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LJ Idol Week 13: Inside Baseball
Inside Baseball:describes details or minutia of a subject so detailed or requiring such a specific knowledge about what is being discussed that they generally are not well known or appreciated by outsiders.I may be young, but it has not taken me long to notice the fact that some people are passed over by the general population because they aren't ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol Week 12: The Sincerest Form of Flattery
We all want to be someone else at one time or another. Let's face it: we idolize other people. In the US, it's a full time job for some people. We are always checking out the lives of celebrities and national heroes. It seems there is always someone to emulate. Sure, we are happy being ourselves (at least some of us are), yet there is a small piece ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol Week 11: Haute
As a child, I often sat in front of my mother's vanity, legs tucked underneath me upon the blue and white cushion as I played with her perfume. The bottles were of cut glass, and to my young eyes they were the loveliest things I ever laid eyes on. Surely this is what it meant to be a lady, I thought, taking the small glass stopper from the bottle ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol Week 8: First World Problem
I hold the phone between my ear and shoulder, listening as intently as possible while still appearing to be working.
"I went to the doctor yesterday," the familiar voice is saying to me. He sounds tired, too serious, so unlike himself. "I got up and I remembered I promised you that I would go. I had to keep my promise to my girl." I smile a smile ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol Week 7: Brouhaha
Where the hell is the brouhaha ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol Week 6: Not of Your World
I used to be an Evangelical. At least, that's what I think we were. All I know is that when I watched Jesus Camp, there were a few moments when I said, "Oh, I remember that ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol/Tie Breaker: Balancing Act
I can't do this anymore. The words escaped my lips before I could even register the thought, and then they were hanging precipitously in the air. I could not catch them, and instead I waited for a response. Lately, it seems whenever I say something like this, whenever I reveal that I am at my breaking point, nothing is said. No one grabs onto those ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol Week 4: Afterthought
Afterthought (n): an addition that was not included in the original plan.I thought I would meet him in high school, my true love. We would know each other, but not well. He would look on from afar, a secret admirer afraid to share his true feelings. When finally the secret came out, we would discover that we both adored each other and wanted the ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol: Topic 1/Week 1: Winding Up
I finished my sentence as my heart thudded in my chest and the flames in my cheeks began to die down. The embers still glowed on my olive skin as I touched my face, feeling the warmth. Seeds of doubt planted themselves in my brain as the professor moved on to the next student's comment.
People are going to think you're crazy.
Maybe you ( Read more... ) -
Week 0- The Real LJ Idol
I live life in a state of in-between. I am both a graduate student and a full-time employee, and at times I do not feel fully present with either part of my life. I am twenty-three years old, and I feel I have become an adult in most senses but that I have not quite arrived. My boyfriend partner and I have been together for almost four and a half ( Read more... )