December 2010
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Last. Fall. Exam. Ever.
Starting……..now.
Freaking the f*ck out right now. At least it will all be over in 3 hours.
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deep. cleansing. breaths. deep. cleansing. breaths. deep. cleansing. breaths. deep. cleansing. breaths. deep. cleansing. breaths. deep. cleansing. breaths. deep. cleansing. breaths. deep. cleansing. breaths. deep. cleansing. breaths.
Yet another exam induced panic attack makes my night just wonderful.
It’s the last one. It shouldn’t be this hard.
AND the weather is foiling my best...
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“Know the true value of time! Snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No...”
– — Philip Chesterfield (via justbesplendid)
Ha! Yeah right…
“If you have ever slept in a covered casserole dish on the highest peak of a...”
– Lemony Snicket (via thesnicketfile)
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A Most Peculiar Man -- Simon & Garfunkel (1965)
He was a most peculiar man. That’s what Mrs. Riordan said and she should know; She lived upstairs from him She said he was a most peculiar man. He was a most peculiar man. He lived all alone within a house, Within a room, within himself, A most peculiar man. He had no friends, he seldom spoke And no one in turn ever spoke to him, ‘Cause he wasn’t friendly and he...
“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
– Marcus Tullius Cicero (via thelostreader)
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obsequious [uhb-see-kwee-uhs]
-adjective
1. characterized by or exhibiting a servile complaisance or deference; fawning.
2. obedient; dutiful.
Origin: 1375-1425 — Late Middle English, from Latin obsequiosus, equivalent to obsequi(um) compliance, obsequ(i) to comply with (ob toward + sequi to follow + ium)
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inveterate [in-vet-er-it]
-adjective
1. settled or confirmed in a habit, practice, feeling or the like.
2. firmly established by long continuance.
Origin: 1375-1425 — Late Middle English, from Latin inveteratus, past participle of inveterare to grow old, allow to grow old, preserve
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Oh West Wing, how I love thee...
Mandy Hampton: That bill was our coming out party. We were gonna have the stage for a month! It was our Nesun Dorma!
Staffer 1: What the hell is Nesun Dorma?
Staffer 2: It's an Italian aria by Wagner...
Mandy: It's Puccini, Wagner's German, and you're a moron.
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From the West Wing episode "Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc" (Season 1, September 1999)
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“Live. If you live, God will live with you. If you refuse to run his risks, he’ll...”
– Paulo Coelho (via justbesplendid)
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“The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past...”
– Marcel Pagnol (via kari-shma)
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“She lay down in a party dress and never got up.
Needless to say, she missed the...”
– The Incomparable Ani DiFranco, Slide
“I must learn to love the fool in me the one who feels too much, talks too much,...”
– Theodore Isaac Rubin (via kari-shma)
“The Violins waltzed. The Cellos and Basses provided accompaniment. The Violas...”
– Lemony Snicket (via thesnicketfile)
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“A childhood without books – that would be no childhood. That would be like being...”
– Astrid Lindgren (via yvestown)
“For after all, the best thing one can do when it is raining is let it rain.”
– Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (via kari-shma)
“If neurotic is wanting two mutually exclusive things at one and the same time,...”
– Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar (via anemonearms)
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