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"..In essence grammatically standard language was created so that people would learn the same language and be easier to govern.. Teaching traditional grammar rules as the one and only way to convey the English language creates oppressive ideals. If the rules propose that there is one perfect language, and language creates reality, then it can be ( Read more... )

weekends are passing too quickly and sleep seems like a cruel joke of time, especially during the one special night spent in proximity to a warm body, warm arms, deep breath. three new meanings now, for "coming home ( Read more... )

interesting run this morning.. since i'm back home for the weekend, had decided on doing 17 miles, but hadn't factored in the torrential rain that was falling when i left the house at 4:30am. however, because i would rather run in a monsoon than during daylight hours with evil florida sunshine, i wrapped my ipod in cellophane and was out the door. ( Read more... )

travis found an apartment, so..

dear friends list, what sort of things do you wish someone had gotten for you when you first moved out on your own? and, similarly, what did you find to be indispensable for keeping you from getting lonely and/or starving and/or being bored to death?

here's to receiving amadeus as a surprise "christmas in july" present, and being lucky enough to have someone who will watch the full three-hour(!) extended edition with you - without laughing when you get goosebumps at the don giovanni scene (hypothetically) or when you have to sit up and firmly concentrate on not getting the chills during the ( Read more... )

what's the only thing more annoying than a parking violation?

...a parking violation in comic sans typeface.

fact: not all time is created equal

This morning on my run, I saw dolphins!

Sometimes living in Florida is a lot better than I'd like to acknowledge.

I just wrote a 2000-word paper on two museums which I did NOT visit.

WOOOOO COLLEGE!

..but at least it's done.

I am quite through with this semester. Today was the first day, out of eight, in which I actually voluntarily got out of bed and went somewhere for fun, and am a whopping six pounds lighter. Apparently, moping is a pretty effective ( Read more... )