March 2010
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life is too short →
Faith Dremmer, you have touched the lives of so many and we are so sad that you had to leave us. Thank you for all you’ve brought to us through your spirit and vibrant personality. You are forever in our hearts, never to be forgotten, and please know that we will always be thinking of you. We miss you terribly and wish more than anything that your time here didn’t have to end so soon....
December 2009
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“Don’t cry because it’s over. Just smile because it happened”
feeding my brain
Not sure what I should read next. Here is the list I compiled:
Tender Is The Night - Fitzgerald
This Side Of Paradise - Fitzgerald
The Sound And The Fury - Faulkner
Sense & Sensibility - Austen
The Picture Of Dorian Gray - Wilde
Catch-22 - Heller
Into The Wild - Krakauer
The decision is a difficult one. I want a book that is widely read and good to discuss. Any other suggestions?
“And I thought that all those little kids are going to grow up someday. And all...”
– The Perks Of Being A Wallflower
breathe
It is amazing how within a short span of 5 minutes, I felt my heart sink and then float again. “Float”, in the sense that it is not drowning, but that is not to say it isn’t a struggle. If it was my decision, I would have it fly.
Of course, that particular decision is out of our hands.
But we still get to choose whether we sink or swim.
August 2009
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math jokes always crack me up
…that is, IF I understand them!
Here are a few of my favorites that I found.
An infinite crowd of mathematicians enters a bar. The first one orders a pint, the second one a half pint, the third one a quarter pint…
“I understand”, says the bartender - and pours two pints.
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Q: Why do mathematicians, after a dinner at a Chinese restaurant, always insist on...
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This is talent →
Jennifer Lin can compose and play a beautiful piece on the piano in just a matter of minutes. It is all improvisation. This video gives me chills, it’s so good. More importantly, it is absolutely inspiring.
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College
Just the thought of it is really scary. This year determines everything. I know that life goes on well beyond college but the reality is that college really sets you on what path you’re going to go down. Lately, I’ve been looking at the websites of colleges that I want to apply to.
From my top college’s website: Tell us your story. Show us what’s special about you. Tell us how...
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“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer...”
– Dr. Seuss
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I just realized how much rice I eat
You should learn to cook rice too!
Here are step by step instructions.
Rinse the rice in water to get rid of excess starch.
For every cup of rice, add 1 1/2 cups water.
Bring the rice to boil, uncovered, at medium heat.
When boiling, turn the heat down to medium low.
Place the lid on the pot, keeping it tilted to allow steam to escape.
When you can see holes or “craters”...
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About The Millionaires
Tara: They're so awful
Me: Who are they signed to?
Tara: The Devil
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“The bed is a bundle of paradoxes: we go to it with reluctance, yet we quit it...”
– Charles Caleb Colton
Vans Warped Tour 2009
One thing I absolutely love about tumblr is this whole reblogging thing. Connie did an excellent job of recaping the day.
connieinchicago:
Warped Tour yesterday was amazing and definitely beat last year’s. Not only that, but it was apparently the biggest Warped Tour in history, with 23,000 people. So. Incredible. The story starts at 8 am, with me driving Marissa and my mom onward to Warped....
“Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want, but the realization of how...”
– Anonymous
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Rest In Peace, President Corazon Aquino.
snottle:
nicolextherese:
On August 1, 2009, at 3:18 AM Manila time, former president Corazon Aquino, first female president of the Philippines, succumbed to cardiac arrest after a year-long battle with colon cancer. My prayers are with the Aquino family in this difficult time.
July 2009
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“It is invariably saddening to look through new eyes at things upon which you...”
– The Great Gatsby, Chapter 6
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War of Words
They were words and we were speakers All in comprehended beauty With an accent on direction and a comma after a stumble Our setences were a story Though the exclamation point made a statement You were never clear Thus leaving me to white-out all that was written Yet never understanding the reason
(This is an exerp from a poem I wrote as a creative piece for when I was applying to boarding schools...
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Panic reborn?
I’m not a fan of Panic! At The Disco but their new single, New Perspective, has me looking forward to a new album. I really didn’t like A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out. To be honest, I thought I Write Sins, Not Tragedies had some of the worst lyrics. Pretty. Odd. felt like an improvement but I felt like it was a desperate strive to be different, trying to capture the...
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“All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things...”
– Lao Tzu
So this is tumblr, eh?
This seems like a pretty cool place to blog. All the options concerning audio, video, pictures, etc. is very attractive for a blogging site, to say the least. LiveJournal was just way too old school for me and plus, very few people still maintain theirs. I know I don’t. I pretty much abandoned it a few months ago when school called for more studying and less journal updating. But who knows?...