December 2011
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Breaks
Jump to funeral. Jump to failure at ultimate partnership but so many successes at temporary partnerships. Jump to 16 hour car-trips of Jonathan Safran Foer’s words coming from a WALKMAN (remember those?). Jump to force-feed and subsequent loss of mindful eating. Jump to exploiting a free trial day of a gym 18 hours from my city where people distinguish after the temperature whether it is...
Honest liquor store sign:
“OBTAIN, DONT ABSTAIN”
Clever rhyme, direct message to consumers.
I suggest next: “In back, peddle coke! Sample a smoke!”
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Vegan hair salon
I got my first Columbus cut at a (nearly) zero waste salon that sends the leftover hair to be woven into mats to clean up oil spills. All their wonderful decor is repurposed, patrons can decorate the walls, products are plant-based with recyclable packaging and the place even serves enviro-friendly drinks. $25 to support all that and de-frump my head? Done.
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Glory
It stretches into the places where I would rather avert my eyes. It is truly indiscriminate and does not embellish that which is already beautiful, but chooses to make all things exquisite by honoring them. I want to participate in more of it, bow before it, or light a candle in its honor, but Grace and movement and light are already an integral part of glory, as well as evil and decay… and that...
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Silly social work bathroom graffiti
“I just want everyone to be free and feel respected. Is that too much to ask? -Your friendly neighborhood feminist”
(Immediately beneath): GO DO THE DISHES BITCH
Come on, guys.
Apple seeds
How can the same thing be toxic and cure cancer? Should I eat the whole core if it is gross but gives me super-powers? Or should I subtly toss it into nature when no one is looking to avoid poisoning and plant an apple tree?*
*Note: None of the fruit seeds I planted ever grew, even the summer I buried a whole “class” of seeds together including one big cherry seed, fifteen small apple...