January 2012
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to do: the overdue thank you letter to the one who...
i’m usually the person who thinks new year’s eve is incredibly overrated and superstitions are for people who won’t take responsibility for their actions seven years from now. the one who stopped having faith in fate and only believed in whatever I could make out of my own two hands which, at times, really wasn’t much of anything. but it was mine, just like my righteous...
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what the very first milliseconds of a part ii look...
that moment when you get exactly what you’ve always wanted and wished for, when you finally finish strong and first and win and celebrate, when you realize that what you’ve won isn’t what you’re proud to say you worked so hard for, when you suddenly see things so clearly — how far away you are from what you really want, what you were supposed to want all along but...
and yet another universal lesson from the craps...
no matter how much you’re up and ahead of everyone else, you can fall behind even quicker. so it doesn’t really matter in comparison to others; players in a group game should always be rooting for each other anyways.
don’t bet against each other. bet ON each other instead; always put your odds behind the pass line in good faith. and if they crap out, so what, people crap out...
another universal lesson from the craps table:
your mood, worth and perception should never be based on how much you win or lose. because then you’ll be dependent on other people’s luck, other people’s actions, other people’s decisions.
however, without emotional attachment or unjustified bias, you should still try. instead of relying on things out of your control, be the maker of your own fate and fortune: learn how...
December 2011
7 posts
she hid around corners
and she hid under beds
she killed it with kisses
and from it she fled
- florence and the machine
definitely haven't been feeling like "my old self"...
and let’s be honest—that’s a good thing. a really good thing.
“This is the thing: When you hit 28 or 30, everything begins to divide. You can...”
– Relevant magazine
(via Diana)
ayusays:
Clementine: This is it, Joel. It’s going to be gone soon. Joel: I know. Clementine: What do we do? Joel: Enjoy it.
“When you’re doing the work you’re meant to do, it feels right, and...”
– Oprah Winfrey, 2008 Stanford Commencement Address
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and she lives happily ever after.
stupid me. I thought stories had definite endings. especially when the words “happily ever after” appeared onscreen in some curly font with drop shadows, I solidified in my heart that those movie characters not only worked everything out in just enough time for animators to capture, but also that things ultimately—and I mean ultimately—stayed that way, forever. princesses...
November 2011
6 posts
here's to another (happy) thanksgiving.
amidst endless applications, edits and story ideas up for grabs, I always forget to write for myself. to read for myself. to think for myself about what I really want to be doing for others, whether forever or for the next few months of whatever time I’m given. because who’s to say that we’re each entitled to long lives, that we’re all called to build multifaceted empires...
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“I remember an old Catholic joke about a man who spent his whole life going to a...”
– Eat, Pray, Love (2010)
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nutritional facts: the high-comfort diet.
i moved back on campus for my last year of college, which meant that i could go nine months without cooking a single dish and still manage to eat too much. damn you, dining halls: bacon cheeseburgers made to order, coffee drinks from nestle dispensers, ben & jerry’s pints of ice cream that refuse to be served in bowls. and when you eat one of those with a plastic spoon, there isn’t...
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October 2011
13 posts
“The only people who ever get anyplace interesting are the people who get lost.”
– Henry David Thoreau. at this rate, i’m going to end up somewhere terribly interesting. it’s definitely going to be THE most interesting place in the world. no…in the universe.
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i can't go out. *cough cough* i'm sick.
Calling in sick with a harsh case of sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia just might work: while eating, your blood vessels suddenly began constricting and dilating, overwhelming you with unbearable headaches that feel like they’ll never end. It’s not contagious, but it’s definitely painful, and you should probably stay home today. Just in case.
Chill out, people—it’s just a brain freeze, a term coined...
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Steve Jobs and the 7 Rules of Success →
1. Do what you love. Jobs once said, “People with passion can change the world for the better.” Asked about the advice he would offer would-be entrepreneurs, he said, “I’d get a job as a busboy or something until I figured out what I was really passionate about.” That’s how much it meant to him. Passion is everything.
See genius in your craziness, believe in...
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Meet Ash: Your New Weekend Editor! →
I’m a pop culture junkie who just graduated from college, moved to LA and rediscovered the magic of television. Because seriously, who has time to keep up with the Kardashians—or any of our favorite celebrities—amidst midterms, internships, rush week and grad school applications? Well from now on, I’m gonna make sure that you do.
Read the rest on CollegeCandy.com and, while you’re there,...
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“Influence isn’t just a matter of copying someone or learning his or her tricks....”
– Jeffrey Eugenides, as interviewed by Jonathan Safran Foer, BOMB Magazine Fall 2002
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sobriety requires cutting back and moving forward.
Amidst an unremarkable job hunt and a discouraging self-score on a GRE practice test, I searched for editorial encouragement in my past writings, my pieces submitted as final projects in college. The ones covered in positive comments from my professors and stamped with the first letter of the alphabet on the last page of the draft.
And either teachers are taught how to lie through their teeth or...
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artist ambition check: artist? ambition? check. →
JR: How can I fix the world, I am just an artist.
Prize Director: No, no. You don’t need to FIX the world. You just need to CHANGE it.
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“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
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listen UP, love.
it’s like when she’s talking to some guy with an Italian accent: every single word sounds exotic and exciting and romantic and worldly and promising and poetic and perfect. he could be reading from a textbook or talking crap about her family and it’ll still tickle her eardrums and play with her heart. is he really professing his innermost affections? or is that just how he effing...
September 2011
11 posts
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“Remember how I said I’d rather be with someone for the wrong reasons than...”
– Amanda Jones, Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)
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“And over the years I have done a good bit of very subjective, highly...”
– Peter Ferry, Travel Writing
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complete dissatisfaction with this blog.
I’m sick of making excuses for why I’m not producing the kind of work that I want to be. and im trying not to say “should be” because the word “should” states disappointment as a given; I’m not so much disappointed at the work as I am in the fact that I’m not even putting in the effort to realize any type of potential anymore.
i always said I would...
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career karma: can you change your fate?
rank the following by level of satisfaction:
a) reaching goals completely on your own. b) reaching goals with the help of others. c) watching others reach their goals, with your help.
tangent, but actually completely related to this topic: the one thing I like about watching sports is how the players restrict the competition to the field: they work hard to win until the buzzer hits, and then...
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Rookie | » Getting Over Girl Hate →
“Here’s the thing—the horribly, eye-rollingly cheesy thing: no one can be a better version of yourself than you. And becoming the best possible example of your you-ness does not include focusing on how much you dislike another person.”
I’m completely in love with Rookie. Where was this amazing use of the Internet ten years ago?! Sure, I was way too busy making fake accounts on...
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“Maybe the thing to do after you roll the dice—and lose—is simply pick them up...”
– Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin. once again, everything about life can be learned at a craps table.
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what the HELL is going on up there??!?
occasionally, i still trap myself inside my own head. if these walls could talk, they’d be yelling at each other about why none of them have an open door of any kind, not even a window to look out into a potential distance, to focus on something outside of itself, to let all of the hopes and dreams breathe for just a precious moment each day. instead, they sit suffocating amidst moldings and...
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featured on this week's Monster 5! →
How are candidates differentiating themselves these days? For some insight into a popular resume-writing strategy that’s gaining some attention, read Ashley Lee’s resume advice on Jobacle.com.
guest post written for Jobacle on behalf of BeKnown scored me a spot on this week’s Monster 5, a link roundup on Monster’s blog for job seekers and company recruiters. woohoo!
August 2011
19 posts
im 21 going on broke and bored.
my calendar is clear and my to-do list is menial…if you told me a year ago that this is what my postgraduate life would be like, I’d probably react with some dramatic gesture of disappointment and refuse to believe you altogether. it’s the complete opposite of my collegiate routines: running (literally) from internship to internship, staying up all night to study weeks of...
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College Candy: So You’re a Virtual Intern? →
Good news! More companies than ever are investing in virtual internship programs, which means interns can work from home. While still earning class credit. And building your résumé. Possibly without even taking off your make up from the night before and while “glancing” at new episodes of Keeping Up with the Kardashians. If you snagged one this semester, it’s like a college girl’s dream!
…or...
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“You may be looking to do more with your life. As you walk away from a future you...”
– Whitney Johnson, “Disrupt Yourself”
a great read for aspiring entrepreneurs/anyone who refuses to take the easy way up.
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College Candy: A Conversation with My 10-Year-Old... →
You don’t know me – well, not yet – but I’m you, now. And you’re my 10-year-old self. Yeah, this conversation is actually happening, because we have a LOT to discuss.
First of all, you’re ten! Congratulations on hitting the double digits! You’ve just completed the first decade of your life and even though you probably don’t remember the first half of it, you probably feel pretty grown up and...
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“This game is tricky because when it comes, it pays and pays, it’s really a...”
– this awesome high roller next to me at the craps table shedding too much light on the situation at hand.
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“The artist’s job is not to succumb to despair, but to find an antidote to the...”
– Gertrude Stein, Midnight in Paris (2011)
