twenty-something Coloradoan muddling through post-collegiate lifeTumblr (3.0; @alyssek)http://alyssek.tumblr.com/“you can buy a mailbox for $180 if you wanna—after seriously considering same i got one for $7 with the very same space inside the box. now how can that be?”<br/><br/> - <em>my dad.</em>http://alyssek.tumblr.com/post/50653079365http://alyssek.tumblr.com/post/50653079365Fri, 17 May 2013 08:29:21 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c8b9f62598933174244cbaf024caf5c9/tumblr_mmwdj8BdhE1r0ylcfo2_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/37bb55216420aa26ee4a9eb289f722cd/tumblr_mmwdj8BdhE1r0ylcfo1_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2323795/Mother-shuns-Disney-Princess-ideal-dresses-daughter-REAL-heroines-history-commemorate-fifth-birthday.html">You go girl</a>.</p>http://alyssek.tumblr.com/post/50580339850http://alyssek.tumblr.com/post/50580339850Thu, 16 May 2013 09:25:56 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d039ea486dde24e62b0aff3761a1f594/tumblr_mm6zisOmnE1r0ylcfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://alyssek.tumblr.com/post/49465577029http://alyssek.tumblr.com/post/49465577029Thu, 02 May 2013 16:23:16 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/af45be055784a8b19779fd7b5242969b/tumblr_mm4mar5QSI1r0ylcfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://alyssek.tumblr.com/post/49363662944http://alyssek.tumblr.com/post/49363662944Wed, 01 May 2013 09:42:26 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6ccfb7ef0fc785093c87143d48a83336/tumblr_mm38q5MgeD1r0ylcfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://alyssek.tumblr.com/post/49305295347http://alyssek.tumblr.com/post/49305295347Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:51:40 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2deb8b48ae946c30fd58f78337fc1133/tumblr_mlzw28O37H1r0ylcfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My mom mails me the weirdest stuff.</p>http://alyssek.tumblr.com/post/49148236016http://alyssek.tumblr.com/post/49148236016Sun, 28 Apr 2013 20:25:20 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3d3145df7967c6a678d3ddda6e61fe50/tumblr_mlzvtwH8k31r0ylcfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://alyssek.tumblr.com/post/49147814910http://alyssek.tumblr.com/post/49147814910Sun, 28 Apr 2013 20:20:20 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c1a806cf60e19353195fca79ea27973e/tumblr_mlzudnCsJN1r0ylcfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>What’s up, dog?</p>http://alyssek.tumblr.com/post/49145161307http://alyssek.tumblr.com/post/49145161307Sun, 28 Apr 2013 19:48:58 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/46d7b2405d1fe9ca8e2f67ef499b3c8c/tumblr_mltu055aBo1qh66wqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://alyssek.tumblr.com/post/48873344467http://alyssek.tumblr.com/post/48873344467Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:23:09 -0600“Every day I discover more and more beautiful things. It’s enough to drive one mad. I have such a desire to do everything, my head is bursting with it.”<br/><br/> - <em><p>Claude Monet</p> <p>You said it, Claude! <br/>You said it.</p> <p>(via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://mortal-husk.tumblr.com/">mortal-husk</a>)</p></em>http://alyssek.tumblr.com/post/48873304329http://alyssek.tumblr.com/post/48873304329Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:22:36 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/52843e7de8c7e9089002863597f33284/tumblr_mls30r3hhD1r0ylcfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://alyssek.tumblr.com/post/48798444207http://alyssek.tumblr.com/post/48798444207Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:14:51 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c5be1c03d3e071c3321bfdb19deb4cac/tumblr_mlry2fzHqQ1r0ylcfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Happy Administrative Professionals Awareness Day!</p>http://alyssek.tumblr.com/post/48791012923http://alyssek.tumblr.com/post/48791012923Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:27:48 -0600“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man, true nobility is being superior to your former self.”<br/><br/> - <em>Ernest Hemingway (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://lizattemptstoblog.tumblr.com/">lizattemptstoblog</a>)</em>http://alyssek.tumblr.com/post/48785330651http://alyssek.tumblr.com/post/48785330651Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:54:13 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5lcrgXmXQ1r46fnpo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://www.aseaofquotes.com/post/48779297588/jane-austen-pride-and-prejudice">aseaofquotes</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>Jane Austen, </span><em>Pride and Prejudice</em></p> </blockquote>http://alyssek.tumblr.com/post/48785312098http://alyssek.tumblr.com/post/48785312098Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:53:53 -0600<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://apoetreflects.tumblr.com/post/48757001431/a-bird-calls-me-from-a-dark-tree-in-my-dream">apoetreflects</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>A bird calls me<br/> From a dark tree<br/> In my dream.</p> <p>Calls me from the pink twig of daylight,<br/> From the long shadow<br/> That grows each day closer to my heart.</p> <p><strong>—Charles Simic,</strong> opening lines to “The Bird,” from <em>Selected Poems 1963-1983: Revised and Expanded </em>(George Braziller, 1990)</p> </blockquote>http://alyssek.tumblr.com/post/48776762148http://alyssek.tumblr.com/post/48776762148Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:11:16 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1bae900be1cf112940c41ec278e52dcc/tumblr_ml36clDOld1qgmcyyo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://alyssek.tumblr.com/post/48776632323http://alyssek.tumblr.com/post/48776632323Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:08:32 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/76f7bdd65d994dd3bdc76561c03c4526/tumblr_mlf1s3vUOg1qd82q3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://alyssek.tumblr.com/post/48776615352http://alyssek.tumblr.com/post/48776615352Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:08:10 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/71fa848c3d1e30f9c403197a06248eb9/tumblr_mfm8wdbP5s1qzhokmo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://alyssek.tumblr.com/post/48776581734http://alyssek.tumblr.com/post/48776581734Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:07:28 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/69f509f53c74986da9f8670442b54b35/tumblr_mlrhi8Cw2s1qbt59oo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://alyssek.tumblr.com/post/48776493578http://alyssek.tumblr.com/post/48776493578Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:05:35 -0600<p>World, I&#8217;ve discovered Instagram.  Apologies for the onslaught.</p>http://alyssek.tumblr.com/post/48776211890http://alyssek.tumblr.com/post/48776211890Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:59:00 -0600