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things I learned this year.
I was feeling unproductive, so I made a list of things I learned this year. Here it goes:
- Never buy fruit in pre-made packages at the grocery store. What you make up for in per-kilo price, you lose in bruised fruit.
- Living on your own isn’t so lonely after all.
- You might be tired, you might not feel like it, but talk anyways.
- Never underestimate the ( Read more... )
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mourning over the injustices of the world...
Within the UN treaty body there are two main procedures. One involves the reporting of the countries representatives themselves and the other involves the NGOs who are on the ground, in the midst of the people. This special closed meeting with the NGOs is so important because it gives the committee members an idea of what is actually ( Read more... ) -
searching for something
I know that I haven't been as up-to-date as I should have been and I could now tell you about all the fantastic things that are happening here, about all of the new friends, the apartment that reminds me everyday of "Auberge Espagnol," of the classes with NGO, UN big-wigs, of my daily insights into the french language (and how its slowely killing ( Read more... ) -
definately not out of the bitch house yet, but...
at least she's trying?
A new bill proposed by good ol' Hilary that would increase the minimum wage to over $7 and then link it directly to percentage increases of the House's own pay raises.....
It's far from perfect, but it is maybe just provacative enough to get some attention and not drastic enough to fail?
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...exploitive law firms...
Long Story Short:
I got the job with (lets just say) "X&Y" amidst apparently a few hundred applicants.
I turned it down.
So mid-March I was searching fairly generally for an paid internship/job for this upcoming summer when I come across an ambiguous "Summer Temporary Position" listing on the website of X&Y. For those who don't know, X&Y is arguably ( Read more... ) -
getting out of the restaurant business?
So I have an interview with X&Y in a month?
Just the biggest law firm in Milwaukee...
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and only getting colder....
the snow blasts your face, you can't even feel your chin anymore
quick walks between bright storefronts
but THEY can't escape, and THEY will only get colder
it's THEY that bother us on our way to get coffee
the ones that make us feel guilty when we pass by, heads down
THEY deserve it right?
THEY are making me depressed, THEY are ruining my christmas ( Read more... ) -
wishful thinking
a little snow please since it's already this cold?
I think today is the day I start listening to christmas music....I can hear the Crosby already :)
What's your favorite christmas song?
