September 2010
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Today I taught a lesson on The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. I had no idea how this would go over with 11th graders who weren’t even sure really who Ben Franklin was, and many of whom read on an elementary level.
THEY LIKED IT. THEY REALLY LIKED IT. Well, some of them liked it, and others were falling asleep because it was ten thousand degrees today and I have no A/C. But as one kid...
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August 2010
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Florence and the Machine/ Postcards From Italy...
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TOMORROW IS THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL
I’M FREAKING OUT
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I had a real real real bad day today. I’m seriously not prepared to start work in a week. I miss home. I miss my friends and my family and my old apartment and my old life, and my old job, and my old routine. I miss California weather. I miss feeling like I was good at something. I feel like I don’t even remember who I am. I’m tired.
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“CONCLUSION
Proposition 8 fails to advance any rational basis in singling out...”
– The court concludes that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional” is a beautiful phrase.
(via blurintofocus, kdgz, infinityoftraces)
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Beyond myself somewhere I wait for my arrival —Octavio Paz
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“Like investment bankers on Wall Street, senators these days direct much of their...”
– George Packer, The Empty Chamber (via syntheticpubes)
conquistara:
Yesterday I read about a genetic disorder: the afflicted are driven to hurt themselves & those they love. It is, by all evidence, extremely rare—a single, inexplicable glitch in three billion bits of code. Case studies include men who thrust their hands into their mouths & bite off their own fingers. Some bite off their lips. They beg to be restrained. There will always be...
mysticsister asked: ashley! how is teaching life? we'll miss you at clam most definitely.
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“There are more locations than girl and boy, man and woman. Decamping from one...”
– S. Bear Bergman, from the essay ‘I’m Just Saying’ in hir book, The Nearest Exit May Be Behind You.
(via ellib, sexisnottheenemy)
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OUT OF THE ASH I RISE WITH MY RED HAIR AND I EAT...
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July 2010
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“Alone With Everybody
the flesh covers the bone
and they put a mind
in there...”
– Bukowski. (via coeurdepanda)
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clothedinsky asked: no choice...
plus having people I love who love me
and being able to alter my own neurochemistry/psychology/view of phenomena/somatic feeling with a degree of relative success and ease
plus having people I love who love me
and being able to alter my own neurochemistry/psychology/view of phenomena/somatic feeling with a degree of relative success and ease
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how do you survive? →
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evan-g asked: It's probably better that way, because now I don't feel bad for giving you H1, and the person I did meet was either extremely nice or sarcastically mean. Haha But for sure on the west coast music show thing! And I hope living on the other side of the country works out and you have consistent Internet because your Tumblr is one of my favorites. Oh, and yes on meeting in a future cat life.
evan-g asked: holy shit, i just remembered part of our treasure island talk, if this was you: i coughed, you asked me if i was sick and i didn't feel that bad so i said, "not too bad". then i find out weeks later i had fucking H1N1 and i felt amazingly bad. Then i also remember you telling me if i wanted any of your drink it's cool (good thing i didn't), and i felt lame because i...
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“The answer to bad porn is not no porn, but to try to make better porn.”
– Annie Sprinkle (via sexisnottheenemy)
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Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Your emotions may be a bit erratic. It could be hard for you to focus on anything today, Pisces. Things continue to shift from one topic to the next with little resolution of any. Others aren’t apt to be very sympathetic to your feelings, so don’t expect them to be. You’ll only be setting yourself up for disappointment. It’s a better day to focus...
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MSTRKRFT and John Legend/ Heartbreaker
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Today is July 4th and I am living in Philadelphia, where last week I started teaching summer school at Thomas Edison High. I am a redhead again, and I am super busy but not too stressed, but I don’t have reliable internet, so that’s why I’ve been a bit out of touch. I’m soon going to start looking for a house in Baltimore, where I’ll move in August. I’m gonna...
June 2010
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Hot Chip/ I Feel Better (via satanlovesusall)
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“In every ancient culture there are rituals to mortify the body as a way of...”
– Marina Abramovic (via nightmarebrunette)
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