My name is Kristine. I’m a 23-year-old graduate from UC Davis. .ig-b- { display: inline-block; } .ig-b- img { visibility: hidden; } .ig-b-:hover { background-position: 0 -60px; } .ig-b-:active { background-position: 0 -120px; } .ig-b-48 { width: 48px; height: 48px; background: url(//badges.instagram.com/static/images/ig-badge-sprite-48.png) no-repeat 0 0; } @media only screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2), only screen and (min—moz-device-pixel-ratio: 2), only screen and (-o-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2 / 1), only screen and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 2), only screen and (min-resolution: 192dpi), only screen and (min-resolution: 2dppx) { .ig-b-48 { background-image: url(//badges.instagram.com/static/images/ig-badge-sprite-48@2x.png); background-size: 60px 178px; } } .ig-b- { display: inline-block; } .ig-b- img { visibility: hidden; } .ig-b-:hover { background-position: 0 -60px; } .ig-b-:active { background-position: 0 -120px; } .ig-b-48 { width: 48px; height: 48px; background: url(//badges.instagram.com/static/images/ig-badge-sprite-48.png) no-repeat 0 0; } @media only screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2), only screen and (min—moz-device-pixel-ratio: 2), only screen and (-o-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2 / 1), only screen and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 2), only screen and (min-resolution: 192dpi), only screen and (min-resolution: 2dppx) { .ig-b-48 { background-image: url(//badges.instagram.com/static/images/ig-badge-sprite-48@2x.png); background-size: 60px 178px; } }Tumblr (3.0; @kristinejoy)http://kristinejoy.tumblr.com/“I sit before flowers<br/> 
hoping they will train me in the art<br/> 
of opening up.”<br/><br/> - <em><strong>Shane Koyczan,</strong> from <em>The Student</em>  (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://apoetreflects.tumblr.com/">apoetreflects</a>)</em>http://kristinejoy.tumblr.com/post/51054094816http://kristinejoy.tumblr.com/post/51054094816Tue, 21 May 2013 23:18:15 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc8cqmwSGh1rv6g97o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://kristinejoy.tumblr.com/post/51052223821http://kristinejoy.tumblr.com/post/51052223821Tue, 21 May 2013 22:35:40 -0700<ul><li>Take the MCAT</li> <li>Apply to medical schools</li> <li>Get interviews</li> <li>Nail the interviews</li> <li>Get accepted </li> <li>Move away from home</li> <li>Meet new people</li> <li>Go to new places</li> <li>Make new mistakes</li> <li>Grow</li> <li>Run because it&#8217;s good for you</li> <li>Eat whatever you want, guilt-free</li> <li>Sleep because it&#8217;s good for you</li> <li>Get drunk because sometimes it&#8217;s good for you</li> <li>Experience chemistry outside of the lab</li> <li>Master commitment because it&#8217;s good for you</li> <li>Live, live, live</li> </ul> <p>Reminder: There is so much more to check off on your to-do list, self. Get crackin&#8217;. </p>http://kristinejoy.tumblr.com/post/50974336146http://kristinejoy.tumblr.com/post/50974336146Mon, 20 May 2013 23:41:00 -0700personalreminderselfget your shit together<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f49f2424b1225c50da930110c70c91be/tumblr_mn4911Mpz91sqbit1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://kristinejoy.tumblr.com/post/50974042142http://kristinejoy.tumblr.com/post/50974042142Mon, 20 May 2013 23:34:29 -0700<p>Why is it that when something good comes along, I push it away and turn it into something bad for me?</p> <p>Is there such a thing as fearing happiness?</p>http://kristinejoy.tumblr.com/post/50928455336http://kristinejoy.tumblr.com/post/50928455336Mon, 20 May 2013 13:05:58 -0700personaldilemmaim an idiot<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2bbcd39bf53a02bc6a2c839c092fcb3e/tumblr_mn2g0sOKtL1qztxt5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Sepia Sunday.</p>http://kristinejoy.tumblr.com/post/50855599785http://kristinejoy.tumblr.com/post/50855599785Sun, 19 May 2013 15:05:16 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d6049176ce773aabebca513076168d3b/tumblr_mn14yrulPI1qdlh1io1_400.gif"/><br/><br/>http://kristinejoy.tumblr.com/post/50793035440http://kristinejoy.tumblr.com/post/50793035440Sat, 18 May 2013 23:00:00 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7da5f8d7fde3eaa54580ff0f7f0e85ad/tumblr_mmn8cxeWr11qihh0eo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/14beabe7db7f2e1cd081a6e9f6214975/tumblr_mmn8cxeWr11qihh0eo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0757a0164b4332fcb9345afe666d573c/tumblr_mmn8cxeWr11qihh0eo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bf8c336436fb36a94d20ad85ea068c20/tumblr_mmn8cxeWr11qihh0eo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/466081b1916269c44234df11452c1847/tumblr_mmn8cxeWr11qihh0eo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/71f36a646a303857e6d219f1f791ac74/tumblr_mmn8cxeWr11qihh0eo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/392456bf72104189dec00aad45728e47/tumblr_mmn8cxeWr11qihh0eo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/282fa6d8dfed6522946631da52a4136a/tumblr_mmn8cxeWr11qihh0eo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://elaran.tumblr.com/post/50719290591/diy-harry-potter-monopoly-game-tutorial-printables">elaran</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://truebluemeandyou.tumblr.com/post/50176957257/diy-harry-potter-monopoly-game-tutorial-printables">truebluemeandyou</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong><a href="http://designinteched.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/harry-potter-monopoly.html">DIY Harry Potter Monopoly Game from Design in Technology here.</a> </strong>For how to make the board, cards, etc… go <strong><a href="http://designinteched.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/how-to-make-harry-potter-monopoly.html">here.</a></strong> For the printable files (board, spells, potions, properties etc…) go <strong><a href="https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0BwvYNcO1Lfl0YU5Uc1RBNU9hSEU/edit?pli=1">here.</a>  *Read the comments on each post for additional tips and tricks for making this game. </strong>This must have truly been a labor of love and is so well done. <strong>This is obviously<em> not for commercial</em> <em>use</em> so please don’t sell it.</strong> First seen at Geek crafts <a href="http://geekcrafts.com/harry-potter-monopoly/">here</a>.</p> <p>For lots more Harry Potter themed DIYs go here: <strong><a href="http://truebluemeandyou.tumblr.com/tagged/harry-potter">truebluemeandyou.tumblr.com/tagged/harry-potter</a></strong></p> </blockquote> <p>Holy shit yes pleeeease</p> </blockquote> <p>I need this in my life.</p>http://kristinejoy.tumblr.com/post/50790059272http://kristinejoy.tumblr.com/post/50790059272Sat, 18 May 2013 22:06:42 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/60a56d26657dca3b24284535637f46b5/tumblr_mfr27zuphI1qbhmovo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/18a0d62107ce129129abdd4721b033ea/tumblr_mfr27zuphI1qbhmovo2_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/44baabfdab9d5478326a250d664e8606/tumblr_mfr27zuphI1qbhmovo5_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/57e9296343de0cb5a101e17afd35b9e4/tumblr_mfr27zuphI1qbhmovo7_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/72951b24e1c9ee1cd95a82542ed2295a/tumblr_mfr27zuphI1qbhmovo6_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e9293e0c686084311a74d72aacc93e81/tumblr_mfr27zuphI1qbhmovo9_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/cc9cb0d9d500e6f08fcfd4eddca4f023/tumblr_mfr27zuphI1qbhmovo8_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b31f1b9558ddc3844914e337796e26c4/tumblr_mfr27zuphI1qbhmovo10_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/bf9f29b8facbb26346ec830ede32adc4/tumblr_mfr27zuphI1qbhmovo11_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9e1e7ef7a15870bff20c783836fce149/tumblr_mfr27zuphI1qbhmovo12_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hellyeahalthea.tumblr.com/post/50491860794/littlebambieeyes-the-last-one-aww">hellyeahalthea</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://littlebambieeyes.tumblr.com/post/50304768620/the-last-one">littlebambieeyes</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The last one…</p> </blockquote> <p>Aww 💕</p> </blockquote>http://kristinejoy.tumblr.com/post/50739919448http://kristinejoy.tumblr.com/post/50739919448Sat, 18 May 2013 10:02:16 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0bee4de581805e4101acbccfa5f9f87d/tumblr_mmx5n3Sobz1rdh9g0o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://theofficenbc.tumblr.com/post/50631515205/merediths-stripper-son-everyone">theofficenbc</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Meredith’s stripper son, everyone. </p> </blockquote>http://kristinejoy.tumblr.com/post/50715324001http://kristinejoy.tumblr.com/post/50715324001Sat, 18 May 2013 01:12:30 -0700“As I look back on my life, I realize that every time I thought I was being rejected from something good, I was actually being re-directed to something better.”<br/><br/> - <em>Steve Maraboli (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://rainydaysandblankets.tumblr.com/">rainydaysandblankets</a>)</em>http://kristinejoy.tumblr.com/post/50690656183http://kristinejoy.tumblr.com/post/50690656183Fri, 17 May 2013 17:49:47 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/818d3acc9cf8379a5fd6dd06cfcfc594/tumblr_mmxai9fzZe1r8wb5ko1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/18e66ed61406a2b4c7c1e06b0307cfcb/tumblr_mmxai9fzZe1r8wb5ko2_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/153399a7e6079740aa6aee65c3f8a34d/tumblr_mmxai9fzZe1r8wb5ko3_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3bea75740c15d9bdbfcd543e129093b0/tumblr_mmxai9fzZe1r8wb5ko4_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/acdf089c878e722876036dd670cc10f9/tumblr_mmxai9fzZe1r8wb5ko5_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f11d724ff72d1ec9e6c999271e1e4744/tumblr_mmxai9fzZe1r8wb5ko6_250.gif"/><br/> <br/>http://kristinejoy.tumblr.com/post/50642972444http://kristinejoy.tumblr.com/post/50642972444Fri, 17 May 2013 02:39:40 -0700<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/C8ObuTETiQ8?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hulu.tumblr.com/post/50637427516/just-in-case-you-wanted-to-continue-crying">hulu</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Just in case you wanted to continue crying.</p> </blockquote> <p>UGLY CRYING.</p>http://kristinejoy.tumblr.com/post/50639381313http://kristinejoy.tumblr.com/post/50639381313Fri, 17 May 2013 00:19:00 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5052f29c9753cfceae28735cb813c8d0/tumblr_mmxhobQ81E1qh0nwmo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><em><small>There’s a lot of beauty in ordinary things. Isn’t that kind of the point?</small></em></p> </blockquote>http://kristinejoy.tumblr.com/post/50639257206http://kristinejoy.tumblr.com/post/50639257206Fri, 17 May 2013 00:15:02 -0700““It took me so long to do so many important things. It’s just hard to accept that I spent so many years being less happy than I could have been…It’d be great if people saw this documentary and learned from my mistakes…If someone out there saw this and she said to herself, ‘Be strong. Trust yourself. Love yourself. Conquer your fears.’ Just go after what you want. And act fast because life just isn’t that long.””<br/><br/> - <em><p>Pam Halpert, The Office</p> <p>(via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://coffeecarlyn.tumblr.com/">coffeecarlyn</a>)</p></em>http://kristinejoy.tumblr.com/post/50639097757http://kristinejoy.tumblr.com/post/50639097757Fri, 17 May 2013 00:09:47 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a3ecb7246860f70c59ab64b5c1b2d542/tumblr_mmxjgpLzAA1qh0nwmo1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c34785c470951b033874bf8d52595c2d/tumblr_mmxjgpLzAA1qh0nwmo3_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b9571fcccbf799ca74b2f49c201d05bb/tumblr_mmxjgpLzAA1qh0nwmo2_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5d150f0486bd0a6243ee5d9ea6045a37/tumblr_mmxjgpLzAA1qh0nwmo4_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><blockquote> <p><em><small>Michael has so many pictures of his kids, he had to get two phones, with two numbers, and he pays two bills. H<span>e’s just so happy to have a family plan.</span></small></em></p> </blockquote>http://kristinejoy.tumblr.com/post/50639051592http://kristinejoy.tumblr.com/post/50639051592Fri, 17 May 2013 00:08:20 -0700“I wish there was some way to know that you were in the ‘good ole days’ before you’ve actually left them”<br/><br/> - <em>Andy Bernard (the Office)</em>http://kristinejoy.tumblr.com/post/50639042385http://kristinejoy.tumblr.com/post/50639042385Fri, 17 May 2013 00:08:02 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d661f58b88d70eacc37f5a4c381f045c/tumblr_mmxl10aa8Y1r7nzipo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://kristinejoy.tumblr.com/post/50639033755http://kristinejoy.tumblr.com/post/50639033755Fri, 17 May 2013 00:07:45 -0700“If you get stuck, get away from your desk. Take a walk, take a bath, go to sleep, make a pie, draw, listen to ­music, meditate, exercise; whatever you do, don’t just stick there scowling at the problem. But don’t make telephone calls or go to a party; if you do, other people’s words will pour in where your lost words should be. Open a gap for them, create a space. Be patient.”<br/><br/> - <em>Hilary Mantel (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://qoldlush.tumblr.com/">qoldlush</a>)</em>http://kristinejoy.tumblr.com/post/50638463511http://kristinejoy.tumblr.com/post/50638463511Thu, 16 May 2013 23:50:29 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9dbb23550dcc19b1405bb29d0acfcc93/tumblr_mmx77rd4R31qe3p9bo6_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/568ba9315581ee1e3d0339fe7786bc42/tumblr_mmx77rd4R31qe3p9bo1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/421aa1202d9f9994c3e8879a712f77e6/tumblr_mmx77rd4R31qe3p9bo2_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8c70cc45da8438605d3a60d686541488/tumblr_mmx77rd4R31qe3p9bo3_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9e85c1aad9ea9e07af57ac5a11a593c6/tumblr_mmx77rd4R31qe3p9bo4_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/789fc1a3810e6de8a454d745946f1b54/tumblr_mmx77rd4R31qe3p9bo5_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><p>FEELINGS.</p>http://kristinejoy.tumblr.com/post/50638449970http://kristinejoy.tumblr.com/post/50638449970Thu, 16 May 2013 23:50:07 -0700