December 2009
46 posts
Though no one can go back and make a brand new...
“I am overjoyed that even though the time was brief I loved you and you loved me.”
– A letter to my dead girlfriend
When are you coming home?
Text message from N.
And then it hit me, that (1) by “home”, he meant New York, and that (2) I am now living on my own in one of the world’s greatest cities. Let me gloat about this realization for a second. :)
“I don’t know that love changes. People change. Circumstances change.”
– Nicholas Sparks (via kari-shma)
3 sentences that pretty much sum up my year.
“If you want to move forward, forgive yourself, forgive them, accept that it...”
– The Daily Love (on Twitter) (via thesilentgun)
“The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It’s the loneliness of...”
– Lois Lowry, The Giver (via julie911) (via quote-book)
from the song "Second To None" by Phoenix
I doubt your intentions are to make me feel any better today
I even doubt tomorrow will be as easy as it was
I’ve changed
You’ve changed
It’s not the same
Tell me what’s the difference if I go back to normal again?
skyping with the whole fam
Dad: ang lapit naman ng mukha mo sa screen, kulang nalang lumabas ka sa laptop namin.
Me: yun nga yung goal ko eh.
“Nice boots, cowgirl! High five!”
– Jadine, my 7-year old cousin, commenting on my cowboy boots
“Maybe he needs to man up in the same way you have to man down. Soften up a bit....”
– relationship advice from my dad, heh.
“Love could be set in motion quickly, but true love needed time to grow into...”
– Nicholas Sparks
“Dance like the photo’s not tagged, love like you’ve never been unfriended, tweet...”
– via @zoegb914
NEW YORK IS A CHRISTMAS KIND OF TOWN. <3
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busy and broke
R: how are you?
J: i'm good. christmas parties here and there.
R: good, that will keep your mind off *toot*. that will keep you busy.
J: ... and keep me broke too.
“City life is millions of people being lonesome together.”
– Henry David Thoreau (via nocontest)
“Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.”
– Virgil (via reluctantbuddha)
“Listen to me. Get out of here and move forward. This never happened. It will...”
– Don Draper, Mad Men
“Hindi ako tsismosa, marami lang talaga akong alam.”
Maybe This Christmas - Ron Sexsmith
Maybe this...
“Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall apart.”
– Dear Old Love: Seasoned
The leaves fell off the trees, we fell out of love.
“Love is many things. It’s varied. One thing it is not and can never be is...”
– Madea’s Family Reunion
“You might think that your only choices are to swallow your anger or throw it in...”
– Ted, How I Met Your Mother
“He couldn’t even spell the word COMMITMENT right. You should have known he...”
– GW
LOL. Moral lesson: Don’t date a bad speller.
Lasso - Phoenix
Forever is a long, long time when...