June 2011
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new blog for el paso summer #2
Read it!
http://www.darafrontera.wordpress.com/
December 2010
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I always used to assume that my life would be utterly ordinary.
It probably will be, but I’m realizing that there is at least a possibility that it could be extraordinary.
Hm!
I like re-framing the way I think. It’s a good exercise.
Another (otherwise unrelated) example of re-framing that I like to tell to my formerly SAT-obsessed friends: All the right answers are on the test....
November 2010
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October 2010
4 posts
Feeling Sad Makes Us More Creative (The Frontal... →
psychotherapy:
For thousands of years, people have speculated that there’s some correlation between sadness and creativity, so that people who are a little bit miserable (think Van Gogh, or Dylan in 1965, or Virginia Woolf) are also the most innovative. Aristotle was there first, stating in the 4th century B.C.E. “that all men who have attained excellence in philosophy, in poetry, in art and in...
WatchI took a few short video clips during the July 14th Procession and Mass in Response to Border Violence that I worked on this summer in El Paso for Annunciation House, but I had completely forgotten about them until today when i was going through some files on my hard drive!
There isn’t much to see, but just hearing the music in the background brings me back to that night. This clip depicts...
September 2010
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“Straight ahead lay the distant lights of El Paso and Juarez, sown in a...”
– Jack Kerouac (On the Road) (via nonesistepiu) (via zyme) (via itsnotalovesong) (via deathistheroadtoawe) (via yourearobotyoureasheep) (via fuckyeahep)
August 2010
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It makes me happy when I see people blogging about... →
Not the first story…that’s terrible. The second one.
Two Pak Christians shot dead near court Two Christians have been killed, a church ransacked and shops burnt as Muslim-Christian tensions erupted into five hours of violence in Faisalabad on July 19. Police were only able to restore order and disperse the crowds by using shellfire. One day…
Guess who's back?
So I have returned from my summer hiatus, and the summer blog is complete!
Saludos, mis amigos.
May 2010
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“The thought came to me that perhaps it is the loving that counts, not the being...”
– I Capture the Castle, Dodie Smith (via fuckyeahliteraryquotes)
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/05/03/blogs/a-moment-in-time.html/#/4bdd9c66224fe25cba000080
I’m so glad I have you guys…my second family… I don’t know what I’d do without you!
I’m definitely going to miss you this summer.
que sera sera
This makes me happy.
copycats:
Graceland by The...
I have created a new blog that I will be writing... →
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summer
Fewer than 20 days (19 to be exact) until I fly to El Paso.
It is absolutely unreal!
I keep comparing this upcoming summer to the boring, depressing, and lonely one I spent in Greensboro last year.
I know, however, that this comparison is a false one. I have a feeling that this summer is going to mean big things. I don’t know what those things are, but I plan to find out.
I have a...
boston is a third world country
I wish I didn’t have to keep my mouth closed in the shower for fear of swallowing sewage contaminated water.
Hopefully this whole water thing will be resolved soon.
In other news, springfest was a lot of fun and I only got a little sunburned!
Breathing a sigh of relief to reboot (Mind Hacks) →
This is so fascinating! I must reboot a lot. I sigh quite often.
psychotherapy:
A delightful study on the function of sighing has just been published in the journal Physiology and Behavior which suggests that our wistful deep breaths reboot our respiration and work as an unconscious stress management strategy.
Researchers, led by psychologist Elke Vlemincx, asked participants to wear devices...
April 2010
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a post
I have never lived in a world in which post-its did not exist. Thank goodness.
Happy 30th birthday! (DOB April 25, 1980)
And now for laughable attempt at a supremely mediocre poem:
Yellow, pink, blue, and green.
Surround me with your pastel luster.
Inducing that feeling called serene…
Don’t you take ‘em for granted, buster!
Sometimes Gossip Girl gets it.
I know it’s cheesy, but I am a fan of the following snippets:
4:02-4:55
Chuck: And i knew you couldnt break it
Blair: You’re wrong, I could have
Chuck: Then why didnt you?
Blair: Because, I suddenly realized it… the way to get over you wasnt by hooking up with some random guy or pretending like we didn’t happen. You and I loved each...
proud owner of a ticket to El Paso
“Having to ‘carry your papers’ is a hallmark of authoritarian regimes...”
– The Virginia-based Hispanic Leadership Fund on the new Arizona immigration law
erinaceous
wordjournal:
adjective • /ˌɛ.rɪˈneɪ.ʃəs/, /ˌɛ.rəˈneɪ.ʃəs/ • of, relating to, or resembling a hedgehog
From Latin erinaceus “hedgehog”
—-I think this also means “oozing cuteness”
schedule (pronounced the weird way, sheh-jew-ul)
I really want to make it to see this performance but the end of the semester is quickly approaching. Perhaps I can swing going on Saturday May 8th. I’m hoping so. I mean, I’m not going to be studying on a Saturday night anyway, am I? Also need to get a haircut at Safar before I head out, too. Perhaps I’ll make a day of it.
Here is my schedule for the next little bit:
Today is...
“We’re all damaged in our own way. Nobody’s perfect. I think we are all somewhat...”
– Johnny Depp
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woosh
It’s 1:28 AM and this is the first time I’ve hit up tumblr today. That’s saying something. And it isn’t even really “today” (Tuesday) anymore…it’s more like “tomorrow” (Wednesday).
Tired.
781-654-2925
Been in my head all day
My heart keeps beating like hammerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Taiwanese woman sets goal to kiss 100 men in Paris →
I can’t decide whether this is adorable or just plain strange.
kissez:
Yang Ya-ching is on a mission! The 27-year-old Taiwanese woman, who is studying music in Paris, is determined to kiss one hundred men during her stay. She became an overnight sensation after she provided details of the quest on her popular blog. Thus far, Yang has puckered up for fifty-four kisses, each from a...
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howard dean
So I went to see Gov. Howard Dean speak at Brandeis tonight. He gave a brief talk about youth activism, which was pretty interesting, and followed it up with a fairly lengthy Q&A portion.
I enjoyed getting to hear him talk and he had some really interesting points about generational politics and health care.
There was just one thing that bothered me. He kept making references to Jewish...
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I am a hypocrite.
On a mostly unrelated note, here is a funny XKCD:
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numb nose
So I went to capoeira class again these evening and I really enjoyed it. In addition to the movement there is a such a rich culture behind it…
There’s music and songs…and the songs tell stories…it’s great!
I even got kicked in the face today and I still like it!
My face got red, my eyes got teary, and my nose went numb, but I just said “bring it on!”
...
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summer intrigue
I am beginning to get more excited about this summer in El Paso; it really is an interesting and important place to be considering the issue of immigration and the drug wars involving the cartels.
I just spoke with Nadav Neuhaus, an Israeli photographer who has been all over the world taking pictures in times of both peace and conflict. He just returned from spending several months on the...
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There is something incredibly honest about 90s inspired early 2000s pop/punk music.
“I heard you’re doing OK But I want you to know I’m addict I’m addicted to you I can’t pretend I don’t care When you don’t think about me Do you think I deserve this? I tried to make you happy but you left anyway I’m trying to forget that I’m...
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psychosis? psychadelic. →
bipedal cats
Bipedal felines could definitely take over the world if there were enough of them.
I wonder how many of them there are…
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pre frosh
According to urbandictionary “pre-frosh” is defined,
“A high school senior visiting a prospective college campus.
Eg. Dude, did you see that pre-frosh taking a tour? I hope she comes here so I can hit it.”
Seeing all the pre-frosh around for Accepted Students Day really takes me back to those final weeks of high school when I was trying to figure where I’d be...
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hilarious, and fitting.
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old people dorms
While I was washing my face a few moments ago in my dorm bathroom, I started thinking about how cool dorm-life actually is (not just the internet show, which is also ill).
We are all the same age (more or less), enduring the same challenges, and trying to enjoy it as much as possible while doing so. We also all live in the same shitty dorm circumstances. Dorm-life seems to be a pretty cool...
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damn, jason mraz.
Before I left home I decided to raid a couple of albums from my mom’s collection.
One of the two albums I ripped was “We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.” by Jason Mraz.
Yowza, momma!
I had no idea Jason Mraz was such a smooth talker.
The fourth track on the album:
What was the other album you ask? I suppose that will remain a mystery for now.
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eden drive in
That’s right. I went to a drive in movie theater. I am in the year 2010, not 1954…possibly the most charming thing I’ve seen in a long while.
Just for reference, all of this is under an hour away from my house.
As we drove over there, we passed both literal and figurative signs that demonstrated we were passing out of the more “cosmopolitan” Greensboro into the...
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oh, rhett butler.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nACj50uq6_s
RHETT: You will, though. And another thing. Those pantalets. I don’t know a woman in Paris wears pantalets anymore. SCARLETT: What do they… you shouldn’t talk about such things. RHETT: You little hypocrite, you don’t mind my knowing about them, just my talking about them. SCARLETT: Rhett, I really can’t go on accepting...
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boo (as in the term of affection, not booing or... →
A new friend introduced me to this song and something about it really appeals to me.
Maybe it’s because it’s so goddamn cheery. I need more cheery in my life.
It’s considerably more upbeat than another “Wake Up” song I like.
The Boo Radleys is also a fantastic name for a band. And Wake Up Boo! Ah. It’s pop genius (or at least in close proximity to it). I...
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“Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems.”
– Rainer Maria Rilke
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