie) — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 21:58:00 +0000

:: clenches heart :: [spoilers]

Even though it is this character’s downfall, his immense and misplaced faith in all the wrong father figures. Like is there anything more endearing than his all-encompassing trust in Walt’s intellect in Four Days Out? “You said it yourself.” - “A robot?” is so funny but also so heartbreaking because you’re like oh jesus, this kid really thinks this flawed, prideful mess of a human being is a superhero.
He’s not a cartoon. idk, Jesse could have been such a stereotypical fuck up, but when the writers contrast him with people like Badger or Victor, it’s clear that he has more common sense and ingenuity than the former and more character than the latter. “You don’t want a criminal lawyer, you want a criminal. Lawyer.”
His morality, which we have definitely seen compromised but is still intact on some level. It’s morally grey, with intentionally/self-drawn blind spots - like, he will peddle meth at NA meetings and will kill an innocent man to protect Walt but can’t stomach kids being neglected - but it’s still functioning on his own (admittedly broken) compass of mercy/justice.
He strays from that ethical character, but those transgressions almost always stem from his self-loathing and/or to protect others. I think you can make the argument that Jesse is the most redeemable central character on the show.
“…Bitch.”

via are you immensely pleased.

skumle planer

noreply@blogger.com (christine marie) — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:26:00 +0000

future islands.

noreply@blogger.com (christine marie) — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:51:00 +0000

This band is killing me.