January 2010
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:-)
My promotion/analyst phone interview with a different boss (Bev) went well yesterday, and Bev has already told me I have a traditional interview next month. Thank you 2010 for looking better already!!
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goodbye to the 00 decade
Dear 00 decade,
We’ve had a bit of a rocky relationship and I just wanted to get everything out in the open as your final hours are coming to a close. When you met me I was still stuck in high school and confined to a life defined by my city limits. I couldn’t escape my peers’ perceptions of me and I couldn’t land a date with a reasonably sane guy. I wasn’t sure what...
December 2009
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dear dumb dumb,
You live in the East Bay and you have BART access hence you can make it into San Francisco before 10AM and DEFINITELY before 1PM, so my answer to your “can I reschedule?”
…..>silence<
…>deathly silence<….
EFF NO!
If you can see water, smell the bay, are from a town where 50% or more of your residents commute to SF or nearby, and [lastly] if you are...
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Dads in 90s movies.
whatsurdamage:
Whoo, a 90s topic (my biggest weakness)! Movie wise, I think Candice covered the good ones, but of course we also have some cool TV dads like Uncle Phil and Carl Winslow. The dad on 90210 was kind of a douche, but I think both Blossom and Clarissa had pretty cool dads.
And although “Heathers” is technically a late 80s movie, I do have to give a shoutout to the guy who loves his...
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you're welcome, friends
I’m looking through bridesmaids dresses and it looks like blue is just “my color”…. the first image shown was my wedding dress color (the gown shown was not my wedding dress) and the second being the color of whatever I’m wearing as a bridesmaid. I wonder how much tailoring will cost me… Damn you disproportional French stature!
I’ve realized that I...
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random blurbs from academic journals
“….a mere increase in vocabulary size will not immediately lead to better writing performance in [a secondary language]….” Baba, K. (2009, September). Aspects of lexical proficiency in writing summaries in a foreign language. Journal of Second Language Writing, 18(3), 191-208.
“In the literature on [secondary language] writing processes, much has been made of the...
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onward in leisure reading
I finished the Yiddish Policemen’s Union sometime last week and have moved onto this gem. Given that paperbacks are easier to carry around, I’m getting through this novel pretty quickly. I’ll let you all know if I recommend it after the final pages. :-)
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I woke up to a sassy text telling me that Tyra is...
jawncharles:
How the fuck am I supposed to function normally today? HOW?
I just read about how the staff found out via Jezebel and the rest of the interwebs this morning. Burn!
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In Jamaica male/male sex is illegal, but...
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I’m not surprised but honestly I thought the fact that Christianity was so prominent in Jamaica was the basis for this oppression, but some countries that perform and recognize same-sex marriages have dominant Christian views (e.g. Sweden’s Church of Sweden and the Protestant population in Norway).
With that little tidbit, the questions that begin to run...
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Cats do not taste sweetness.
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That’s why cats are so bitter! >joke<
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“Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for...”
– Oscar Wilde
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“It is a wise father that knows his own child.”
– William Shakespeare
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I'll be home for Christmas
Have you heard of the DSM IV? - my dad earlier this year. What’s so funny about this question? My father had no fucking idea what my major in college was despite me studying it for four years and him being at my graduation where they said my degree over a PA system! Of course I’ve fucking heard of it, I majored in psychology… That little moment basically summarizes how my...
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leave it to a pastor →
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"dear Amazon...
I wish your recommendations to me started with the books that are most related to what I own and want, and then work your way to the other books. It’s really annoying to have to click “fix it” every time to see why you’re telling me to read books that have only three points of references. Thanks luv!”
Speaking of recommendations, has anyone read any of the following:...
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where's the Daria movie?
CLASSIC DISNEY ———————————————- [x] 101 Dalmatians (1961) [x] Alice in Wonderland (1951) [x] Bambi (1942) [x] Cinderella (1950) [x] Dumbo (1941) [] Fantasia (1940) [x] Lady and the Tramp (1955) [x] Mary Poppins (1964) [x] Peter Pan (1953) [x] Pinocchio (1940) [x] Sleeping Beauty (1959) [x] Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) [] Song of the South (1946) DISNEY’S DARK AGE ———————————————- [x] The...
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Mother’s Disability Featured in Custody Dispute →
I’ve heard of exes doing brutal things to avenge their broken hearts, but this guy needs a kick to the balls not custody rights.
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it was 90s pop rock throwback day on my last.fm
Garbage – Stupid Girl Dolores O’Riordan – Black Widow Goo Goo Dolls – Dizzy New Radicals – Someday We’ll Know PJ Harvey – Big Exit Alanis Morissette – Mary Jane The Cardigans – Explode Counting Crows – Rain King Skunk Anansie – I Can Dream Matchbox Twenty – These Hard Times Republica – Ready To Go Hey – Can you give up your voice for him? 4 Non Blondes – What’s Up Guano Apes –...
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No more guilty pleasures (or the importance of...
whatsurdamage:
I’ve been thinking about it over the past few months, and I’ve decided to stop having guilty pleasures. I think often get caught up in wanting to be seen as having “good taste”. Or feeling like I have to justify what I like or that I can only like things that are “good” or “high quality”. But the truth is that I like what I like and there’s no reason to feel guilty about it or to...
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stereotypes based on indie bands →
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7th Grader Raped at School, Officials Rush to... →
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Although there were two witnesses to the attack — one physically interceded while the other ran for help — one of the school site supervisors, Marquita Dones, seemed wary of the victim’s story, saying, “If she was being raped, why didn’t she scream?” Wow. Just taking a wild guess here, but maybe she was scared? Maybe he threatened her?...
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elevator etiquette
If you are waiting to get into/on the elevator, you need to step to the side and let the people on the elevator exit - this isn’t rugby, you don’t need to try to rush me. :-P That comma after your name doesn’t excuse you from idiocy.
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You deserve to get shot...
karenabad:
Austin and I went on a Photo Adventure Date to this woodsy place here in Ohio and a hunter came up to us….. ______________________________________________________________ Hunter: You guys don’t belong here. You need orange vests if you are going to be here. Austin: Oh okay, thanks. ______________________________________________________________ We continue taking photographs...
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If it seems like the world is sad...
…it’s because a shit load of teenyboppers are depressed since one of the Jonas brothers got married, lol. Stupid girls need to be introduced to Good Vibes in Berkeley.
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Japan mines toxic e-waste for precious materials →
madeofstarstuff:
Seeking to turn an environmental problem into an economic opportunity, high-tech companies in resource-poor Japan are mining mountains of toxic e-waste for precious materials.
Why is it the States don’t model themselves after Japan? Oh that’s right, because the good ol’ US of A is the UN’s version of this kid:
I think someone needs a time-out….
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Famous Atheists Throughout History
poisonthemonkey:
yeeyeeyo:
tamburina:
- Confucius, Chinese philosopher - Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman statesman, orator, and philosopher - Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher - Francois Marie Arouet “Voltaire”, French author and playwright - Benjamin Franklin, American statesman, scientist, writer, printer - Marquis de Sade, French libertine - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German author -...
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The number four is the only number in the English...
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In 1896, Brazil and Zanzibar were at war for 38...
ohyeahfacts:
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That’s like TKO in boxing, right? Too bad Wiki says it was the Anglo-Zanzibar war of 1896 between the UK and Zanzibar. There’s some conflicts about the exact length (Brookings Institute says 38 minutes and Seton Hill University says 45 minutes) but everyone else seems to agree that it was between Zanzibar and England, not Zanzibar and Brazil.
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Two minor earthquakes occur every minute somewhere...
ohyeahfacts:
(The Amazing Book of Useless Information)
I always thought there was a life beginning or ending somewhere in the world every minute, but hey, I will take whatever random facts I an get!