March 2012
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The Ides of March
March is going to be the worst month of the year.
1) Starting Sunday, my childhood home will be totally changed. It will be an emotionally draining week.
2) March 16th, the final version of my MSP (Mentored Scholarly Paper) is due.
3) March 22nd I present said paper.
4) March 24th I take the Comprehensive exam.
I think if I survive this month without having a nervous breakdown, I will be the...
February 2012
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Structure and Style: The Journey →
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One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began, though the voices around you kept shouting their bad advice— though the whole house began to tremble and you felt the old tug at your ankles. “Mend my life!” each voice cried. But you didn’t stop. You knew what you had to do, …
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I love my husband so very much
I have terrible congestion, and he’s getting me:
-Medicine
-Chinese food
-Blackberry wine
I knew I married him for a reason…
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Tumblr Staff: A New Policy Against Self-Harm Blogs →
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One of the great things about Tumblr is that people use it for just about every conceivable kind of expression. People being people, though, that means that Tumblr sometimes gets used for things that are just wrong. We are deeply committed to supporting and defending our users’ freedom of speech,…
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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True Story
There’s this man-hole outside my window at work. For the past two weeks a constant, steady, stream of steam has been pouring out of it. Facilities services on campus has come by to work on it several times, but they cannot stop the steam from billowing out. Nothing can quench it.
I find this steam quite appropriate for my life, right now. Sometimes I walk into the office, and the steam...
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Husband got a gym membership
And it’s kicking both of our asses. But I love it.
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I feel the sense of closure drawing near...it will...
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I kind of define power now by having the confidence to make your own decisions...
– Adele (via adeleforlife)
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scribnerbooks:
“The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.” —Ernest Hemingway
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Thoughts
I didn’t get my dream job, but the principal was very encouraging. He said I had a great interview and I have great potential. He also said I would be a great hire, and he wants me to apply for the fall, because there will be at least two positions. :)
I keep dreaming about my granny (this is nothing new). Last night was particularly interesting. I was in the Hustonville house cleaning up...
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