January 2010
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15 days until SAT results are released. I’m hoping desperately for something above a 2200, otherwise I’ll have to go through the process of dealing with it again…which I really just don’t want to do. I’m tired of being anxious about things, and as soon as the scores are in, my thesis paper is written, all my Selected American pre-course work is completed, and ACDA...
I’ve Just Seen A Face- The Beatles (Across...
An Education.
The bus ride home brought me to some thoughts I’ve been struggling to grasp lately. What makes me entitled to the life I live? What makes me, an unremarkable teenage girl from Connecticut, so much better off than a huge majority of people in the world? Wealth obviously has something to do with it, but I cannot think capitalism the reason for all of the opportunities I’ve gotten,...
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hazelweatherfield:
I really want to know what it’s like to shoot a gun. Really. I have no desire to kill anything, I just want to see what it feels like to have the power to do that. I had the opportunity too. It was during a Girl Scout trip. Yes, get your laughter out. We went to a dude ranch and one of our activities was target practice. I declined. I also declined to ride the horses because...
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Hate Mail
Dear Physics Midterm,
Who do you think you are, making me study for hours on end? We both know I’m utter crap at centripetal force and projectile motion. Sometimes I think you just like to mock me by making me worry needlessly about you all the time, which is rather pointless now that I think about it. Inevitably it will only end in failure, won’t it? You don’t have to lie...
A Midterm Survival Mix
Life In Technicolor II- Coldplay (lately this song has been starting every single one of my playlists. The epic-ness is undeniable, I suppose)
The Man- Pete Yorn
Beat It- Michael Jackson
Australia- The Shins
Here Comes the Sun- The Beatles
Can’t Go Back Now- The Weepies
Africa- Toto
We Will Become Silhouettes- The Shins (best version, obviously.)
You Only Live Once- The Strokes
59th...
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“Stretched out on the grass,
a boy and a girl.
Savoring their oranges,
giving...”
– Octavio Paz
An impasse
The worst thing about finishing a really amazing book is that it feels impossible to start another. Whether it’s because you’re still savoring the style in which it was written, feel really attached to the characters, or the conclusion is still haunting you; moving on from that really really amazing book seems a hopeless task. Luckily, there’s always Harry Potter.
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“Love me, for I love you”—and answer me,
“Love me, for I love...”
– Monna Innominata (7): Christina Rossetti
I love that moment when you can feel a book getting good…as if it begins accelerating and you tumble head first into a state of mind consumed by syntax, character, and plot twists; gallivanting onwards until the last page is turned.