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Older
May 17, 2015
When I was a young girl, I wanted to be older. Most kids want to be older, but only by a couple years. I wanted to be an adult. Adults seemed so smart to me back then. My parents, aunts, and uncles will attest, I was an extremely mature child, making me odd, but pleasant.
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Opia
May 10, 2015
Everyone has regrets. Anyone who tells you otherwise is either lying to you or lying to themselves. It’s impossible to live a life without regrets. I declare that if you don’t have any regrets, you’re doing life wrong. Regrets. I have a few. I have some that changed my whole life. Some I haven’t told
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Grim Readers
May 4, 2015
Last year, my best friend Jimmy pitched me an idea for a reading comprehension web site for students. Jimmy is a teacher, and he found that the reading comprehension sites available for teachers contain bland stories that make both teachers and students dread doing reading comprehension. Thus, he told me he wanted to start his
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How Game Of Thrones Debunks Marriage
April 25, 2015
“Do you know what the realm is? It’s the thousand blades of Aegon’s enemies, a story we agree to tell each other over and over, until we forget that it’s a lie.” – Petyr Baelish HBO’s Game of Thrones has made Medieval Fantasy not just for huge nerds. It’s sexy, smart, and bloody as all
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Mother Ocean
April 19, 2015
I hit the snooze button on my alarm clock again. I wasn’t always this way. I used to not have to set an alarm. I used to wake up automatically at six in the morning, and I’d get out of bed to start my day. Back then, I couldn’t even understand why anyone used the
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NEWS STUFF: Study Links Time Spent On Buzzfeed With Depression
April 12, 2015
BALDWIN, NY, after getting off the LIRR where she was forced to listen to a woman arguing with someone on their cellphone for twenty minutes during her commute, an exhausted 37 year-old, Justine Jordan, wishes someone would make more Buzzfeed quizzes. “Every time someone posts a Buzzfeed quiz on their Facebook, I’m anxious to see
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Easter Egg Hunt
April 4, 2015
“You’re going to die a horrible death, remember. It’s all good training, and you’ll enjoy it more if you keep the facts in mind. Take your dying with some seriousness, however. Laughing on the way to your execution is not generally understood by less advanced lifeforms, and they’ll call you crazy.” –From Illusions, The Adventures
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Top 12 Film Character Crushes
March 29, 2015
12. Harry Hart, Kingsman (Colin Firth) I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, there’s nothing sexier than a gentleman who can also kick ass (and, often does). Kingsman is a roller coaster of non stop action, one-liners, and the adorable Colin Firth making being a nerd look so fucking cool. Also, having an
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The Garage Door
March 23, 2015
Time and time again, leaving for church Sunday morning (yes, I went to church every Sunday for the first 16 years of my life–does that explain a lot?), or going on any trip short or long with the whole family in the van, my Dad reminded us all to put our seat belts on (he
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Nightmares
March 13, 2015
Most mornings, I mosey around my apartment interpreting the meaning of the night’s dreams while getting ready for the day. It’s rare I wake without a memory of at least one dream. More than not, these dreams are pretty easy to interpret: a stress dream about work, a sex dream, getting booked to do stand-up
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