January 2012
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Hold On - Alabama Shakes
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December 2011
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Kyoko has a blog: Everyone is just like, "fuck... →
brain-food:
And i’m sitting here petting 2011 on my lap, consoling but a fragile year like many other past years people kicked to the curb.
This year I had some really shitty relationships. The absolute worst. I can honestly say without a doubt the people I’ve interacted with on an intimate level will never…
“Try to swim past the entire ocean of bullshit, failures, and regrets ...
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That feeling
Again.
I sort of want to go to sleep now and wake up on January 2.
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Dreary day
Still drizzling outside. A part of me wishes I’d gone for a run, but now I’m kind of out of time. I spent the last couple of hours searching for books for winter quarter courses (I forgot how expensive academic books are, ugh), cleaning the house, straightening my room, and brushing the cat (who’s now cleaning herself since I messed up her ‘do).
Law student is coming over...
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2011: a recap
I did this last year, after a reflective run, and this year, I’m going to run but after I write this, so that I can process it more fully.
January: Winter quarter. SW. Anxiety. School. Anxiety. SW. Depression. Start therapy.
February: Blizzard at SW’s. School. SW’s crazy birthday. Anxiety. School. SW. Disappointments. Depression. Anxiety.
March: Grey days. Social isolation....
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Don't Waste The Pretty: an enviable year →
asweetbeginning:
datebynumbers:
I have a New Year’s Resolution for all of you. This has nothing to do with your weight, your friends, your family. No one is telling you to go the gym, to stop biting your nails, to get out more. I just want you to do one thing and embrace it fully. This year, I want you to listen to yourself….
“Listen to your own advice. So many of you write to me...
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New Year Blues
I think these are akin to the Birthday Blues.
I’m feeling lonely and grey (maybe it’s the weather), but I’m worried about what this next year will bring. I’m nervous for what time will make of me or what I will make of it.
A whole new year. It carries so much weight.
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Med advice?
Any suggestions for what to do about a perpetual stiff neck? It’s been two days, and I’m still having trouble looking over a shoulder or down at the ground. Ouch.
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Trader Joe's days
are the best days.
I just bought so many healthy and wonderful goodies. I did a pretty good job of sticking to the outer aisles, with the healthiest, freshest food - though I did cave when it came to cheese (not necessarily unhealthy but I tend to overdo it with cheese!). AND the beer. Oh my god, I forgot how great the beer selection is, and that I can mix-and-match a six-pack, and sigh. I really...
Everyone, I give you, the 2012 Republican...
Michelle Bachmann: "Don’t misunderstand. I am not here bashing people who are homosexuals, who are lesbians, who are bisexual, who are transgender. We need to have profound compassion for people who are dealing with the very real issue of sexual dysfunction in their life and sexual identity disorders.” (2004)
Ron Paul: "The rate of AIDS infection is on the increase again. From the gay point of view, the reasons seem quite sensible. First, these men don't really see a reason to live past their fifties. They are not married, they have no children, and their lives are centered on new sexual partners... because sex is the center of their lives, they want it to be as pleasurable as possible, which means unprotected sex. Third, they enjoy the attention & pity that comes with being sick." (1995 in a newsletter)
Rick Perry: "I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm a Christian, but you don't need to be in the pew every Sunday to know there's something wrong in this country when gays can serve openly in the military but our kids can't openly celebrate Christmas or pray in school. " (2011 in a campaign ad)
Mitt Romney: "I should tell my story. I'm also unemployed." (2011 while speaking to unemployed people in Florida. Romney's net worth is over $200 million.)
Newt Gingrich: "She's not young enough or pretty enough to be the wife of the President. And besides, she has cancer." (1994, about his first wife)
Rick Santorum: "Is anyone saying same-sex couples can’t love each other? I love my children. I love my friends, my brother. Heck, I even love my mother-in-law. Should we call these relationships marriage, too?" (2008)
Michelle Bachmann: "Carbon dioxide is portrayed as harmful. But there isn't even one study that can be produced that shows that carbon dioxide is a harmful gas." (2009 during a debate)
Mitt Romney: "PETA is not happy that my dog likes fresh air." (2006, when questioned about driving 12 hours with his dog in a cage strapped to the top of his car)
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Crayon Angel - Judee Sill
Crayon Angel songs are...
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Too many cookies
Time to run them off.
Ben Does Life.: Get Excited: The 2012 Do Life... →
bendoeslife:
Excited to announce the 2012 Do Life New Year Challenge.
While maintaining a little surprise for the people who join, here is a little information on the 12-week challenge.
Starts next Monday, January 2nd.
There will be a new theme launched each Monday with a challenge for the week.
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Bootstrapping My Way Into the Ivory Tower - Advice... →
A worthwhile read - and a moderately anxiety-provoking one for me. Although I’m certainly (thankfully!) not a mother, this could very likely be my future. Right down to the author’s position as “an associate professor of religion.”
Yikes.
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I just spent over an hour on the phone with the boy with whom I had the Wikipedia competition, aka the law student.
I hate talking on the phone… but this was actually pleasant. Enjoyable. I laughed a lot.
He’s home on the east coast for a few more days and was talking about how he wishes he were here instead so we could be hanging out. He asked me out to dinner for Friday night.
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Banjo-ing
Spent my afternoon paying bills and playing my banjo. Have yet to write thank-you notes, read, or run/yoga. That last one may or may not happen today.
I have to go back to school in a week…?
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“People always say you should be yourself, like yourself is this definite thing,...”
– Angela Chase, My So-Called Life (ep. 12)
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THESE COOKIES
Were a brilliant idea.
I think my 2012 mantra is going to be: “no excuses — no guilt.” It’ll get me out the door for a run or social time or research or whatever. And it’ll allow me my cookies and sleep and solitude and sex.
So these cookies both are genius and inspire genius.
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Bas
Hindi for “stop” or “too much.”
I just put far far far too much Thai food in my belly. … And I am still trying to figure out what easy dessert I could concoct.
Who am I.
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Hot toddy bliss
After that tough run, I showered and changed into the most comfortable, unattractive clothes imaginable (baggy sweats and a sweater), made a hot toddy with more whiskey than tea, and curled up on the couch with the cat to read. Not too long after - passed out.
I woke up from the nap about two hours later.
Read some of Franzen’s Freedom and made more holiday calls to family members.
I just...
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Chicago wind is a bear.
The last 2.5 miles home on my run were rough.
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Help?
I need to find the quickest way from Loch Ness Monster to Tahrir Square, on Wikipedia.
So far, the shortest I’ve found is: Loch Ness Monster —> University of Birmingham —> Suez Crisis —> Cairo —> Tahrir Square
(Stakes are high! A boy will cook for me if I win!)
Anyone?
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“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and...”
– Siddhartha Gautama (via exhilarating)
Things I need to be thinking about for the impending new year.
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The Christmas Song - Bing Crosby
My favorite...
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gradschoolroundtwo:
musicismykey:
Go to uchicagorejects.com
Then go to northwesternrejects.com
Pretty much made my day.
Haha I remember seeing this awhile ago but totally forgot about it. I love the random rivalry.
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SCREW YOU
Screw you, 9 miles.
I just ran 12.6.
BOOM.
Almost a half-marathon. In about 2.5 hours, including a short sit-down to appreciate the Chicago skyline, a couple brief walking breaks, and a little stretching and push-ups/crunches.
My lungs and right ankle hurt, but damn, that feels good.
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Drat
37 degrees, feels like 29, and I need to go run 9ish miles.
Dammit.
Wish me luck.
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Cranberry-nut bread
I made some. It is quite tasty.
And I’m finding the bread a little analogous to my life: sweet-sour cranberries (my alone time is both solitude and loneliness); nuts (my life is); steeped in contradictory comfort and guilt.
I just reread what I wrote - and I should probably spend time with human beings tomorrow.
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“You feel more restless than usual — and it’s not just a holiday...”
– Virgo Horoscope: Daily Overview Horoscope - Astrology on Shine
Despite this, it’s 6 p.m., and I’m still in PJs.