December 2011
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If you still haven't, you should
follow me on my other blog, lifeinphisheye, which I update more often, and has tons of pictures of what I do, what I eat, what I think, as well as really adorable pictures of my cat, Rocky and my newly adopted puppy, Riley.
November 2011
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October 2011
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“Wendy: Peter… I should like to give you a kiss.
[Peter holds his hand...”
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“The world has lost a visionary. And there may be no greater tribute to...”
– President Obama tonight on the passing of Steve Jobs
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Realized 3 things today
1. When I don’t find people, people don’t find me either.
2. I’ve somehow made it okay for people to blow me off at the very last minute.
3. I could have gone to New York this weekend. But I didn’t.
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“I am supposed to be having the time of my life.”
– Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar
September 2011
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Daybreak
It was only a matter of time before you would wake up. And then you would catch me staring at you. You twitch in your sleep, I would then say. Your elbow comes out of nowhere and hits me in the stomach like that time on the subway when the old man fell over and poked me in the ribs as the train stopped. At least he apologized. I would say all this in an accusatory voice. Like it wasn’t rude...
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On Copyright
Ronald: Give a million monkeys a million typewriters and a thousand years and they'll give you Shakespeare. Is Shakespeare's copyright infringed?
Student: Well I don't think monkeys intended to plagiarize...
Ronald: But monkeys are smart! Did you watch the Planet of the Apes?
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“Destiny, I feel, is also a relationship - a play between divine grace and...”
– Elizabeth Gilbert, excerpted from Eat Pray Love
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The Correctional Services Department
“Next.”
Nina shuffled forward towards the counter and kept her eyes downcast. The officer was a stern-looking woman with a very red face and lips that were meshed together into a thin, hard line. She looked as though she had one drink too many and was trying to hold it all in.
Nina almost smiled at the thought but composed her face quickly. These kinds of thoughts were not tolerated...
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Peru Photo Diary
Because pictures are worth a thousand words and no number of words suffice to describe how amazing this past month of traveling had been.
From top: Plaza de Armas de Cusco; Inca ruins in Sacsayhuaman; Pisac market; the legendary Machu Picchu; one of the many random jump shots in front of Inca ruins
August 2011
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Crepes-y
Sasha: If we don't get the table in the next 7 minutes I will go crazy.
Adrian: [eyeing the crêperie next door] Or we could just go crepes-y.
July 2011
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Travelogue (Prelude)
Packing up a storm,
the allergic traveler
sneezed on her passport.
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Baby Bird's First Flight
The baby swallows can all fly now. The last one, who was also the smallest and most scared, saw his brothers and sisters out swooping in small circles and flapping their tiny wings and finally let curiosity overcome his fears. He too, gingerly stepped out onto the edge of the nest.
“BACK OFF! GIMME SPACE I SAID, BA- AHHH I’M FALLING- ARGHHH…”
Landing softly amongst his...
June 2011
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May 2011
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5 Things
Dear followers, you make my day just knowing that there are people out there who like my writing. I’m not a professional, and I write irregularly. I get days when I have inspiration every 10 minutes, and then some where I get nothing in ten days.
But that doesn’t mean I don’t have a passion for writing. Because I do. I just seem to have writer’s block more often than the...
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Sanya
They boarded a plane the second they were all done with their finals and landed in Sanya, the island of exotic fruits and oyster pearls, complete with an endless stretch of white sand and all the UV rays you could ever ask for.
The three girls, two fresh university graduates and one who didn’t know quite what to do with her life, donned on their brightest bikinis, sucked in their stomachs...
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“You don’t have to get a job that makes others feel comfortable about what they...”
– DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #72: The Future Has An Ancient Heart (via synecdoche)
April 2011
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Dear Bed
Please sail me away to the vast ocean of dreams then drown me within.
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The Transformation
She was standing very close to him. She could see every single eyelash, every fine hair on his face. She had to stop herself from counting his freckles, like chocolate sprinkles across his nose. And his skin, smoother and softer than anyone else’s that she has come across, except for the scratchy patch of stubble on his chin. She remembered that scratchy stubble well. He used to bury his...
“Why is it we want so badly to memorialize ourselves? Even while we’re still...”
– Margaret Atwood (via suzywire)
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Grandmother's Wish
Red nails twice for joy
At son and daughter’s weddings.
Now I wait third paint.
(Note: This was my grandmother’s way of hinting that maybe it’s time I found myself a boyfriend.)
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22
She was taking a walk in the park, minding her own business when he barged into her life. He ran into her, tousled hair, dimpled smile and all; a hit so hard that it left butterflies in her stomach. She let out a small cry, placing one hand over her heaving chest.
But wait. Her heart was missing.
She locked eyes with the boy of two, two she thought, and saw his mischievous grin. He seemed...
March 2011
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This Time In Japan
Cherry blossoms bloom Reminds us life is fleeting Yet so beautiful.
February 2011
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Catharsis
At 9 p.m, she got home from work. She hung up her coat. She took her heels off her aching feet. She turned on the lights and saw that the cat had puked all over her newly waxed floor. She sighed, grabbed a bunch of clean linen towels and covered up the mess. She will deal with that later. She turned on local news and let the Libyan crisis, the New Zealand earthquake and the plummeting economy wash...
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Thieving Feat
Crime requires two things: Will and opportunity Loss, your own damn fault.
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BBC 'The Big Read' Top 100 Books - And I thought I...
The list has been around for a while I know, but I just recently came across it. Initially I thought I would kick ass but twelve lines down I admit defeat. Resolution for this year - try to read as many books on this list as possible.
Books read in its entirety in bold. Books read in excerpts, or had not managed to finish are italicized.
1. The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien 2. Pride and...
“They want to see me fail. They want to see me fall on stage. They want to see me...”
– Lady Gaga (via thegirlnextdior)
January 2011
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Love Games, Mind Games, Power & Texting
‘So you didn’t text him back.”
“Well, I didn’t know what to say.” She looked slightly abashed. “And why do I need to be nice to him?”
“Don’t you like this guy?”
She hesitates ever so slightly. “I barely know him.”
“Yet you get upset when he doesn’t text you for days.”
She blushed slightly but...
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When Icarus Fell
It’s been three hours and still the fisherman caught no fish. Grumbling slightly, he gave his fishing line a slight flick. Not far out at sea, a ship sounded her horn. Deep, sudden and sonorous, the great sound created tiny ripples on the ocean’s surface, like glimmering emeralds and sapphires against the hull of the ship.
“No wonder I’m catching nothing,” the...
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Erase
She heard her come back and bound off her bed, fumbling for her slippers with her feet. The wooden floorboards were cold as ice. Moonlight shone dimly through the flimsy curtains, casting a long shadow at the figure standing stock still by the bedroom door.
Something didn’t feel quite right.
“Pip?” She found the light switch. “Pip!”
Pip was pasty white, apart from...
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And You Thought You Knew What You Wanted
I only wanted a bubble tea. That I knew for certain. Taiwanese tea shops were cropping up all around the city so it wasn’t hard to get these sweet drinks. There was a store right around the corner and I walked up to it.
“I’d like one bubble tea please.” I told the lady behind the counter.
“What size do you want?”
“Regular size.” “The large...
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