the smell of cigarettes, coffee and saltwater. var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-25092514-1’]); _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); (function() { var ga = document.createElement(‘script’); ga.type = ‘text/javascript’; ga.async = true; ga.src = (‘https:’ == document.location.protocol ? ‘https://ssl’ : ‘http://www’) + ‘.google-analytics.com/ga.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();Tumblr (3.0; @allisonindia)http://allisonindia.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7849be02dfa47235cbb1468265899a24/tumblr_mk5sun7qZw1qf7b3jo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://allisonindia.tumblr.com/post/53334211872http://allisonindia.tumblr.com/post/53334211872Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:12:30 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/876afbd1fa0e3ad409432df9991ed206/tumblr_mn4m68Nrvr1rrdu8mo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://allisonindia.tumblr.com/post/53334200651http://allisonindia.tumblr.com/post/53334200651Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:12:20 -0700“What you think you aren’t is in your mind.”<br/><br/> - <em>Mom</em>http://allisonindia.tumblr.com/post/53330926354http://allisonindia.tumblr.com/post/53330926354Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:23:27 -0700quotefamilyballroom dancewisdom“It’s been years since I’ve seen you dance - like, actually dance. November comp two years ago doesn’t really count. But I don’t need to see you to believe in you. You’ve sure got a lot of people behind you and you’re more than good enough. Don’t let the Utah dance world be your standard, because I don’t see any of them out there with you.”<br/><br/> - <em>Matt</em>http://allisonindia.tumblr.com/post/53330859289http://allisonindia.tumblr.com/post/53330859289Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:22:29 -0700quotewisdomfriendsballroom dancenew yorkMatt: So your partner isn't mean to you?<br /> Me: No. He's great. <br /> Matt: And he isn't an awful dancer?<br /> Me: No. He's amazing, actually. <br /> Matt: And he isn't a flake or dumped you or just sucks in general?<br /> Me: No. We're happy. <br /> Matt: You having an awful partner and being upset, I can deal with. You having an incredible partner and being upset, I don't know what to tell you. This is just your life now, dude. Enjoy it.http://allisonindia.tumblr.com/post/53330563738http://allisonindia.tumblr.com/post/53330563738Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:18:15 -0700friendswisdompartnernew yorkballroom dance“Punch your anxiety in the face, kick it in the nads and don’t let it affect you.”<br/><br/> - <em>Matt</em>http://allisonindia.tumblr.com/post/53330419977http://allisonindia.tumblr.com/post/53330419977Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:16:12 -0700quotewisdomfriendsballroom danceTomasz: Oh, that was the year I was a National Amateur semi-finalist. <br /> Me: TOMASZ. You've been holding out on me! Why didn't you tell me?<br /> Tomasz: (laughing) Why would I tell you? It's just Amateur. http://allisonindia.tumblr.com/post/53288080122http://allisonindia.tumblr.com/post/53288080122Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:23:45 -0700uhhhhhhhpartnerpracticeballroom dancenew york<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbwmiarYdf1rittfxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://allisonindia.tumblr.com/post/53272922678http://allisonindia.tumblr.com/post/53272922678Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:28:46 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/338c0d2ee423b612e6b9ba2d5c1a73a4/tumblr_mk2kwwKavu1qcz4s2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://allisonindia.tumblr.com/post/53272904870http://allisonindia.tumblr.com/post/53272904870Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:28:18 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdc6yz1hSi1qm6onko1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://allisonindia.tumblr.com/post/53262055226http://allisonindia.tumblr.com/post/53262055226Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:02:28 -0700““You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ You must do the thing you think you cannot do.””<br/><br/> - <em>― Eleanor Roosevelt, You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life (via <a href="http://justbesplendid.tumblr.com/" class="tumblr_blog">justbesplendid</a>)</em>http://allisonindia.tumblr.com/post/53261999053http://allisonindia.tumblr.com/post/53261999053Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:01:12 -0700<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://30casterlyrock.tumblr.com/post/48061110077/if-you-plant-a-block-of-ramen-noodles-in-the">30casterlyrock</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>If you plant a block of Ramen noodles in the ground and water it with Bud Lite it will grow into a college student</p> </blockquote>http://allisonindia.tumblr.com/post/53244666356http://allisonindia.tumblr.com/post/53244666356Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:19:47 -0700can't stop laughingphi kappa psi<p>Sometimes 6:30am Tired Brain reads an email and it says one thing, then 10:30pm Awake Brain reads the same email and it actually says something else - something way better.</p>http://allisonindia.tumblr.com/post/53244581472http://allisonindia.tumblr.com/post/53244581472Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:18:38 -0700personalbest friend<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/cf0b003417f9cad46834039b85336f82/tumblr_moj4amaOXL1sv5dnfo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://allisonindia.tumblr.com/post/53238266972http://allisonindia.tumblr.com/post/53238266972Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:50:25 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_med04r48cf1qcvjc8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://allisonindia.tumblr.com/post/53238150490http://allisonindia.tumblr.com/post/53238150490Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:48:45 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8o1tw88P41qc0cxpo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://allisonindia.tumblr.com/post/53238018543http://allisonindia.tumblr.com/post/53238018543Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:46:49 -0700““He loved her, of course, but better than that, he chose her, day after day. Choice: that was the thing.””<br/><br/> - <em>The Toughest Indian In The World, Sherman Alexie (via <a href="http://rainydaysandblankets.tumblr.com/" class="tumblr_blog">rainydaysandblankets</a>)</em>http://allisonindia.tumblr.com/post/53237928907http://allisonindia.tumblr.com/post/53237928907Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:45:31 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzdz28Lrlt1qgcwj2o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://rainydaysandblankets.tumblr.com/post/53234227767/thinknorth-tumblr-com" class="tumblr_blog">rainydaysandblankets</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>{thinknorth.tumblr.com}</p></blockquote>http://allisonindia.tumblr.com/post/53237923019http://allisonindia.tumblr.com/post/53237923019Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:45:26 -0700“I have found that some of the simplest things have given me the most pleasure. They didn’t cost me a lot of money either. They just worked on my senses. Did you ever pick very large blueberries after a summer rain Walk through a grove of cottonwoods, open like a park, and see the blue sky beyond the shimmering gold of the leaves? Pull on dry woolen socks after you’ve peeled off the wet ones? Come in out of the subzero and shiver yourself warm in front of a wood fire? The world is full of such things.”<br/><br/> - <em><strong>Dick Proenneke</strong> (via <a href="http://explore-everywhere.tumblr.com/" class="tumblr_blog">explore-everywhere</a>)</em>http://allisonindia.tumblr.com/post/53237888161http://allisonindia.tumblr.com/post/53237888161Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:44:56 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/adb10c06138fa43b77689d59b66b4dc3/tumblr_moj4gjivA91sv5dnfo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://allisonindia.tumblr.com/post/53237855084http://allisonindia.tumblr.com/post/53237855084Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:44:27 -0700