Showing posts with label PMA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label PMA. Show all posts
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Monday, June 9, 2008
as requested
so i disappeared...and you can bet the nice weather had something to do with it. i'm going to come with something BIG in the next week or so, but for now...
a few pictures i've snapped the past couple weeks.
this guy lives a few doors down from me; i look forward to seeing him everyday
one day i saw somebody had placed a bunch of flowers in ghandi's hand and really wished i had my polaroid with me. i went back a week later and even though the flowers were now dead, it didn't make a difference to my polaroid
i went to david byrne's 'play the building' at the maritime building with jordan. it made for a great little sunday
in the maritime building. ooooooh & aaaaaaaah indeed
and you KNOW i went to the beach this weekend (drug rug in tow!). it was a real scorcher!
a few pictures i've snapped the past couple weeks.
this guy lives a few doors down from me; i look forward to seeing him everyday
one day i saw somebody had placed a bunch of flowers in ghandi's hand and really wished i had my polaroid with me. i went back a week later and even though the flowers were now dead, it didn't make a difference to my polaroid
i went to david byrne's 'play the building' at the maritime building with jordan. it made for a great little sunday
in the maritime building. ooooooh & aaaaaaaah indeed
and you KNOW i went to the beach this weekend (drug rug in tow!). it was a real scorcher!
Saturday, April 26, 2008
in appreciation
pg tips + aesop rock + wikipedia = me in bed all saturday morning
place me under the covers
BIG post TK, but between my clicking on wikipedia and proclivity for tangents, this one might take a minute
Friday, April 18, 2008
suckers!
so it's been a minute...but here i am! i was quiet for a few days because i felt it would help to prepare me for a new personal goal. and that goal is...
not interrupting! i've started to realize when somebody brings up a topic that i'm really into or know something interesting about, i overstep myself and interrupt. i quickly follow up my anecdote with an oh my gosh, but you were saying? but that's still rude. and i won't do it anymore. or at least have every intention of curbing it to the best of my potential.
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it's spring and i need a new springtime jacket. i've found a few nice uns but they're always mens only! that is not gonna work, even a small would be too big i'm afraid...
this seersucker one from subscript would be real nice...
i can plz has in syze xtra smallz?
oh gosh, this one from woolrich is just...a dream.
guaranteed to turn any boy into a babe
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okay this is pretty funny. guy made a drawing of every piece of art at the MOMA viewable to the public between January 19, 2005 to January 31, 2005. clearly i'm a little late to the party, but at any rate, might make a nice gift for a few of the art phags i know...
the same artist, jason polan, has a blog where he is documenting his attempt to draw every person in new york. i'd love to spot myself on there, but sadly i don't frequent the taco bell on 14th (he has so many pics drawn there!).
taco bell on 14th
oh but i'm in luck. you can make an 'appointment' of somewhere you'll be for several minutes and a description of what you're wearing...and he just might show up to draw your portrait (in secret!).
not interrupting! i've started to realize when somebody brings up a topic that i'm really into or know something interesting about, i overstep myself and interrupt. i quickly follow up my anecdote with an oh my gosh, but you were saying? but that's still rude. and i won't do it anymore. or at least have every intention of curbing it to the best of my potential.
_____________________________________________________________________________________
it's spring and i need a new springtime jacket. i've found a few nice uns but they're always mens only! that is not gonna work, even a small would be too big i'm afraid...
this seersucker one from subscript would be real nice...
i can plz has in syze xtra smallz?
oh gosh, this one from woolrich is just...a dream.
guaranteed to turn any boy into a babe
_____________________________________________________________________________________
okay this is pretty funny. guy made a drawing of every piece of art at the MOMA viewable to the public between January 19, 2005 to January 31, 2005. clearly i'm a little late to the party, but at any rate, might make a nice gift for a few of the art phags i know...
the same artist, jason polan, has a blog where he is documenting his attempt to draw every person in new york. i'd love to spot myself on there, but sadly i don't frequent the taco bell on 14th (he has so many pics drawn there!).
taco bell on 14th
oh but i'm in luck. you can make an 'appointment' of somewhere you'll be for several minutes and a description of what you're wearing...and he just might show up to draw your portrait (in secret!).
Friday, April 11, 2008
Thinking about the immortality of the crab
i cut my hair off and i feel like a new woman! and that woman is...a girl. who knew it would be possible for me to appear even younger than i already do? just call me baby sara.
it's friday night and as i'm wont to do, i drifted to sleep on the couch...and after moving to bed it became apparent sleep wasn't in the cards. my mind's busy with it's favorite past-time...daydreaming. or in this case nighttime daydreaming. i really think i'm a champion daydreamer. i mean, i daydream HARD; it gets me in trouble! the scenarios i come up with for any and all situations are borderline ridiculous. pipe dreams, if you will.
a few interesting tidbits from the wonder that is wikipedia (and my own thoughts in bold):
re: daydreaming
While daydreaming has long been derided as a lazy, non-productive pastime, daydreaming can be constructive in some contexts. There are numerous examples of people in creative or artistic careers, such as composers, novelists, and filmmakers, developing new ideas through daydreaming. Similarly, research scientists, mathematicians, and physicists have developed new ideas by daydreaming about their subject areas.
In the late 1800s, Toni Nelson argued that some daydreams with grandiose fantasies are self-gratifying attempts at "wish fulfillment". and what's wrong with that, i ask!
re: pipe dreams
A pipe dream is a fantastic hope or plan that is generally regarded as being nearly impossible to achieve. The term derives from the opium pipe, and dates to the late nineteenth century when opium smoking was common in the United States. who knew???
i feel like my dream of going back to school is a pipe dream right now...but if i throw enough PMA (positive mental attitude, see below) at that thing it just might come true.
one of the 'see also' links on the daydreaming wikipedia page was "Thinking about the immortality of the crab." obviously i was all "what the...?" i should have known...
The phrase is a Spanish idiom usually used to express that an individual was daydreaming, "When I have nothing to do I think about the immortality of the crab" (Cuando no tengo nada que hacer pienso en la inmortalidad del cangrejo). It is also used to wake someone from a reverie,"Are you thinking about the immortality of the crab?" (¿Estás pensando en la inmortalidad del cangrejo?)
hey guy
Spanish idioms are the best...they're so crazy! A couple off my favorites list....to which this crab one will be added...
a final note on daydreaming from a WebMD article:
"Daydreaming is looked upon negatively because it represents 'non-doing' in a society that emphasizes productivity," says John McGrail, a clinical hypnotherapist in Los Angeles. "We are under constant pressure to do, achieve, produce, succeed."
my first thought was ugh that is so true and typical of americans. but then i reconsidered...yeah, we should be driven to do, achieve, produce and succeed. you only live once and shouldn't you DO while you're here...but when pressure is added to the mix things get tricky. it's got to come from your own will. live and let live, i say.
okay...so now for the PMA. in the last year or so i've made a concerted effort to live life on that posi tip. if you're interested in some quick, light, cheesy but possibly life-altering reading, pick up Creative Visualization. not to get too geeky on you, but ever since i put its ideas into practice i've been a pretty happy girl.
PMA - POSITIVE MENTAL ATTITUDE
Positive mental attitude, or PMA, is a psychological term which describes a mental phenomenon in which the central idea is that one can increase achievement through optimistic thought processes. PMA implies that one has a vision of good natured change in one's mind; it employs a state of mind that continues to seek, find and execute ways to win, or find a desirable outcome, regardless of the circumstances. It rejects negativity, defeatism and hopelessness. Part of the process of achieving PMA employs motivating "self talk" and deliberate goal-directed thinking.
it's raining buckets outside and i'm headed off to bed...but not without a bad brains lullaby...
Don't care what they may say
We got that attitude!
Don't care what they may do
We got that attitude!
Hey, we got that P.M.A.!
Hey, we got the P.M.A.!
Hey, we got the P.M.A.!
it's friday night and as i'm wont to do, i drifted to sleep on the couch...and after moving to bed it became apparent sleep wasn't in the cards. my mind's busy with it's favorite past-time...daydreaming. or in this case nighttime daydreaming. i really think i'm a champion daydreamer. i mean, i daydream HARD; it gets me in trouble! the scenarios i come up with for any and all situations are borderline ridiculous. pipe dreams, if you will.
a few interesting tidbits from the wonder that is wikipedia (and my own thoughts in bold):
re: daydreaming
While daydreaming has long been derided as a lazy, non-productive pastime, daydreaming can be constructive in some contexts. There are numerous examples of people in creative or artistic careers, such as composers, novelists, and filmmakers, developing new ideas through daydreaming. Similarly, research scientists, mathematicians, and physicists have developed new ideas by daydreaming about their subject areas.
In the late 1800s, Toni Nelson argued that some daydreams with grandiose fantasies are self-gratifying attempts at "wish fulfillment". and what's wrong with that, i ask!
re: pipe dreams
A pipe dream is a fantastic hope or plan that is generally regarded as being nearly impossible to achieve. The term derives from the opium pipe, and dates to the late nineteenth century when opium smoking was common in the United States. who knew???
i feel like my dream of going back to school is a pipe dream right now...but if i throw enough PMA (positive mental attitude, see below) at that thing it just might come true.
one of the 'see also' links on the daydreaming wikipedia page was "Thinking about the immortality of the crab." obviously i was all "what the...?" i should have known...
The phrase is a Spanish idiom usually used to express that an individual was daydreaming, "When I have nothing to do I think about the immortality of the crab" (Cuando no tengo nada que hacer pienso en la inmortalidad del cangrejo). It is also used to wake someone from a reverie,"Are you thinking about the immortality of the crab?" (¿Estás pensando en la inmortalidad del cangrejo?)
hey guy
Spanish idioms are the best...they're so crazy! A couple off my favorites list....to which this crab one will be added...
- “Aquí hay gato encerrado” - “There’s a cat locked up here” aka “There’s something fishy going on here”.
- “Eso lo sabe hasta el gato” - “Even the cat knows that" aka “Everybody knows that”.
a final note on daydreaming from a WebMD article:
"Daydreaming is looked upon negatively because it represents 'non-doing' in a society that emphasizes productivity," says John McGrail, a clinical hypnotherapist in Los Angeles. "We are under constant pressure to do, achieve, produce, succeed."
my first thought was ugh that is so true and typical of americans. but then i reconsidered...yeah, we should be driven to do, achieve, produce and succeed. you only live once and shouldn't you DO while you're here...but when pressure is added to the mix things get tricky. it's got to come from your own will. live and let live, i say.
okay...so now for the PMA. in the last year or so i've made a concerted effort to live life on that posi tip. if you're interested in some quick, light, cheesy but possibly life-altering reading, pick up Creative Visualization. not to get too geeky on you, but ever since i put its ideas into practice i've been a pretty happy girl.
PMA - POSITIVE MENTAL ATTITUDE
Positive mental attitude, or PMA, is a psychological term which describes a mental phenomenon in which the central idea is that one can increase achievement through optimistic thought processes. PMA implies that one has a vision of good natured change in one's mind; it employs a state of mind that continues to seek, find and execute ways to win, or find a desirable outcome, regardless of the circumstances. It rejects negativity, defeatism and hopelessness. Part of the process of achieving PMA employs motivating "self talk" and deliberate goal-directed thinking.
it's raining buckets outside and i'm headed off to bed...but not without a bad brains lullaby...
Don't care what they may say
We got that attitude!
Don't care what they may do
We got that attitude!
Hey, we got that P.M.A.!
Hey, we got the P.M.A.!
Hey, we got the P.M.A.!
Thursday, April 10, 2008
a change is a comin'
okay okay so i've done some soul searching lately, okay not really, but if i'm going to BLOG i decided it shouldn't be all consumery, consumptive, greedy-seeming, and whatnot. because i'm really not all about that. yeah i appreciate the finer things in life, but i also like to read, enjoy funny things and honestly don't have money to be spending on STUFF. well reading and funny things are also finer things, but you know what i'm saying. i've got to stop. i want to travel so i need to save my money for that. YEAH...i dig that.
so anyway...on to GRAND THINGS. not necessarily of the material variety anymore.
i gotsa date tonight! cute outfit today, ta boot. looking forward to that...
people around me aka my friends are DOING things. i really respect that. i wish there was something i really really wanted to do. i've got the motivation, just lackin the vision right now. ryan's going to be a famous pastry chef. rosie's going to be a famous fashion designer. and i'll be cheering them on along the way...while i contemplate going back to school (on the DL)...
need to sign up for some more races so i stay motivated to run. i also need to get back to running outdoors now that it's so nice out...68 DEGREES today, people! nothing better than that first real spring day, don't you agree?
two (?) springs ago in mccarren park
so anyway...on to GRAND THINGS. not necessarily of the material variety anymore.
i gotsa date tonight! cute outfit today, ta boot. looking forward to that...
people around me aka my friends are DOING things. i really respect that. i wish there was something i really really wanted to do. i've got the motivation, just lackin the vision right now. ryan's going to be a famous pastry chef. rosie's going to be a famous fashion designer. and i'll be cheering them on along the way...while i contemplate going back to school (on the DL)...
need to sign up for some more races so i stay motivated to run. i also need to get back to running outdoors now that it's so nice out...68 DEGREES today, people! nothing better than that first real spring day, don't you agree?
two (?) springs ago in mccarren park
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