February 2012
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January 2012
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In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day...
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
(quote via)
November 2011
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September 2011
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Why am i doing this again?!?!??!?
my favorite library has changed up their computer lab layout so that when you type you are STARING at the person in the cubicle facing yours but my how most things don’t change.
here i am blogging. trying to remember websites i want to look up. coming up with to-do lists when i should obviously be achieving the item that has put me in this spot. gchatting. sending rambling, pointless...
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Getting on and quickly off my soap box.
This argument happening at UW-Madison right now is driving me insane. It’s important to listen to and take into account opposing sides to this argument on Affirmative Action in college admissions and I hear where this student is coming from. I strongly support affirmative action. Having a diverse educational environment is enriching and makes for a well-rounded education. So here’s...
August 2011
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While working on my laptop at the Union today, I waited to feel a dread, a heaviness in my chest as I realized I’ll be here for another 2 years, studying in the Trophy Room or Lakefront on Langdon, using the computer kiosk, waving to people I recognize, who, like me, have apparently been unable to escape Madison’s spell. Sometimes I want to feel anxious, or feel regret, that I’m...
July 2011
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June 2011
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We're at the 5 year mark.
It’s the fifth Father’s Day without you being a part of my life and as time goes on, it’s not your absence that bothers me, it’s the fear that I’m forgetting your presence. I try always to remember things, remember what I admired about you, what your voice sounded like when you were happy and how you cried without shame, what your hands looked like after years as a...
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May 2011
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Seriously Indiana?!
Indiana cut funding for Planned Parenthood on Tuesday, a frightening action by a man who might seek our nation’s vote for president. In the wee hours of the morning (read before 10am) I’m too lazy to look up statistics, but I’d be shocked if none of the wives/girlfriends/daughters/granddaughters of these lawmakers had utilized PP’s services from STI testing to birth...
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I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the...
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
April 2011
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Freddie Gibbs in his hometown of Gary, IN →
saw the amazing Freddie Gibbs (with Big K.R.I.T) on Friday night. click the link to see video of him and his friends talking about Gary, IN. i always see Gary from the freeway, a jumble of old steel mills and brick houses and desperation with the highway rising above, carrying thousands of people who look down, maybe with disdain, or pity, or hope, or nostalgia, or relief that their journey is...
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March 2011
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February 2011
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