Lydia Netzer (via:ntima)
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All the crap you read in magazines about honesty, sense of humor, communication, sensitivity, date nights, couples weekends, blah blah blah can be trumped by one word: loyalty. You and your spouse are a team of two. It is you against the world. No one else is allowed on the team, and no one else will ever understand the team’s rules. This is okay. The team is not adversarial, the team does not tear its members down, the team does not sabotage the team’s success. Teammates work constantly to help and better their teammates. Loyalty means you put the other person in your marriage first all the time, and you let them put you first. Loyalty means subverting your whims or desires of the moment to better meet your spouse’s whims or desires, with the full understanding and expectation that they will be doing the same. This is the heart of everything, and it is a tricky balance. Sometimes it sways one way and sometimes the other. Sometimes he gets to be crazy, sometimes it’s your turn. Sometimes she’s in the spotlight, sometimes you. Ups and downs ultimately don’t matter, because the team endures.
Susan Cain, Quiet (via revelationsong)
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Introverts, in contrast, may have strong social skills and enjoy parties and business meetings, but after a while wish they were home in their pajamas. They prefer to devote their social energies to close friends, colleagues, and family. They listen more than they talk, think before they speak, and often feel as if they express themselves better in writing than in conversation. They tend to dislike conflict. Many have a horror of small talk, but enjoy deep discussions.
Bon Iver Pick-Up Lines (via boniverpickuplines)
You can pronounce my name like Bonny Bear, and girl, you can cuddle me all night.
Benjamin Gibbard
Lead singer of Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service
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At some point I thought that, as I got older, I’d come to terms with a lot of things. I’d solve some big problems, and eventually I’d become content. It’s almost more depressing to think that the older you get, the more your problems multiply. When I’m old, I’d like to wake up in the morning and not really do anything—just be happy to exist.
At work
Typing away… getting everything prepped for the technicians tomorrow.
I miss my best friend.
I’d rather be laying in bed with her eating home-made strawberry waflfles with the stubborn intention of staying in bed all day. This weekend was not long enough.
Eddie Vedder (via ohsopathetique)
Yeah I’m a lucky man to count on both hands the ones I love.
Settle Down | Kimbra
I wanna settle down, I wanna settle down, won’t you settle down with me? Settle down.
Happiness
I understand the value of happiness and what’s required to reach it. What happens is from now on. I’d rather be in meager living conditions surrounded by beautiful nature, weather and a loving family to come home to. I’d pick that any day over this dry, barren desert filled with selfish people and aggressive behaviors. Frankly, I don’t blame the people. I blame the environment. Arizona rises to 110 degrees and even further on black asphalt. Anything green or beautiful is safe-kept up North away from the busy-bodies. We’re forced to deal with a hot climate and constant concrete surroundings. Even city-dwellers get to escape to the beach every now and then.
There’s been plenty of studies that show a positive correlation with rising climate to aggressive behavior and crime. Here’s an example. When there is no natural beauty present, the culture will shift dramatically when left to it’s own devices.
I know that I owe much to this state, primarily because I was raised here. I would never repeat these years given the chance and have no intention to raise my kids here. I would rather work myself to the bone to make a living knowing that my children are growing up in a safe and loving environment.
To brew warm tea and talk with my family while sitting outside to watch the first snow fall. Huddling close next to the fire and tell stories and joke around. Love is real happiness. This is what I want. Even if I am not blessed with children, or a family, I know that my mecca resides on the Northwest Coast.
Why am I still here. I will never understand.
