January 2012
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the country has more student loan debt than credit...
epicinvain:
only 28% of Americans have a college degree.
How in the fuck, America?
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Heidi Klum and her ex-husband Seal with it.
mooncomeshiningdown:
(Only my super dedicated followers and followers of the latest celeb gossip will get this.)
I’M GOING TO MISS SAYING THIS SO MUCH.
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Let's dedicate 72 minutes of silence to megaupload
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On the Jams
spacejam:
At UCB, Monday-night jams and Wednesday-night jams are different.
Monday night feels like I’m with a famous person in my family - a famous person who might even bring over a few other famous people. I’m sort of comfortable around them because they’re technically family, but I also haven’t seen them for a while, and don’t really know what they’re up to. Everyone’s also taller. Much...
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I need to get better at this online flirting...
“You’re cute and I am not opposed to making out” is not going to cut it.
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Miss Cashier
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She comes up to the register wearing white aviator sunglasses, holding out the price tag to me. “I’m sorry,” she says, in a tone not very sorry, but very bored, “but I get migraines…”
She just sort of stops there, and I make sure to be perky when I say, “Oh, it’s no problem! I understand.”
This is the reason, I am convinced, I am still...
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I missed the Flyers game because I stayed late at...
Me: How was the game? I heard there was a hat-trick.
Father: Yeah, it was Briere. And the last one was the game winning goal in the last thirty seconds of overtime.
Me: DID YOU TAPE IT? I WOULD WANT TO WATCH IT.
Father: I... didn't think of that.
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Actual thing I said today.
“…so they asked me to stay longer and I thought that meant, like, an hour, and I thought, Okay! I could use that extra 7.35! But then I found out that they meant ‘time to be determined’ and I thought, You guys can’t keep me hostage here! But that’s exactly what happened and now here I am.”
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xylophonic asked: So I was just followed by a tumblr which is nothing but pictures someone has taken of toilets and their contents. The title was french and I am not going back to double check but I am pretty sure it translated to "a gift a day." I don't even know what to think about this.
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Evidence my father is in a good mood
(I open a door)
Father: Who’s that?
Me: It’s still me.
(we’d been talking about Catholic school closings five minutes before)
Father: (not looking away from computer) Stop causing trouble.
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The Rick Santorum America Doesn't know. →
heartfullofplans:
And Pennsylvanians do.
It astounds me that Rick Santorum has become the current great white savior of the Republican primary not only because he is the least personable candidate running, but because this is the man who could not get re-elected in Pennsylvania—a swing-state if ever there was one. And the reason he wasn’t re-elected, and by a large margin, is...
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TV Overkill Podcast. Now up on iTunes! →
privilegedwhitegirl:
Hello followers! and followers of followers, etc…. In December Alex and I got together and recorded a podcast discussing some of our favorite current shows. Check it out!
Shows discussed on this episode: The Fades, Misfits, Community, Parks and Recreation, The Wire, The Amazing Race
I’ve answered a few questions you might have about this:
Christina, why do you sound so...
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Unexpected highlight of my day.
Counselor: Alexandra?
Me: Hi, hello, how are you.
Counselor: Hi, nice to meet. I'm [forgot her name].
(we settle in to her office that is a cubicle off the waiting room with no privacy)
Counselor: So. How can I help you?
Me: Um, well, I'm just looking to register for one class. My therapist said it would be a good start for me, and then later I can expand to more classes.
Counselor: Well, that sounds good! And you did really well on the placement test. You're in [something something math]. Where'd you go to school?
Me: Carnegie-Mellon.
Counselor: Oh! No wonder you're so good at math!
(I curse that invariably I perform better on basic math than on reading comprehension even though I have never been a friend of math)
Me: Um...
Counselor: So why did you leave?
(trying to be my most confident and least ashamed)
Me: Um, I had a nervous break-down.
(counselor stares at me)
Counselor: It is... (checks watch) 11:30. And I have seen 11 students so far today. And you are the THIRD to tell me you left college because of a nervous breakdown. Third! Three!
Me: ...Really?
Counselor: Yes! And those are just the ones who outright TOLD me. I don't know about the others. I can't believe it.
Me: I feel...
(momentarily speechless)
Me: I feel so relieved. That I'm not the only one.
Counselor: Oh, no. It happens all the time.
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synecdoche:
Hey, so TV Hangover turns a year old this week which is pretty awesome considering I generally lose interest with any and all sideblogs after a month so I’m glad this one stuck around (mostly thanks to other people because I disappeared once in a while). We’re putting up our favorite 2k11 tv moments soon because being on time is for losers but until then, here are some highlights...