February 2012
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It's the most wonderful time of the year.
I swear, I feel like Bambi.
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Woman: Can I have birth control?
Republicans: No.
Woman: I got pregnant because I didn't have birth control and I don't want the fetus. Can I have an abortion?
Republicans: No.
Woman: I gave birth to my child but since I wasn't expecting it, I can't afford daycare. Can I have help paying for it?
Republicans: No.
Just received a commending email from a relatively well-known poet who is reviewing some of my work for potential publication in a literary journal.
I so rarely become starstruck because I view voices like this one as equals; legitimate critique excites me as much as sex or creating the perfect combination of stringy words.
Meanwhile, it’s really challenging for me to stay humble and...
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What You Will Never Know: Dear white people who blame POC and Affirmative Action when they don’t get a scholarship or acceptance letters or jobs,
whatwhiteswillneverknow:
Shut the fuck up.
I’m tired of being nice about this shit. SHUT. The FUCK. UP. Your school wants to add more diversity? You’re upset? FUCK YOU! Shut the fuck up! You didn’t get a scholarship, but the...
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There’s a guy who works in the library who resembles Dilbert. He has a knock-kneed little swagger.
The chorus of this was playing when he strolled past me.
I smiled.
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Incompetent People Too Ignorant to Know It →
youmightfindyourself:
A growing body of psychology research shows that incompetence deprives people of the ability to recognize their own incompetence. To put it bluntly, dumb people are too dumb to know it. Similarly, unfunny people don’t have a good enough sense of humor to tell.
This disconnect may be responsible for many of society’s problems.
With more than a decade’s worth of...
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All Point Foundation Scholarship semifinalist notifications are sent out at the end of February. Sick of waiting, I twitter-searched “Point Foundation”; there are three individuals on there who’ve publically announced their semifinalist statuses.
I’ve rarely wanted something this badly before. I feel like this has been a month-long session of “choose teams on the...
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20 things that fail to interest me:
Video games with over 32-bits
Bananas
Aimlessness
Decaffeinated coffee
Flavor in my coffee
Owning an automobile
Pinks and purples
Madonna’s new album
Doctor Who
Orange and yellow Haribo Bear-Gummies
Treadmills and ellipticals
Maintaining dead-end friendships
Tanning beds
Sleep
Staying here
Shaving
Comedies
Lap dogs
Salad dressing
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I am blindly walking my way out of something, which is good. But I can’t tell if it’s a tunnel or a cornmaze, so I don’t know whether I should turn left or continue going straight ahead. All I do is just oscillate wildly, touching nothing but the air, grabbing fistfuls, stuffing them into my jacket pockets like rabbit’s feet and horse shoes when I really just need the...
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Emily gave me a Skype concert and my heart melted.
Funny how she sounds so differently behind an instrument.
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It felt like springtime on this February morning.
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“I’m decorating in my head.”
– Emily
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Sixty-eight degrees, scattered clouds.
I get to work at farriswheels’ kennel this afternoon.
This is like one of those summer mornings in Lincolnton where I would spend the entire day outside, either building a dog house, restoring an old bicycle, or just walking 10 miles around Clarks Hill Lake just for the fun of it. I accomplished something much bigger than building a thing. I lost myself in the task, not focusing on page...