January 2012
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“Who in their right mind would pay for their daughter to go to Vassar? Just a...”
– One of the insightful comments on Fox News’ coverage of the recent Vassar slip-up. (via vassarnormative)
CHYEA.
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Medieval History Ryan Gosling →
Really this is the best one though. Thank you Hannah, my non-Tumblring best friend, for this.
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Watchsynchronizedskating:
Here’s a video of Central Park Ice Open Juvenile where the one skater gets stuck to herself!
Pretty impressive that she finished the entire program with her tights stuck together. AND she even did the spit at the end. Major props, girl!
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raeliz:
Such an awkward time to be a Vassar girl…this news is really making the rounds. Thank God I was admitted back in the day of snail mail admission letters.
lol I got that email too
do you know how much suicide I would have committed if that were me
like I remember holding my breath for that early admissions letter, ugh
Seriously! I found out someone else in my high...
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inothernews:
“For some students, the joy of finding out they were accepted to the highly selective Vassar College was marred recently thanks to a computer glitch. The liberal-arts college in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. on Friday erroneously notified dozens of applicants that they had been accepted, when in fact they were not. In a statement posted to its Web site, the school blamed the snafu on a...
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Rachel and her mom text each other snarky comments...
Me [about Keegan Messing]: Does he just pick his music from stupid movies so he can wear stupid outfits?
Mom: LOL
Me: LOL @ what Scott [Hamilton] said about if you're looking for high art, you won't find it here.
Mom: You know, it was exciting to watch him like this at Intermediate, but at Senior it's just sloppy and annoying.
Me: He's like the Plushenko of America, but with with less hip wiggling!
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JDate recommended a match for me and when I clicked on it the profile was “unavailable.”
Thanks, JDate.
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WatchTHIS WOMAN. THIS WOMAN!
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Not that I’m watching (I’m at work), but what I can tell from the CNN liveblog, this debate could be subtitled, “Mitt v. Newt: The Playground Tantrums”
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Peyton still the better Manning →
Now that the New York Giants are a game away from winning their second Super Bowl in five years, sportswriters such as Bill Simmons and Rick Reilly have brought up the possibility that perhaps Giants quarterback Eli Manning will end up having a better career than his older brother, Peyton.
Oh my god what the hell. I’m a diehard, born and raised Giants fan and even I know that Peyton is...
First Kosher Butcher in America
perezhamilton:
We’ve been hearing all about this trendy new “Kosher” diet.
Now we can actually try it!!!!!!
A Jew by the name of Asser Levy is now the first Kosher butcher in America. His shop is in New Amsterdam along that street with the really big wall (constructed to defend from the Dutch and the Indians).
This is a big step for the Jews, having their own butcher and all!
We’ll try...
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Marty Noble: Jorge Posada was an anchor for... →
“And now that he has shed his shin guards for the last time, the player Joe Torre always called “Georgey” can be take his place in Yankees history. And that place, though relatively prominent, also is in the background.
Behind the drums, if you will.
Georgey is Ringo, you see — a star to be sure, but the one of least magnitude in a most prominent constellation.
Ringo...
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Also every time one of my “liberal” “friends” on Facebook posts something about Ron Paul I want to be like: you do realize he’s a racist asshole who wants government regulation out of everything that makes sense for having regulation until it comes to social issues when he’s REGULATION CELEBRATION.
Fuck it I don’t even have the energy to tell them that.
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OMG I just sent an e-mail to Pardes inquiring about their 3-week fellowship track for young Jewish communal professionals why is my heart rate through the roof.
I really, really would love to have the opportunity to do this.
It would mean I have to save my remaining 3 weeks vacation time for July.
It would have to not conflict with a Birthright trip that I’m needed to staff. On the other...
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Watch4 became 3, and now 3 becomes 2.
Crying my eyes out over here. We love you, too, Jorge. Thank you.
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“For the fucking Super Bowl!!!”
– New York Giants punter STEVE WEATHERFORD, who held the ball for kicker Lawrence Tynes, following Tynes’s game-winning field goal in a 20-17 victory over the San Francisco Giants.
Though not audible during the broadcast, a slow-motion reply shows a jubilant Weatherford leaving no doubt as to what...
Staffing my first Birthright trip, the short...
Number of times it snowed: 1
Number of nightmares I had about Massada in the rain: 1
Number of times I tried to convince my students how wonderful za’atar is: too many times to count.
Number of times I took students to Terem (the urgent care center in J’lem): 2
Number of times I wanted to kill our guide for talking too much: 1 million.
Number of times I yelled, “please keep...
Okay, now I’m actually leaving. Actually bye, internet.
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I'm a little obsessive, but idgaf.
thecakesokay:
I want to point something out to you all.
That is Nick Jonas (Marius) and Samantha Barks (Éponine) in the 25th anniversary production of Les Mis. They are singing “A Little Fall of Rain”.
Compare their performance, chemistry, charisma, etc. to that of Michael Ball (Marius) and Lea Salonga (Éponine) as they perform the same song in the 10th anniversary production.
My point...
Going to Israel!
I’m staffing a Birthright trip for the next 10 days! It will be 10 days of not sleeping, somehow keeping track of all 40 college kids and 5 soldiers. Although I do look forward to waking people up by barging into their hotel rooms and singing loud children’s songs in Hebrew. Best part of my job? Probably.
Bye, internet!
PS, Does it make me a bad person if, upon receiving a third email in the...
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Jorge Posada will be remembered as one of the... →
He contributed to winning, not just in the things that can be measured, but also in his role as a good teammate and a relentless worker. When you think of his Yankees, you think first of Jeter, Rivera, Posada and Pettitte. What do they all have in common?
They carried themselves a certain way. They believed winning was the only bottom line that mattered. They weren’t always great quotes, but...
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lollapulizer replied to your post: Packing for Israel = clothes EVERYWHERE!!!
Are you doing birthright?
Staffing it, actually! In other words, I’m not getting any sleep for 10 days starting Wednesday. Literally I will have been traveling for 12 hours before I even get on the flight for Israel.
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Packing for Israel = clothes EVERYWHERE!!!
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inothernews:
Thanks for everything, Jorge Posada. Five-time champion and always a class act.
HIP HIP JORGE. You’ll be so missed. We love you for everything, for those homeruns and those hugs and all those times you caught Andy and Mo and even for forgetting the strike count sometimes. I know it’s time to go and the last seconds of my childhood are running out, but I’m going...
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“Dr. Pepper responded to my complaint with a email that basically said that I...”
– a good friend of mine who sent in a complain about the Dr. Pepper Ten commercial through their website. The response is even more inappropriate than the ad.
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Watchinothernews:
The Daily Show’s Jason Jones heads to Florida to visit with a bunch of hypocritical, Islamophobic Republicans — and to host a speed-dating session featuring “the Modern Whig Party.”
There was too much disgust at this story for me to laugh at the funny parts.
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Rhode Island Says "No Way Jose" to Slavery!!!!
perezhamilton:
We always knew they’d get along!
Unlike the other stoopid and selfish colonies in America, Rhode Island has passed a law making slavery illegal.
Holy shiz! We really, really hope other colonies can learn from this amazeballs law.
Yay!!!!!
UPDATE: It’s being reported that this law has NOT been enforced. In fact, we hear that Rhode Island now has more slaves than any other...
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So I’ve been alone in my apartment for a few days because my roommates were still on vacation and now one of my roommates is back which is great because I love my roommates.
But dammit, now I have to wear pants.
lollapulizer replied to your post: lollapulizer replied to your link: WHY DO YOU…
Yeah, but they turned it into something horrible (aka Miley is a bitch) when all Demi was saying is that they fight hard but they’re really close and love each other. Where they got “Miley is a bitch” from that I don’t know.
I had to go back to realize what you were talking about…I guess I didn’t...
lollapulizer replied to your link: WHY DO YOU ALWAYS CLICK ON THE COMMENTS, RACHEL?
Jezebel is so gross now. They’ve got some dude doing dirt bag and he legit constantly body snarks. Drives me crazy.
Wait, there’s a dude doing dirtbag now? Lol, I just skim dirtbag for people I care about, I don’t even “read” it.
Though I definitely read that whole Demi Lovato/Miley Cyrus...
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WHY DO YOU ALWAYS CLICK ON THE COMMENTS, RACHEL? →
Have fun finding the requisite “Israel is an apartheid state” comment.
Fuck you.
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nogravityhereorthere replied to your photo: Oops?
wait i’m confused
This is tweet (later deleted) in which JNF appeared to oppose Bedouins living in villages that “belong” to Israel even though JNF is connected to evicting Palestinians and supporting settlers.
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The Cake's Okay!: shortiesdodream replied to your... →
thecakesokay:
shortiesdodream replied to your post: shortiesdodream replied to your post:…
Fucking HUGH JACKMAN is playing Valjean??? What the hell? What has modern theatre come to???? (noticed I spelled “theatre” instead of “theater.” I’m so cultured) BUT SERIOUSLY. This is BULLSHIT.
To be fair, Hugh Jackman is actually a pretty accomplished musical theatre actor…
In other other news, Benedict Cumberbatch will...
inothernews:
And Rebecca Black to star in the off-off-Broadway production of Jesus H. Christ, Superstar.
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lollapulizer:
Why Teach For America Is Not Welcome in My Classroom
annaetc:
“Three years ago, a TFA recruiter plastered the Fordham campus with flyers that said “Learn how joining TFA can help you gain admission to Stanford Business School.” The message of that flyer was “use teaching in high-poverty areas a stepping stone to a career in business.” It was not only profoundly disrespectful to...
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