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Thursday, April 03, 2008

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:00:28 GMT

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Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:55:18 GMT

Mi madre dearest teaches me the darndest life lessons in a grand way.

For instance, she reminds me today (after an intense prior conversation) not to live through the manipulation of emotions or by dependency on sympathy from others. She is so on point. I do not struggle more than others. We all struggle. I have so much to be thankful for. It seems weird now how I was willing to love a stranger but not my own mother. I was too afraid she might hate who I was inside. I thought I had to be who she wanted me to be in order for her to accept me.

It might be true in other circumstances. But I have been blessed.

Also, Tawny says she loves Jesus. So does Ammiel. I think I should as well. Because I trust them. And also because I should take a gamble on those who do any and everything for me to be happy.

I mean love is a gamble.

But one that requires me to go all in.

Monday, January 28, 2008

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:05:05 GMT

Prayer for the Workplace

Thank You, Lord,
for the gift of employment
May it bring me always gratitude
and enjoyment
Deliver me everyday
from all mediocrity
Help me be excellent
at every opportunity
Bless me with wisdom, competence
and genuine passion
But even more with patience,
selflessness and compassion
Use me today as an instrument
of unity and peace
Let love and friendship
in my workplace increase
I offer up to You today all my plans
and all my labor
Prosper the work of my hands
and bless me with Your favor.

Amen.

I need a full-time job. Money.

New blog (for post-grad purposes): Polite In Public

Friday, January 04, 2008

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 18:20:29 GMT

For 2008, I choose happiness over love.

I mean in this day in age, who knows what love is anyway?

I know it might sound like suppression or subjugation, but it is really more of a reallocation.

That is my resolution.

And it makes me, well, happy.

In happiness, perhaps I can learn to truly love.

Pray for me.

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I love when people pronounce the word 'schedule' without the c.

But I prefer to pronounce the word 'cholera' with the accent on the second syllable (even if it is wrong).

As in: Love in the Time of Cho-LE-ra.

It reminds me of the word: choleric (which is pronounced both ways).

My first read for 2008.

And my first rant.

Monday, December 17, 2007

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 01:00:04 GMT

TragEDIEs of the Poor Little Rich Girl...

"Edith Minturn Sedgwick:
beautiful artist
and actress..."
"And all around loon."
"Remembered for setting
the world on fire..."
"And escaping the clutches
of her terrifying family."
"Made friends with everybody and anybody..."
"Creating chaos
and uproar wherever she went."
"Divorced as many times as she married,
she leaves only
good wishes behind."

Factory Girl

Saturday, December 15, 2007

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 17:05:12 GMT

I should have have bought his book and had him sign it. You go, Yale.

P.S. - Is he wearing Oliver Peoples Riley? Tortoise is my favorite right now.

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Le Derrière

I like how her hair goes from being up to down when she dances in the bathroom in her purple number.

Friday, December 14, 2007

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 04:10:26 GMT

Ad Campaign Ogilvy & Mather

The last caption is especially fitting, no?

The first is best me. But the last is most definitely you.

Wicked.

Drive back safely.

To my British (not Yugoslavian) advisor, I go...

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 06:10:05 GMT

In the only stall not specifically designated for the handicap, on the third floor of the James White library by the Multimedia Center, the bathroom wall reads:

God is love.

Interesting, because the same phrase appears again on the wall of the bathroom in Griggs Hall, half (upstairs) of which houses the Department of Religion and Biblical Languages.

But this time, the phrase appears in Greek:

ὁ θεòς ἀγάπη ἐστίν (ho theos agape estin)

Christian vandalism.

This is how I know I am at Andrews University, mecca of Adventist education.

A bit Lane Kim (of Gilmore Girls), non?

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:00:51 GMT

My friend Tawny is published in the current JPG Magazine:

Photo Tawny Alipoon

She took them in their natural stance without posing them.

Genius, that Alipoon.

By the by, she is also a killer cook.

Wednesday, December 05, 2007

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 20:20:40 GMT

It is snowing like the movies! I love how the white envelopes everything.

Pomegranates in a regular cup with water in my P♥M cup...

...chunky peanut butter and honey sandwich with peppermint drinking chocolate (with soy milk).

The peppermint is real! When I burp, it reminds me of spring rolls.

Tasty treats make me happy.