Father warns US about plane bomb suspect's behavior
Once again, we fail to prevent crises that could have been avoided. And now we're taking preventive measures after the fact. On top of the ridiculously long security checks there will be pat-downs and passengers have to stay seated the last hour of flight. It makes you wonder how much personal privacy we should give up for national security.
Mystery No More: Scholars Finds Clue to van Gogh's Ear
"For years disputes have raged over what really happened to van Gogh’s ear just before Christmas 1888. Some have blamed his mental illness, others have said he was driven mad by lead in his paints."
Or maybe he cut off his ear because his favorite song was just butchered. That's exactly what I wanted to do when I heard this:
Microcosm - My Head Lines
As a write this, Shrek 2 is playing in the background. Prince Charming's mother, who is also the fairy godmother, is hilarious.
Sooo... notice anything new? Haha after a couple days of obsessing over how to represent slowing time and macro/microcosms I decided to use a photo I took of Old Campus when it first snowed in New Haven! Lots of photoshopping and voila!
Photoshop is like riding a bicycle. I taught myself how to use it years ago, when I used to design websites. I haven't done it in so long, and it felt really good to start it up again, to play with the program and watch the pictures change like magic.
My aunt asked me the other day what my hobby was, and my mind just went blank. As busy as I was, as many activities I had done over the years - debate, Girl Scouts, crocheting- I didn't really have a hobby. Was there anything I particularly enjoyed doing? Omg, what do I live for? Ok too dramatic.
But seriously, if you didn't have a hobby - something you put your energy into and looked forward to - did that mean that you were just passing your life doing obligatory, routine things? The saying is "If you do something you love, you'll never work a day in your life." Well, work is work for a lot of people I know. We always assume this is because they don't have the luxury of choosing a career they love.
But what if it's also that they don't know what they love? That they never got the opportunity to find out?
I guess that's what college is for. I'll keep that in mind when blue booking (Yale-lingo for selecting courses)
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