March Megapost Pt 4: distracted in the office

BAHAHAHAHA love Mulan! Love Shang!  

Yes!!!! Need to have it! Avatar: The Last Airbender. The Search Pt 1. What happened to Zuko's mother? I need to know!!

And for good measure, and Excel RPG. Area.xlsm

March Megapost Pt3

A book. See? I should probably read more books. "The Road of Lost Innocence: The True Story of a Cambodian Heroine". I think it was recommended by Adria.

A good linked in article about success.

Food as Medicine. Result of a student project at Brown!

AND some media:

The FIRST iPhone keynote. wowowow!

AMAZING Zelda Speedrun. My mind is actually blown. SO. COOL.

And finally, since I started following Michelle Krusiec I LOVE that Lynn Chen commented on this post. :)

March Megapost Pt2: Reading Time!

HuffPost's fav Tolkien quotes!

Good Boston Globe article about a good rugger. I love rugby. Losing eye rugby accident was blessing:

“If God said to me when I was 18, ‘I’m going to give you this sport and you’re going to love it. You’re not a great athlete; you’re an OK athlete, and it’s perfect for you. You’re going to play with both of your sons, one of your brothers, and with your dad. You will play touch rugby with both your daughters, and your wife. You’re going to make all these great friends and go to England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales and have a blast, but you are going to have a day in Hell,’ I would’ve been, ‘Where do I sign?’

Redesigning Google: how Larry Page engineered a beautiful revolution

Q and A with weightlifting coach John Broz

And Finally,

March Megapost Pt1

Navajo and Hopi nation timezone craziness explained: Timezone-ception

A great Amanda Palmer ted talk

Good article about Prison and Poverty fro NYT

And some fun:

11-12 year old Williams

Inspirational Vid! That I obvi clicked on because the thumbnail is Yelena Isinbayeva:

My Dream LOTR Wardrobe

i want these!

http://www.hobbitshop.com/product/the+lord+of+the+rings+tree+of+gondor+adult+tshirt+lotrtvtgona.do?
http://beta.threadless.com/product/4501/The_Grey_Wizard/
http://shirt.woot.com/offers/halfling-height-requirement
http://www.qwertee.com/product/you-shall-not-pass-1/

Back in the game

Ten points for Video Games!...ffindor
"Children with dyslexia have an easier time learning to read after playing action video games that don’t incorporate reading."
http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/34550/title/Playing-for-Words/

A good article. Adds more realism to real life, if that's possible.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/03/nyregion/40-years-after-an-acid-attack-a-life-well-lived.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0
I like the work he's doing. This is a pretty awesome part of it: WearaBraille.

Also some things to think about:
Do I want to sign up for a sweet Boatshop summer camp?
Speaking of the boatshop... here's a vid I really enjoyed and is another reason why I wanna learn violin and get way better at guitar!

Boatshop rules!

26 Ways to have an Awesome Weekend. <-- Good one!

And of course, another gem

Kyle Maynard - No excuses

I wish I felt like I could write something here that is deserving of what Kyle Maynard is to the world, but this isn't the time for me. Just wanna keep track of this for now, and maybe if only one other person stumbles upon it here, know that it is definitely worth your time to hear more of Kyle's story.

A blog post he recently wrote about getting his groove back: http://kyle-maynard.com/how-i-got-my-groove-back/

I especially like the following quote. Had to re-read it a few times because I was casually reading too fast and had to take a second to really hear for real all the words written on the page.

It seems to me that principle is written in the fabric of the universe in many different ways. Like me, you probably know what happens when you over pursue something like a job that pays more money or even having someone else love us. The more weight we recklessly throw at those seemingly impassable walls, the more hopeless we feel. Yet, we slam ourselves against the wall. Over and over again. And as we continue, we lie to ourselves. We hear a voice saying, “If you only put a little more force, a little more weight behind the next attempt, you’ll eventually break it down.”
The lie is that no amount of force will break the wall down. It’s only when we stop long enough to learn to accept who we are, do we realize there was a door waiting there all along.

Of course I feel like it's a great universal principle to apply to my rugby/concussion situation. The doorway to reffing was waiting there all along! I just had to stop forcing myself to stick to my original plan and actually let things happen around me as they do. It is definitely a liberating realization. Thanks for reminding me, Kyle!