February 2012
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believemeashlee asked: I read a quote from her attorney and she basically said that the case is going no where and she has been in jail for months with no progress. The lawyer is apparently trying to get the case moved and feels if the case is going nowhere that the bail should be more reasonable. To that I wonder, was the child's death reasonable? Was that progress when she ended his life? She deserves nothing but...
makesomesicklove asked: What the fuck is wrong with people... I remember reading that whenever it happened, and now that just pissed me off.
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This is a news update concerning a girl that briefly attended grade school with me. This girl went on to become a teenage mother who, just a few months ago, beat her child death because she was frustrated over his crying and then creeped out of her house early the next morning to dump his body at a nearby cemetery - like he was a piece of trash. And after this girl lied to the authorities, sent...
Arbitrary Thoughts
1.) I’ve started to notice that Johnny Cash’s “God’s Gonna Cut You Down” has been popping up in numerous facets of American media, most notably in commercials. The ad I’ve most recently heard it in is for Jeep Grand Cherokee, but I also recall it being featured late last year in commercials for TV shows and video games. I wonder if advertisers are now fully...
lacielacie:
I urge you to realize when you’re in love. Embrace when you feel ecstatic, and recognize who or what made you that way. Prioritize love. When you’re close to death, it will be the people, not the things, that mean the most to you. Never give up on your feelings. What you feel is the most human part of you, and numbing that is the real crime of life.
This is my best friend. Today is her 21st birthday, and I am sad that I cannot celebrate or spend time with her on this most auspicious occasion. Damn Columbia for not being closer.
Happy birthday, LaFonda! Martha loves you and can’t wait to make ravioli with you on Saturday.
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Almost There
Six of the seven ugly pounds I gained over the course of last semester have vanished from my body. I’m finally sticking to my plan to eat healthier, walk and exercise more, and get more sleep. A majority of my friends told me over break that I didn’t need to lose weight, that I looked great as I was, but I personally didn’t feel or or think I looked well and it was starting to...
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EVERYONE, BE QUIET!
My Superbowl is on.
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spiritualconnections:
Johnny Cash: God’s Gonna...
trinityroses asked: DANCE MOMS HAS POSTED!!!!! I REPEAT: DANCE MOMS HAS POSTED!!
People and Things I Love:
- Blue Moon
- Edamame
- Grilled cheese
- Best friends
- Dance Moms reruns
- Moccasins
- Deep conversations
Happy Friday, guys and gals.
People and Things I Love, Part II:
- My sister - My parents - Tax returns - Jenna Marbles’ videos - Wizard People, Dear Reader - Homemade popcorn - Neuro Sonic - Relaxation
I might still have quite a bit of homework to do, but I wouldn’t trade watching videos with my sister right now for anything else.
Love my life
So I’m currently at the library printing out all the articles I need to read for my sexual ethics class on Monday, and since one of the printers is broken I had to send my papers to the other printer way at the other end of the library. As I walked up I saw this woman looking through papers to pick out whatever she printed, and I asked her if she could set aside the two articles I had...
themusiclibrary:
Blue Ridge Mountains - Fleet...
I love hearing the wind howl outside my window.
It’s a sound that simultaneously turns me on and makes me feel sleepy. I always have an easier time winding down when it sounds like a storm is about to blow through. Though I have no one to keep me company I can’t help but feel incredibly secure as I lay here and listen to Mother Nature prattle on.
Chaos cannot touch me so long as I keep the windows closed.
Foods I really want right now:
Pineapple
Avocados
Tofu (either lightly stir-fried or grilled)
French onion soup
Butternut squash soup
Sweet potato chips
Sauteed spinach and mushrooms
Closest food places:
McDonald’s
Walgreen’s
Looks like I’ll be waiting until tomorrow to go grocery shopping… I’m not going to the Schnucks near school at 10:00 by myself. You...
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Speaking of Sriracha... →
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As I was walking across campus today I noticed four different black gloves in four rather arbitrary spots. It looked as though four OJ Simpsons just visited the Normandy area and tossed their gloves in different places on UMSL’s campus. If any bodies turn up in the next few days I’m most definitely starting my own CSI-style investigation detail. I feel like I’ve watched enough...
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“Consider if you, dear reader, started to receive kangaroo testicles in the mail...”
– Daniel Nolan, from the paper “The Varieties of Flirtatious Experience”
And the answer is: No. Just, no. Not ever. Good God.
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I'm sorry to be this person,
because I normally get pretty jealous of people who make announcements like this, but I never get to be this person, so I’m taking advantage of the circumstances:
I’M GOING TO SAN FRANCISCO FOR SPRING BREAK!
I’ve never been to California, and now I’ll finally get the chance to check out the state I one day hope to live in.
I’m so freaking excited!
Four days gone,
and I don’t miss Facebook at all. It’s cool to wake up and see that what I find on my dashboard here is 1/5 less dramatic than everything that would pop up on my newsfeed and on my good friends’ pages. I’m digging the disconnect and I already feel better and more focused when I’m on my computer.
In a world where there’s so much to worry about, it’s just...
Nobody cries while listening to "Octopus's...
That is, unless they’re just really sad about having to leave their parents’ house to go back to school when all they want is to stay there and spend more time with them.
Today was the first day I got to see my mom in a few weeks, and it was really nice to spend the afternoon with her. She showed me slide shows that my uncle put together for my grandpa’s funeral, letters that my...
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ally-out asked: i just posted on your last post like a creep. but it's helped me out a lot. and also thanks so much for that text the other day. it made me so happy to hear from you. i hope you feel better soon <3 miss you
Uh oh
My allergies have been acting up today and they’re starting to affect my lungs. My airways are starting to tighten up but I’m running out of emergency medicine. I’m trying to not freak out so as to avoid making it worse, because if I can put off using my rescue inhaler then I can put off trying to make a doctor’s appointment to get another prescription. Mum already said she...
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I'm obsessed with these food lists. →
I am blessed
by the love and the greatness of my friends.
I hope they know how much I love them back.
It’s really wonderful to have someone give me constructive feedback about my poetry so that I can continue to improve my writing. I love that this lady took the time to analyze what worked well, what could use improvement, and where I could push myself further. It’s nice to know that someone really carefully read what I wrote, and isn’t just there to blow smoke and tout me as the...
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Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find” is an absolutely terrible story to read right before you get ready for bed, and especially so when you’ve just lost a grandparent.
It seems even worse when you note the similarities between your own recently-buried grandfather and the grandmother featured in the story who, at the end, gets shot three times in the chest...
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This is you.
This is always me.
EDIT: This was submitted by Barat quite some time ago. For some reason the “Publish” option wasn’t showing up, and so this sat in my inbox for a while. Tumblr decided to start working with me instead of against me, I guess.
Anonymous asked: Your wife is a pox-ridden wench! And your father is a hamster and your mother smells of elderberries!
“I might actually be working at Disney - can you picture me working at Disney,...”
– Danielle
heguidesmyfeet asked: I miss you. Oh my word, I miss you. So much. All the time.
I think I'm going to deactivate my Facebook...
Yeah, I need check out for a while.
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Yesterday was also Anna Howard Shaw Day.
Oh my, how did I overlook this crucial detail? How could I forsake the good nature of one spirit animal (Liz Lemon) for a sad one (Bridget Jones)? I am watching that episode before I do anything else.
themusiclibrary:
Your Song (Elton John Cover) -...
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My emotions are everywhere today.
I just cried after listening to a voicemail from my mom. She wished me a happy Valentine’s Day, told me she loves me, and said she’ll be coming home tomorrow; and when I hung up I lost it.
This day has been a mixture of loneliness and great friendship. The day got exponentially better when I got gussied up and went out to dinner with Annie, and I swear it was one of the best meals I...
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I would really just love to fast-forward to my Galentine’s Day dinner with Annie and then fast-forward again to the point where my homework is finished and I can go to sleep. I’m sad today because when I started thinking about what the new year would bring back in December I had thought about this day, and about how Valentine’s Day might actually unravel in my favor and be really...
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The Anti-Valentine's Day Post
For the past couple of weeks my poetry workshop professor has been encouraging us to write poems for Valentine’s Day. This encouragement has only managed to produce sadness in my heart and a strong distaste for the holiday overall. I kind of want to be like: “Listen, not everyone in this class has been happily married for 26 years like you. Some of us are representing the...