January 2012
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So I have this thing.
52books:
It’s where I check out 95% of the stuff I read from the library but if I love a book then I want to buy it for myself. Because of this, I go to a bookstore and have no interest in books I haven’t read then someone has to tell me what to buy. This seemed somewhat counterintuitive until I realized that if I kept up this...
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Are the expert carpenters on Cupcake Wars...
Just wonderin’.
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10 Resolutions for 2012
A little late, but it’s the thought/effort that counts.
I resolve…
to continue and improve upon my academic successes of 2011
to complete the 25 Book Challenge
to socialise more and not feel anxious/guilty/etc. about social situations - and therefore…
to overcome social anxiety and not let it interfere with my final year of undergrad
to be more independent in all aspects of my...
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2011
thekimenator:
It was a good year. It was GOLDEN.
It was filled with travel & exploring. [Spent the first half of the year living la vida madrileña and loving every minute of it.]
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It was gaining a new [fabulous] family & losing a best friend. [Best friend left for Africa for a year :( but gained a whole bunch of new friends…]
It was filled with new friends &...
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December 2011
31 posts
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21. If you suffer the heinous habit of constantly saying “I’m sorry” (a real...
– E. Jean Carroll, “Ask E. Jean: 25 Things Every Woman Should Know”
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OneRepublic - Good Life (Disney Version)
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Writing an email to someone about my educational...
Apparently I really love using intensifiers. I have to stop myself from putting “extremely”, “really” and “especially” everywhere.
I’m so enthusiastic about life.
Monday Check-In 05.12.11
Obsessing over: Getting all this reading done! Geeky but true…
Working on: Case study reading/note-taking, and an email I need to send to someone about an article they’re writing.
Thinking about: Whether or not I should go to the Hispanic Department Christmas Social.
Anticipating: The cup of tea I can hear my Mom making :)
Listening to: NCIS on the TV. And Maroon 5 Never Gonna...
So tired.
It’s the last two weeks of school, and I could really do with the holidays. Didn’t get as much work done as I wanted to do this weekend - I always feel like as soon as I’ve done something I don’t even have enough time to relax or celebrate because I have something else that needs doing - but I got paid for a babysitting gig (which I wasn’t expecting, they’re my...
Very little is needed to make a happy life. It is all within yourself, in your...
– Marcus Aurelius (via dirtcrumbgoddess)
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November 2011
10 posts
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Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something...
– Christopher Morley
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