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Recently, somebody told me that between the ages of 23-25, I would experience more of my emotionally depressed learning experiences.  Although the entire Generation X and any liberal arts college graduate in this economy might agree, I would like to believe that any portion of your life could be depressing.
Yesterday, I read (most of) “Who [...]

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The Body

For some reason, I woke up this morning and started thinking about infectious mononucleosis.  Yes, mono (the glandular fever).  I’m not sure why I thought about it since I got it years back and there was no reason to think of it now–but what struck me is that any skilled person could easily take a [...]

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Keeping Up Appearances

I don’t know if it was because of some genetic code that prevents me from understanding complementary colors or because I pride myself on efficiency rather than delicacy, but I’ve lately started to think more on the appearance of things and how appearances affect perceptions.  (Let’s be honest–I have never really thought much about this [...]

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All in a day’s work

Today, I:

Tried on $100 perfume at a department store, but forgot to remember the name.  (It smelled like alcohol)
Bought handmade bath salts with fragrance names like “Sex Bomb” and “Honey, I Washed the Kids.”
Had my cable turned off.
Claimed yellow as my color.
Argued with a man all the reasons he needed to get an education (in [...]

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The Thought Process

“Because I could not stop for Death–
he kindly stopped for me–
The Carriage held but just Ourselves–
and Imortality.”
-Emily Dickinson
 
 
The other day, I got on the highway driving to work, only to find myself driving directly behind a hearse.  18 minutes of being directly behind death’s driver!
Step 1: At first, I felt rather uncomfortable staring at [...]

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