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Laurel. INTP/INFP. Idealist. Contradiction. Unrepentant geek/nerd/dork of various sorts. I write. I'm interested in pretty much everything. This tumblr is a bit like a glimpse inside my head. It's me gathering up the fragments... This tumblr is a bit like my love letter to the world.

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Jul 04
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I love the 4th of July.
Photo by Mubashir.

I love the 4th of July.

Photo by Mubashir.

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4th of July bento.
By Sherimiya.

4th of July bento.

By Sherimiya.

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Photo by Briburt.
Photo by Briburt.
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Photo by Grufnik.
Photo by Grufnik.
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I went to see the Charlotte Symphony and fireworks in the park the other day.  It’s probably my favorite event of the year.  There’s just something about being in a park on a serene Summer evening, listening to the Symphony playing, watching the lightning bugs float around children playing with sparklers or glow sticks…  It’s a magical atmosphere.  There was an estimated 10,000-12,000 people in that little park last night.  I just sat there, as the darkness rolled in and let it soak in…the energy of all of those people, while looking up at the tall trees above me.

Then the fireworks came, and they were spectacular.  I loved listening to the children, and indeed even the adults, oohing and aahing over them.  There were heart shaped ones, smiley faced ones, and some star ones.  The star ones had these two little girls behind me very excited.  “It’s a star!  It’s a star!”  They would cry out with delight over and over.  Then one proclaimed happily “Yes, it’s Jesus’s star!”  There were also the fireworks that boom so loud and sharp you can feel it throuhout your body (love those), and the kind that seem to swim around the sky while making a shrill noise (love those too), as well as the more traditional colored bursts (you guessed it…I love those also).  The finale filled the sky with colored lights and booms of all kinds as the crowd sent up various sounds of their appreciation.  There’s just something in me that loves fireworks…  So I thought that I would post this video, even though I posted it last year.  It’s worth a reblog.

Fireworks in reverse to the sound of Festival by Sigur Rós, which I actually find very moving for some reason.

Happy Fourth, my fellow Americans!

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justojusto:
Michael Jackson’s PR firm says StaplesCenter.com received 500m hits since 11.30 PDT avg of 120,000/sec

justojusto:

Michael Jackson’s PR firm says StaplesCenter.com received 500m hits since 11.30 PDT avg of 120,000/sec
Jul 02
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skysignal:

Running Up That Hill (Placebo)

It doesn’t hurt me.
You wanna feel how it feels?
You wanna know, know that it doesn’t hurt me?
You wanna hear about the deal I’m making?
You be running up that hill
You and me be running up that hill

And if I only could,
Make a deal with God,
And get him to swap our places,
Be running up that road,
Be running up that hill,
Be running up that building.
If I only could.
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unexcitable:
story teller
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(via skysignal)
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A child can always teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something, and to know how to demand with all his might that which he desires.
— Paulo Coelho - The Fifth Mountain (via myserendipities) (via doublebagel) (via quote-book)
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