December 2010
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“Every zombie war is a war of attrition. It’s always a numbers game. And it’s...”
– Chuck Klosterman Eating the Dinosaur
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/05/arts/television/05zombies.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all
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“Weed was another great equalizer. It is hard to overstate the importance of weed...”
– Molly Young
http://www.believermag.com/issues/201009/?read=article_young#longreads
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“Many ponderables remain regarding the e-book. At a personal level, I am someone...”
– Alexander Chee
http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/personal_essays/i_reader.php
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five remembrances
I am of the nature to have ill health. I cannot escape ill health.
I am of nature to die. I cannot escape dying.
All that is dear to me and everyone I love are of the nature to change. There is no way to escape being separated from them.
I cannot keep anything. I come here empty-handed, and I go empty handed.
My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions....
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a chat
I walked to almansor park with dad, and we talked in general about life, anger, and more about his past than anything else. He told me about his golden years while we were watching some youngsters play basketball, how the best times of his life were when he was 14-15, when you didn’t have to worry about testing into good schools yet and how girls weren’t around to distract you from friendships and...
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Should I laugh? →
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“In September, 2009, addressing the popular anger about bankers’ pay, TED wrote...”
– -John Cassidy
Read more http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/11/29/101129fa_fact_cassidy#ixzz19Odjxnrj
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my dad
“I think in my past life, I used to be a hermit. Busy places don’t interest me. To me, there is nothing more joyful than a really good book that awaits you before bed on a dreary, rainy day. It is the most comforting feeling in the world.”
I wanted to express that I felt the same way, but felt that no words were sufficient or necessary after he said it, driving my sister and me home...
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“I am constantly building up these intricate ideas of what things should be. Yet...”
– Anonymous!
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Watchnvu:
How the wholeheartedly live…
“They fully embrace vulnerability…they believed that what made them vulnerable made them beautiful.”
I’m struggling to break out of that vicious cycle that she describes…
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this
bobbypinned:
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Respect
It has been less than a week home and already my do-good armor is chipping with the free-for-all that exists in my family. I see it even more in my extended family. Everyone is selfish, including me. I want to demand a level of respect from my sister but she’s so low in the hole all she can think about is grabbing onto anything that pulls her out without even uttering a...
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: how the brits approach it →
bobbypinned:
THIS is how religion should be taught at school
When I was in 6th grade we were forced to take a ‘class’ on religion. The classes were 2 hours per week, and lasted for only two or three months. This was one of the best things that could have happened to me, as it broadened my world view in ways…
my sister tries to tell me about Christianity. I can’t help but burst...
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...And that's all I got to say about that: Dad and... →
hardy-ramanujan:
Get togethers were interesting because the gender dynamic always puzzled me. women in the kitchen cooking or in the living room taking care of the kids and men in the backyard playing cards or drinking. But what interested me more as I grew up were what they talked about. The men talked about…
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“Our study also involved all possible gender combinations-women touching women...”
– Born to be good, by Datcher Keltner
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“The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are...”
– Albert Ellis (via fuckyeahhappy)
:)
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“Imagine that our most intimate relationships were arranged like speed dating....”
– - Born to be good by Dacher Keltner
My friends used to make fun of me whenever I blushed using my fake bus pass. They never flinched- “Why are you so concerned about rules that don’t matter?” Now that I think of it, I’ve never seen either one of them embarrassed. Hm.
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“During the Vietnam War and the civil rights movement, the
American media...”
– Feminization of Asian American Men by Chiung Hwang Chen
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Seriously.: How to be 20-Something →
bobbypinned:
from tdwin/hahasillylinh
How to be 20-Something
by Ryan O’Connell
Be really attractive. Your acne is gone, your face has matured without having wrinkles and everything on your body is lifted naturally. Eat bagels seven days a week, binge-drink and do drugs: you’ll still look like a babe. When you turn thirty, it’ll become a different story but that’s, like, not for a...
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Practicing Zen
I wake up at noon because I slept so late doing things on the computer last night. I know that I have to get my sister to the post office before 2PM, and waking her up is no easy task. This task takes 30 minutes, and I manage to squeeze in two emails about rec letters for an internship I’m interested in while periodically telling her to wake up wake up wake up. I make breakfast for both of...
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trainspotting
“There are final hits and there are final hits. Which one was this one?”
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moral instinct vs constructed morals
which is right and which do most people follow?
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It’s like the God in me saw the Devil in you...
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are you self aware?
So I’ve been thinking about how I came to be myself lately. That is, the self who runs through life without thinking too much, plays down my experiences as whatever, the self who doesn’t value my relationships and thinks of everything as temporary. It’s a little disconcerting to think of myself as running through my life without being aware of why I am the way I am. It’s...
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Before you go christmas shopping...
100 Bangladeshi workers died in a fire last week – just the latest tragedy in a country where 40 million toil for a pittance to keep our high street shelves stocked.
On the whole, it is still remarkably easy for retailers and consumers simply to put garment workers out of our minds, dead or alive.
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replies
yo followers, enable replies so I can comment :D
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“Politics, celebrity gossip, business headlines, tech punditry, odd news, and...”
– Better, by Merlin Mann. (Read the full post.)
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my heart big but it beat quiet
Notes about this semester
* i should probably draft some principles for myself that I should never break no matter what. Do Not Mess With Friends would be one.
* I should only be friends with people I really want to. I don’t need fillers.
* keep in contact with friends who aren’t in my general vicinity. I used to be in my high school bubble. this semester, I was in my house...
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Over/Not Over
dearoldlove:
I’m over you. I’m not over what you did to me.
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waiting
for the day you’re not looking for something else
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enlightenment
now i know how you feel
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roommate happenings
roommate: (9:01:08 PM) omg
roommate: (9:01:09 PM) fml
roommate: (9:01:11 PM) i just melted
roommate: (9:01:16 PM) part of my bunny slippper
roommate: (9:01:24 PM) cause i had my feeeet on my heater
Oh Ngan.. I remember the days when I wasn’t sure I’d get along with you. :)
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“Freedom from unreal loyalties…You must rid yourself of pride: religious...”
– Virginia Woolf
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“Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn’t it? It makes you so vulnerable. It...”
– Neil Gaiman (via bobbypinned)
Neil Gaiman always knows wassup
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indirect communication
your coffee beans are delicious
what i do with your scarf
what do i do with your physics notebook and origami
she’s cute and she looks nice, i hope she makes you happy
I’m looking up from the cliffs I jumped from, just reminiscing about the days I stayed away from the edges. Nothing good or bad. Just wondering.
I did not end this one gracefully, now that I think of it. Too bad...
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hands
how much of your identity lies in your hands?
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the only thing
more unattractive than jealousy is bitterness
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“Facebook is a neutral tool, it’s what you do with it that matters. You think the...”
– The Last Psychiatrist on narcissism. (via somethingchanged)
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