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Don’t stay angry about anything for more than a week, but don’t forget what made you angry. Hold your anger out at arm’s length and look at it, as if it were a glass ball. Then add it to your glass ball collection.

Excerpts from “How to be Perfect”

by Ron Padgett

(via ntnchamp2)

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Procrastination is when you spend 15 minutes cleaning your phone out with a tiny paintbrush.

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This will be my tombstone; my final retaliation to all those who tease me about being a hypochondriac. 

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I think I might be becoming unintentionally sort of vegan

All I ate for dinner last night was two bunches of steamed bok choy. I did this for two reasons: I wanted to be extra economical (trying to actually save money instead of merely talking about saving money) and I wanted something healthy. As I reflected on what I ate last night (I often reflect on weird, unimportant things), I realised that I could happily continue solely eating vegetables for the remainder of my time in China. 

So I'm going to try and stick to veges only. I'm not going to be very strict about it when I'm eating out (which will be limited from now on anyway with my new money saving intentions). I'm also lactose intolerant, which means I avoid dairy. So if you think about it...I'm basically going to be a vegan. But not really because I'm not doing it because I'm against eating meat, I'm just trying to ramp up the tightassery and be more conscious of what I consume. 

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“As an atheist, I see nothing “wrong” in believing in a God. I don’t think there is a God, but belief in him does no harm. If it helps you in any way, then that’s fine with me. It’s when belief starts infringing on other people’s rights when it worries me. I would never deny your right to believe in a God. I would just rather you didn’t kill people who believe in a different God, say. Or stone someone to death because your rulebook says their sexuality is immoral. It’s strange that anyone who believes that an all-powerful all-knowing, omniscient power responsible for everything that happens, would also want to judge and punish people for what they are.”

Ricky Gervais: “Why I’m an Atheist” 

He does have a point. 

(via perpetual-solitude)

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I finally decided to buy a face mask today. It feels a little extreme but this pollution is also pretty extreme so I'm going to do whatever it takes to minimise the amount of crap that eats away my lungs.

Also, how ridiculous is this?! "High-ranking leaders have top-of-the-line air purifiers at their homes and offices and eat food from private farms run by the military. They are chauffeured around in private cars and have access to the best medical care. The leaders of the People’s Republic literally breathe different air than the people they govern."

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Snowball fighting after ice skating on Hou Hai, Beijing.

Clark destroyed me. Like, I was covered in snow. I'm not very good at throwing snowballs. I'm also not very good at ice skating. I am, however, better than Brian and XJ, who chose to rent chair-sleds (what are chairs that slide on ice called?). I made fun of the chairs initially but being pushed on it and pushing someone else was actually pretty fun. 

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No Seconds by Henry Hargreaves

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Finally watched Mulholland Drive last night. I wonder what David Lynch's dreams are like. 

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Holy shit I am going to die. #pollution #beijing

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A pretty awesome aerial of Central Park by Sergey Semenov.

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Seoul in however many photos Tumblr allows me to post. 

All I did was eat and shop, hence the food porn. 

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Have been sitting at Starbucks for about 2 hours opposite 2 dudes. One of the guys came over and asked for my number for his buddy. Flattered. But at the same time slightly confused. I didn't realise that guys over the age of 16 still needed their friends to ask for girls' numbers for them. I can't speak for all women but that's a sure fire way to prevent me from giving you my number.