February 2011
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Me over the next several days of Shitstorm.
I’ve conveniently renamed the snowstorm and all the massive amounts of havoc it’s supposed to wreak this week SHITSTORM 2k11. Mostly so I have MCS lyrics stuck in my head at all times. Also because it’s true. Anyway. This is how it’s gonna be. In my head, at least.
Feb 1st
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January 2011
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The next college kid I see complaining that they...
I got invited to three “PLEASE [INSERT NAME OF UNIVERSITY HERE], CANCEL CLASS/SNOW DAY!!” groups on facebook today. Three. I don’t go to any of these schools. Two of them I never even went to. It’s one thing for high school kids to whine about wanting a snow day. They are younger and generally less mature, but they also must go to school, as required by their parents and,...
Jan 31st
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Team Recap: Chicago White Sox
oldtimefamilybaseball: For previous recaps, click here. Record: 88-74, 2nd Place in the AL Central Offensive Leaders: Paul Konerko .977 OPS, 4.2 WAR Pitching Leaders: John Danks 3.72 ERA, John Danks/Gavin Floyd 4.3 WAR (Edwin Jackson had a 3.24 ERA and 2.0 WAR in 11 starts with the team.) Surprise: After looking like he was near the end of his career after posting an .824 OPS from 2007-2009,...
Jan 31st
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Jan 30th
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Jan 30th
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Jan 30th
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As if you hadn't fucked with my life enough...
YOU ARE AN OLD AND RESPECTED INSTITUTION THAT HAS DONE NOTHING BUT FUCK WITH MY LIFE.  IN AUGUST, I WROTE ONE LAST CHECK AND SAID I WAS DONE WITH YOU, BUT YOU JUST HAD TO REOPEN ALL THE WOUNDS AND PILE ON MORE, DIDN’T YOU. Here’s the deal. I’ve been having a really rough time lately. And now ISU, after they screwed with my life enough for over a year, has completely and...
Jan 29th
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Jan 28th
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I'm turning into an unreliable, unresponsive,...
Jan 28th
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Jan 27th
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Jan 24th
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The only thing
that could top the game that is about to happen is a Sox v. Cubs World Series [omggodpleasemakemydreamscometruuuuueeee!]. I will be glued to my tv, cupcakes, and bean dip for the next several hours.
Jan 23rd
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Jan 23rd
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Jan 23rd
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Mom just got invited to the Bears-Packers game...
Why is my life so unfair?
Jan 22nd
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-1-16) →
Dashboard Confessional (32) Something Corporate (8) The Rocket Summer (3) Motion City Soundtrack (3) Does It Offend You, Yeah? (3) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by …
Jan 22nd
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“I haven’t gotten chills from music in a long time.”
– The boy is a genius.
Jan 21st
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I had an idea.
Once I live somewhere sort of permanent, more so than a dorm or this silly hallway, I’m gonna put up some wallpaper. Ceiling to floor, wall to wall, covering it all with posters and maps and pictures of places I’ve been. I usually take a map or brochure or something when I visit a place, and I keep them all. Traveling makes up some of my happiest memories and richest experiences. ...
Jan 21st
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Success
When you go in the kitchen to eat a spoonful of cookie dough and walk out with a handful of blackberries instead.
Jan 19th
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Interesting fact about me #42
I don’t know how to frown. I literally cannot do it. Who wants to frown, anyway?
Jan 18th
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We are in love
Haven’t you heard?
Jan 17th
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Bunnies and Butterflies
Excited for the second train ride, Nervous to see her, Scared for everything else. Something is floating and Fluttering in my lungs, Thumping and rattling. What a beloved Ritual it’s become.
Jan 15th
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Charlie (which my Mommy got for me after Squishy died) died tonight. I suck. I am so afraid of new people. I suck. I don’t know how to change things that need changing. isuckisuckisuck.
Jan 15th
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Jan 15th
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Today so far: Had a delicious breakfast without having to do anything Swiped Oberweis coupons from the mail. Upcoming: Laundry Cleaning BAKING CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES Packing a bag Skyping with Bridget.
Jan 14th
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Can we just appreciate
that I am blasting music and dancing around my house in nothing but socks? Because I am. Mismatched socks, I might add.
Jan 13th
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“The total failure of the state of Illinois to fund public education is...”
– Timothy King, President, Mokena Public School District 159, delivering us with the understatement of the decade.
Jan 13th
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How boring is my life lately?
This is the most interesting that happened today: I wanted Taco Bell [weird], and my sister was heading to school. The Taco Bell is by her school so I gave her a few dollars and asked her to pick some up for me on her way home and she said she would. When she got homeshe didn’t have any Taco Bell. She forgot the money I gave her at home. I took the money back from where I left it on her...
Jan 12th
Anonymous asked: How is your girlfriend in bed?
Jan 12th
Anonymous asked: How is your girlfriend in bed?
Jan 12th
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This is what I did today.
I wish I’d thought to take a before picture. What is now a nice, neatly organized binder was this morning an old, tatty, stuffed-full, falling-apart blue folder of recipes clipped from newspapers and magazines, typed out carefully, hastily scribbled down on memo paper from three jobs ago. I’ve been through hundreds of recipes today, and I loved it. I loved going through them,...
Jan 11th
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NIKKI appreciation post 2k11
 Her name is Nikki. I love her. She is a key ingredient in my sanity. She is a true, dear friend. She’s beautiful and smart and extremely talented, and, well…she’s doing something right.  I think she deserves a really good birthday, don’t you?
Jan 11th
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NIKKI appreciation post 2k11
 Her name is Nikki. I love her. She is a key ingredient in my sanity. She is a true, dear friend. She’s beautiful and smart and extremely talented, and, well…she’s doing something right.  I think she deserves a really good birthday, don’t you?
Jan 10th
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Everywhere I’ve lived or loved or longed to be falls into basically two categories: places with natural beauty and places near trains. The three places I’ve lived have all been less than a mile from a train station. I can hear the trains come and go, whistling day and night. I like it that way. It’s a comforting sound, not a disruptive one at all. At school I had a friend who...
Jan 10th
Embracing it.
It’s really exciting to look forward eight months and have no idea where I’ll be at. I know I’ll be at school, but I have no idea where, no location to dream of a future in.  Sure, it’s scary, but it’s a good kind of scary.
Jan 9th
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Terrorism
In response to this tweet. I’m not trying to start internet drama. I might be bored, but I’m not that bored. I’m just responding to something. An act of violence is only terrorism if it’s motive is to instill terror to use to achieve political gain. Look it up. That’s what all the definitions boil down to. That being said, the unfortunate events in Tuscon this...
Jan 9th
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I just found out I have the house to myself...
I can’t decide whether I’m excited about it or it depresses me beyond belief. On one hand, I love having the house to myself. On the other hand, that means I’m now completely confronted with the fact that everyone—even the lamer members of my family—has something to do and someone to do it with on Saturday night except me. I’m trying really hard not to think negatively...
Jan 8th
We were so perfect and everyone stayed in touch.
Except for me.
Jan 7th
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This blog has turned into nothing but me pointing...
There’s an explanation to this, but I don’t even think it’s necessary.
Jan 6th
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“Tumblr is not a good place to be hungry.”
– Bridget
Jan 5th
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Jan 5th
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Come baseball season, I'll have a way to pass my...
I am really tempted to make a list of reasons why this 15-month block of my life really sucks, just so I can burn it/make an equally long list of reasons it doesn’t matter/scribble on it with giant black sharpie/etc. What the fuck is up with transferring, anyway. Where am I gonna go? What am I going to study? What am I going to do? I’m lost. Who is there to talk to?  I had a year in...
Jan 5th
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Jan 3rd