January 2012
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Be careful. People like to be told what they already know. Remember that. They get uncomfortable when you tell them knew things. New things… well, new things arent what they expect. They like to know that, say, a dog will bite a man…. They dont want to know that man bites a dog, because the world is not supposed to happen like that.In short, what people think they want is news, but...
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“flowers everywhere”
balkans
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comic shopping
when entering a comic book store as a naive 22 yr old female tourist, joss whedon fan, psuedo-nerd (or like me, all of the above), it is important to remember the following tips:
1) keep your wits about you. youre in their dojo now.
2) dont ask for help. appear as if you know what the fuck youre doing, even if the unfamiliar systems of organization make it take 3 times longer then you had...
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starting the laziest of journals: the sentence a day journal. and we’re off to a good start:
“found out that, with the right cheese, cheese cake can be an appetizer.”
future generations need to know.
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dreamt that someone close to me dipped my hand in sterno jelly and lit me on fire. it hurt so i screamed and tried to run. but part of me totally understood why he’d want to do it.
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A short list of people with whom it is 99.5%...
adulting:
Your coworker whom you find physically but not emotionally attractive (or vice-versa);
Someone who is married;
The significant other of a close friend or family member;
Someone you have already broken up with at least twice;
A person you find insanely attractive but is so-so about you (or vice-versa, though that is more likely to end badly for them than for you);
Someone who is...
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things i ll secretly be hoping for on my birthday this friday but will not receive:
- a goat farm
-a clean apartment
-10 less pounds
-the eternal life and youth of james marsters
-party mansion
-scented candles
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just completed my first 40+ hour work week, 50 minutes of which were well earned over time.
518. Expect no sympathy for a hangover. And give...
December 2011
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'Earthscraper' concept hides a 1,000-foot...
did-you-kno:
Mexican architecture group BNKR Arquitectura have conceptualised an “earthscraper,” 65-story inverted skyscraper that hides a mini city underground.
The top ten floors — which, here, would be the “bottom” ten — is a museum and cultural center dedicated to the Aztecs. Below that you’ve got retail space, then apartments and finally, deep underground, businesses.
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at a convenience store, i asked the guy ringing me up if i should donate my change to the can for ulster county aspca or the dutchess county aspca. he responded by pushing a third can that i hadnt noticed forward and said “you should donate to the human babies. ya know. sex trafficking.” and gave me the most disdainful look you can give while accepting a donation.
i honestly just...
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i think the sole reason (…wait, no, merely the worst of a long list of reasons..) i hate facebook is that it is the only website that i visit where i am unwittingly gambling with my feelings at any given time. oh, hello picture of my ex-boyfriend posing with a beautiful girl, i was not ready for you to be waiting so innocently on my wall for me to stumble upon and immediately wallow in self...
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christmas conversation with grandma.
me: hey grandma, i saw santa on a motorcycle in town today
gma: oh? did you hop on the back?
me: …no, he was just a man riding around town dressed like santa.
gma: you should have flagged him down and gotten on
me: i dont get on the back of motorcycles with strange men
gma: i bet he wouldve let you take a ride if you had flagged him, ya know
me: he was like 50. letting me or not wasnt...
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“make me proud”
drake ft nicki...
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there are still good guys in the world. exhibit a:
my grandfathers wake was on friday. he was 89, on dialysis and his passing probably came as a surprise to no one but us. at the wake were all of the expected: his grandkids, his children, his wife, and our friends extending their sympathies.
there was one person i couldnt place. he was young and wearing what i took for an EMT uniform. he took...
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“Movie Title: The Man Who Began to Suspect He Was Made of Glass
A man under...”
– My favorite footnotes from D.F.W’s book Infinite Jest. Footnote #24; pg. 989 (via streetrasheart)
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an award, a death, a breakup, a fuckup.
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“i lied”
telefon tel aviv
There was...
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there is a special ring in hell for those that hang out on facebook at printable computers on campus during the last week of class.
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511. Don't get drunker than the boss.
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“pop culture”
madeon
i like to think of myself as a somewhat composed, non-panic-stricken girl with her fair share of levelheadedness (…which apparently isnt a word. damn.)
but after i fainted outside of my classroom after giving a presentation tonight, im going to have reevaluate a bit.
also, pale lipped, sweaty faced nausea isnt a good look for me.