Minhaus Octoberfest
Chilifest
Fall leaves
Birthday Treats from my lovely roommate
Halloween awesomeness
In my beautiful Frida Kahlo getup
October Highlights
Monthly Archives: October 2011
Poetry Slam Awesomeness
I’m not normally into this stuff. Very often, orally recited poetry makes me uncomfortable. But this is pretty amazing. Climax at 2:17
What English Sounds like to Foreigners
I’ve often wondered this.
More lately, as I’ve attempted to learn a new language, while also helping a non-native speak English. Language is one of those things that becomes stranger the more you think about it; i.e. try saying a familiar word out loud more than a few consecutive times. A simple, often spoken word begins to sound strange and foreign when repeated.
It’s fascinating to me how languages can sound so rhythmically different from one another. French carries a vastly different tune from English, English from Spanish, so forth. Kind of mind boggling?
“Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresea, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.” –Life’s Little Instruction Book
Hmmmm
Go Betty!
I want to be here
At this very moment in time, If I could be anywhere in the world right now, I think I’d be here …
Old Town Cartagena, Columbia
“You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have trust in something, your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. Believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart even when it leads you off the well worn path, and that will make all the difference.” ~Steve Jobs
Tuesday Inspiration
Maybe it’s time I trap my distractions
A couple of things…
After a busy, long, over-indulgent weekend, I’m in need of some focus and energizing; I’d recommend this or this and also this
AND
A few photos from my weekend! Chilifest in Monroe called for 11AM bloodies, beer-chugging contests, pie-eating, and general high quality fun spent with friends enjoying perfect crisp and sunny fall weather. I love October…
The gang thought that a Bloody Mary bar at 11 AM would be an ideal way to kick off the festivities
Much to everyone's surprise Ben finished first
It was definitely one of those nostalgic fall days
After Bloody Mary's and beer drinking all afternoon, photos like this became common
