Isn't it funny how gratitude and grief go hand in hand?

Perks

I just discovered that my favorite book from high school has been made into a movie.  I wonder if I'll see it - you always run the risk of the director coloring the book a different way than you do.  But I have to say, it looks nostalgic and lovely.

Time together

We're spending a lot of time together lately.  I have to say, I like it.

It's not that I WANT my blog to die, it's just that my life doesn't consist of much right now.  And that's ok, but it makes it difficult to write about.

Internet Roundup

A lot of the internet browsing I've been doing over the last week is themed, apparently.  I've realized over the last couple of days that I've been exploring women's issues and violence against women via the web.  Here are some of the interesting, powerful, heartbreaking, and inspiring things I've been finding:

• "Rape for Profit" featuring the Seattle-based non-profit, The Genesis Project:


Play RapeForProfit Extended Trailer from RapeForProfitFilm on Vimeo.

• "Dear Daughter" - a powerful letter.

• "A Call to Men" by Tony Porter

• Finally, take 20 minutes to watch this moving and brilliant lecture on the Power of Vulnerability.  Seriously:  

I'd love to hear your thoughts.

Epilogue

It's been a while.  Hello.  I finished school about a week ago and haven't quite been sure what to do with myself.  My lovely mom visited for a couple of days and it was great to see her and do girly things together.  Since then I've been doing a lot of walking, a lot of sitting, a lot of looking at the internet, a lot of watching the Today show and Modern Family.  I went to my internship, too.  It's a confusing and disorienting thing.  Not rushing into a job, I have lots of time to sit and be and think.  I don't know if I like it or not, but I keep telling myself (and mostly believing) that it's good for me.  I feel a little depressed.  But that's ok because my school prepared me to feel that way.  Glad they did.  And I'm doing my best just to let it be what it is - not to fight the ambivalence, sadness, lostness, relief, sleepiness, or nothingness.  That may just be what I need.  

When I am celebrating, or when I feel like I deserve to celebrate, I also feel like I deserve to buy everything that I want.  This becomes a problem.

A really good day

Browsed here:

Ate lunch here:

Drank tea, ate a giant cookie, and played a board game here:

Browsed more here: 

And some here:

Went home and started reading this (and couldn't stop laughing):

Did a little of this:

Then had my mind blown by this:

All with the delightful company of my love.

(Photo credits: Seattle Curbed, Belltowner, Thyme Bomb, Flickr, Decor8, Wikipedia, Apartment Therapy)