September 2011
14 posts
The trip
“Journey Proud- It’s the feeling you get when you’re looking forward to a big trip, a trip you’ve planned in such detail that you can already picture yourself in the place, and you can hardly wait to live in the perfect, anticipated memory.”
Two Kinds
“There are two kinds of people in the world: those who must at points move on because they fear they will lost or damage something if they don’t; and those who stay because to love for them means to preserve and to hold on.”
-from The May Queen
Gratitude
“I feel gratitude that I was able to muster the courage to take a step toward my deepest dream while still staying light enough on my feet to follow the path when it took a most unexpected turn.”
-from “The May Queen”
The Late Bloomer
“Turning thirty replaced ambition with a kind of trust. My goals became simpler, based less on proving things to the outside world, and more on exploring parts of the world that are still new and curious to me. I finally began to embrace the quirks and oddities that make up my musical and personal tendencies, without being proud or embarrassed by them.”
-from “The May...
Roughneck
Roughneck is a slang term for a person whose occupation is hard-manual labour, typically in a dangerous working environment. The term applies across a number of industries, but is most commonly associated with oil rigs.
