February 2012
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Needles and Novels: Happy Birthday to me →
needlesandnovels:
Yesterday was my birthday and so I took the afternoon off from doing things I should’ve been doing (cleaning my room, exercising, writing essays, etc) and finished a creative project I’ve had in process for a while. I was originally inspired by something I saw on pintrest and wanted to try: an…
“If an elementary school student has an excellent teacher even for a single year,...”
– Raj Chetty, professor of economics at Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences and a co-author of the study with Harvard Kennedy School’s John Friedman and Columbia Business School’s Jonah Rockoff. (Harvard Gazette)
AKA why teachers should be paid more and we should be working to retain the best and...
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Problem: a dilemma
I am getting nothing done here. I should just go back to my apartment because my eyes are trying to vacate my body in an attempt to escape my contacts. This is clearly not a comfortable or writing fostering state to be in. Unfortunately I know that if I return to my room where my bed resides, and change into my pajamas in an effort to get down to business, I might just decide to sleep.
Fuck it,...
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AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!
This week is turning out to be so amazing, in spite of me being sick and having to go to boring classes it keeps being AWESOME.
Monday- I added four lovely girls to my Kappa family and none of them were intimidated by how weird Powerhouse Fam is.
Tuesday- My one important assignment was postponed in class. I led partner yoga as my warmup for movement class and people thought it was funny...
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Turns out the "rename it the Gulf of America" bill... →
stfuconservatives:
“Mississippi Democratic Representative – and wiseacre — Steve Holland was fuming over the way Republicans’ wasted valuable time on symbolic posturing. So, to illustrate, Holland proposed renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. You want posturing? I’ll show you posturing — that kind of thing.
“Holland explained, “I didn’t do it to be funny but more so to give a...
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Not feeling well
so I’m going to eat a sandwich and watch Wet Hot American Summer. Less than 10 min in and I already remember why I love this movie.
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I heart standing on soapboxes
So generally I don’t feel motivated to add my specific voice to the fray of comments on what I consider to be commonly talked about divisive topics. This time however, I feel really strongly about said topic and I really don’t understand why it is so hard and important for other people to be judgmental about it.
Tattoos.
Quit the hate. I don’t understand it because someone...
I LOVE MY FRIENDS
but sometimes I wish I had more.