December 2011
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Anonymous asked: do a lot of tj kids get into duke
yumyanyan:
“It was me, my thinking, my cancer of never letting go. Is ignorance bliss? I don’t know, but it’s so painful to think, and tell me, what did thinking ever do for me, to what great place did thinking ever bring me? I think and think and think. I’ve thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it.”
— Jonathan Safran Foer
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when will christmas ever start feeling like christmas?
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s: I’ve fallen asleep on you on skype before :/
r: yeah, twice
r: apparently it’s not your first time experience with that
s: huh?
r: I see u on tokbox (referring to this)
s: omfg
downside of having a boyfriend who reads your entire tumblr…
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Anonymous asked: what did you give your boyfriend for christmas? i'm having tons of trouble coming up for something for my special someone =(
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ell-n asked: he's coming on friday! but yeah i meant play video games LOL /loserstatus
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when I was only a little kid, daddy found me one day sobbing as silently as I could after being scolded by mom. he held me and told me I shouldn’t be learning how to cry quietly just yet because one day I’d forget to do it as loudly as I would like.
and now every time I cry, I think of daddy because I miss him so much and I think I really did forget how to sob out loud
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r: first cut is always the deepest
s: well, sometimes I think about
s: how lucky one really is to be someone else’s first and deepest cut
s: it’s such an honor, don’t you think
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Anonymous donors pay off Kmart layway accounts
The young father stood in line at the Kmart layaway counter, wearing dirty clothes and worn-out boots. With him were three small children.
He asked to pay something on his bill because he knew he wouldn’t be able to afford it all before Christmas. Then a mysterious woman stepped up to the counter.
“She told him, ‘No, I’m paying for it,’” recalled Edna Deppe,...
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Anonymous asked: whats duke like do you like it a lot
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overtime, one lesson I’ve learned is that I should always believe in love enough to discover romance in life, but not ever enough to let anyone hurt me.
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“Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is ok.” - Danny, age 7
“Love is what’s in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.” - Bobby, age 7
“Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your french fries without making them give you any of...
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This morning, I came across this article (“50 Things” from MIT Admissions blog) that I’ve read before a few years ago. Re-reading it as a college student felt much different from what it was like back then. What hit me the most, however, was a two-line note at the end of the article.
Be yourself. Create. Inspire, and be inspired. Grow. Laugh. Learn. Love.
Welcome to some of...
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yumyanyan:
Us Against the World — Coldplay
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Grown-Up Christmas List - Michael Buble
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listening to christmas songs and silently thinking about you
because I know exactly what your favorite carols are.
since when did the word closeness mean nothing but physical proximity to us?
it’s really a shame.
good things (bullet point lists, like Judith’s :)
decent 7 hours of sleep
blackberries, yogurt and granola for breakfast
ran into stephen (law school student here) in the library, he went to go get mcdonald’s for lunch and brought back a big mac for me :’)
southpoint mall with friends later
goal: finishing ahthropology notes
last weekend before finals kick in
