August 2012
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“It is a curious emotion, this certain homesickness I have in mind. With...”
– Carson McCullers
July 2012
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Or, of course, if I’m in a more socially conscious liberal arts form of my default setting, I can spend time in the end-of-the-day traffic being disgusted about all the huge, stupid, lane-blocking SUV’s and Hummers and V-12 pickup trucks, burning their wasteful, selfish, 40-gallon tanks of gas, and I can dwell on the fact that the patriotic or religious bumper-stickers always seem to...
June 2012
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So… I am currently sitting in the airport waiting to board a flight to London.
I am going to be studying abroad in Cambridge, UK for the next three months. I will be studying economics with 24 other students from my college at Cambridge University, with classes being taught by both professors from my college and Cambridge economics professors. The classes I will be taking are:
Contemporary...
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I was trying to explain the plot of the iconic TNG episode, “Darmok,” to my mom and brother. I got really into telling them the whole plot line, and about how moving the episode is, but maybe three minutes into my explanation my mom stopped me and said, “Seth, I’m glad you like the show, but I’m pretty sure this is why they invented Star Trek Conventions.” Welp.
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“Everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child...”
– Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
Thank you for leaving behind what you did. —Daisy ‘Fahrenheit 451’ Author Ray Bradbury Dies At 91
(via npr)
May 2012
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Separation
Your absence has gone through me
Like thread through a needle.
Everything I do is stitched with its color.
-W.S. Merwin
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Consent
Tonight I was at a bar with a bunch of my friends. A great band from school was playing upstairs, a bunch of young alums were back for alumni weekend, and everyone was drinking and having a good time. I ran into a pretty good friend of mine (let’s call her Ellen) and she was really drunk— not to the point where I thought she was going to puke or anything, but probably one of the...
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“If you know someone who’s depressed, please resolve never to ask them why....”
– Stephen Fry (via misswallflower)
As someone who has suffered from both clinical and situational depression, I mostly agree with this, with some caveats. Not all depression is “curable” or “fixable,” and certainly not in the immediate sense. But depression can be improved for...
April 2012
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At 92, a Bandit to Hollywood but a Hero to... →
Hyman Strachman found a fulfilling hobby after his wife died: sending hundreds of thousands of illicitly copied Hollywood hits to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Was feeling down, so I went ahead and ordered the entire Song of the Lioness series to have at school.
These books basically got me through childhood. They will get me through college too.
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“And that’s something interesting to think about. Perhaps we could all do with a...”
– Decoding Zooey Deschanel
http://www.success.com/articles/1726-decoding-zooey-deschanel
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יום השואה
May the Great Name, through our expanding awareness and our fuller action, lift Itself to become still higher and more holy;
May our names, along with all the names of all the beings in the universe, live within the Great Name;
May the names of all whom we can no longer touch but who have touched our hearts and lives, remain alight within our memories and in the Great Name;
May the names of all...
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Liberal Arts
I decided to go to a liberal arts college that is consistently ranked in the top 5-6 schools in the country. For this, I turned down three full ride scholarships— two at lower ranked liberal arts colleges and one at my state university— a pretty great state school. Now, I’m on almost full financial aid so it’s not quite as big a deal, but it does mean I’m graduating...
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“Because let’s be honest, sitting around watching TV, drinking beer and eating...”
– Ted Mosby, How I Met Your Mother
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mortonsspoon asked: Hey, thanks for the follow :)
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Replaying Pokemon Yellow
and now I remember why I always preferred Blue or Red. Pikachu is incredibly annoying. Also the reason that the cartoon was so bad. It’s like, damn Pikachu, just get in your stupid poke ball. Stop following me around all the time. Also, seriously? You don’t work against ground type Pokemon? You won’t evolve on your own?
