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#063: An update! Really!

August 16th, 2009 10 Comments

Currently listening to: “Dance Anthem of the 80s” – Regina Spektor I emerge from my self-imposed hermitude (?! is that a word? I don’t really care, because it looks rather wicked) to dash off a brief – and haphazardly thrown-together – blog post. Self-imposed hermitude is not due to the usual anti-social tendencies. Instead, it’s […]

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#055: The return of the mad hatter

March 25th, 2009 Comments Off on #055: The return of the mad hatter

Currently listening to: some trumpet major practicing études After a record 11 days of not blogging, I am back in the blogosphere, having been driven sufficiently mad by the past week-and-a-bit’s onslaught of papers/schoolwork and elections and work and well, life in general. It never ceases to amaze me how tiring just…being awake…can be. Suffice […]

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#048: Of charlatans and fools

February 2nd, 2009 2 Comments

Currently listening to: “The Great Wall of China” – Billy Joel I think self-help authors are an absolute crock of rubbish. No, that’s not entirely true. To be precise, I think self-help authors who portray themselves as faith healers while invoking some sort of power from some sort of imaginary god figure are completely deluded […]

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#034: Too adorable.

December 20th, 2008 2 Comments

Currently listening to: “Lying in the Dark” – Pushing Daisies OST Since the end of semester, between my two jobs, I’ve been practically working full-time. At Indigo, getting trained to do cashier work has provided me with ample opportunities for witnessing chortle-worthy events, resulted in me dealing with potentially aggravating customers, and despite all the […]

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#024: Positively delightful!

November 12th, 2008 4 Comments

Currently listening to: “Oxford Comma” – Vampire Weekend THINGS THAT MADE ME SMILE TODAY (: 1. Crepe sale avec Le Club Français in MASS today- yummy! With a queue stretching all the way past the doors, French music playing, and of course, a great amount of FOOD, t’was a great deal of fun indeed. Ah, […]

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