already?

Vatican Mosaic
Originally uploaded by -djb-

I didn't realize it was lent!
Found out by looking at some stuff on a posterboard on campus... guess I'll be getting my ash on later today

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Lover (in red)

If it was possible, I think I would fall in love with these shoes.

Took a nap (thanks for the wake up call Chris!) and I actually feel good and productive at this hour. Lots of work to do... so I'll probably be posting a bit more today, haha.

I'll justify them as constructive breaks, or something to that effect.


[Daft Punk - Veridis Quo]
[Lustful]

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Photo-Shop

Hadn't watched SNL in a while, but if they keep putting out stuff like this they'll have me back. I believe in 2nd chances. And big butts :P


As you can probably tell, I recently re-discovered hulu and I have to say their selection's pretty good... perhaps I should curb my tv watching online.
And offline.

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Diplomatic Shark

Diplomatic Shark
Originally uploaded by -djb-

I woke up today and found this website in one of my tabs.
I've been trying to figure it out, but I have no idea how or why it got there.

But I'm entertained.

I'm beginning to think Chris is may be right. I might have too much time... or I'm just easily distracted, but there's nothing new about my short attention span.

http://www.diplomaticshark.com/

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interns (sfw?)

This is one of the funniest (new) things I've seen in a while.
Episode Four - Hare Today, Gone Tomorrow


I actually don't know how new it is, but it's new to me.

I think it's sfw...

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v-day

Nathalie?
Originally uploaded by -djb-

Do people really do things like these?
http://lifestyle.msn.com/relationships/articlecosmo.aspx?cp-documentid=17218149&GT1=32023

14. Giving you ghastly mall-rat jewelry that you saw on his sister the week before.
15. Doing the deed with you, then crying afterward because his ex-girlfriend Mandy broke up with him last Valentine's Day.

If so, I've been giving people (fellow men) a lot more credit than they deserved.
Makes me feel like one of those banks, you know?
The ones making bad loans.

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Lump...

neck lump
Originally uploaded by -djb-

Things have been kinda rough the last week or so. Today a friend of mine noticed I have a lump on my neck... BLARGGGG!!

... glad to be going home this week, though :)

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Like you'll never see me again

Crucifix @ Notre Dame
Originally uploaded by -djb-

It may be cliché, but it usually takes something drastic for us to change.

Today, one of my friends died. Just like that.

He was running a half marathon and sometime near the end, his heart gave out.

It's also cliché to say (or pretend) that you're living life to the fullest or like it's the last day of your life when you actually expect to have another day to continue. Another day to finish what you started. Another day to tell someone you love them for the first time, or remind someone that you do. We need to do it at least every now and then.

[Alicia Keys - Like you'll never see me again.]

If I had no more time
No more time left to be here
Would you cherish what we had?
Was it everything that you were looking for?
If I couldn't feel your touch
And no longer were you with me
I'd be wishing you were here
To be everything that I'd be looking for
I don't wanna forget the present is a gift
And I don't wanna take for granted the time you may have here with me
'Cause Lord only knows another day is not really guaranteed

So every time you hold me
Hold me like this is the last time
Every time you kiss me
Kiss me like you'll never see me again
Every time you touch me
Touch me like this is the last time
Promise that you'll love me
Love me like you'll never see me again

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quotes + change

Sun + Flower
Originally uploaded by -djb-

cleaning up my profile, I'm posting my old quotes. It feels like an appropriate time to do some re-adjusting, re-evaluating, re-tweaking.

"There is certainly no absolute standard of beauty. That precisely is what makes its pursuit so interesting.

- I just called my dad (in Pakistan) and after the election, no more death to America!

- Everyone shut up! I'm calling CNN

- I thought all your parties were drunken orgies
- They can't all be perfect

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.

- My family did not escape communist China so that I would end up living in a quad

I have the gift of neither the spoken nor the written word, especially if I have to say something about myself or my work... Whoever wants to know something about me - as an artist, the only notable thing - ought to look carefully at my pictures and try and see in them what I am and what I want to do.

Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn.

Cuando deseas algo con todo el corazón, todo el Universo conspira para que realices tu deseo.
-- Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist"

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"there is only one thing you can do
when women get hysterical.
run.
as hard as you can."
~Leandro

I had only just realized that I haven't updated the blog with anything of substance - or anything for that matter. Time seems to fly by... And now I have less than a month in Europe and still feel like I have so much more to do. Fortunately, I'll be leaving on my "big" trip this weekend - Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels, and Rome. Should be fun, hehe.

This will also be the first trip I make on my own - up until now I've always been with friends from school (which has been awesome), but we've all gotta travel our own paths and I suppose it's time for me to go my own way - though fortunately I'll be staying with a friend in Paris and in Amsterdam I'll be staying with a cousin I haven't seen in over 9 years!

One of the best things I've found through travelling is the amazing array of people and stories. I've been in a writing mood and written a bit about it, but I need to polish it, it's not ready for prime time yet. I need to get ready for prime time, particularly since in the last phase of my internship I'll be writing a research paper that my boss wants to get published... It's a daunting task - I've never written anything as long or complex (unless you count my personal writing, but that's different...)

Anyhow, I've taken a long enough break already. Time to get more San Sebastian sand out of my computer and get back to writing. Then again, I'm not sure I'll be getting back to writing... a wise man once said, "I'm not a writer, I'm a re-writer". I can identify with that.

[Gym Class Heroes - 7th Period: 7 Weeks]

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