July 2011
1 post
June 2011
2 posts
Ugh.
Remember that one time when we all had jobs and money and places to live and the biggest of our concerns was what to wear tomorrow so that babe in Stats class thought you were hot enough to talk to that day?
I miss that.
May 2011
2 posts
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Dressing Up
I wrote the vast majority of this some summer night last year. I (finally) finished it last week. I don’t share many of my feeble attempts at poetry, but in my journey to digitally back-up all of those attempts, I figure I’ll share a few more than usual this month.
With all of these things to let go, Where to start? I think I get that I know I can’t tear you apart Oh, but if I...
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Windows & Mirrors
I am a graduate.
Four years ago, I could say the same thing but in a different manner. Four years ago, I was looking for something. Four years later, I’ve stopped; the something I was looking for was the looking itself.
I have a nine month old puppy named Stevie. She has taught me a lot about myself in the past six months, but two days ago she gave me a lesson that summed up what I needed....
March 2011
1 post
February 2011
5 posts
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white ninja clones a mammoth →
Hahaha… I’ve always wondered if this theory holds true with Adam and Eve’s descendants all being White Sox fans.
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January 2011
2 posts
“If you drink a certain amount of alcohol in Canada, they say you have a “drink...”
– Irish Tour Guide (via aclearylife)
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twozerooneone
Haven’t blogged since the Carter Administration, I know. Just got busy with doing stuff and kept busy with doing nothing. So, here’s a quick rundown of things I’ve thought about since the last time I shared things I think about with the people who may or may not care about things I have thought about so they can potentially think about them:
* If I had to write acoustic songs...
November 2010
1 post
October 2010
2 posts
skinandstones:
Power (MGoods Remix) - Kanye...
September 2010
3 posts
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Life Lessons, Girls
Life is too short to worry about people who don’t worry about you.
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Thanks, Me
Apparently I wrote this about two years ago on one of my friend’s Facebook notes. I had no idea I could be so insightful. Thanks, me - this was a really good and timely reminder.
“You’re not lookin for forgiveness and you shouldn’t be either It’s important to understand your dependencies, because they are only weaknesses when misunderstood. When you can/do stop...
hipster dinosaurs →
August 2010
6 posts
What email addresses say about you →
Amen.
England Vs United States 1-1 Draw →
But we stole Beckham!!!
“I agree” →
I agree… with this statement.
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I love Sam Harris
“In his speech, Mayor Bloomberg said, “It is my hope that the mosque will help to bring our city even closer together and help repudiate the false and repugnant idea that the attacks of 9/11 were in any way consistent with Islam.” He has since said that anyone opposed to this project “ought to be ashamed of themselves.” This, incidentally, is the same Mayor Bloomberg who could not bring...
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Clarity
In many different ways.
And I like it!
July 2010
7 posts
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Sportsmanship
From ANT 109 discussions:
“I agree 100% with the statement,”..records should be the byproduct, not the purpose, of a stellar performance.” There is a similar debate going on right now in the NBA regarding the “SuperFriends” team LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh created in Miami. People are upset with LeBron for choosing the “path of least...
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Hold The Wheel and Drive
I’ve written thousands of words about moving on and standing on my own two feet. How important it is to me, how I go about doing it, why I love the feeling… I have dissected it from every angle. If you’d like to read about it, scan the archives of this.
I know who’s hands should be on the wheel. I know what my position on tomorrow is. I know that I should be the one...
Worship
Music is my religion.
As such, concerts are my “masses” or “services”.
Some masses are more exciting than others.
This one qualifies under the OMFGNOFUCKINGWAYHOLYSHITICANNOTWAITAAAAHAHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAbraindead category.
AMEN and HALLELJUAH!
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Life Lessons, Girls
People always have the aptitude to do the things they need to; they just often don’t have the attitude.
Done.
Back to normal life.
Hallelujah.
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Stop.
To everyone who finds out I’m taking the gigantic, difficult, excruciatingly important MCAT on Friday:
Stop. You don’t know I’m going to do well or I’m going to rock it. Your optimism doesn’t mean shit to me. Here’s something you learn quickly on the 12 year minimum journey to being a doctor: optimism doesn’t correlate results and happy thoughts...
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ANT 109
For the next five weeks I’ll be taking ANT 109: Anthropology of Sports online. We have mandatory discussions involving various prompts. The first one was, “Why are sports important?” and asked us to expand on a Jim Valvano quote which reads, “Sports are nothing, and yet they are everything.” Here was my response:
Jimmy V was a brilliant and inspiring man for many...
June 2010
12 posts
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Today
was not my day.
Carry on Julian. I’m sorry to interrupt.
I want to be forgotten, and I don’t want to be reminded. You say “please don’t make this harder.” No, I won’t yet. I wanna be beside her. She wanna be admired. You say “please don’t make this harder.” No, I won’t yet. Oh dear, is it really all true? Did they offend us and they...
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Welcome Back, Gen. Petraeus
“Compared to MacArthur’s desperate hubris, McChrystal’s misdeeds are vulgar and minor, but Obama can elevate the case to the level of his own necessary purpose. Afghanistan is Obama’s mistake, but McChrystal has been the instrument of that mistake. Now he can be the instrument of its correction. Obama can seize the initiative and hit the restart that leads to prompt U.S. withdrawal. The...
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A Must-Read About War In Afghanistan →
Kudos to:
Rolling Stone
Volcanic Ash (delays gave reporter days of access to McCrystal instead of hours)
Michael Hastings
Big Whoops:
Gen. Stanley McCrystal
There's No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
Damn.
Did I Just Get A Free Lunch?
“There’s no such thing as a free lunch”
So one of my goals this summer is to update, expand, and reduce my wardrobe. Update it with new things that I will wear, expand my options beyond jeans with holes in them and band t-shirts, and reduce the stuff that still fits or is nice but I just don’t wear anymore. All about streamlining, baby.
Anyway, one thing I knew I needed...
Helping Others
This was a citizen column I wrote for the Bismarck Tribune. It was published in the Saturday, June 12, 2010 issue.
On June 12, 2009, I was standing six feet to the left of flowing lava. My face was burning, I could not stop sweating, and I was certain I would not get all of the black, volcanic rock out of the pores in my skin for months. I was standing on top of the volcano Pacaya in Guatemala,...
One Month In
and I’m still working on getting my head on right. I’m certainly a lot closer than I was, but I’m not there yet.
Not yet.
Reinvent
So you know how (good) bands try to reinvent themselves with every album? Switch it up a bit, push their boundaries, make people say, “Whoa”? I support that wholeheartedly. I love to see it. Sometimes it works beautifully (Deja Entendu, Make Yourself), sometimes it’s sort of a dud (Day & Age, 808’s and Heatbreak). Either way, change is good to see. It’s what makes...
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We Lost A Great Man Yesterday →
I could be corny and list a bunch of quotes from John Wooden and end in RIP… but that doesn’t do this man justice. Only this link (click on the title of this post) will convince you how great of a man he truly was. We would be drawn to ANYONE who has as much success at anything as he had on the basketball court, but what set Mr. Wooden apart was that wasn’t the reason people...
Break
That word applies to so many things in my life right now. All of which would be better to get into over a cup of coffee with years of friendship behind us. Alas, I can’t do that with many so I’ll just stay topical.
B Alive/Thrift Store Magazine was a great blog and it helped me think out a lot of shit ever since January of 2009. I plan on keeping it around, mostly so I don’t...