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An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in, and a pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves

2013 was the year of the snake, aka the year of the struggle. It was all of the pent up stress of dealing with college, depicted in sighs, tears, and teeth-gnashing. As the clock strikes 12 on New Years’, seniors all over the country will one-by-one fall back exhausted into their beds, saying to themselvesContinue reading “An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in, and a pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves”

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Poverty is utterly irreconcilable

Sometimes when I write on this blog, I cite a problem or frustration in my life, then sort of summarize how I plan to handle my frustration. But there comes a time when all you can do is recognize that a problem exists; there’s not always a clear solution or way for individuals to handleContinue reading “Poverty is utterly irreconcilable”

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: my kindred spirit

Have you ever felt so alone and misunderstood? Has it ever seemed like it was you against the world, and amidst your teenage angst, that “no one gets me”? As a result of the paucity of discussion between you and your peers, do you sometimes feel as though your mind and awareness were operating aContinue reading “Ralph Waldo Emerson: my kindred spirit”

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What if, what if, what if?

There’s this post on tumblr: I don’t want to be creepy, but I don’t want to be empty either. It sort of just makes me think how we let social norms dictate our actions and how it ruins our lives because we DON’T do things because we don’t want to seem creepy or weird, andContinue reading “What if, what if, what if?”

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Yellow fever

Asian invasion, takin’ over your nation… I think that growing up in a Christian private school, the way for me to most feel singled out is not by gender, since I had half of the students there to back me up. It was not by sexual orientation, because I am among the majority and becauseContinue reading “Yellow fever”

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Freaking out over absolutely nothing

Let’s talk about Miley Cyrus’ performance at the VMA’s, shall we? . . . Actually, how about we don’t? First, that’s old news. The VMA’s were over a week ago, and frankly, I don’t give a crap about the way that Twitter was blowing up that Sunday night. All I could do was watch fromContinue reading “Freaking out over absolutely nothing”

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Props to you

Have courage, like this ledge cat.    People are effing courageous; are you aware? I mean everyone. New teachers could be new to a school or new to teaching, or both. They can slip up a few times the first semester and have only their mentor to aid them. They can walk into a cafeteriaContinue reading “Props to you”

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Five people I don’t want to become

The overly obsessive with looks When looks come to dominate everything else that I prioritize in life, I know that something is wrong. I never want to be so concerned with my outward appearance that my focus on this inevitably trades off with the quality of my inward appearance. I’ve said it before, and IContinue reading “Five people I don’t want to become”

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We should reflect more

Rewritten due to the inspirational Weekly Writing Challenge: 1223 words –> 288 (to read the fleshed out post, click here) Driven by societal norms, we constantly prematurely make up our minds, arguing for what we believe we believe. But we forget the importance of reflection. I regret saying or doing wrong, due to incomplete decisions.Continue reading “We should reflect more”

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