A collection of things that interest & inspire meTumblr (3.0; @bvp663)http://brianvp.net/<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz28mxkgeO1qz8tnso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The light on Jessica’s ceiling totally looks like the Super Smash Bros. logo. Am I right?</p>http://brianvp.net/post/439776093http://brianvp.net/post/439776093Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:45:23 -0800smash brosphoto<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz259vvtV41qzdr4go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>An excellent question to ask yourself..</p> <p>(via <a href="http://fuckyeahhappy.tumblr.com/">fuckyeahhappy</a>)</p>http://brianvp.net/post/438721077http://brianvp.net/post/438721077Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:43:51 -0800<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz1n2vV73B1qz8tnso1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>Always helpful to get some perspective..</p> <p>via <a href="http://i.imgur.com/C5hAo.gif">i.imgur.com</a></p>http://brianvp.net/post/437996688http://brianvp.net/post/437996688Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:04:00 -0800infographicbailout<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz066zSjml1qz8tnso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Awesome baby hippo.</p> <p>via <a href="http://twitter.com/modcam">@modcam</a></p>http://brianvp.net/post/436392037http://brianvp.net/post/436392037Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:01:47 -0800“<p>“Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air. You name them – Work, Family, Health, Friends and Spirit and you’re keeping all of these in the Air.</p> <p>You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back.</p> <p>But the other four Balls – Family, Health, Friends and Spirit – are made of glass. If you drop one of these; they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged or even shattered. They will never be the same. You must understand that and strive for it.”</p>”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.startupceo.co.za/2010/03/01/amazing-speech-bryan-dyson/">Very Short But Amazing Speech by Coca Cola CEO Bryan Dyson | The Startup CEO</a></em>http://brianvp.net/post/421315031http://brianvp.net/post/421315031Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:20:00 -0800“When you have come to the edge of all light that you know and are about to drop off into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing 1 of 2 things will happen: there will be something solid to stand on or you will be taught to fly.”<br/><br/> - <em>Patrick Overton (via <a href="http://fuckyeahhappy.tumblr.com/">fuckyeahhappy</a>)</em>http://brianvp.net/post/405184293http://brianvp.net/post/405184293Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:31:47 -0800quotesinspiration“Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.”<br/><br/> - <em>Oscar Wilde</em>http://brianvp.net/post/405182051http://brianvp.net/post/405182051Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:29:57 -0800<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vPJbYAYzP04&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vPJbYAYzP04&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPJbYAYzP04">Forks Over Knives - Movie Trailer</a> (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/ForksOverKnives">ForksOverKnives</a>)</p> <p>This documentary looks fantastic. Great to see T. Colin Campbell finally on screen. Reminds me of the <a href="http://foodmatters.com">Food Matters</a> documentary.</p>http://brianvp.net/post/391993330http://brianvp.net/post/391993330Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:09:08 -0800<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9358866&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9358866&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9358866&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.vimeo.com/9358866">BIRTHRIGHT on Vimeo</a> (via <a href="http://www.vimeo.com/9358866">Vimeo</a>)</p> <p>Beautiful photography, great story.</p>http://brianvp.net/post/391593193http://brianvp.net/post/391593193Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:19:14 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxs6xq1wfQ1qzdr4go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://fuckyeahhappy.tumblr.com/">fuckyeahhappy</a>)</p>http://brianvp.net/post/389542616http://brianvp.net/post/389542616Sun, 14 Feb 2010 13:27:07 -0800“We need love, its important to our species, but since we are not perfect species we shouldnt expect perfect love. You should not rely on love to be your happiness, you should find you happiness and peace of mind and then watch what a great lover you will be.”<br/><br/> - <em>Rob | <a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3448345&id=199269958632">CHIMBRE</a></em>http://brianvp.net/post/389534888http://brianvp.net/post/389534888Sun, 14 Feb 2010 13:21:00 -0800chimbrelovehappinessquotes<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxqz7mruAd1qz8tnso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Yeah. That’s true.</p>http://brianvp.net/post/386021270http://brianvp.net/post/386021270Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:18:57 -0800<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxntuqkKLT1qzt8pyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://mikeambs.tumblr.com/post/383098826/where-ever-this-is-i-want-to-be-there-i-want-to">mikeambs</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Where ever this is… I want to be there. I want to lay down on my back in the tall grass and watch the sky go from pink to purple to black.</p> </blockquote> <p>DITTO.</p>http://brianvp.net/post/385272903http://brianvp.net/post/385272903Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:24:22 -0800<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kx7qvuKuUM1qz4kblo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://countryboylife.tumblr.com/post/366848534/pictures-of-the-day-2-february-2010-telegraph">countryboylife</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/picturesoftheday/7136848/Pictures-of-the-day-2-February-2010.html">Pictures of the day: 2 February 2010 - Telegraph</a></p> <p>A powerful outburst of auroras over the open sea at Eggum on the Lofoten islands in Norway. Picture by Bjorn Jorgensen</p> </blockquote>http://brianvp.net/post/367998169http://brianvp.net/post/367998169Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:54:12 -0800<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kx8vk76fW61qz8tnso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A thousand grains of sand shift beneath my feet.</p> <p>The sound of waves crashes over me.</p> <p>And I am Home.</p>http://brianvp.net/post/367979208http://brianvp.net/post/367979208Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:43:00 -0800carlsbadmemoriesphotobankSwamisEncinitas“Those who seek to dwell in the “past” become bound to the “past”, those who “plan” for the “future” never arrive at their destination - it does not exist. Those who live in state of “wanting”, “hoping”, “wishing” will be bound to these “wants”, “hopes” and “wishes” - perpetually - yet never realising them.”http://brianvp.net/post/355888241http://brianvp.net/post/355888241Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:13:33 -0800<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kv4399hWWz1qzdr4go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Thanks Lincoln! :)</p>http://brianvp.net/post/341905451http://brianvp.net/post/341905451Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:18:47 -0800““Always do what you are afraid to do.””<br/><br/> - <em>Ralph Waldo Emerson</em>http://brianvp.net/post/316195594http://brianvp.net/post/316195594Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:23:49 -0800quoteswords to live by<a href="http://www.last.fm/user/bvp663/charts?charttype=weekly&date_to=1261915200">My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-27)</a>: <ol> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Larry+Seyer">Larry Seyer (32)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/AC%252FDC">AC/DC (17)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Led+Zeppelin">Led Zeppelin (12)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Jack+Johnson">Jack Johnson (11)</a> </li> <li> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/The+Damnwells">The Damnwells (9)</a> </li> </ol> <p>Imported from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com/post/23488847/last-fm-tumblr-weekly-top-artists">Last.fm Tumblr</a> by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com">JoeLaz</a></p>http://brianvp.net/post/307656366http://brianvp.net/post/307656366Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:06:29 -0800““Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.””<br/><br/> - <em>Andre Gide</em>http://brianvp.net/post/306622121http://brianvp.net/post/306622121Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:49:59 -0800quotesinspirationwords to live by