January 2012
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October 2011
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September 2011
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You Are Tired (I Think) - e.e. cummings →
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You are tired,
(I think) Of the always puzzle of living and doing; And so am I. Come with me, then, And we’ll leave it far and far away— (Only you and I, understand!) You have played, (I think) And broke the toys you were fondest of, And are a little tired now; Tired of things that break, and— Just tired. So am I. But I come with a dream in my eyes tonight, And knock with a rose at...
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10 major U.S. cities I still need to visit
New York City: How is it that I haven’t been there in my 22 years of life? It’s a terrible problem that I need to correct soon.
Boston: Major history geeking out to do there. Plus my friend recently relocated there, so I have a free place to stay.
Portland (Ore.): This has long been on my list of places to visit. From the scenery to the hipsters and delightful local music.
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August 2011
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Passage from "The Balloon" by Donald Barthelme
“It was suggested that what was admired about the balloon was finally this: that it was not limited, or defined. Sometimes a bulge, blister, or sub-section would carry all the way east to the river on its own initiative, in the manner of an army’s movements on a map, as seen in a headquarters remote from the fighting. Then that part would be, as it were, thrown back again, or would...
July 2011
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May 2011
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“Coffee and Cigarettes” by Michelle...
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The Mermaids' Lagoon
“If you shut your eyes and are a lucky one, you may see at times a shapeless pool of lovely pale colours suspended in the darkness; then if you squeeze your eyes tighter, the pool begins to take shape, and the colours become so vivid that with another squeeze they must go on fire. But just before they go on fire you see the lagoon. This is the nearest you ever get to it on the mainland, just...
April 2011
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The Daily Beast Ranks the 20 Most Useless College... →
March 2011
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“But that’s the glory of foreign travel, as far as I’m concerned. I...”
– “Neither here nor there: travels in Europe” by Bill Bryson
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“You can have a very intense relationship with fictional characters because they...”
– JK Rowling (via symphonieducorbeaux)
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Write one leaf about a meltdown.
She could feel it, from beneath the chipped nailpolish of her fingernails all the way into the cavernous ventricles of her heart.
Tension.
She realized that none of them, her mother, her sister, her father, had listened to a word she’d said. Maybe it wasn’t the most important story, but she had always listened to theirs, which were never all that great, either. She had discovered...
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Our generation’s theme song.
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“Someone Like You” by Adele
Mmm, I...
