[Lego!]

And then the red one moves away anyway.

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[Dark hair and light hair.]

This is just really lovely and tragic and perfect. Like this life, right?

(some language. not for the faint of ears.)

via Becca

 

After a while, you learn the subtle difference between holding a hand and chaining a soul

And you learn that love doesn't mean leaning, and company doesn't mean security

And you begin to learn that kisses aren't contracts, and presents aren't promises

And you begin to accept your defeats with your head up and your eyes open

And you learn to build all your roads on today

Because tomorrows ground us, too uncertain for plans

And futures have a way of falling down in mid-flight

After a while you learn that even sunshine burns if you get too much

So you plant your garden and decorate your own soul

Instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers

And you learn that you really can endure

That you really are strong

And you really do have worth

 

And you learn and learn

With every goodbye, you learn

After A While by Veronica A. Shoffstall

[Photo a Day: Something new.]

New haircut. She chopped about 5x the "inch and a half" I very explicitly instructed. 

Basically bald. 

Goodbye, princess hair.

I hate everything.

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february photo a day challenge

[Two Tunes Tuesday: The pretty & sad.]

Songs like these have been filling my ears lately. Pretty mixtures of calm, sad, hope, despair...pretty much my jam right now. Here's a little Bon Iver by way of Jose Vanders & Luke Leighfield, plus a mix of the prettiest man voices out there, Jason Mraz & James Morrison.

'Cause blinded, I was blindsided...

Hold your own and know your name and go your own way. Everything will be fine, everything in no time at all. Hearts will hold.

[Two Tunes Tuesday: Your Ex-Lover.]

You didn't think I was going to deny you some good ol' fashioned break up music, did you?? :) Here are two classic songs by Stars, "Your Ex-Lover is Dead" and "One More Night (Your Ex-Lover Remains Dead)" for everyone's listening pleasure (or pain, as the case may be). Both duets, and each lovely and heartbreaking in their own ways. Amazing on their own, but soo brilliant when paired together, as their titles dictate.

[Don't step on my heart.]

So I'm a little blue today. As much as I preach about keeping your head up, my head has been decidedly down all day long. Boo hoo, I know, I know. Anyway, I came across this cute little project in the blogsphere today, and wanted to share. I would have been thrilled to come across one of these little painted stones in the wild today, specifically placed "for people who feel so low they just can't look up," but seeing them on the computer screen was enough for me, I suppose. Cute, right? I know they'll each make someone's day.

I'm afraid I won't have much to blog about for the next little while, but I'll still try to share things like this, things I find that make me happy. I'm going to stop spamming Facebook every time I blog, mostly because it's like, really annoying to the world, so if that's how you usually get here, just check back on your own every now and then.

Bear (stay) with me (please).