March 2011
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Try This Super-Healthy Aphrodisiac
beautifulandstrongwomen:
Why, it’s the avocado! Not only does it look sexy with its curvy form and creamy texture, but it’s also been shown to support sexual vitality. Not to mention that the avocado’s full of healthy monounsaturated fats that are great for the heart. Add some avocado to your salad, or scoop it out and serve it with cottage cheese for a filling, high-protein taste sensation.
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confession:
Last week I printed out a series of emails between me and my dad from my freshman year at college in which we talked about the R.E.M. song “Losing My Religion.” I read it over and over for the “Love, Dad”s and “Here’s my prediction: you’re going to ace the quiz and the presentation and the mid-term. I have no doubts.” It’s so, so, so bizarre to...
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eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep
Ticket to Germany booked. (Best part will most definitely be the one hour long layover in Reykjavik. If I manage that without passing out of anxiety, I will be able to get through the term.)
Things that make me incredibly anxious include: traveling to a foreign country in which I only-sorta speak the language traveling to said country via a country in which I totally don’t speak the...
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dreams of the dead
My dad’s brother K had a dream last night, his first pleasant dream about my dad Incredibly vivid and realistic. K was walking through an antiques store with his grandmother looking at various items when the phone rang - it was for K. It was my dad. My dad told him he was at somewhere beginning with an ‘S’ [K can’t remember exactly what; also as my mom retold this story she...
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Something is wrong with my brain - I’m starting to Seuss. I was switching...
– the Boy
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THESIS?
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bigbangtheoree:
After my initial “YAY, I’m doing a thesis. Most people don’t do that in undergrad” my reaction is now to run away, fast.
Today I was inspired with an idea for my thesis. I got really, really, really excited (started running around my kitchen and bedroom yelling “thesis!” with my partner over Skype) and then I was like ERP. AHH. CRAP.
UNDERGRAD...
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If it weren’t for women, men would squat around fires and grunt a lot
– Garrison Keillor
I love his ridiculous, short, made-up songs!
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to do this weekend
* edit German skit script * Whipping Girl ch. 7 - 12 * brainstorm feminist memoir ideas * Arbeitsbuch 228.7; Intensivtrainer 74.5 * read excerpts from Making Faces Making Soul by Anzaldua
(right now, tremendously enjoying Prairie Home Companion, the sounds of my childhood, over Skype with Peteli)
successes so far: anti-thinspo slideshow, 3 loads of laundry, grocery shopping, cleaning room
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Anonymous asked: I like your poetry.
-ActuallyAnon
-ActuallyAnon
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just found out my “anonymous poetry admirer” was my fucking boyfriend, lying.
not even one anonymous person on the internet thinks I write well.
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badbadbadday
world? do you hate me? does everyone hate me? am I actually an awful, terrible, no-good very bad person?
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Dogs don't understand basic concepts like moving →
Frowny face triangle is frowny! This cartoon is hilarious. I save it as a reward to read when I finish a major task. (History paper: done! Many, many thanks to my lovely partner for proof-reading it.)
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Defeated
boltupright:
It is 100% impossible to masturbate when your neighbor is blasting the Mozart Requiem.
Dies irae, dies illa.
Best. ever. I am sorry for your lack of orgasm, but this made me hurt my nose laughing.
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things to look forward to:
A stack of magazines and chocolate, which I can consume (in both senses) once I finish my history paper.
Thank you to my wonderful loving partner!!! Who sent them as a comforting-yahrzeit package, and even though it is late it is still wonderful and SEHR SUEß.
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Act now to help Libya
Phone/e-mail anyone who represents your political interests.
For US citizens this means:
- The United Nations. You can email the UN here. You can phone the US Mission to the UN at (212)-415-4062.
- The President of the US. To phone the White House call 202-456-1111. Also post on the White House Facebook Wall.
- Your representatives in Congress (Representative and Senators). Go here to find...
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It's Time To Talk About It - National Eating... →
boltupright:
The link at the bottom of the PDF leads to a 404.
You’re all bright folks, but just in case, if you’d like to register, go here.
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Finally, instead of desensitizing the emotions that were connected with...
– The “Industrial Revolution” in the Home: Household Technology and Social Change in the Twentieth Century by Ruth Schwartz Cowan
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It's Time To Talk About It - National Eating... →
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large, sweeping goals of the day
three meals. in bed by 10:30, absolute latest. outline history paper. (due Wednesday!!!!) spend some time with my snail.
I registered for the Mentorprogramm at Uni Tübingen, and may receive an email from my assigned mentor any day now. Eep! Excited/anxious!
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But know this: the ones that love us never really leave us.
– - Sirius Black
thanks to friend L. for the reminder :)
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The dead are always looking down on us, they say.
while we are putting on our...
– The Dead by Billy Collins
Daddy and I shared a deep love for Billy Collins and his work. We actually met him once, as well! I showed a few friends the documentary about Billy Collins that I had given my dad a few years back. Charming, funny as always. Today, in honor of my dad, I am buying a Billy...
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what IS it
with my family’s births/deaths and weird weather? Woke up to the first blue sky in a week, and now it is hailing.
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every blade of singing grass was calling out to me
that our love would always...
– Sting, I Was Brought To My Senses