Author Archives: tblradmin

gardyloo:

geekhideout:

Sad but true. Girls need Imagination Toys too!

I’m lucky I had Lego and the Great Outdoors as a child. Engineering here I come!

Realistic Love Letters

I fall in love from a distance easily and swiftly. I know I idolize people, and that it can prevent true connections from forming, and I’m working on that, but I’m still a bit of awe of anyone with talent or passion. Maybe they’re the same thing. Lately I keep thinking, I could fall in love with a mathematician, or someone who does scientific research, who would be my equal. I could only be happy with someone who is brilliant. But the next day it will be, I’ll love someone with their own life, with their own interests, who I’ll never be able to fully understand, but that won’t matter. This week I’m sure it will be someone with freckles. Last week I was sure I’d fall for someone with a beautiful voice. Or maybe someone who is reckless, or ambitious, or brave, or broken. We could repair each other. I guess what I’m trying to say is that I’m open to the possibilities. I think people am not always the best at understanding or interacting. I think people are beautiful.

onourway:

caroline-forbes:

best so far.

hehehe

Weather and Personality Types

Today is stormy and wet and there is thunder, yet it’s still warm. This is my favourite weather along with spring and perhaps hot baked summer days in cold water. Wildness nourishes me. My friend has been trying to ‘type’ me recently. I’m not exactly sure what that means aside from the fact there are types of people according to some sort of personality test based on qualities and attributes. My friends are pretty excited about it though and I don’t mind them trying in the slightest, even though I think I’m pretty unique. I haven’t always fit sow well, and this case seems to be no different. They are struggling. One of them has decided I am a type I forget the name of aside from the fact rational is in the title and my friend has only come across two of them before, one of them being a teacher I have conflicted feeling about. Anyways, I was asked a bunch of questions and most of them seemed to fit in pretty well with my world view, so it’s not like this is completely inaccurate. One thing I was asked, or more like told, is that I need to be around people, a lot. It’s true, but here is also where I lose faith in these kinds of tests, because as much as I need to be around people, I also need nature, I need stars and lighting and wet grass. I need lakes and mountains and to get away from electronics every once in a while (ironic, seeing that I’m writing this on my laptop). I never feel more inspired then when outside. I never feel more at peace either. Today  I ran out on the wet lawn and danced like a little kid, spinning and prancing, and for a moment, when I glanced down at the placed I’d trampled the grass, I thought, there are impressions of joy. Basically, I’m glad it’s finally raining.

These elementary kids were reluctant to self-identify as nerds, but they also weren’t really sure what it meant to be a nerd so we talked about it. We reached the conclusion that a nerd is really someone who likes something a lot. Nerds are people who like stuff. It could be anything; there can be book nerds, horse nerds, poetry nerds etc.

Barbra Adler

oh go away snow, summer is happy