December 25, 2013

December 21, 2013

Musings of a Semester Gone By

I originally wrote this post when I got home from school last Saturday, set it aside, then edited it, and reedited it. I cut some parts, and added some parts. This semester probably wins for most eventful. I came in ready for anything. It was different...

December 12, 2013

November 29, 2013

Post Thanksgiving Post

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I am currently on a post Black Friday shopping buzz and thought I would write a traditional list of things I am thankful for this Thanksgiving. So, things I’m thankful for: The mindless shopping I did tonight, and the ability to do said mindless shopping. I got 2 TV seasons, 7 movies (Silver Linings Playbook and Perks were super cheap and I was...

November 19, 2013

American Good

Think about the last time you greeted someone. Did you ask them how they were? What did they reply with? Good. Good, that’s what I thought. Were they actually good? Probably not.  Last semester I got in an elevator with the girl who I now...

October 28, 2013

Pascal's Wager

I suppose I should make a disclaimer, I've been in an odd mood lately and my posts haven't been as fun as usual. I really actually do like writing, I thought I would say that. I got the okay to post this from the roommate, but I don't want anyone to think I'm weird or anything so I thought I'd say something. If you believe in God and he exists, the...

October 24, 2013

Mid-Semester Crisis

It's funny how we use numbers for everything. How a series of numbers is all the world needs to judge a persons worth. And with numbers, comes tests. When you're born you're weighed and measured in length, toes and fingers are counted, and you even take your first test and given an Apgar score. Then you grow older and they test you in school,...

October 17, 2013

Another Ramble

Well, I haven't actually written in a while. This seems to be how I begin every post because I keep forgetting to post. I guess the initial excitement of having this blog has worn off, but it did have a good run. Also, I'm pretty sure my reader base is just 3 people in my dorm building, and all the other hits are those weird blog crawler sites in Russia....

September 26, 2013

Let's Pick Up Where We Left Off

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I realized that it has been three weeks since I've made a blog post and since I had three tests today I have no homework (due tomorrow) so here goes. To recap the last three weeks of my life: 1. There is now has a vine called Shirali Y Eats....

September 5, 2013

The Line

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The social line of appropriateness is a thin and pale line. We're all tiptoeing around it trying to decipher the reaction of others and do what we feel is the best thing for the situation. We spend our whole lives trying to show our best face and make...

September 3, 2013

August 27, 2013

August 18, 2013

The Jerks of Society

Today we took the True Color test, a test that was all the buzz last year, and made a repeat appearance this year. Earlier I did a post on Myers-Briggs and this test is similar to that one. There are four colors to choose from: green, gold, blue, and orange. They have similar qualities to the Myers Briggs categories. I am curious as to what colors...

August 9, 2013

The Final Days of Summer

Well, I haven't posted in a while, mostly for lack of material worth posting. I will be heading back to school in T-minus 4 days and I am ready to go. Summer is one of those things that you wait nine months for, and then enjoy it for about 3 weeks and you're bored again. The was especially true this year because being at home meant being away from...

June 21, 2013

Back by Popular Demand

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Another biography! Because my friends like being made fun of in writing (in a good way of course). Next up on my list of friends is Heather, or Fairs, or Bairns as everyone has taken to calling her. Heather was born a poor black child...okay not really but she sometimes tries to make us believe that with her stories of her work as an illegal worker...

June 15, 2013

Innate Curiousity

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There are two types of innate curiosity in this world, there is the type that people look for, the type that invents things, and wants to discover a better, and then there is the nosy type. If one more person asks me where I'm from and if I speak Chinese...

June 5, 2013

Some Summer Reads

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There really isn't anything to update about though. I just noticed I haven't posted in a while. My summer has been rather uneventful the past 2 weeks. The highlight of my day was finding a coupon for $7.99 large pizzas at Dominos. They were delicious...

May 21, 2013

Home Again, Home Again, and a little about me...and Tate

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I went to Minnesota for the long weekend. I hit the twin cities, Carleton college, and Rochester. I didn't realize how many people my family knew in Minnesota. We stayed at a friend's house and then traveled all over from there. I saw my best friend from childhood, who goes to Carleton College in Northfield. Tuition is a grand 54k a year and no one...

May 15, 2013

Well it Had to Happen Eventually

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My grades finally came in. I got an A in everything but Chemistry, where I got a C. A C that sent me into a five minute freak out, and question my whole college life, because that's what I do, I freak out. This is a side that people outside of my family rarely see from me. I am always referred to as the calm one, the one who doesn't freak...

May 14, 2013

Meet Madison

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So last night my friend Madison sent me a text asking me to write her a biography for her blog. So I took it upon myself to write one. I think it's pretty spot on. So I decided just in case she doesn't actually use it on her blog, I can post it here...

May 10, 2013

Have a nice life

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Well, this is my last post as a freshman. My first year at college is coming to a close. I took my last final and started packing up my room. I have so much stuff, and I dont know where I am going to put it all when I get home. I still need to wash dishes,...

May 9, 2013

Do it with passion, or not at all

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I've been thinking about passion and avoiding studying for my final final. I am absolutely terrible at physics, and the fact that it is irrelevant, or at least this version is irrelevant, to a biology major isn't helping my motivation. I also have a...

May 4, 2013

The Craftsman

I've spent the whole week super fascinated by the Myers Briggs test. Well that and being miserable from allergies. At least the A/C finally kicked on so I can shut the windows. Hopefully the roommate doesn't mind but I'm about to lose of mind. I also...