January 2012
31 posts
I have never felt like a bigger douche buying pineapple flavored coconut water but I don’t even care. It is so good. #sorryimnotsorry
“As you get older it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary.”
– Ernest Hemingway (via castingaspell)
“Am I arguing that girls and women shouldn’t be held responsible for their...”
– Emily Maguire (via odd-souls)
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Sam: I sprained my ankle playing basketball
Sam: But will be there in 10 minutes (#thatssoblobaum)
Jacob: Does anyone have a blanket?
Jacob: I have food poisoning and also hypothermia I think
Brent: We break easily. Men break too, you know.
Katie: (10 minutes later): Guys I have a sinus infection.
“I wasn’t actually in love, but I felt a sort of tender curiosity.”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald (via misswallflower)
“Californians are arrogant because they think they’re better than everyone else....”
– my dad. (via curiousandwhimsical)
I had a really great weekend and then I realized I have two problem sets and a paper due this week and it’s only 2nd week.
“Sangria and Xanax at the airport since when am I Kanye West?”
– I’m going to miss ya Hilary
Yola: Why aren't you at the cocktail
Me: In pajamas already
Yola: Once you go PJs you never go back
Yola: TBS- Tired of Being Sexy
When I finally started using a planner I thought I would be able to cross off items on a to-do list faster, but it’s really just made those to-do lists longer and more uncrossed.
It is really hard to pack when you don’t know the next time you’ll be home.
Current contents of suitcase includes jorts, interview-appropriate dress pants, wool sweaters, and a bag of Lindt dark chocolate truffles.
…wait actually what else do I need?
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New Year’s Eve 2011:
I recited the alphabet backwards AND the first 12 powers of 2 (2, 4, 8, 16, etc.) on demand. Then I made out with my high school sort-of-boyfriend just because I could. Then I did two pull-ups.
If that’s any indication of what 2012 is going to be, I think I’m fine with it as long as there is a lot less Grey Goose involved.
2011 (with links)
If 2010 was characterized by moulting, the reptilian shedding of old skin (wait ew sorry for that imagery), then 2011 was all about learning to be comfortable in this new one. I ended this year with less optimism than what I started with, but with more experience, direction, and confidence.
In 2011, I declared a major (Public Policy Studies, what up), wrote many papers, vacillated a lot on my...
December 2011
48 posts
addendum to resolutions
okay I just realized that my previously stated resolutions basically sounds like the Serenity Prayer used by Alcoholics Anonymous chapters across the country, only with more profanity.
so, to clarify:
1. No, I am not subtly admitting to alcoholism.
2. By “giving less fucks” I don’t necessarily mean to just accept what I can’t change. It’s more like, not focusing or...
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resolutions
- Give less fucks about things that don’t matter.
- Give more fucks about things that do.
- Be able to tell the difference.
me: i really can't stay
my laptop:
me: i've got to go away
my laptop:
me: this evening has been
my laptop:
me: so very nice
my laptop:
me: my mother will start to worry
my laptop:
me: my father will be pacing the floor
my laptop:
me: so really i'd better scurry
my laptop:
me: well maybe just a half a post more
uh, awkwardly serious post on Christmas Day
Post-present-opening this morning (for the record, my parents views Christmas as an utilitarian opportunity to exchange highly practical household items. This year I received an electric toothbrush, which is actually pretty indulgent by my parents’ standards; my mother was delighted by my gift of sponges and dishwasher detergent tablets. You think I’m joking, but I’m really...
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My 3-year-old cousin: Can we draw?
Me: Sure. What do you want to draw?
3-year-old cousin: Jesus Christ.
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keep calm and watch felicity
“what is cray? like crayon?”
– My mom, after hearing N**gas in Paris