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Beautifully Dark Icelandic Photography by Petr Hricko

When Czech photographer Petr Hricko was diagnosed with cancer in 2003, thanks to a dear friend who brought him a camera to the hospital, he decided to capture every interesting or beautiful sight he witnesses.

His favorite subjects are nature and cityscapes. On December and January he took these beautifully introverted photographs on Snæfellsnes, western Iceland and Westfjords. The results are an enigmatic, yet powerful story of isolation and beauty.

Learning to live for yourself is hard when you've spent years of your life living to make others feel good.

Once was free. Then I put myself into a cage.. Willingly. Now that I'm free from my "cage" I still find myself trapped. To relearn the state of my natural existence is a difficult feat. I once was wild, carefree, and said yes to everything. I disciplined myself for 5 1/2 years to say no. To say I can't. To say maybe another time. To say that Would be fun (with no real intention of ever following through.) Now that I'm myself again, free and independent, how do I embrace the freedom I once originated from my own lungs and soul. How do take the lessons I have learned from the most significant relationship of my life and intertwine them with the roots of the the essence of who I am? It's hard to learn and hard to find within myself. I am so happy to be free. I just want to feel the freedom flow through my veins like it once did.

I’ve been doing so well. Staying strong; staying positive. Looking towards a bright future. Embracing change. Acknowledging the past.

Only to ruin it all in less than an hour.

All it took was that empty driveway. Again.

I don’t want to tell you what to do. I want you to enjoy your life. I want you to be happy; that is all I’ve ever wanted.

I was worried about my dog. I was worried about losing our friendship. That mattered more to me than our engagement. And I felt I had lost my best friend too.

I felt like you didn’t want to be anywhere near me. I felt like you didn’t even want to be my friend. I felt like you didn’t care about what I’m going through.

I don’t know what you’re thinking. I don’t know if you value my friendship.

I know you don’t value me as much as I’ve always valued you. I know you don’t love me as much as I’ve always loved you.

And now I’ve probably convinced you to throw our friendship in the trash.

I want to throw myself in the trash.

Nov. 19 2010 - Feb. 9 2016

We got together when I was 17. Now I’m 23. We have been together nearly 5.5 years We moved in together 8 months into our relationship. We have moved to 6 different places in that time. We have spontaneously moved to another state together. We have been through death together. We have brought furry little children into our lives together. We have been in trouble with the police together. We have been through so many experiences together.

You have taught me so much. I wouldn’t be who I am without you. I was your first love. You were my great love. I have always had you by my side. Encouraging me. Supporting me.

And now I am alone. I am lost.

Where do I go? What will I do? I’m losing two beloved pets to you. I’m losing the person I love with every ounce of my being.

I’m so afraid to not be able to come home to you, to curl up in your warm embrace. Those arms that have held me for so long aren’t going to hold me anymore.

They say time heals all wounds. What if I don’t believe in time?

I feel as though as many times as the sun rises and the moon sets my heart will continue to love you.

I’m afraid to live without you and I’m afraid to die without you. I’m afraid of doing nothing.

I’ve been fighting the current like a salmon. And the exhaustion is starting to overwhelm me. Will my guts spill from my stomach and my body gently settle to the pebbled riverbed?

I don’t know what will happen. I only know without your hand to hold a rip tide will tear me from the shore and out to sea, the current pulling me in all directions, and I am afraid I’m going to drown.

PLEASE EMPLOYMENT JELLY

justanotherspringday

Not risking it all I want in my life is a job I actually like

zairak

Sure why not, I’ll try anything at this point

rrassoul

i have an interview tomorrow!

radiostorm

For all there is to hate about Trump, I’m much more scared of a President Cruz than a President Trump.

northjet

Why? Just curious.

radiostorm

Bottom line is that Trump wants attention. Cruz wants power. Trump is an entertainer. Cruz is a master politician who believes petulance is a political ideology. Of every Republican in the field, Cruz is most steadfast in his ultra-conservative beliefs and will never bend or meet for compromise.

Trump craves attention and will always put himself above policies. Cruz is incredibly methodical and is always playing the long game to accomplish his policy goals. Yes, Trump is far more likely to accidentally set off an international incident, but Cruz in power will strangle this country and bring it to its knees before he allows it to become something he doesn’t agree with.

I cannot stress how evangelical Ted Cruz is. If he wins this election, it will be on the backs of the religious right.

He wants constitutional amendment to make SCOTUS judges have retention elections so he can boot off justices like Kennedy who become more liberal over time.

He’s willing to shut down the federal government instead of allowing any funding of Planned Parenthood.

He wants to ban birth control including IUD and morning after pill

He did actually shutdown the federal government because he doesn’t like Obamacare.

The next president will probably nominate 4 justices to the Supreme Court. (1 Conservative, 2 Liberals, 1 Swing) Cruz will not consider any nominees who have a hint of moderate in them. This could easily lead to a 7-2 Supreme Court decision outlawing abortion, ending Obamacare, or abolishing affirmative action or civil rights protections.

The reason Trump will never scare me as much as Cruz is that Ted Cruz is brilliant, he is a true political organizer and mastermind. He’s skillfuly united faith circles all over the US and will ride a wave all the way into South Carolina.

And just to prove my point. Look at the Tea Party. It’s a tiny segment of American politics, but the power it carries is because of Ted Fucking Cruz. When met with something he didn’t like, he SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT as a freshman Senator! A FRESHMAN! Imagine him with real executive power.