July 2011
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Growing Pains
It is now midnight, and I predict the following: 20-something’s and younger will come home weeping for the conclusion of their beloved epic, and the 30+ demographic will weep realizing they must finally move out of their parent’s basement or find a new franchise to invest another decade of their life to.
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Sympathy for Paris' Chihuahua
Over the past few days I have found myself in quite the pickle— not the exact way I imagined my (possibly) last free summer. A good family friend of mine, who I normally refer to as my cousin, because family goes beyond blood, has clearly been bored shitless and has been (for lack of a better word) needy.
Background info about said cousin (who I do love and enjoy spending time with, when...
November 2010
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Failure, it's that lurking feeling
Lately, the feeling of incompetence has lingered with each onset.
I used to have (I guess what they call) “drive” I thought I could accomplish so much effortlessly because I naturally had the ability to accomplish many things well. If I could just list all the things I used to do as a child with passion, with no encouragement of an award from a parental unit, it would stretch long...
October 2010
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Dear Pressure,
I have lived my entire life knowing you. I have my entire life learning of the piercing pain I feel when you overwhelm me. I have lived my entire life reaping the occasional benefits to having you as my co-pilot to life. I have lived my entire life with you.
Unfortunately living my life with you as my twin, who has slowly taken larger portions of my life away from me, has had me traveling on...
September 2010
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“Where they burn books, they will also ultimately burn people.”
– Heinrich Heine, 1821 (http://bit.ly/cR5tgL)
August 2010
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Validation of a Wasted Time on the Internet →
Like any college student, the following applies to me: broke, poor, (unwillingly) unemployed, hungry, and desperate. When these characteristics collide you have a starving, desperate, broke college student in her dorm room with limited resources and who just happened to find some canned corn with an overdue “best buy” date.
Growing up in my household my mom came from Vietnam so...
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The female body is a piece of art; a beautiful,...
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Disillusionment Towards Capitalism
In the coming weeks the following cycle ensues: youths feeling the end drawing near suddenly cram all they can into the last weeks, parents wait for their 24 hour a day babysitting duties to finally end, and teachers began planning out their course syllabi. All proceed through the motions of a summer coming to an end. Most summers I have experience have left me feeling as though I both wasted...
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“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution...”
– President John F. Kennedy
July 2010
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“Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.”
– Howard Zinn
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Pondering the Notion of Being Spirited Away...
Being the over-imaginative child I was, that still has residual effects to this day, I used to imagine myself a part of the world I saw on TV, the silver screen, or in the books I read.
I admit that I still do, and I just saw the trailer for Tales From Earthsea by Goro Miyazaki, whose father, Hayao Miyazaki, I greatly admire. Following that same line of thought I began to think of how much I love...
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An Analysis on the Ruling Against DOMA by Judge... →
I have to say I’m please with Tauro’s reasoning, which unfortunately finds itself lacking in Congress. I cannot express the magnitude of my frustration every time I hear the fallacies made by opponents to gay marriage. To them I say, “Your bullshitted logic has no place in the arena of politics.”
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June 2010
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Possibly my favorite song from Jason Mraz because...
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WatchMildy entertaining, haha. On the scale of laughter, I would put it as a: Chuckle.
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Well the anniversary of his death is around the...
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“If your beliefs cannot withstand the smallest amount of scrutiny, then your...”
– M. Mangan, Professor of English (or as he has stated, “language”)
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People with the first initial "D" have the...
ohyeahfacts:
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Awww, DAMMIT! Seriously?
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OH YEAH FACTS: Your 'moral compass' can be... →
Our “moral compass” is in the right temporo-parietal junction of our brains — behind our right ears. Researchers at MIT used two different kinds of strong magnets to interfere with the neurons in the that brain area in 12 volunteers, before giving them a morality test. Clearly, these morality-scrambling magnets need to be installed in the walls of what will soon be known as the “greatest...
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No, it's not free rice for you. →
So for all of you who don’t want to donate money, are bored, have the SAT’s to study for, want to help the impoverished, etc. This is a website where you can really help a person living in a third world country by providing them with rice.
As most of you should know rice is a staple crop that’s consumed all around the world. For many it’s the basis of their entire culture...
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Really? →
Are we forgetting a thing like Wikipedia that fans can utilize? Or fan-sites? Frankly this is a waste of time and only reinforces the idea that a lot of Hollywood stars are a bunch of egotistical, conceited, overpaid, pompous jerks.
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Possibly the World's Most Pervasive Tool →
After you read about these little known facts about the internet Behemoth known as Facebook, it makes you want to re-analyze the amount of time you invest in a website that has no physical manifestation. Which makes you wonder why are 400 million users around the world so entranced with a single website on the internet?
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Bad driving is genetic.
ohyeahfacts:
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Holy crap, I’m DOOMED!
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One Bandwagon Down, Hopefully A Second Follows →
I’m all about the green movement believe me. This is the one planet we live on and it’s going to be a while, unless say a group of advance aliens (who are also peaceful, and hopefully without hostile agenda) come. And I’ve been recycling bottles & cans, using every inch of scratch paper, and avoiding buying unnecessary new clothes for years before the green movement was was...
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Watchthedailywhat:
This Is Hilarious, You Should Watch It of the Day: Zach Anner, a young Austinite with cerebral palsy (the sexiest of the palsies), pitches a travel show “designed to inspire people who never thought they could travel” for Oprah’s Your Own Show competition.
[mefi.]
Let’s all vote for Zach Anner! It takes a lot of courage to come out to the world stage and presenting...
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1. Curl Up Fist, 2. Raise It Up High, 3. Yell Out... →
A rather unfortunate turn of events. But of course, as a citizen who holds the ideals of our justice system highly I completely understand.
I guess the source of my outrage/feeling of injustice stems from my own fear that the extremely conservative majority will most likely create an outcome I won’t be pleased with.
So just to clarify, I love our ability to seek reprisal just hate it...
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A Cold, Ominous Wind →
Now I realize that I might be a little bit late on posting news like this, but finals take priority.
So imagine my disbelief when I saw this article in my Goggle Reader. Now I must admit that I am one of those people who do not enjoy the idea of a person… acting as a free rider by purposely taking advantage of the system in order to live a sedentary lifestyle where they pursue no higher...
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I wish I was adenine
fuckyeahchemistry:
So I could be paired with U.
(via the-green-dog)
Very clever. And in case you don’t get it, it’s a science-y pick-up line that deserves a round of applause.
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“Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.”
– Quentin Crisp, Manners From Heaven
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“Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful… and to give...”
– George Orwell 