April 2010
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Terry Davies & BBC Philharmonic Orchestra -...
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I finally have senioritis?
Lately, all I’ve wanted to do is read, watch movies, play piano, be a social recluse, and walk aimlessly around my house listening to music. That’s been my life since approximately a week ago, although the symptoms have increased astonishingly over the past three days.
I don’t know whether this counts as senioritis. The cause of this sudden bout of laziness isn’t so much...
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One Art by Elizabeth Bishop
The art of losing isn’t hard to master;
so many things seem filled with the intent
to be lost that their loss is no disaster.
Lose something every day. Accept the fluster
of lost door keys, the hour badly spent.
The art of losing isn’t hard to master.
Then practice losing farther, losing faster:
places, and names, and where it was you meant
to travel. None of these will bring...
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Anonymous asked: What do you want to major in ? How much does this influence your decision on the college you will matriculate to ?
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You know, before today, I was so sure that I was going to end up at UChicago. Then I got into Berkeley and I realized, I have no fucking clue where I want to go. It’s so frustrating, how at one moment I can be so sure that I’m making the right decision, but the instant that I’m given more options, that self-assurance completely dissipates.
Resolution: don’t think about...
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I Tried Cosmo's Sex Advice -- Wow, My Penis Hurts!... →
“I am convinced that the way that they pick their sex advice is to look around their office for any random object and say: ‘Put it on a dick.’”
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describe racism as political incorrectness →
So, again, I think the use of “politically incorrect” in that post to describe the racism perpetuated by Sambo’s restaurants is a way of keeping the taint of that racism out of an otherwise fun and pleasant post about groovy vintage retro restaurant decor. It’s almost as if directly acknowledging racism would be like acknowledging a bad smell in the room — as if that...
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Maybe she's born with it... Maybe it's make... →
I’ve written before about the perverse concept of “natural look” makeup, and about the irony of spending an hour in front of the mirror applying “barely there” foundation and “nude lipstick,” all to achieve the appearance of having expended little or no time on one’s appearance at. The preponderance of makeup brands promising foundation that makes...
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My armpits smell really good.
Like sweet pea, to be more specific.
entredeuxmondes-deactivated2011 asked: What keeps you going?
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entredeuxmondes-deactivated2011 asked: What are your primary philosophical musings?
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There was this moment today in Spanish when I suddenly felt grown up. For the first time in my life. It was like there was some sharp divide between what I used to be, and what I am now, like my childhood had happened to someone else and I had no history.
I can’t decide whether I like or dislike this. On one hand, it’s scary to think that I’m growing up, especially since I feel...
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Amnesty report condemns US death rates of women in... →
The US has some of the best medical care in the world, but Amnesty says the lives of poor, uninsured, African American and Native American women are put at risk by neglect.
“This country’s extraordinary record of medical advancement makes its haphazard approach to maternal care all the more scandalous and disgraceful,” said US Amnesty executive director Larry Cox. “Good...
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Consuming pop culture while feminist: Disney's The... →
The Little Mermaid is, quite simply, a feminist’s worst nightmare. This movie is about, as a very wise friend of mine once put it, a young woman who gives up her voice to get a pair of legs so that she can snare a man. It’s about the triumph of “good” women - young, slender, silent and lovesick - over “bad” women - old, voluptuous, outspoken and sexual....
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