June 2012
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Things My Students Say
Prompt: write an article reasoning which state you believe would win in a war between the states.
Female Student: Hawaii, for sure.
Me: Really, please a simple explanation of why.
Female Student: Because they can take all of their drugs, feed them to the sharks and teach them how to kill on command.
“Behind all this, some great happiness is waiting.”
– “Seven Laments for the War-Dead” by Yehuda Amichai, trans. Chana Bloch
“I dreamt that I could paint you with words, But there were no colors bright...”
– Mos Def (via newancient)
“Go out and do something. It isn’t your room that’s a prison, it’s yourself.”
– Sylvia Plath (via stomachin2knots)
“Crawl before you walk, walk before you run, run before you fly.”
– JR
“You will fall in love with your friends. Deep, passionate love. You will create...”
– from The Types of People You Will Fall in Love With In Your 20s by Ryan O’Connell (via remnant)
Damn… made me cry. Please read on by clicking the link. Oh how I want the end to be true.
“You will fall in love with your friends. Deep, passionate love. You will create...”
– from The Types of People You Will Fall in Love With In Your 20s by Ryan O’Connell (via remnant)
Damn… made me cry. Please read on by clicking the link. Oh how I want the end to be true.
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Everything sounds better when you add "but...
Harry Potter: Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, but everything changed when the fire nation attacked.
The Hunger Games: When I was younger, I scared my mother to death, the things I would blurt out about District 12, but everything changed when the fire nation attacked.
Game of Thrones: The morning had dawned clear and cold, with a crispness that hinted at the end of summer, but everything changed when the fire nation attacked.
Edgar Allan Poe: 'Tis some visitor,' I muttered, `tapping at my chamber door' but everything changed when the fire nation attacked.
The Bible: In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth, but everything changed when the fire nation attacked.
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Day 5
I wasn’t sure if this was referring to men or friends in general, so I’ll answer in general and save “what wins your heart” day for the men.
I’m attracted to different types of people for different reasons because at the end of the day I figure I can learn something from them. The majority of personalities I surround myself with though a very driven people, people...
“A library is a good place to go when you feel unhappy, for there, in a book, you...”
– E.B. White
“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient...”
– Dr. Seuss 