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"I opened my mouth, almost said something. Almost. The rest of my life might have turned out..."

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:40:14 -0400

“I opened my mouth, almost said something. Almost. The rest of my life might have turned out differently if I had. But I didn’t.”

- Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner (via faintsmiles)

"She told him in a dozen ways, of which the best was without words, how she had missed him. Her..."

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:47:57 -0400

“She told him in a dozen ways, of which the best was without words, how she had missed him. Her emotion reassured him, promised his anxious heart that everything would be all right.”

- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Sensible Thing (via sorakeem)

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Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:46:48 -0400

billieisaguysname: Boston, you’re my home.

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:42:59 -0400

billieisaguysname:

Boston, you’re my home.

Boston, you are the closest thing I have ever had to a hometown....

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:51:46 -0400

Boston, you are the closest thing I have ever had to a hometown. I love you. I love your people. I love your fierce, competitive spirit. I love your mercurial weather. I love your bizarre and frustrating public transportation system. I love your accent. I love your energy — the way intellectual curiosity, never-ending quest to improve the world, and insatiable cravings for alcoholic beverages vibrate through everyone and everything within the 617. I love that your area code and my birthday are the same. I love how flexible and welcoming you are to new residents from wildly different cultures at the beginning of each new school year, and how at the exact same time, you refuse to change. I love how your peoples’ response to an act of terror and intimidation is love and pride. I love that I came home just in time to be with my city, my friends, my people, on the holiest day of the year — a day that we refuse to let anyone taint, steal, or destroy. Boston, I love you.

Boston, I love you. Always and forever.

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:43:09 -0400

Boston, I love you. Always and forever.

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Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:41:34 -0400

meganjohnson: UPDATE! After a crazy day of trying to track them...

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:05:14 -0400

meganjohnson:

UPDATE! After a crazy day of trying to track them down and a lot of false claims, I have identified the reunited couple!

They are Julia and Adam Cooper of Stonington, CT. I finally found Julia last night- and this is what she told me:

“I don’t even have my head organized yet. I was unable to finish- I was at the half mile out point and they stopped the race, I was separated from my friends and knew my husband and friends were all at the finish line waiting for me and that’s when I heard there were 2 bombs at the finish. It was amazing how all the spectators went from cheering to everyone’s heads down to their phones. I thought, no this isn’t happening. All the police officers tipped their heads to one side to listen to their radios. And I thought oh they’re not real they would stop me. And I couldn’t get back to where I knew my family was. It was terrifying.

We got out of the city last night. There so much pain but the terrorists cant take my run from me because then they win. I didn’t get to finish and I didn’t get my medal, but they don’t get to win. I can’t live in fear because of things that people do.

Last night I got together with the 2 runners that were at the finish line waiting for me, Lara and Karina. When I walked into the restaurant there was an envelope with my name on it at the front desk. I had no idea what it could be. It was a finisher medal. Another runner that finished yesterday wanted me to have it.”

EARLIER:

So I took this picture today of the “couple reunited,” and it went viral. Something like over 1400 retweets, insane. I just wanted to show one of the many incredible moments of kindness and generosity that i saw today, because there were many.

Everyone is asking me what the deal is so here goes- right after they embraced, i wanted to give them a second alone. then i turned away to talk to someone else, and I lost them in the crowd of people. I didn’t have a photog (beyond my iphone) so i was trying to do it on my own. So I lost them. All i got was one of their first names that was yelled out, and I’m not giving that up right now.

I don’t mean to be a jerk in the midst of such a nightmare, but please give me a photo credit if you post this online.

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Fri, 05 Apr 2013 10:04:24 -0400

necessary.

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 10:03:10 -0400

necessary.

let’s go dancing.

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 10:02:08 -0400

let’s go dancing.

of all the things I am looking forward to upon our return back...

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 10:01:56 -0400

of all the things I am looking forward to upon our return back East, taking the pup to the Atlantic for the first time tops the list.

laughingsquid: Netflix Announces May 26 Premiere Date for...

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 09:56:29 -0400

laughingsquid:

Netflix Announces May 26 Premiere Date for Arrested Development

honestly just experienced heart palpitations.

"Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your..."

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 09:55:39 -0400

“Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you, it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you… Hopefully, you leave something good behind.”

- Anthony Bourdain (via youbroketheinternet)

summer 2013 bucket list includes learning how to surf...

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 09:54:55 -0400

summer 2013 bucket list includes learning how to surf … well.

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Thu, 04 Apr 2013 09:53:46 -0400

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Wed, 03 Apr 2013 19:33:59 -0400

I quit watching after Kansas shit the bed, but from previous...

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 10:00:02 -0400

I quit watching after Kansas shit the bed, but from previous years’ experience, I have to totally agree.

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Tue, 02 Apr 2013 16:44:11 -0400

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Tue, 02 Apr 2013 16:42:53 -0400