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I moved to New York last Tuesday. In the space of about three days, I found a ( Read more... )

Today I turned in two bound copies of my ~honors thesis~ to the History and East Asian Studies departments. In short,
I HAVE FINISHED...SOME SHIT!*

*I still have two and a half more term papers to write and finals to revise for and if I slip into the I AM GRADUATING PASS ME DA MUTHAFUCKIN 'STAL frame of mind too soon I will render everything in ( Read more... )

ALSO SHOCKINGLY PERTINENT:

And finally:

London is perhaps one of the easiest cities to navigate by public transport. And thank fuck for that.

I hauled my sorry bones to the library once again this morning. After about 45 minutes of trying to read about the state-sanctioned North Korean pop band Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble (better known simply as PEE in The Socialist Paradise), the ( Read more... )

( Outside London )

Things are moving quickly.
One minute you're thinking that everything is just fine, that you're contented, curled-up nice and warm with your face at the front of your head. Then before you know it life is coming up behind you, fast, driving a Chinese public bus through a red light, on its way to pummel the bones out of your body.
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Not much has changed over the past 6 months or so, apart from the fact that quiescence has become a welcome thing in my life. I am still in the same spot with the same people. I haven't even started new subjects at university, since all my classes last a full year. Every Tuesday I spend the hours of 1-3PM with my favorite supa-posh bald professor, ( Read more... )

Tuesday is election day--a very SPECIAL election day in Illinois; the gubernatorial race is coming to its EXCITING conclusion. Here are the top contenders for this fine state's most powerful position:


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