February 2012
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“It reminds me of the “bike to work” movement. That is also portrayed as white,...”
– comment left on the Racialious blog post “Sustainable Food & Priviledge: Why is Green always White (and Male and Upper-Class)” (via ouiominy)
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Reading hurts.
That moment when you finish a book, look around, and realize that everyone is just carrying on with their lives as though you didn’t just experience emotional trauma at the hands of a paperback.
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Happy birthday to the ground.
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January 2012
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*Food hits floor*
little germs: let's get it!
king germ: no, we must wait 5 seconds!
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“I met an old lady once, almost one hundred years old, and she told me,...”
– Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat Pray Love
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My betta has velvet. Sake, I hope you like your...
Anonymous asked: no more than 70% of marriages in ethiopia aren't abductions of twelve year olds. that's the most ridiculous thing i've ever heard. i'm ethiopian, i would know. don't believe everything the media releases
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Ethiopian Girl Reportedly Guarded By Lions →
“A 12-year-old girl who was abducted and beaten by men trying to force her into a marriage was found being guarded by three lions who apparently had chased off her captors, a policeman said Tuesday.”
See, this is how it’s done, people.
On a more serious note, “Kidnapping young girls has long been part of the marriage custom in Ethiopia. The United Nations estimates that...
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http://jezebel.com/5866602/can-you-tell-the-differe... →
jessicarohan:
Women are people, not things.
I took the quiz, and I thought they had all come from rapists.
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“Cuando despertó, el dinosaurio todavía estaba allí.”
– Augusto Monterroso, El Dinosaurio.
A complete story in only seven words. Considered to be the shortest work of literature that exists in the Spanish language.
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AAAAAAND WE HAVE DECIDED WHERE WE ARE GOING TO...
And the cat can stay for free!
But just to be on the safe side, I’m holding on to all the extra cardboard boxes until AFTER we sign the lease and finalize everything.
Completely renovated apartments with super nice landlords are definitely the places to be.
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Packing for my glorious return to Pittsburgh.
Let’s hope this semester is a good one.
Things to do: - FIND A PLACE TO LIVE NEXT YEAR AS SOON AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE BECAUSE I HAVE NO INTENTIONS OF LIVING IN A CARDBOARD BOX NEXT TO SHUFFLES THE FAMOUS WANDERING (AND VERY LIKELY SCHIZOPHRENIC) SCARY HOMELESS MAN. - Not be nice to whoever the fuck I don’t want to be nice to. - Study a lot. But not as much as I did for honors physiology,...
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December 2011
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New Year's Challenge 8
My New Year’s Resolution:
Do it today. // Hazlo hoy mismo.
(I prefer the Spanish one, because that redundant mismo really gives it emphasis.)
For too long I have been allowing problems to quietly fester or emails to sit until irrelevant or phone calls to go unreturned for weeks. This year, all of this will change. I will take time every day to go through my emails and respond to them...
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New Year's Challenge 5, 6, & 7
A photo of me from the start of this year:
Yes, I am the one on the ground. That is me at approximately 12:30 AM on January 1, 2011. With a lighter in my hand. And a party hat. Yep.
A list of what I want to change in the new year:
- MORESLEEPMORESLEEPMORESLEEPMORESLEEPMORESLEEP - I would very much like to save my money and stop purchasing frivolities, although if I do say so myself, I am...
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