"Develop a point of view. Think about what experiences you have that many others do not. Then, think of what experiences you have that almost everyone else has. Then, mix those two things and try to make someone cry or laugh or feel understood."

-Frank Chimero

“ If all the insects were to disappear from the earth, within 50 years all life on earth would end. If all human beings disappeared from the earth, within 50 years all forms of life would flourish."
- Jonas Salk

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered. - Nelson Mandela

drunk animals

via Una Bella Vita

today's fortune:

Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy.

- Mahatma Gandhi

Guess I need to work harder towards my happiness.
You know when you feel like all you do are things you HAVE to do?

Coolest Carnaval trick :)

ha, copycat!

Coke coincidentally has almost the exact same commercial as an Israeli milk commercial! :O

via brifando

belgian music!

...Because nobody knows belgian bands and I didn't either before my friend Rolinde told me about them!
This a great song and it gets addictive, trust me...

found on the web

This is a funny McDonald's commercial, although it's not considered that great because this situation could have been applied to any type of food. Therefore the propaganda did not serve its purpose of making people believe the most desirable food is McD's.




Diesel says to have come up with this for being stupid and changing their logo. Now they are back to using their original red logo. Funny commercial too, but is it smart to say people should be stupid? ;)

I don't want to be adored for what I merely represent to you

- Alanis

1001 rules for my unborn son

“No one makes you feel inferior without your consent."
- Eleanor Roosevelt

“Courage is not the lack of fear, it is acting in spite of it."
- Mark Twain

“On matters of style, swim with the current. On matters of principle, stand like a rock."
- Thomas Jefferson.

“Be like a duck. Remain calm on the surface and paddle like hell underneath."
- Michal Caine

“It takes a long time to grow young."
- Pablo Picasso

via 1001 rules for my unborn son

inspired by a cup of jo

"you must strive to find your own voice. because the longer you wait to begin, the less likely you are to find it. thoreau said, "most men live quiet lives of desperation," don't be resigned to that! break out! "
-dead poets society

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the invisible children

very influential post here.
such a sad story. makes me feel so impotent, among so many other things.

link to the movement here.

"Love your other how they need to be loved, not how you need to be."