December 2009
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I have changed, I have changed Just like you, just...
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joke - kinda funny, kinda "aww"
somethingintellectual:
An old Italian lived alone in New Jersey . He wanted to plant his annual tomato garden, but it was very difficult work, as the ground was hard.
His only son, Vincent, who used to help him, was in prison. The old man wrote a letter to his son and described his predicament:
Dear Vincent, I am feeling pretty sad, because it looks like I won’t be able to plant my tomato...
“The Chinese have a theory that you pass through boredom into fascination and I...”
– Diane Arbus
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Been good, been bad, got worse, got better I feel I know myself when I’m looking in the mirror. Been hurt, been loved - I’m scarred, not bitter. I am an angel with the knowledge of a sinner. But what do I do, and how should I be? When I look at myself, I can only see me. I need a little patience.
- Nerina Pallot
something I really hate:
downloading music that no one has heard of and therefore no one is seeding, resulting in 8.2 KB/s-type speeds
9 hr 17 min remaining = :(
Skype is so awesome.
Seriously.
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something that started out as a simple rant about...
I feel like I haven’t drawn in forever. It really hasn’t been that long - less than a month - but already I feel like I possess no capability in the field. The various pieces I laboriously hauled back from Artsvis 100 seem to indicate, vaguely, something to the contrary… but the thought of creating a new drawing right now is a draining one.
For me, drawing is like math. It...
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Merry Christmas!
Today I got to play with a D300, the 70-200mm VR lens and a crazy fierce external flash. It was SWEET.
Stuff I want for Christmas this year:
- A business class ticket back to the USA :D - More sleep
I also need to get my shit together and start preparing for Spring ‘10!!! Stop procrasting Mel.
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It’s Christmas Eve! Oh my god! It’s here! It’s Christmas tomorrow! Oh my god! I’m so excited! I can’t wait for Christmas!
^ Total and utter bullshit. Christmas snuck up on me this year; I was all up making plans to meet friends and like “how about next Friday?” and they’re like “um, Christmas?” and I’m like ohhhhhwow.
It’s...
Being an American mom and knowing your son is dating a Singaporean girl must be like being a Singaporean mom and knowing your son is dating a Haitian girl or something. I just thought about how weird that must be.
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“dammit woman i am eywa”
– darren
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The Singapore Solution — National Geographic... →
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Facebook viruses are getting damn tricky lately. Fortunately, I am wily like a fox. Outsmarting Facebook viruses time.
I don't wanna die living in a high-rise grave I...
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Metallica - For Whom The Bell Tolls
Such a badass...
YW: $2800 could feed an African for a really long time. Like, seven years. Seven years!! And you spent it on a pair of shoes!
Ivan: Yes, but if you think about it, I took a python off the streets--
Bloke: The streets of Africa! Where pythons roam free!
YW: The African could have eaten the python for lunch!
Ivan: The python could have eaten the African for lunch!
YW: FREAKING EXPENSIVE PYTHON SHOES!!!
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What I would be doing if I were at Duke right now:
Sitting in the study room with my laptop in front of me, enjoying the sunlight that pours through the windows, relishing in the fact that finals are over and I am finally free of obligations. My sketchbook is open with a half-finished something on it, and I randomly doodle while Facebooking and looking through Tumblr.
What I am doing in...
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Finals Weeeeeeeeeeek
swampgirlrunamok:
I left the library at 2:30 AM or so.
I slept, showered, dressed, got a bagel and made it back to the libz by 11:30 AM.
And nothing had changed! Some people literally haven’t left (aka Manda) some people have left and come back (Brimmer, Chrissy) but regardless, it feel like that 9 hour break didn’t even really happen.
Except for the part where I now have an outline of my...
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holy crap
I need an engineer boyfriend who can engineer me a time-machine engine so that I can engineeringly teleport in between Duke and Singapore instantaneously and at my whim.
If this, for some god-forsaken reason, is impossible, or “impossible”, then the company of said engineer boyfriend here in Singapore will also suffice.
What are you minions waiting for? Get to it.
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it's good to be home
I just took the best shower I’ve had in the last four months. Here’s what made it so phenomenal:
1. I didn’t have to wear shoes. 2. The water pressure was high. 3. The water got hot within less than twenty seconds. 4. I didn’t have to wear shoes. Can’t stress this one enough. 5. I didn’t have to dry myself in the shower tray. 6. I didn’t leave the shower...
Leaving tonight.
I’m gonna miss Duke so much.
David Foster Wallace grammar challenge
From a nonfiction workshop taught by David Foster Wallace at Pomona College, a 10-question grammar worksheet that is titled:
IF NO ONE HAS YET TAUGHT YOU HOW TO AVOID OR REPAIR CLAUSES LIKE THE FOLLOWING, YOU SHOULD, IN MY OPINION, THINK SERIOUSLY ABOUT SUING SOMEBODY, PERHAPS AS CO-PLAINTIFF WITH WHOEVER’S PAID YOUR TUITION
I nailed #4 exactly, and...
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Lisa Miskovsky - Still Alive
Had to share this....
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Well, things have been going well. With reference to my last entry:
studying for my public policy final has been…coming along. I feel like I know all this stuff already, which is actually very worrying, because I know I don’t. I’ve fulfilled my goals for the semester - a minimum of two As - but I want to do really well for this exam because I love this class and quite honestly,...
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Today, my flight was being served by an obviously gay flight attendant, who seemed to put everyone in a good mood as he served us. A we were about to descend, he came on the loud speaker and said “Captain Marvey has asked me to announce that he’ll be landing the big scary plane shortly, so lovely people, if you could just put your trays up, that would be super.” One extremely...
It's gonna be a good day.
I finished the memo. I got an A in my psychology class. I am going to finish the drawing in about five and a half hours’ time, and I will be proud of it.
This morning I woke up early with the best person possible, got dressed, and am now sitting in the common room eating a peanut butter sandwich and drinking a glass of milk, proofreading the memo one last time. Sky is blue, air is still,...
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