May 2013
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“Now all you can do is wait. It must be hard for you, but there is a right time...”
– Haruki Murakami/ The Wind Up Bird Chronicle (via vous-trouvez)
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So I’m about six lessons ahead of schedule on my online course.
And that means finally catching up on everything I missed this season on Doctor Who.
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didney-worl-no-uta:
I went over to the Yelp! page of Amy’s Baking Company and
oh my god
NOOSE BURGER
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Extra-curricular activities were a huge part of my life in junior high and high school, so I’m a bit bummed that the only activities my future school offers are volleyball and football.
Sigh. I suppose after my first year, I can talk to my principal about starting piano lessons or a creative writing club or maybe UIL Literary Criticism and/or Ready Writing.
mandatoryupgrades:
Anyone who thinks Shakespeare is boring apparently missed the greatest stage direction ever written:
I want that to be the final line of my biography.
Oh my goodness, in which play is this??
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Let me tell you a story.
hithertokt:
A student is told she can not use her Spanish-English dictionary to help her on the Reading/LA portion of her state’s standardized test. Spanish is her native language; she isn’t fluent in English yet by any stretch.
Unsurprisingly, upon hearing the news, she is in tears.
This test matters, you see, and she knows it. It is a reflection of her and her teachers and her school and...
Yo, Grammar: What's up with "everyone"?
theyuniversity:
Technically, since “everyone” is considered a singular pronoun, “Everyone brought his or her homework” is correct. (“Everybody brought his or her homework” would also be correct, since “everyone” and “everybody” are interchangeable.)
But in Britain, it’s standard to use “everyone” and “everybody” with a singular verb and a plural pronoun. So in Britain, either sentence would...
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The Dirty Dozen
rachelleboudry:
The Dirty Dozen aka the foods that you should buy organic if you have the choice. These bad boys are crop criminals. They’re the highest in chemicals and pesticides.
Celery
Peaches
Strawberries
Apples
Blueberries
Nectarines
Bell Peppers
Spinach
Cherries
Kale
Potatoes
Grapes
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“You better [start writing] now because you know how to write, and you have...”
– Dave Eggers (via thefangirlandthenovel)
I’m also being really lazy about my Maymester course, but I’ve already done 2 lessons today and started my annotated bibliography thing, so meh.
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I really just want to go home and see my mom and my younger brother and even my dad and my new school and take the tour and meet my bosses and coworkers and get a glimpse of the life I’m going to lead when I leave Denton.
I’m just ready for a change.
My cat just sleep-meowed and woke himself up.
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My Tia Margie’s Facebook timeline is so cute.
She’s just the epitome of little Mexican woman learning how to use technology.
It’s wonderful.
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It is so odd to read my posts from the fall semester.
My, how things have changed.
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Watchgjmueller:
Latino students achieve success
The Hispanic population has the lowest college graduation rate of any other group, but that is not the case in Arizona.
I wonder how this relates to TUSD’s struggles with Mexican-American education.
“The best approach is to not try to write things that will go viral. No, the best...”
– Seth Godin echoes Kurt Vonnegut, who in the seventh of his 8 timeless tips on writing advised, “Write to please just one person.” (via explore-blog)
Chemistry Lab, your B was the only thing that stood in my way of a 4.0 in my 19 hour semester.
This is where I’d normally be pretty upset, but holy moley am I just happy to be done with that semester.
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So, my creative nonfiction professor asked if she could pass along my essay, “What It Means to Speak English in the Borderlands” to a colleague, so I could get another opinion for further revision.
And she said she’d be more than happy to read anything else I write or talk about future projects or publishing.
idk. It made me really happy because I think I’ve finally...
heygloria:
nothing hurts more than being ignored by cats on the street
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I suppose I shouldn’t complain since I haven’t had a single issue with my computer in the 4+ years I’ve had it, but I’ll be mourning the death of my trackpad for awhile.
The older I get, the more I want to be home.
I ask myself if moving 9.5 hours away was worth it. I think so. I don’t think I could have grown the way I have if I had stayed in the Valley, but gosh. I just want to be home now.
I’m just excited to start this new part of my life and grow and grow and grow.
