January 2011
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i'm finally in love with the san diego weather.
2011: making hasty decisions, sleeping through meetings, leaving things early and waking up late. Now, trying to swallow my pride after the fact has given me an annoying cough, one that disrupts all my meetings and won’t let me sleep!
But still, these days have been too good. Running around all over campus with caffeine and heels isn’t so bad when it’s seventy-something degrees...
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College Candy: Why I'm Happy I Didn't Grow Up As A... →
Here at CollegeCandy, we know that bad decisions make good stories. But as we’ve watched our favorite starlets fall from grace, we’ve started to realize that growing up under the spotlight might not be for the best. So even though I’m not rolling in the dough as an heiress from my parents’ inheritance or from a viral video of my childhood cuteness on YouTube, I’m happy to have had a normal (for...
“I want to be impolite. Rugged. Terribly true. Sweeping in my observations....”
– Susan Miller
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plain jane looks so damn pretty in the background.
scrolling through old blog posts and flipping through new tv shows makes drama a fine selling point: a blackout here and a break up there means an enticing episode with high ratings! lots of comments on honest writing! what enlightening entertainment!
finding beauty in the breakdown is easy, it’s like believing in God in those times you need a God to believe in. suddenly, things make so...
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would you rather...
lose someone? or lose yourself?
…what do you do if both happen at the same time?
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five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred...
so thankful for inner voices and outer limits; for friends & family who stand beside you regardless of what’s in front of you and what’s behind you; for second chances, nine lives, twenty-one choices and endless opportunities; for grace that puts hope back into faith and love.
a few bad days shall not redefine a good life: 2010 felt like the longest year, but it is over. that...