“58729 I have the job of my dreams, yet coming home is the best part of the day because it means I get to chat with you and make you smile.”

“58925 i’m glad you guard your heart so dearly.. but it is a fine line between safety and prison. “

Not all secrets apply to yourself but sometimes you just have a special feeling towards a particular feel.
… Guess which ones are actually applicable to me?
anw, these always make me think.

On a random note, why do all the standing fans in my house have such pathetically short wires?
And what happened to the predicted rainy season?
Does anyone want to go out today?

And,

i like this boy ha- ha.

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that one is actually a postcard sent from frank warren (the postsecret guy) to his daughter.  cool, huh?

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(below for the translation…)

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My favorite new secrets from Post- Secret:

Have any secrets?

-jo

Yippy, more kinky people in the world. I wonder what attracts people to kink. Why do people submit? Why does it fill such a big need in people? I don’t know the answers to any of this. I just know what feels good and works for me. I feel in some way that when I submit, I’m closer to the perfect me. Does submission make people perfect? I can’t help but thing of the religious idea of submitting or surrender to God. Is Sir my God? Yes, I think he is.

How did I get on the subject of God? Anyway, I hope this works out for this couple. Kink can be such a beautiful thing.

I love Postsecret.

Part of my weekly ritual is to stop off and catch up on the week’s updates.  It is a good past time. 

Every once in a while I find a card that I think about for a few days, maybe weeks.  But there has only ever been one that I have grabbed and saved. 

It is this one:

It is easy and simple.  Most of all, it is true.  Spending a lot of time learning about history, especially church history, gets you to thinking about who you would have been in the Story. 

No one says Jesus.

Sometimes I think I would be Peter.

Sometimes I think I would be more like Luke or Barnabas. 

But I need to realize sometimes that though I might share some qualities with those other guys, at heart I am Judas.  I can be sneaky, manipulative, shifty and lie.  And oh what wouldn’t I do for a little bit more money right now? 

These are just some thoughts for the day…

this is so wicked !

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sitting here resting my bones, and this loneliness won’t leave me alone.  it’s 2,000 miles i roam, just to make this dock my home.
Otis Redding makes sad things sound so pleasant.

So I stayed in the darkness with you.

The stars, the moon, they have all been blown up!

You left me in the dark.

No dawn, no day, I’m always in this twilight

In the shadow of your heart.

I told chloe and jake I’m back with mike. It felt terrible, because everything chloe said was true. His personality matches his hygene, and apparently his looks too, but I have strange tastes. I know that I’m going to break my own heart when he cheats on me. Because its not if but when. Things are already different from when I first went out with him as just a boy toy.

Anyways, the swings at my old elementary school are the best things ever. Euphoric as the songs of the soundtrack to my life pound through my being. Music could be my religion, as easily as a real religion. I really do feel connected to… Myself? the world? my feelings? a bigger thing? I think thats what a religion is suppose to do for you. That and keep you safe and happy. And feeling alive. Completely alive. I suppose even if that has to do with pain. But knowing that I can feel everything down to my bones makes me happy, even if its sad.

I remember a post secret that I saved because I loved it so much…

ps- Florence and the Machine’s album Lungs is utterly reverent and moving. Simply amazing.

  One of my favorite blogs I check weekly is PostSecret. It was started by Frank Warren on January 1, 2005. The concept is relatively simple and very interesting to me; send in a postcard that is decorated and on it state a secret that had never been spoken before.  The results are phenomenal and have resulted in thousands upon thousands of entries, five books and numerous exhibits across the country. The blog is fully comprised of “postsecrets,” and is updated every Sunday. It is completely ad-free and I absolutely love it. One secret from this week is, “I’m 20 and I don’t know if i’m an alcoholic or the typical college binge drinker… it scares me.” Another is, “When I don’t want to file things at work I shred them.” I personally own all five of the PostSecret books and I think that that blog was a great way to start a successful movement and business. Another blog that I recently found was The Stephan Clan, a blog about a newly married couple as they start their life together. They have blogged about finding a home and most recently finding out they are pregnant with a little boy. I particularly love the blog not because of how advanced the text and set-up was but because of the excitement that radiates through the young parents words and descriptions. You can tell from the pictures and everything else that they are just so happy to be where they are in their life. Overall I believe both blogs, however different are both great and I plan on checking them often.

Each Saturday night I browse Postsecret before turning in for the night.  I loved this gem:

It made me smile.  It also made me ponder my own work-related secrets:

1) My “personal drawer” at work contains several types of tea, lip balm, lotion, and backup hosiery.  It also houses a bright-pink first-grade-style schoolbox containing gel pens and ten Crayola washable markers, a Dunder Mifflin stress ball, five lollipops shaped like flowers, two matchbox cars, and a copy of every award, thank-you, or certificate I’ve earned at my company.  These things simply make me smile.  It also contains five random pieces of Orbit spearmint gum just because they make the drawer smell nice and fresh.

2) The fax number on my business cards is incorrect.  I could fix it, but who cares?  People shouldn’t send surprise faxes anyway.

3) I intentionally get to work earlier than all my coworkers.  This isn’t so much about getting a jump on my workday or making a good impression, but rather because I like twenty minutes to drink my coffee in peace.

4)  I went into this job thinking it would tide me over until I could support myself as a writer, because writing was my greatest joy and talent.  I love becoming a businesswoman more than I ever could love being a writer.  Each day corralling my staff is a greater challenge and more fulfilling creative endeavor than any prose I’ve ever authored.

5) I’ve yet to find even one woman in the business world whom I truly admire.  I’m not sure whether this is telling about my company, the strength of my network, or my personal values.  It’s probably telling of all three.

I love to hear about women who look at porn.

big day, today.

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When teachers allow computers in the classroom I have to wonder: what do they think we’re doing behind these screens? Taking notes? Absolutely not. It’s more likely you will find me Facebooking or taking part in another form of procrastination that will lead to my ultimate academic demise.

But at least I’ll go down laughing.

I’ve spent many an hour wasting time on the interwebs and let me tell you, there is a lot out there that can come between you and your GPA. Need to entertain yourself during a 3-hour lecture? Here are a few of my favorite procrastination sites.

Failblog: Other peoples’ failures are our greatest delights. Indulge your inner bitch by laughing at the blunders of others and feel better about yourself for a minute or two. Before Karma strikes you down dead.

People of Walmart: People-watching at your local Wal-mart can go one of two ways. You will either fight the urge to laugh out loud or fight the urge to gouge your eyeballs out. Both of which will require you to actually enter a Wal-mart. Why not enjoy the interesting patronage from the comfort (and safety) of your desk?

Look at this F***ing Hipster: I love myself a good hipster. And where else can you find pictures of men in ironic t-shirts and jeans that are just a little bit TOO skinny?

I Bang the Worst Dudes (Sorry, Mom): It’s everything you’ve always wanted to tell your mom and more, if only she wouldn’t judge you and write you out of the will. But beware, these people’s tales of sexual trial and error may cause extreme second-hand embarrassment.

Tweeting too Hard: Self-indulgence at its best. These tweets are the best of the worst. And by worst I mean I’m pissed I didn’t think of them myself.

My Parents Joined Facebook: The day I receive a friend request from my mom of Facebook is the day my dignity goes to die. From the funny to the awkward to the down-right wrong, this website has a plethora of parents on Facebook, humiliating their children one wall post at a time.

PostSecret: It’s Message in a Bottle, version 2.0. People submit postcards with their secrets to this website anonymously.

My Life is Average: It’s FMyLife, but way more average. And hilarious. Example: Today, I realized I have to go over the river and through the woods to get to my grandmothers house. MLIA.

Why the F*** Do You Have a Kid?: It’s a valid question. Especially when you see a picture of a mother holding a beer pong for her child on spring break. Why not?

DListed: For those who don’t buy into Perez Hilton’s fame. DListed is a great source for celebrity gossip and crude humor. I can guarantee you’ll chuckle. Check it out

Seriously, bookmark this shiz. You’ll thank me later.

Seriously I stopped dead in my tracks when I saw this one and questioned whether I had done this and sent it in.  It completely looks like something I did.  It is a picture from the Top of the Rock in New York City with a Swan that says ‘Never Give up’.  Honestly, one of my favorite places in the world with one of my favorite quotes.  Never, never, never give up.  Wow, can’t believe this was one of them.  Enjoy!

A blog that I really find interesting is Perez Hilton’s, http://perezhilton.com/ aka “Hollywood’s most hated website.” Where else can you find the latest celebrity gossip with a little bit of crude humor mixed in? Perez makes gossiping interesting. Unlike tabloids, when celebrities are blogged about by Perez, they feel a sense of honor that he would take time to analyze their outrageous behavior and actions. Being a college student, I don’t have much time to keep up with the latest news. By reading his blog I can catch up on celebrity gossip and get a good laugh while i’m reading it. It’s the perfect “pick-me-up” when I’m having a rough day.

Another blog that I enjoy reading is  http://postsecret.blogspot.com/. Unlike Perez’s blog this one expresses many emotions other than humor. People mail in their deepest secrets that they’ve displayed on a postcard and the blog is updated every Sunday. Many of the ones submitted address real life issues that many people struggle with but never vocalize. By reading this blog I feel connected and a sense of sympathy towards people who struggle with obstacles in their life and I’ve found that there are many I can personally relate to. I also enjoy reading this blog because like many of the people, I as well have sent in my own secrets in hopes that they one day will be published. I think this is a cool website because it’s interesting and is set up differently than most blogs. Haha, I’m definitely addicted and check it every Sunday.

I’ll be back in Dallas this week to interview Frank Warren (as of the writing of this post, which is Oct. 19). It only seems appropriate to have a post about secrets for #musicmonday, and conveniently this All American Rejects video is distinctly PostSecret-y.

I’m sure by now we’ve all at some point seen one of the thousands of postcards Frank Warren has shared with the world. Since the first time I found PostSecret I was hooked. To me, the idea that someone across the world, across the country, could have such similar dreams and fears as I do was really grounding. It helps you to realize that everyone experiences love, every one gets lost every once in awhile, and everyone hopes for something bigger, better, something different.

This week I saw a secret that I just couldn’t get past. So I thought I’d talk a little bit about it and share it with you.

I am not in a similar situation. In fact if anything, my mother and I talk too much, all the time, pretty much everyday.  I think what really got me about this secret is that it put all of the relationships we make through the internet in a new place for me.

We all talk so much about how the internet has brought us together, and it truly has. Social Networking, blogging, Twitter- they have all become tools that bring people from all over the world together. We create what we consider to be true and lasting relationships.  But in this case the blog has almost become a tool of not connecting. The internet didn’t make it any easier for this woman’s child to speak up and say “Hey mom, it’s me! The kid you haven’t seen in all these years”. It’s almost like it’s set up another boundary.

It just made me wonder if the relationships we cultivate online are only so easy and wonderful because they’re so distant. Would we be so quick to tear down all of our personal walls and really put ourselves out there if we knew that people from our past might be watching? Would the mother writing that blog ever in her wildest dreams imagine that her estranged child had come across it? I’m not so sure.

I’d really like to hear what you all think about this one, this secret is really bouncing around in my mind today! Thanks for reading!

for want of another post without posting another story.  taken directly from my saved “Postsecret” picture folder, in alphabetical order by file name.

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PostSecret on Twitter

“Music sounds different ever since you kissed me. I can’t wait to see what else. . .”