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”
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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.
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lately i ve been thinking about what i want in terms of life direction, opportunities, etc, and how to get it. there are times when i cant wait to go to art institute of ny, get a job with an interior design firm, eventually make enough to flip rundown old houses. but then i see how comfortable i am just hanging around mohonk mtn, maybe moving up the ranks…?
exhibit a: where else will you,...
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there is very little wonder why i am going prematurely grey. so now i will uncharacteristically wallow in my first world problems, and watch mystery science theater 3000 till i fall asleep. wake up to today on repeat.