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Bright Eyes and Beatles
I wore a shirt that said "Turn Around" to a Bright Eyes concert a couple of weeks ago, thinking it was clever. Apparently Connor Oberst is some sort of indie messiah, and I offended hundreds of hipsters. I can never go back ( Read more... ) -
Advice
If a drunk girl at a bar gives you her number, don't spend the next three days texting her over and over asking when you can get together, then get pissy when she doesn't want to see you and tell her that you thought she could have been The One. Because that won't make her feel bad for you, it will just make her think that you need to get a life. -
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Hectic Life: Working six days a week, volunteering two days, taking care of Matt, working through Peace Corps applications/mumbo jumbo. Feeling a bit overwhelmed by too much responsibility that maybe shouldn't be mine ( Read more... ) -
Who is Ian McKellen?
My sister (brokenwaffles) and I have recently discovered that Ian McKellen is, in fact, played by an actor named Dumbledore. Sir McKellen, though, plays many parts, in cluding Magneto, Gandalf, and one of three kings in the King’s Speech. That’s when we realized that he is actually every elderly British man with a fine head of hair. Which means ( Read more... ) -
Talking About It.
Japan is really fun to talk about, to remember, but it's when you're done talking about it, when it's filled you up, but there's nowhere left for it to go, and no one around who gets it, that it starts to cut and bleed out. It takes a million memories, and a thousand regrets, and a hundred dreams to bleed out. Till you can push it back again behind ( Read more... ) -
Nihon Bungaku
I've almost finished my website. It was supposed to be finished about a week ago, but it's just taken a lot longer than I thought to organize everything, and even though I'm sending the link to my adviser tonight, I'll still be updating it throughout the next couple of weeks, and maybe into the summer if I feel ambitious. I'd love to make some ( Read more... ) -
Your confusion is the size of SIX felt-tipped markers
I'm reeeeeeeeady for school to end. I'm pushing myself forward, of course, always making sure I have a goal to work toward, something to look forward to in the next year or two, but for now I'd like to catch up on family, writing, and sleep. That would be nice ( Read more... ) -
gap
She’d received half a dozen messages, some mocking and teasing, some blunt in their insistence that they “see other people,” none sounding like Mark. The messages came from his phone, and were just like the messages from his Facebook account. But they were all in lower-caps, awkwardly worded, distant…and when was the last time Mark used the word “ ( Read more... ) -
Let's Not Be Friends
I've recently decided that I don't like people ( Read more... ) -
Ritual AKA FUCKING SAY SOMETHING
"Hey there ( Read more... )