M 24 09 -Let Go

Disappointed

In me I'm trying to do things right Can't take the shame Eyes are open Mind is numb Just keep moving So hard not to look back Don't do it! March onward, 1 2 3 4 Over the hill there is the promise of sunshine

The Masks we wear

Why does the Skull-kid wear the mask?

The mask helps him hide his pain and loneliness

The mask gives him confidence

We all wear masks to hide our feelings and vulnerabilities 

We are all Skull-kids

-Vector Majora’s Mask, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, created by dotSpaceman-

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Youth is taken from us, either all at once or slowly over TIME...

我哭了

okay sad

Breaking Bad | First and Final Appearances (excluding flashbacks)

这是有意思。

Super cool Chineasy character illustrations. 

I like them a lot, but am admittedly a bit torn on some of them as teaching tools. Although not all chinese characters are pictographs (symbols that are drawn to look like the things they represent), some are - as easily seen above with kou, the mouth, and ren, the person.

Nu, the woman, is also a pictograph - but it’s meant to represent the entire figure of a woman, head, limbs, and torso, not just the face. If you ignore the drawing around it and just focus on the character strokes, I think you can easily see her.

If characters already have pictographic roots, I don’t think it’s entirely necessary to create new ones. Particularly when other, more complex characters may later incorporate those same pictographic roots to make a new meaning - creating new ones could unnecessarily confuse a learner.

Hot pot

She's a little tea pot short and stout The waters boiling over, it's spraying out I neglected the little tea pot for too long Water spraying everywhere it burns my hands Hug the little tea pot, she sears my flesh Things are boiling over, it's spraying out I don't know what to do, it burns so bad

Confusion

Where do I begin?

The confusion has set in

What am I to do?

A New Day

It's 11am when I pull the covers off myself

been feeling down, lost track of for how long

I stagger to my feet, walking toward the kitchen, trying to find something to eat

It's been a long time since I've felt  alive

It is like a darkness has surrounded me, and crept deep down inside

Something draws me to the window, where the blinds are closed so tight

The soft glowing light behind; entices  me

Something feels different, this must be the moment and I shall not let it go 

I'm going to let the light in, for the first time in forever

I'm going to let the sun warm my heart today

Showering in solar rays, looking at the world before me

My body feels alive, for the first time in so long

I feel the darkness melt away

Today is going to be a new day

Happy Presidents’ Day Weekend!

Or maybe not…the official title of Monday’s holiday has actually been “George Washington’s Birthday” since its establishment in 1879. 

Never mind that this holiday hasn’t fallen on Washington’s actual birthday in nearly fifty years or that a certain 16th President also celebrates his big day this month (more on that here).  Grab a slice of cake and tip your party hats to our first President and the 43 that have come after him - including Our Presidents’ own fab thirteen!

Portraits from the Presidential Timeline, The U.S. National Archives, and whitehouse.gov.