The Miriam Speaks: Archive

Aug 31st

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Apr 26th

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“It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them, more strength to...”

Apr 26th

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I think it bothers me so much that you don’t open up to me because I want to be that person who knows everything about you. But I’m not. And it sucks. It really sucks.

Apr 7th

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36974: Save Yourself - James Morrison But I’m...

Apr 4th

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Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1% | Society |... →

From the article: “Americans have been watching protests against oppressive regimes that concentrate massive wealth in the hands of an elite few. Yet in our own democracy, 1 percent of the people take nearly a quarter of the nation’s income—an inequality even the wealthy will come to regret.”

Apr 4th

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Apr 4th

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A piece I wrote after getting back from Israel for...

Israel; My Journey Into Balagan. First things first; what is Balagan? Well, “balagan” is a hebrew word which basically means chaotic or messy. I use it to describe anything from my hair in the morning to the current state of the Middle East. I think it can be used to describe life in Israel perfectly. I once read in the New York Times that people tend to go temporarily insane...

Feb 28th

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Redefining Rape

A far-reaching anti-choice bill, introduced by Republican Chris Smith and supported by 173 members of the House, includes a provision that could redefine rape in the realm of federal funding for reproductive health care. Right now, federal dollars can’t be used for abortion except in cases of rape, incest, or when the woman’s life is in danger. But the Smith bill would narrow that...

Feb 2nd

Jan 17th

Trip to Israel - in point form

- Land and spend hours in the airport - Drive north and spend the next few days looking at a really beautiful landscape - Tel Aviv, Jaffa and Bat Yam. A lot of Nargila. - Drive to the desert which is currently one of my favourite places in all of Israel - Night walk through the desert followed by drinking and singing by the fire - Masada, dead sea and drive to Jerusalem - Next few days spent...

Jan 17th

Dec 18th

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“Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment.”

– Mark Twain

Dec 17th

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“The real world, whether we like it or not, is right here, right now. All of...”

Dec 14th

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The reorganization of life and home...

Ever since I was a kid I’ve had a messy room… and ever since I was a kid I’ve been in some kind of turmoil. Well, there’s a lot of stress in my life right now. A lot. I want to use that energy for something good though. When I lived in an apartment my room was always tidy. I don’t know if that was because I had less stuff, because when I’d come home at 4 or 5AM...

Dec 13th

Dec 10th

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I have a tendency to think back to my past and find details I never noticed before. Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about New York and the places I’ve been - both physically and emotionally. Last night I was thinking about one of the last times I was in New York. I was sitting in Union Square watching kids play on a jungle gym. Eventually I got up and, as I walked through the...

Dec 7th

Dec 1st

Time to fly through the danger zone. Me and Goose going in for a fly by. Hold on to your coffee.

Nov 20th

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My new online resume.

Nov 16th

http://www.asylum.com/2010/11/02/the-underbelly-pro... →

This is really cool. I’m not sure I’d be able to go down there though… I mean now, after the people are gone. I think it’d be a terrifying adventure.

Nov 15th

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See guys? I knew it

Nov 15th

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Oct 29th

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Weezer covered Toni Braxton’s...

Oct 29th

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With what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

Oct 21st

I just wanna make love to you by Etta James is topping my list right now. What a great song!

Oct 21st

“The whole point of love is to put someone else’s needs above your own.”

Oct 20th

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Rest In Peace Terry Ware

Henry James once said; “Sorrow comes in great waves… but it rolls over us, and though it may almost smother us it leaves us on the spot and we know that if it is strong we are stronger inasmuch as it passes and we remain.” There is someone who passed away last night. I can’t decipher how I feel. Every emotion coursing through me feels complex -as if there’s a duality...

Oct 13th

Turn It Up: Solomon Burke dead at 70; 'the king of... →

Solomon Burke is a huge hero of mine… was? Anyway this is a good summary piece on Burke. From the article: “His talent was so unnerving to some of his peers that the self-proclaimed Godfather of Soul, James Brown, once paid him not to perform at a show in Chicago. “He paid me $7,500 to stand onstage and hand him my robe and crown,” Burke told the Tribune in a 2002 interview. “It was a...

Oct 13th

Coconut cupcakes at 1AM don’t make me a bad person… right? Desperate times call for… cupcake measures…?

Sep 22nd

Thank god. Finally those sea cows left the building. They were so loud and fat and sea cow like.

Sep 7th

In a white room with black curtains… I will wait in this place where the sun never shines.

Sep 1st

In my craft or sullen art exercised in the still night when only the moon rages and the lovers lie abed with all their griefs in their arms.

Aug 25th