It’s raining.
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The Brown Notebook
"It is important to act quickly. To seize the day! And the moment.
Don't put off till tomorrow what you can do today,
for tomorrow you could be dead."
I have a brown, spiral, reporter style notebook, no bigger than your hand.
That book is what this is all about.
In it I write everything. Notes, thoughts, epiphanies; records of what I do, what I want, what I'm scared of.
The deepest, the darkest, feelings and fears. Be it angry and irritated or calm and content or terrified and lonely.
But it is time these things weren't so private. It is time I learnt to express myself, and not steal away between the pages of notebooks when inner turmoil grips me.
It is time this life was shouted and the joys openly rejoiced and the fears openly feared.
I want to express my life, not hide it.
And if you happen to take the time to record your thoughts then I'll reply, and see if I can get a sense, perhaps just for a moment, of what it is like to be you too.
This is The Brown Notebook. Enjoy.
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Oui?
May302012
1AM
At this point I am procrastinating Bedtime.
5 year old me »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»> 19 year old me
progress??
1AM
THE WORST FEELING OF BAD FEELINGS
1AM
The Political Notebook: Media Diet: A Beginner's Guide
I recently had someone ask me what sources were good for becoming more informed about news and current events. I noticed in the response that a number of people would have preferred a rebloggable post on the subject. So, here, reformatted, is my media consumption starter kit.
If you want to…
1AM
FEMINISM! What? Yeah.: Being Fat and Femme as Resistance.
When I was a little girl, I loved barbie dolls. I had barbies that looked like fairies, I had barbies that were mermaids, barbies that I could put makeup on, and barbies that I would play with in my bubble baths.
When I was a little girl, I practically lived in my tutu. It…
1AM
Femininity (Taken with instagram)
Something I drew inspired by Kim Crosby’s speech at TO’s S.W.
It’s just a rough copy at the moment, I hope to have it finished before summers up, the script reads:
“Femininity in all bodies is discriminated against because of the negative meaning to being female, it is not our gender that needs to change, but these systems of oppression that award privelage to some at the expense of others. (Kim Crosby) I will not apologize for this body I am blessed with! I will not be shamed for who I am!”
I love the words here and I think every woman should hold fast to these phrases and meditate on the understanding that we are not WRONG, that we are what we are and shouldn’t be faced with pain and hurt because of this.
<3 work towards loving yourselves today guys <3
1AM
Picture of the Day: Tahrir Square in Cairo. Several thousand protesters filled the famously revolutionary Tahrir Square on Monday night to protest the presidential election, angry at being given a choice only between a Muslim Brotherhood candidate (Mohammed Morsy) and Mubarak’s former prime minister (Ahmed Shafiq). Many are torn between a reluctant vote for the MB and not voting at all. Shafiq’s nearby office was set on fire. Protests were also held in Alexandria, Port Said and Suez.
Credit: Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters. Via.
12AM
Ahmed*, 31, lies in his hospital bed as a relative looks on. A farmer in Kunduz, Ahmed suffered serious abdominal and leg injuries after setting off a hidden explosive in his field.
Before the opening of the MSF surgical hospital in Kunduz Province, northern Afghanistan, people in the region suffering from severe injuries had two options. They made the long and dangerous journey to Kabul or Pakistan, or they visited an expensive private clinic. As a result, few patients received the trauma care they needed.
In less than a year, the MSF trauma center, equipped with an emergency room, two operating theaters, and an intensive care unit, has seen more than 3,700 patients. The majority are victims of so-called “general trauma”—road traffic accidents, domestic violence, or civilian gunshot wounds.
More photos: Trauma Care Where There Was None in Northern Afghanistan
*All patients’ names have been changed.
Photos: Afghanistan 2012 © Michael Goldfarb/MSF
(via darksilenceinsuburbia)
12AM
Caitlin Moran wins Writer of the Year at the Glamour Awards tonight.
May292012
The Bean Trees: Ode to Writers
To those who write
because the sanity and sanctity
of their souls require it. Because
of the stroke their brains suffer
from the hemorrhages of repressed
thoughts. To those whose fingers
tingle incomplete without the
stain of ink seeping into their
fingerprints and hands ever-searching
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