What I (don’t) want to do when I grow up

I really need to be either studying or sleeping right now. I have a midterm tomorrow as well as a project of sorts for which I could be a lot more prepared. I closed again tonight at work (as I will be tomorrow also). It’s good to work, but this job is fairly exhausting. It’s [...]

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Damsel in distress? More like Eowyn, give me a sword!

“Gotta find me a future, get out of  my way. I want it all. I want it all. I want it all. And I want it now! …It ain’t much I’m asking, if you want the truth. Here’s to the future, hear the cry of youth.” -Queen, I Want It All
Thanks for the battle cry, [...]

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Bedside reflections

“In the morning when you wake yourself you wonder what you’re doing as you rub your eyes so violently while falling out of bed. Is there nothing educational in words that you are chewing as you seek the soothing solace of a friendly shower head?” -from So Sad About Me, Cowboy Mouth
Bedside reflections- like FDR’s [...]

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Condoms on demand

Today, Missouri Student Association leaders  proudly announced via email that my voice has been heard! They are pleased to announce the implementation of the pilot Sexual Health and Safety Products Initiative (a.k.a. condom initiative). After two years of debate and deliberation, there are now six sneaky and strategically placed condom dispensers in centrally located dorms [...]

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Compost on the counter

There it sits on my kitchen counter in all its nastiness- the compost bag. Triumphing over wastefulness in one corner of the world. Feeding the soil with nutrients. Festering in a ziplock bag. It was my housemate’s idea, an upgrade from the paper towel lined compost bowl (sealed with a lid and tucked safely beneath [...]

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Searching for answers

“It is always the simple things that change our lives. And these things never happen when you are looking for them to happen. Life will reveal answers at the pace life wishes to do so. You feel like running, but life is on a stroll. This is how God does things.” -Donald Miller, Blue Like [...]

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Wanderlust- The bike ride and a slice of me

“Not all who wander are lost.” -J.R.R. Tolkien
There were a lot of pressing matters vying for my time, but it was a gorgeous November day. The sun beamed down on Columbia far warmer than November has any right to be in Mid-Missouri. My laptop told me it was 60 degrees. Forget responsibility. Nothing could confine [...]

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Thrillseeking- because I can!

This ought to get your blood pumping. I need a shot of adrenaline to get me through the doldrums.

Sign me up! Why doesn’t the video say where this is? If anyone knows, please let me know. Bungy jumping is definitely the next thing on my list. How awesome would it be [...]

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Friendship

“The blessing it is to have a friend to whom one can speak fearless on any subject; with whom one’s deepest as well as one’s most foolish thoughts come out simply and safely.” -Dinah Maria Mulock Craik, A Life for a Life

If there’s one thing that will get you through life more surely than anything, [...]

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On Love

“Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get, it’s what you are expected to give–which is everything.” -Anon
A million words could be said on love, and it wouldn’t scratch the surface. Love is the most complex and yet most basic of human emotions. So many different things are interrelated to love, [...]

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