Jealous of the Rhyme: Archive

Nov 3rd

Oct 12th

“Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.”

– Ayn Rand (via kari-shma) (via meredithsmith) Seeing as you are my happiness, I guess I’ll have to fight for you, huh? ;)

Aug 17th

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Jul 26th

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Jul 24th

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Jun 18th

kids these days just don't stand a chance...

meredithsmith: First “dance” my 9 y/o neice’s role model nonsensical objectification Conclusion: our society sucks, and I’m going to raise my kids on another planet comment #1: isn’t that kid like 10? I mean, it’s all sexual innuendos. I’m going to vomit. comment #2: I think Abby is over her now, thankfully, because she’s just disturbingly dirty. Wait, isn’t...

Jun 17th

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Jun 10th

Berry jazz →

Article was written like 4 years ago and I never knew it had my name in it. I miss Dr. Smith.

May 4th

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Watch

awesome

May 4th

Apr 21st

gregshivers: I had a dream that I fell asleep in front of my friend’s apartment. His girlfriend found me, picked me up by my turtle shell (Yes, I said turtle shell.), sat me down, and fed me leaves from a houseplant. And somehow my parents were there. That’s brilliant. No joke, this sums up my life dream in a couple of sentences.

Apr 14th

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Apr 6th

Creativity: my downfall in normal life →

I got this link from Meredith’s sister, Kristin, explaining how improvising requires the ability to essentially “turn off” your prefrontal cortex, which basically rationalizes your thinking. Eventually, people who improvise a lot learn to ignore their prefontal cortex. This helps with the spontaneity and risk-taking that is required to improvise well, but it also leaks into...

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Mar 31st

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I actually loved her

like with my heart, and that doesn’t happen very often with things in my life. Maybe it’s for reasons like this that I am the way I am, distanced and skeptical of the mutuality of feelings, but when I saw her it was an immediate connection. I loved her, and I know she loved me. RIP Maggie. I’ll miss your head on my shoulder. so bad.

Mar 24th

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Mar 16th

The Jazz Musician's Protocol

Some (hopefully) helpful thoughts for the professional jazz musician… By Ken Watters (Trumpeter / Summit Recording Artist / Jupiter Artist / RIYEL co-leader) LEADERS: 1) Whenever possible, pay the band BEFORE you socialize or break down the equipment. This allows them to leave at their own liberty when the gig is over. 2) Always try to pay the band AT the gig. If this isn’t...

Mar 16th