Pages of Potpourri

This blog is a random collection of anything I find beautiful, inspirational, amusing, hilarious, heart-warming, useful, informative, and thought-provoking. I am a bibliophile, a lover, a Disney enthusiast, and a college student. I post a lot of text posts, because this is a personal blog that I use to collect my thoughts.

DISCLAIMER: I do not claim ownership of any images, video, or music, unless otherwise stated, and I attempt to give credit when necessary.
May 29 '12
“As a woman, I feel continually shhh’ed. Too sensitive. Too mushy. Too wishy washy. Blah blah. Don’t let someone steal your tenderness. Don’t allow the coldness and fear of others to tarnish your perfectly vulnerable beating heart. Nothing is more powerful than allowing yourself to truly be affected by things. Whether it’s a song, a stranger, a mountain, a rain drop, a tea kettle, an article, a sentence, a footstep…feel it all – look around you- all of this is for you. Take it and have gratitude. Give it and feel love.”
— Amelia Olson (via shakethecobwebs)

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May 29 '12
whitewhine: Sound logic from the future leaders of our nation This is just sad.

whitewhine:

Sound logic from the future leaders of our nation

This is just sad.

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May 28 '12

Unbearably beautiful.Arrival of the Birds&Transformationby The Cinematic Orchestra.

Writing my Literary Critical Theory essay while playing this repeatedly. The trouble is, this music is quite relaxing and haunting, so what I really want is to lay around and contemplate the universe. Fun, but not so productive.

May 28 '12

unknownskywalker:

Southern Stars by Tim Poulton

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May 28 '12

Avatar: The Last Airbender: Zuko’s reunion with Uncle Iroh. The things this scene did to my feels… ;w;

This scene is so beautiful. It makes my heart so happy.

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May 28 '12
panicandstartariot: Sign the Penny4NASA petition to hopefully increase NASA’s budget for once, by one penny on every tax dollar - the agency is currently facing the lowest annual budget it has seen in four years and is likely to shut down or scrap crucial space exploration missions and other projects.  NASA isn’t just the shuttle program; it’s new technology that enriches our economy, it’s discoveries that advance scientists’ work in leaps and bounds, it’s innovation that drives international research and collaboration to make everyday life a little better.  More than anything, it’s a major force behind how and why we try to understand the infinite, mad, wonderful universe we find ourselves in.

panicandstartariot:

Sign the Penny4NASA petition to hopefully increase NASA’s budget for once, by one penny on every tax dollar - the agency is currently facing the lowest annual budget it has seen in four years and is likely to shut down or scrap crucial space exploration missions and other projects.  NASA isn’t just the shuttle program; it’s new technology that enriches our economy, it’s discoveries that advance scientists’ work in leaps and bounds, it’s innovation that drives international research and collaboration to make everyday life a little better.  More than anything, it’s a major force behind how and why we try to understand the infinite, mad, wonderful universe we find ourselves in.

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May 28 '12

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May 28 '12

“We Stopped Dreaming”-Neil deGrasse Tyson

From youtube:

Sign the petition!
http://penny4nasa.org/Penny4NASA/Home.html

The intention of this project is to stress the importance of advancing the space frontier and is focused on igniting scientific curiosity in the general public.

This man is seriously so brilliant and inspiring. Half of one penny of every dollar in America could save the Space Program. When I look at the stars, I think about the inconceivable multitude of things that humanity has yet to discover, and it makes me feel so very thankful for the smallness of our lives. The universe is unimaginably vast. I think a few halves of a few pennies are worth it to expand our knowledge of just our own solar system. Keep dreaming. Keep looking at the stars. Keep your curiosity and wonder about the universe alive. Are we human because we gaze at the stars, or do we gaze at them because we are human?

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May 28 '12
She didn’t even answer my question or defend herself. She has absolutely no valid argument, and this just proves it.

She didn’t even answer my question or defend herself. She has absolutely no valid argument, and this just proves it.

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May 28 '12

This is insane

keepyourlegsclosedteens:

The amount of hate mail is crazy, you would think that if you don’t like the blog you would simply ignore it.  Why waste time writing to me when you know I am not changing my opinion? 

It’s because you are harming other people, psychologically, when there is no moral basis for your argument. Having a blog entitled “Happy not to be a slut” and telling teen mothers that they are in trouble makes them feel worse than they probably already do. Shaming people for their sexual choices is not a correct action. It is not about changing your opinion, which definitely seems impossible given the incredible thickness of your skull, but informing you of the harmful consequences of your actions may make you choose a different outlet for your beliefs. With this blog you are not informing people of the reality of teen pregnancy as you claim, but simply shaming the people that are already teen parents. Instead of using the internet as a platform for hate, why don’t you take some physical, real action and help educate teen mothers about various forms of birth control (including abstinence), volunteer your time to charities that help spread information about teen pregnancy, or just shut the hell up. Because you are not doing yourself, or anyone, a favor by having this blog.

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