Dear book, this is another day in my life. A life is like a book. A book is like a box. A box has six sides. Inside and outside, so, how do you get to what's inside? How do you get what's inside, out? Once upon a time, there lived a very pretty girl, who lived in a beautiful box, and everybody loved her.

“Jealousy would be far less torturous if we understood that love is a passion entirely unrelated to our merits.”

"And that's the day I knew there was this entire life behind things, and... this incredibly benevolent force, that wanted me to know there was no reason to be afraid, ever. Video's a poor excuse, I know. But it helps me remember... and I need to remember... Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world I feel like I can't take it, like my heart's going to cave in. "

Tim Travis:            What am I going to do for the rest of my life? All of a sudden it matters. 

Penny Travis:        Well, Tim, the secret to the success of life is to find something you love. 
                              Is there something that you love? 

Tim Travis:            Yes. 

Penny Travis:        Good. And you have to do that for the rest of your life. 
                              And you'd better hope to hell that you're good at it, because if you're not you'll probably fail. 

Tim Travis:            How do you know if you're good at it? 

Penny Travis:        How do you know if you're good at it... 

Tim Travis:            Yes. 

Penny Travis:        People tell you. 

"I know, I know. Life is so disappointing. Here you are. You have arrived. You are here. This is your moment. What do you have? You have pain. You have everything. What do you have? You have nothing. Everything is right, or everything is wrong. It's disappointing, it's confusing. This is life. What can we do?"

Feeling angst-y again.

This is really fucking frustrating.

Constantly being close to what you want...

and never having exactly what you need....

its the worst fucking feeling.

So over this.

“I can sail without wind; I can row without oars. But I cannot part from my friend without tears.”

I woke dreaming we had broke
Dreaming you left me for someone new
And you cried, drying those brown eyes
Crying you're sorry - sorry won't do

But this is the way I need to wake
I wake to you
And you never left me
All that I dreamt had been untrue
Open my eyes
I see sky

Oh, oh, oh, oh, you know the way to keep me on my toes
I, I, I will be fine - just say you'll stay forever mine
'Til we fall asleep tonight

SKY: JOSHUA RADIN/INGRID MICHAELSON

A Quiet Place to Remember Lost Friends

"Nature does not play favorites and just as the earthquake struck New Zealand recently, the fires ravaged Australia two years ago, and the tsunami struck India and Thailand not so very long ago, the message is clear -- we all share the dangers of living on the water planet called earth.

In the face of such peril from the forces of nature, we are all equal.

I have heard many people say that Japan's tragedy is karma. People who say such things do not understand the concept of karma. This earthquake struck Japan purely on the basis of geography and geology."

-Quoted Paul Watson (Huffington Post) Tears for the Land of the Rising Sun

For Whom the Bell Tolls

by John Donne

No man is an island,

Entire of itself.

Each is a piece of the continent,

A part of the main.

If a clod be washed away by the sea,

Europe is the less.

As well as if a promontory were.

As well as if a manner of thine own

Or of thine friend's were.

Each man's death diminishes me,

For I am involved in mankind.

Therefore, send not to know

For whom the bell tolls,

It tolls for thee.

"Perhaps the price of comfort is that life passes more rapidly. But for anyone who has lived in uneasiness, even for a short, memorable duration, it's a trade-off that will gladly be made." (Arthur Nersesian-Author)

My sympathy and prayers and condolences

to those who lost their loved ones in the tragedy

that struck Japan

and to all the children who are left orphans,

without homes,

without family.

It truly is heartbreaking.

Those who believe this was "deserved" are ignorant and hateful.

No one deserves this.