February 2012
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“we’ve been choosing our national leadership from 6% of the country”
male
white, european american
married, heterosexual
over 35
college educated
professional degree
odd way of framing it. a lot of the criteria make sense but… just 6% of the country?
now (THIS) is a news headline →
courtest of Nate. this is soo funny. i love writers who don’t take politics seriously.
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“Never half-ass two things. Whole-ass one thing.”
– Ron Swanson (via thewritingmachine)
Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of...
» this post « is one of my favorites ever. i’m so proud of you moll. i know i keep saying this but mannn are those kids lucky to have someone like you.
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something I think is weird
why are people so skeptical of nice people? if someone does something nice, people immediately look for an ulterior motive behind the action, or resort to pointing out the lesser qualities of that person. WHY
in the next two weeks:
i have 3 tests, 6 interviews, 1 take home, 1 paper, and 2 issues of the newspaper. bring it on!
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funny sh!t (stolen from laura) →
just scroll down and watch the video..
in order to celebrate paying through the nose for my tax return, i’m going to go shop online! wee!
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Don’t ask yourself what the world needs;
ask yourself what makes you come alive.
And then go and do that.
Because what the world needs
is people who have come alive.
I've found the perfect blog:
And it’s filled with cute animals. You can’t not smile. Or you have no soul.
“No one cares about anyone anymore. I could be laying here with my heart in my...”
– The infamous Bentley Dunkin Donuts man
for all of the burgeoning economists:
Say happy valentine’s day the right way! Or tweet about it the right way.
Presenting yourself to others the way you see yourself is impossible. I’d imagine one of the main goals of a person’s life is to figure out the image of himself, and everyone else’s image of him, to match up. Not even perfectly, not even closely, just remotely.
“Illusion is the first of all pleasures.”
– Oscar Wilde
"I'm actually not funny, I'm just really mean and...
I used to think that if you poured each person’s soul into a glass, it would fill exactly halfway. Different textures and colors, smoky greens and blues, pinks and grays - precisely halfway full. Why? The aggregate of each person, the sum of his or her good and bad qualities, intelligence and integrity, talent and worth; any and every combination ended up halfway full. Not a drop more or...
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Watchthree of my favorite human beings. in one small room.
Uniform free fridays
Today in our psych class we were talking about conformity, and some girl mentioned that her school required uniforms monday through thursday. But on fridays they had “free friday,” where students could wear what they wanted.
Our prof then asked if people clumped together more on fridays, based on what they were wearing, and she said yes. The moral of the story here is that I...
Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I’m not living.
FINISHED PRODUCING OUR FIRST ISSUE OF THE PAPER, BABY. early, too. GO TEAM! I’m so happy! Now to make sure that it actually is printed and delivered properly…
