kristina. with a k.
i'm random
don't judge
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e.e. cummings, "i carry your heart with me"
i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
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“Every little moment of your life always has something worth remembering. It doesn’t matter how small it is. You have to find it. Sometimes, though,...”
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agree 100% :)
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WOW. this story is amazing :)
It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80′s arrived at the hospital to have stitches removed from his thumb. He said he was in a hurry as he had an appointment at 9:00 am. The nurse took his vital signs and had him take a seat, knowing it would be over an hour before someone would be able to see him. I saw him looking at his watch and decided, since I was not busy with another patient, I would evaluate his wound. On exam, it was well healed, so I talked to one of the doctors, got the needed supplies to remove his sutures and redress his wound. While taking care of his wound, I asked him if he had another doctor’s appointment this morning, as he was in such a hurry. The gentleman told me no, that he needed to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his wife. I inquired as to her health. He told me that she had been there for a while and that she was a victim of Alzheimer’s Disease. As we talked, I asked if she would be upset if he was a bit late. He replied that she no longer knew who he was, that she had not recognized him in five years now. I was surprised, and asked him, ‘And you still go every morning, even though she doesn’t know who you are?’ He smiled as he patted my hand and said, ‘She doesn’t know me, but I still know who she is.’
I really can’t wait to be married and be super old and adorable with my husband.
(via wedontevencompromise)
We’re crushing on this color too!
Wearing: Zara pants, Dion Lee top, Ellery sunglasses from Desordre, 3.1 Phillip Lim handbag, Tony Bianco heels, Michael Kors watch.Another dose of the colour creeping in to my wardrobe but opting for pastel, perhaps channeling my love for 3.1 Phillip Lim SS12. I wouldn’t usually pair these together as I’m not a personal fan of ‘colour blocking’, but the mint pants and spearmint seemed like a perfect, fresh summer match with solid black accessories. Dion Lee manages structure yet flow perfectly every single time with this silk top with harness cut out back, available from Desordre boutique in Paddington.
20 New Year’s Resolutions For 20-Somethings
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- Before you status update, Tweet, Tumble or Instagram, pause and say to yourself, “is it entirely necessary that I share this morsel of thought with my entire social network?”and if the answer is not, “yes, I absolutely must,” then step away from the Internet.
- Know which candidate you’re going to vote for in the upcoming presidential election, and know why.
- Enough with the 14-day juice cleanses. If you want to lose a little weight quickly, eat less and exercise like crazy. If you want to lose a lot of weight slowly, do whatever Jennifer Hudson did.
- If you really like the person you’re hooking up with and would like them to be your boyfriend/ girlfriend, find a way to tell them, and hope for the best. If you don’t and wouldn’t, stop.
- Find a way to save approximately 300 dollars and spend it on a flight to see a friend or family member who lives far away.
- Please stop liking the Kardashians, all of them. It’s not helping anyone, least of all the Kardashians.
- Spend less than or equal to the money you earn each month.
- Wear clothes that fit you, especially to work.
- Call someone on the phone at least once a week, and speak to him or her for at least ten minutes.
- Start preparing now to get over the fact that Facebook is probably going to change again in six months. You’re not going to deactivate your account. You don’t know how.
- Wait 30 seconds before you look up a fact you can’t remember on your phone, and try to remember it using your brain. This is what the olden days were like.
- Replace one terrible reality show you’re currently watching with one wonderful scripted show currently available on television. Swap suggestion: Real Housewives of Anywhere for HBO’s Enlightened.
- Try that food you think you don’t like but have never actually tried, unless it’s brussels sprouts. They really don’t need any more attention.
- Cut one person out of your life who you truly do not like and add one person who you truly do. Note: not on Facebook, on Earth.
- If you’re still blacking out regularly, you should stop.
- Volunteer once over the next 90 days. You’ll feel really good about it, and probably end up volunteering again over the next 275.
- Tell someone who you love that you love them on a more regular basis. To their face, not in a text.
- Back up your entire online life onto an external hard drive, especially your photos.
- Crap or get off the pot. This applies to whatever thing you’re not doing that you should just sack up and do already.
- And in the eternal words of Tom Haverford, “TREAT YO SELF!”
Happy 2012 everyone!
Last hike of the year! (@ Cowles Mountain) 
I just unlocked the Level 5 “Mall Rat” badge on @foursquare! Preettty much an expert. http://t.co/nUoXpqmI
Cupcakes! http://t.co/p8D3mL2a
http://t.co/DDI0Pis2 via @thetrailsedge
Yuppies. Can’t live with them, can’t fit more than two in your trunk. That is, if you can strike at them first. Yuppies possess the element of surprise, popping up at random locations and times of the day. No place is this more true than in the outdoors. If you spot a Yuppie in the woods, chances are it’s already too late.
Unless you follow the tips below, of course. These will get you out of a pinch without accidentally networking with such foul spawns of the netherworld.
Stay Calm
While projecting an air of cool, Yuppies are the most tightly-wound creature you’ll find in nature. If you freak out in front of them, they’re likely to whip out their iPhones and start sending memos to their entire contacts list. Those innocent people’s overtime will be on your head! Instead, stroll by casually with your head held low as a way to subtly acknowledge that they’re better than you in every way. Otherwise, they may eat you.
Speak Business-ese
This disarms Yuppies, making them think they’re with one of their own. Be careful, though: They may start spewing a bunch of business jargon back at you. Are you prepared to maneuver your way through some B.S. about sweat equity, leveraging expectations, or shifting your paradigms? If so, then sprinkle the jargon throughout your speech like cuss words in an Army barracks. One downside: Your proficient display of corporate buzzwords has the potential to make the yuppie so relaxed they’ll follow you around asking to participate in team-building exercises.
Make Fun of the Poor
Yuppies love to shame the poor. In fact, they love it so much they often canvass their city just to wag their fingers in the faces of homeless people they meet on the street. Use this to your advantage by openly mocking the poor, the destitute, and the vagabond in the event you meet a Yuppie in the middle of the outdoors. They’ll start laughing so hard can make a run for it. Be fast or they are apt to tackle you and make you listen to their jokes about lower-middle class families.
Bring Extra Gadgets
Do you own the latest cell phone, tablet, or other trendy gadget? If you’re planning on venturing into the woods anytime soon, make sure to buy double of whatever popular electronics you already own. Not only are Yuppies incredibly envious by nature, but they will work you over just to get their hands on whatever fashionable gizmo happens to be all the rage at the moment. Carrying an extra gadget on your person allows you to toss the item away from you should a Yuppie charge from the underbrush. As soon as they see the glint of newness on that iPad, they’ll divert their course just to get it. Make haste to your automobile forthwith!
Hold a Status Meeting
Yuppies love a good status meeting. It’s like crack to their systems. Stop them dead in their tracks by requesting to sit down for two hours to discuss how you’ll sit down again in four hours to discuss your progress. Designate a spot to meet somewhere in the woods at the appropriate time, making sure to review the “actionable” points before you go “offline.” This will help you “synergize” better for the real meeting, the one from which you will be absent because you’ve already made it safely back home away from Yuppie danger.
Intimidation Is Key
Deal with Yuppies like you would a mountain lion: Make yourself–and your income–look bigger than it really is. Tell them your bank account has more zeros than theirs. To add an air of authenticity to your ruse (assuming you’re not really filthy rich), stuff your wallet or purse with $100 worth of $1 bills. Even from a few feet in front of you the Yuppies won’t have a clue that it’s not a gigantic wad in excess of thousands of dollars. Tell that corporate tool if they want to see another valuation in their stock they better run far, far away from you or you’ll make it rain Benjamins. They’ll go screaming into the hills.
Make a Latte
The more pretentious, the better. You will temporarily pacify them so you can either back away quietly or go in for the kill. Which, not coincidentally, is a hunting knife through the iPhone.
