1.3.11 // New year, everyone!

Sunset from Jan. 1. Great way to start the year. While I’m not usually a Resolutions! person, there are two glaringly obvious ones: 1. Finish my novel. It’s been going on for over a year now and I’m only just – finally, cringingly – making one Mother Of An Outline (though yes, I am already [...]

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9.24 // The Afghanistan War: Thoughts, and will it be “won”?

The war in Afghanistan: a big, broad topic that can’t be covered in one forum post. Over the past few years, particularly in conjunction with the Iraq War, the United States’ presence in Afghanistan has become more and more controversial. The root of this seems to be, primarily, confusion: many people tend to inextricably link [...]

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01.01.10 // twentyten

Happy new year, everyone! Today’s date is 22 in binary, which is the first thing I thought when I woke up at the late late hour (for me) of ten a.m. after going to sleep at four. That’s a crazy sleeping schedule for me, because I’m lame.  :P Had some cranberry bubbliness en lieu of [...]

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10.19 // crunch time

Today was a rather interesting day. It involved too small heels, too much subway, too much mundane talk, too much coach-to-runner drama, and too many donuts (two). Spent the majority of the day – actually, I should calculate that to see if it’s true, but I’m too tired, so nope – in Lansing for some [...]

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6.22 // On cultural revolution and the wars (and thermite)

[Started this post about a month ago and never got around to finishing it off, so with all my free time I've finally done it. Social activism stuff after the thermite. Oh, I'm not sure, but some stuff may be outdated by now... I don't know. Let me know.] Such a good day. School – [...]

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6.14 // stranded on a boat 10 feet from the dock

So I finally broke out of my shell of sickness and ventured outdoors today… not good for my sinuses (I’m over the achy/fever/flu bit and on to a terrible cold), but good for my mental health (and complexion, of course, though I’m still not quite as alive-looking as usual). Walked around, took crappy overexposed photos, [...]

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6.11 // magazine orderliness

Just wondering: do you keep track of your magazines? Sort them? Put post-its on all your favourite spreads and articles? Colour-sort the stickies? Or is it just me? ~ r

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5.26 // under the weather, as it were…

*SnEEZE* Yup, it’s that time of year. Again, apparently. Today was a near-perfect day: hovering around 70 degrees, alternating between overcast and sunny, just a touch of humidity. Blue sky, singing birds… and one glum, moody, melancholy, tired  exhausted, mopey teenage girl for whom this mood is not that often occuring and is usually related [...]

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5.22 // Let me take a little more off your mind…

Another thing about trends… You can describe someone as “trendy,” meaning that they know and wear all the latest trends, but that does not necessarily mean they have great personal style. Trends, really, do the opposite of what you’d like them to do: if you wear them and so does everyone else, it just makes [...]

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How Fashion Is Like The Stock Market

In the fashion industry, trends are sort of like stock: you see them in the shows, and if you think – for example – fringe is going to be big, you give that designer raving reviews and then rush to the store to snap up the best, chicest fringed pieces you can find. Pretty soon, [...]

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