Show Your Softer Side.

When one only sleeps for 3 hours, this leaves a little extra time when one’s brain is not quite up to speed. So what do I do? I look up lists of classic books everyone should read. I already have my own list of ‘to read’, but it does good to update it every now [...]

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“Not in a day…”

“In depression . . . faith in deliverance, in ultimate restoration, is absent. The pain is unrelenting, and what makes the condition intolerable is the foreknowledge that no remedy will come — not in a day, an hour, a month, or a minute. . . . It is hopelessness even more than pain that crushes [...]

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Never Listen to Philip Glass on an Empty Stomach Whilst Reading ‘1984′ at 2am.

 
Are we reading ‘1984′ for it’s literary merits or subject matter? This book is freaking me out—maybe because it’s super late (or early, depending on your perspective) and my mind is a bit out of sorts. But I’m very hungry, and reading the parts about Winston’s hunger makes me feel embarrassed of my own growling [...]

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Miss Austen Regrets

I just finished watching ‘Miss Austen Regrets’ on PBS, because somehow I let myself begin watching Jane Austen Masterpieces on PBS. And, against my mother’s wishes, watched the depressing movie on Jane Austen, the lady who could “write the recipe book but couldn’t cook”. I told my mom that watching the movie would be like [...]

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And In The Blink Of An Eye, My Life Will Fly By

One semester down, one semester to go. Every time I click through my iCal, I realize how quickly the remaining months of the school year will probably fly by. But then I remember how much I have to do in those months and I get kind of nervous. 
 
However, on a different note, I feel that [...]

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