May 2011
11 posts
While cleaning my room today, I found all sorts of...
Sister: Are you wearing a tiara?
Me: I'm the pretty pretty princess!
May 31st
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Dear mainstream media: stop abbreviating Dominique...
May 29th
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I always thought I was a huge fan of Death Cab for Cutie.  The new Death Cab album is available for streaming until its release on NPR’s First Listen.  While I think it’s a good album, I feel kind of meh about it.  I really, really like Narrow Stairs, but I realize I actually don’t love Death Cab, and even though I have a bunch of other albums, I don’t really listen to them...
May 27th
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Run the World Girl: In Defense of Beyoncé | Bitch... →
Also so much! I think it’s awesome that we’re just talking about all this!
May 27th
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May 24th
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Senior Retrospective →
Four years ago, I knew exactly what I wanted to do with my life. I was going to study history and get my teaching certification, after which I would be a high school teacher. Then I came to Vassar, and, well, that didn’t exactly work out. The plan has changed so many times. But somehow, never once did I panic. Not when I dropped my certification plan. Not even when I dropped my Education...
May 19th
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May 15th
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Good Morning: We’re in The 21st Century « Pretty... →
This.
May 12th
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May 10th
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RomCom Movie Review: Love, Wedding, Marriage
So I guess this movie technically hasn’t been released yet, but you can pay extra $$ to rent it on iTunes and tonight was a night I just needed a movie I knew would end happily.  So here’s what I liked: This movies starts, rather than ends, with a wedding.  It’s rare to see a movie focused on what happens AFTER the wedding, as most seem to imply that a wedding=happily ever ...
May 9th
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“If your enemy falls, do not exult; If he trips, let your heart not rejoice”
– Proverbs 24:17 (As translated in the JPS Tanakh, 1985 edition, p. 1325)
May 3rd