ladidadi da~

<3 sigh.

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 12:51:49 -0700

<3 sigh.

hitrecordjoe: BURNING dAN in GQ First of all, I’d like to...

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 12:48:00 -0700

BURNING dAN in GQ

First of all, I’d like to thank both of the Jims and everyone else at GQ for putting me on the cover of their magazine this month. That kind of exposure is a huge help to all the work I love to do, and I’m deeply appreciative.

I’m writing this because I have a problem with what their article says about my brother. I’ll be honest, it really made me feel terrible. Here’s a quote:

‘…the elder Gordon-Levitt died of an alleged drug overdose in 2010. “It was an accident” is all Joe will say about that.’

Using the word “alleged” technically allows the writer to say whatever she wants. The “allegations” to which she must be referring were made by a handful of gossip websites. They are factually incorrect according to the coroner’s office and the police department. I don’t like publicly speaking about my brother’s death, but I’m making an exception to correct this irresponsible claim.

By the way, while I asked the writer not to dwell on how he died, I did say quite a bit about how he lived, and how much he means to me. Dan was a brightly positive, genuinely caring, and brilliantly inspiring person, and I liked the idea of such a wide readership learning about him. My parents and I are disappointed with what the article chose to focus on regarding this sensitive subject.

thanks

J

sigh, so adorable :)

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 10:00:59 -0700

sigh, so adorable :)

foreal.

Thu, 31 May 2012 08:17:17 -0700

foreal.

It’s the middle of 8th week and KCM senior interviews are today for the banquet video. Omg....

Wed, 23 May 2012 16:36:42 -0700

It’s the middle of 8th week and KCM senior interviews are today for the banquet video. Omg. What is going on. Time is going so fast. 3 more weeks and then graduation… And then off to the adult world, finding my own place, becoming financially independent straight out of college, building my career, etc. I can’t believe it. Class of 2012. The time has already come for the turning of the tassel. What. the. heck.

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Thu, 03 May 2012 09:52:12 -0700

If you’ve ever wanted to step into a room that feels like it...

Thu, 03 May 2012 08:45:39 -0700

If you’ve ever wanted to step into a room that feels like it goes on into infinity, well, now you can. At Tate Modern in London from February 9 to June 5, 2012, you’ll find a space filled with mirrors and small LED lights, which change color. Infinity Mirror Room – Filled with the Brilliance of Life is by famous Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, an 82-year-old woman who has spent most of the last forty years of her life as a voluntary resident in a psychiatric hospital. Telegraph says that soon after “she became a household name, her signature polka dot patterns covering everything from department stores to buses.” (If the name sounds familiar, she was also the one behind The Obliteration Room at the Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane which we wrote about here.)

This new installation, created specifically for her retrospective at Tate Modern, is the artist’s largest mirrored room to date. Vogue UK describes it as “suspending the viewer in space.”

You can get a preview of the show on Guardian’s website. In addition to a sequence of rooms, the exhibition will feature many of Kasuma’s artworks in various media including painting, sculpture, and film.

The other side of the coin is this: fall in love. I didn’t say “be loved”. That requires too much...

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:30:00 -0700

The other side of the coin is this: fall in love.

I didn’t say “be loved”. That requires too much compromise. If one changes one’s looks, personality and values, one can be loved by anyone.

Rather, I exhort you to love another human being. It may seem odd for me to tell you this. You may expect it to happen naturally, without deliberation. That is false. Modern society is anti-love. We’ve taken a microscope to everyone to bring out their flaws and shortcomings. It far easier to find a reason not to love someone, than otherwise. Rejection requires only one reason. Love requires complete acceptance. It is hard work – the only kind of work that I find palatable.

Loving someone has great benefits. There is admiration, learning, attraction and something which, for the want of a better word, we call happiness. In loving someone, we become inspired to better ourselves in every way. We learn the truth worthlessness of material things. We celebrate being human. Loving is good for the soul.

Loving someone is therefore very important, and it is also important to choose the right person. Despite popular culture, love doesn’t happen by chance, at first sight, across a crowded dance floor. It grows slowly, sinking roots first before branching and blossoming. It is not a silly weed, but a mighty tree that weathers every storm.
You will find, that when you have someone to love, that the face is less important than the brain, and the body is less important than the heart.

You will also find that it is no great tragedy if your love is not reciprocated. You are not doing it to be loved back. Its value is to inspire you.

Finally, you will find that there is no half-measure when it comes to loving someone. You either don’t, or you do with every cell in your body, completely and utterly, without reservation or apology. It consumes you, and you are reborn, all the better for it.

this is so cute..

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:51:21 -0700

this is so cute..

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Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:39:20 -0700

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Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:37:00 -0700

The Supernatural Power of Forgiveness

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:00:35 -0700

hyeyoungj:

The Bible says, “They offered Jesus wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, he refused to drink it” (Matthew 27:34). Gall may have been a painkiller, while wine was a well-known painkiller. Christ refused the gall and the wine because He didn’t want to just die for our sins, but He also wanted our pain to die with Him, and so He refused to numb His suffering. Therefore, living with pain is a violation of the cross. We only embrace pain long enough to discover its root cause and apply the cure.

Jason Vallotton

and love makes it worth it all.

"Every temptation to sin is a temptation, in the moment, to disbelieve the gospel–the temptation to..."

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:55:34 -0700

“Every temptation to sin is a temptation, in the moment, to disbelieve the gospel–the temptation to secure for myself in that moment something I think I need in order to be happy, something I don’t yet have: meaning, freedom, validation, and so on. Bad behavior happens when we fail to believe that everything I need, in Christ I already have; it happens when we fail to believe in the rich provisional resources that are already ours in the gospel. Conversely, good behavior happens when we daily rest in and receive Christ’s “It is finished” into new and deeper parts of our being every day— into our rebellious regions of unbelief (what writer calls “our unevangelized territories”) smashing any sense of need to secure for ourselves anything beyond what Christ has already secured for us.”

Vulnerability.

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:53:40 -0700

A conversation I had with a friend a couple weeks ago has been stuck in my head for awhile now. We were talking about our previous relationship(s) and of how our personality types are similar in that we feel as though we challenge those around us. We’re active refiners and helpers. We actively desire to bring out the best in others. But then we turned to each other and went on about how we rarely find ourselves being challenged with the one we’re with.. How it’s so difficult to find someone who won’t want to tip-toe around us and someone who will just help US become the best WE could become.

But I was so wrong. Who am I to even think those things.. To think that people are incapable of challenging me? That significant lessons cannot be learned from those who are close to me? I was really shaken out of this hallucination when someone else quietly listened to all I had to say about the matter. And said, “What if it’s because you yourself won’t allow anyone to teach you? Because you wont let anyone get close enough to you.. to teach you?” My gosh. Then and there, I realized. Yes, I’m unteachable, I’m unreachable, I’m guarded. Because of my pride.

I’m unteachable because I won’t listen. I’m unreachable because I’m emotionally unavailable and inconsistent. I’m guarded because I lack faith in people.

Big sighs. To be vulnerable. To be open. To be fragile. How I wince to even think of being any of those things. Father, allow me to allow others to work in my life. Let me be open so that I may grow in Your grace, mercy, wisdom, patience and understanding. For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and quick to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart. Hebrews 4:12.

But of course, as iron sharpens iron, let us sharpen one another.

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Sun, 22 Apr 2012 23:33:54 -0700

Stong.: Prayer

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 23:33:16 -0700

Stong.: Prayer:

stongtheunicorn:

“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:6-7)

“Ask and it will be given to you;…

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Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:23:01 -0700

I need a puppy in my life. Especially during finals week.

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:26:57 -0700

I need a puppy in my life. Especially during finals week.

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Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:43:14 -0800

AHH! I can see this in my future home

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:53:16 -0800

AHH! I can see this in my future home