Tidbits from Earth Activist Training:

Weeds are the Earth's immunological response to an open wound.

Make running water walk and walking water stand still.

We can solve climate change by building carbon (read: organic matter) into our soils.

We are the rising sun
We are the change
We are the ones we have been waiting for
And we are dawning.

burst into flames

another song recommendation!
'the burdens of the planet earth
gravity, hypocrisy and the perils of being in 3D'

i'm in need of healing.
here's to mending our spirits with art.
sweet dreams.

what's to come

An old standby.
'Light up, light up
As if you have a choice
Even if you cannot hear my voice
I'll be right beside you dear.'

This song reminds me I am tinder.
Calcinatio: Burn faster, louder, closer
Be someone else's, be consumed.
If you're not on the rollercoaster,
You are standing still, ash.
Turn, world,
glare, sun,
and let me face the end,
what is the phrase?
oh yes, blaze of glory.

more pop music that's embarrassingly true, embarrassing because lyricists hit us over the head with our own malaise, or celebrate the surrender to shallowness of feeling. They say the things that it's not acceptable to express, saying the most (not)serious things about emotion that are taken seriously(not). or maybe it's the other way around...

"i don't love him, winter just wasn't my season..."
"Cause you can't jump the track
We're like cars on the cable
And life's like an hourglass glued to the table
No one can find the rewind button now
So cradle your head in your hands"
...
2am and i'm still awake writing a song
if I get it all down on paper it's no longer inside of me
threatening the life it belongs to
And i feel like i'm naked in front of the crowd
cause these words are my diary screaming out loud
and I know that you'll use them however you want to"

sesquicentennials and other squid

You will find meaning in things when I am gone
And so I'm not worried about leaving.
And because I'm not worried, I don't have to leave anymore.

Pop songs being true:
Black and Gold "Cause if you're not really there, then the stars don't even matter, and I'm filled to the brim with fear, that it's all just a bunch of matter... If you're not really there, then I don't want to be either, I want to be next to you"

Love song "I'm not gonna write you a love song, because you asked for one, because you need one... I'm gonna need a better reason to write you a love song"

I'm actually so impressed with Sara Bareilles, here is another one:
Fairytale "I'm not waiting for the next best thing"

"Who says I can't be free, from all of the things that I used to be, rewrite my history, who says I can't be free?"

Theme Song... gotta get me one of those

So I've been thinking about what my theme song could be. Polls are now open. Choices are:
When Did You Fall- Chris Rice
Accidentally In Love- Counting Crows
Paralyzer- Finger Eleven
Viva la Vida- Coldplay
On the Wing- Owl City
Hey There Delilah- Plain White T's
When I Was a Boy- Dar Williams