February 2012
4 posts
The Quit In You
Every time “…because I don’t feel like it” is your best reason to not do something… that’s the quit in you. Every time you you are faced with a choice between a productive course of action or a comfortable course of action, and you choose the latter… that’s the quit in you. Every time an ”I don’t think I can do it” is followed by...
Graveyard
3am-noon: Those are the hours I’ve been working for the past few days and will be working through the month of February. These are a few of the mental notes I’ve taken during the transition to the new shift: - My sleep schedule hasn’t just changed; it’s been eliminated altogether. I have no circadian rhythm to speak of at this point. I’ve slept at almost all hours of...
January 2012
6 posts
“You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by...”
– Audrey Hepburn
WatchAbed is to Troy as Aric is to Tyler
Think Before You Speak →
This is my favorite PSA campaign. Sophisticated problem. Simple solution: education & empathy.
December 2011
8 posts
“It is not so much our friends’ help that helps us, as the confidence of...”
– Epicurus
And so it begins...
Solve the problem by circling the letter next to the answer that correctly fills in the blank: The Kobe face is always justifiable, even when _________________. a) the Lakers are losing b) it’s a preseason game c) he is just one possession removed from getting his dunk attempt batted in front of his home crowd d) he just faked having a wrist injury to elicit sympathy and dodge some...
Oh, the hypocrisy...
I was sitting at a workstation yesterday, engrossed in my own business, when I realized that the email I was reading was the same email I have tried reading at least five times in as many minutes. I tried, and failed. Why? I failed because I was unable to maintain focus through the obnoxiously loud conversation that was taking place just to my left. And to define obnoxiously loud, I have outlined...
November 2011
7 posts
Dilemma
“Sooo… This is kinda it for us… Unless I say something. And it might especially be it for us if I actually do say something.” - Childish Gambino
October 2011
8 posts
Why I'd be ok with a girl
I went out to dinner tonight. The food was average, and the service was dreadful. But the night was salvaged by one individual. She was about 30 inches tall, between 2 and 3 years old, and was sitting in a high chair at the end of the booth in front of the one I was at. Every so often, she would lean back in her high chair and peek around the corner at me. And with captivating innocence and...
“The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches, but...”
– Benjamin Disraeli
September 2011
10 posts
“Love is a gamble always; but waiting won’t change the dice. You either...”
– Shirley from Community
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said; people will forget...”
– Maya Angelou
“No one looks back on their life and remembers the nights they got plenty of...”
– Unknown
To the left, to the left...
In my previous post I noted that “I’m 350 miles from a social circle comprised of people that I have grown to know and love… People who can’t be replaced.” And that’s the thing about people I suppose… They can’t be replaced. People enter your life and leave it, often times without you having any say one way or the other. And because no two people on...
Narrowing the gap
We often hear people talk about college graduation as a segue to “the real world” or “the next step.” Regardless of what we call it, it goes without saying that college graduation is a major transition period in one’s life. Let’s examine. For one, I’m not heading back to UCLA in the next week. I’ll be at home in Milpitas. For two, I won’t be...
Couronfidence
The courage and confidence to try something is often more significant than the actual ability to do it.
August 2011
6 posts
“If anything ever happens want you to know this:
I always took the time to smell...”
– Childish Gambino
“Life is not the way it’s supposed to be. It’s the way it is. The way...”
– Virginia Satir
July 2011
10 posts
