May 2013
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West vs. East White vs. Black Rich vs. Poor Straight vs. Gay Us vs. Them
Are these really the issues behind the wrongs in the world? As long as we continue to have narrow focus on the issues we neglect the main issue – our own human nature. If we can gain an honest, holistic view on our humanity, I really think these specifics will fix themselves.
Edit: A half hour after writing this, I...
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This is so entertaining. Listen to his diddling in...
I hate when I say “HI” too loudly and enthusiastically… especially to a pretty girl.
“If you’re going to invest in documenting your memories, you owe it to yourself...”
– Kyle Dreger (via mndrngs)
Never an excuse for boredom
After beginning a really busy schedule, I’ve begun to realize that my periods of boredom was really just free time taken for granted. Now there are things I want to do and explore that I don’t have time for again, like rebranding myself, updating my portfolio, learning new things on the guitar, and exploring photography more.
The Cycle of Trends
This is basically what I see on Tumblr every day.
Sincerity/Inception: “Cool bro. No one’s doing this. I’m so cool. Swag. Yaddayaddayadda.”
Irony/Parody: “Everyone’s doing this and it sucks, now let’s talk about that.” Meta-Irony/Annoying self-referential shit: “Everyone’s talking about how everyone talks about it. Let’s talk...
The air is really still right now so I can hear the ocean really loudly tonight. It’s beautiful.
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Listen
Just found out that there’s a band named after my hometown. Pretty bizzarre since a lot of people on this island don’t even know where Aina Haina is.
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I take one odd day off and everything is off balance… That’s ok though at least I got a tan.
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When I think of how I viewed life at points in the past 5 years, it was often negative. However, the things that I saw as negative then, in many ways, made some of my best memories during that time possible.
What things in my life today will I miss a year from now?
Maintain perspective. It’s too easy to forget to be thankful now because anything could happen in the future.
PSA
theolduvaigorge:
Oye, gente. Be nice to each other. Have some empathy. Pain is universal and suffering isn’t a contest. It crosses all manmade sociocultural boundaries. Someone always has it worse but that doesn’t delegitimise another person’s struggles or her/his personal experience of sorrow. I repeat, be kind to those who merit kindness. Try not to judge without self reflection and treat each...
