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Posted by: michness on 02/03/2012 Sometimes things don’t always go the way you expect them to.
For me lately, that’s a lot of the time.
First (perhaps the least significant downer): We moved back into school almost three weeks ago to no cable. None. Absolutely no signal. The school recently changed cable providers, meaning we had to pay $35 for a crummy cable box that works sometimes (not to mention the cost of cable the school takes out of our tuition). We finally got cable back yesterday.
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Posted by: ciaobella14 on 01/17/2012 How many times a day do we trust,
that the plane overhead isn't coming for us?
How many times a day do we hurt,
and believe that the screams aren't meant to be heard?
How many seconds does it take the forlorn,
to shut themselves down and forget they were born?
How many trials and triumphs ahead,
will it take to see that the poor must be fed?
How many minutes can you count on your hand,
and turn into th...
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Posted by: amanda.tucker on 01/16/2012 When I was in middle school, one of my best friends was black. One day, I got a really bad pimple, but I didn't have any foundation or concealer. So, I asked to borrow hers.
If you paid any attention at all to my profile photo, not only am I white, but I am REALLY white. For a farm kid, I never really got that "nice" tan. I was even whiter, back then. So, me asking her for make up was pretty funny. I couldn't figure out why she was looking at me so strange--I just asked for mak...
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Posted by: amanda.tucker on 01/03/2012 The person who needs to be on our radars the most in 2012 is ourselves. Sure, politics and fashion and film and literature are all important aspects to life. But honestly, we are the most influential person in our lives, and we are often the person to whom we pay the least attention.
The easiest way to prove that we need to give ourselves more attention is by the simple question of, “Who am I?” It’s a sad revelation when we realize that it’s easier for us to tell someone e...
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Posted by: smileforme on 01/12/2012 I found this quote on my Twitter timeline the other day, "As we grow older we don't lose friends, we just learn who the real ones are" - @TheNoteboook. This has been proved 100% by going off to college.
I was thinking about it the other day when someone at work said that he doesn’t have many friends, and I was thinking about the difference between your high school friends and your real friends. When you had to see everyone from your high school on a daily basis, you could call them ...
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Posted by: Akimbo on 01/27/2011 Young and vivacious. I would like to say that I get up at 6am, go to the gym, make eggs over easy and have time to study right before my 8 am class. Realistically, clubbing until 2 in the morning, researching news stories, reading, and doing laundry fill the wee hours of the night for me.
I love late nights. Christmas lights, candles, and glow sticks make reality better than dreams. Running the track at night was always fun because I run awkwardly and the darkness of night was a gre...
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Posted by: underthefryingpan on 10/26/2011 Back from the ashes? Nah. Just wanted to make it sound more dramatic. After months of hiatus (You know how it is in college.), I'm now back and will write soon. Maybe I'll upload it later. Fancy reading your stories. :)...
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Posted by: amanda.tucker on 11/28/2011 I haven't had much spare time recently, and that can account for my absence on here. I'll try to be better, I promise. I haven't gotten a chance to write a whole lot, short of poetry in the margins of lecture notes, so I'm taking a break from things now to just unload some stuff.
Being that it was Thanksgiving just the other day, I thought I'd share a few of the things that I'm thankful for. In no particular order.
1. That I am where I am. I am so happy to be where I am...
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Posted by: amanda.tucker on 12/01/2011 The second hand on the clock don’t work and the girl next to me is wearing two watches. I’m still not sure why I’m here. I’m not really paying attention, and I don’t care enough about it to act like I am. The clock is really starting to bother me. How do the minute hand and the hour hand know when they’re supposed to move if the second hand ain’t moving at all? It just doesn’t make sense, to me. I think if I were to make my own watch, I wouldn’t even have a minute hand, or an hour hand. ...
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Posted by: michness on 11/09/2011 As the fall semester winds up, I have realized two things: (1) Senioritis sucks, and (2) I am graduating soon.
Holy. Cow.
Now that you're stuck with the image of a devout cow in your mind (kneeling on a pew, hooves folded in prayer), I have a serious question of seriousness.
When should I start job hunting, and more importantly, when should I start applying for jobs?
I don't graduate until May, but it seems silly to ignore potentially awesome jobs bec...
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Posted by: Heather on 11/08/2011 Well, it's that time of year again. That time when grocery stores fill with turkeys, diets are forgotten, and our mouths begin to water for a big slice of grandma's homemade pumpkin pie. I can always tell when Thanksgiving is almost here. And, I'm sure I am not the only one that notices the business that encompasses this time of year. With Christmas swiftly approaching, people are beginning to fret over presents and travel plans. And, as with most holidays, Thanksgiving is celebrated with big d...
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Posted by: ciaobella14 on 11/07/2011 My face trembles at the sight of no one
So minutely, that it’s nonexistent in the eyes of someone
If things were falling they would try to catch them
But if they refused no one would know how they splatter.
A fog stirs slightly on the window sill,
An allotted attempt to break routine,
Yet rebellion is too distinct an action-
For the soft swollen petals of a lost bouquet
I like the way I talk to myself-
As if the mirror reflects someone e...
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Posted by: amanda.tucker on 11/07/2011 I try not to watch a whole lot of television. But now, it seems like every time I turn it on, I see someone I know. I wonder if this is how famous people feel? Ha. It's pretty weird, though. I'm not going to go into specifics or anything about who I know and how, but feel free to ask if you want to know.
Anyway. There really ain't a whole lot of a point to this. I just wanted to exercise my new position as a Featured blogger, and this was the first major thought to cross my m...
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Posted by: michness on 10/13/2011 I’m not a very good loser. I tend to set ridiculously high goals for myself, and when I (sometimes inevitably) don’t hit them, I become extremely frustrated and distraught. This happens in class, on tests, when I work out, when I write, and even during fun activities, like playing board games. I get caught up in the spirit of competition, I guess, and I have to win. I have to be better than everyone else. But realistically, I know that I’m not. So then my brain takes the opposite reaction: I’m ...
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Posted by: waytodawn92 on 10/15/2011 I remember when I used to play soccer, and when the game was over, the coaches of the opposing team would come over and shake my hand, commending me on my skill. I remember being the one who could throw the hardest on my softball team. I remember nearly dehydrating myself in a basketball game, but running up and down the court until the whistle blew. I remember setting records. And I remember the feel of the track, the smell of the turf, and the anticipation in the air before a starting gun sou...
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Posted by: riserthinking on 10/08/2011
NOTE: This essay is not to criticize Facebook.com itself. Instead, it uses Facebook—the current largest social networking site—as an example to demonstrate the influence of digital self-disclosure in life today.
In The Facebook Effect, Mark Zuckerberg explains that Facebook.com is intended to help people understand the world around them. The site specifically borrows notable features of popular sites (e.g., Friendster, Flickr, Xanga) and sets up a space in which millions of people a...
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Posted by: michness on 09/15/2011 I like to have my life planned out, and run according to a schedule. When it was time to apply for colleges in high school, I knew that I was going to attend York College for their professional writing program. I was so confident in this fact that I only applied to two other colleges, instead of the recommended five-ten. For some reason, I always put a lot of stock in gut feelings. Luckily (or maybe tragically), I’ve always been right when a gut feeling is involved. Sometimes, this means...
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Posted by: jasoncaleb on 09/13/2011 What I love about this site is that it is a collection of different people in different stages and so therefore, we have an open community where we can share stories and influence one another. This piece I wrote below I wrote originally today for my personal blog, and the reason I want to post it here is because I would like your feedback. I wonder if sometimes I'm the only person that feels this way about education, or if it is everyone. I feel like we live in a very dis-empowering country ...
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Posted by: waytodawn92 on 09/03/2011 My mother, a very talented woman, was involved in musical theater before she decided to settle down and have a family with my father, who is also a gifted singer. For years, they led the choir at the church I attended growing up. As a result, I grew up in a very musical household, exposed to many soundtracks of various musicals that, over the years, I have grown to love.
Unfortunately, I did not inherit the singing skills of my parents. My singing sounds like someone is beating a ba...
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Posted by: jasoncaleb on 08/15/2011 It is hard to find myself when I don't stop to reflect on where I've been. Lately, my mind has not felt at ease; lately my mind has felt restless in wandering and trying to discover a new direction for my life.
I will not be attending any college this fall semester as was originally planned. I was accepted, I was enrolled, I was preparing for the move to go to this new school, but being married and being a father has given me different perspective on moving to go to a school, to a ...
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Posted by: michness on 08/22/2011 Since I move back to college on Saturday, I’ve been doing some thinking about things I’ve done this summer, things I wish I would have done, and things I’ve learned. I figured I would share my revelations with you fine people.
The good:
1. My relationship with my sister improved one hundred million fold. We had been growing closer for the past few years—ever since I first left for college—but this summer we’ve become, dare I say it, pretty good friends. She woke me up at ...
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Posted by: Ian on 08/18/2011 I came across a great article that talks about how important a good nights sleep is. Since my college buddies and I are getting ready to go back to school, I thought it would be great to share this article about sleep (which is important to every stage of life). It talks about summer and how healthy and energized we are, but explains why winter makes us even more tired.
Take a look...
IT’S S U M M E R !
The position of the earth in orbit—with a little hel...
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Posted by: jasoncaleb on 08/05/2011 I am not a traditional college student. I am in my mid 20s, married, and have a 5 month old daughter. I am going to school in Savannah, Georgia this fall, in a matter of weeks actually. We are in this dilemma of finding an affordable apartment. Not having much money saved, and feeling unsure of whether I will be able to find a job that will fit my schedule around classes, we are quite concerned of how we are going to afford to live there.
I am a veteran, and being a veteran has...
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Posted by: jasoncaleb on 07/24/2011 Man. I haven't been writing on this site since before school ended for the summer. It really is a shame because I really enjoyed writing on this site when I was in school last semester.
The summer is moving fast. Doesn't it always go faster than we would like? I am transferring to a new school, in a different location entirely. It's an art school where I will study writing. The school is well-known, and it's very expensive. At my last school, I didn't have to pay anything. I am usin...
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Posted by: michness on 07/18/2011 I took this new job because I wanted a place where I would be treated like a human being; where I would avoid unnecessary stress/yelling/arguments, because everything would be (mostly) running smoothly. I wanted to be treated like an adult, with new and challenging responsibilities.
I’ve learned a lot so far, this summer. Right now my brain is screaming my newest life lesson, in the form of a handy cliché: the grass isn’t always greener on the other wise.
Take today, for e...
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