January 2012
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December 2011
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2011 Reflections
The end of each year is a time for reflection. I’m going to be out of town for the next few days, so I thought I’d share a little early:
A year ago, I had barely finished my senior thesis. It was one of the most terrifying academic endeavors of my life. I spent nearly a year working on it from start to finish. I couldn’t even imagine graduating from college. But I did, in...
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“I want to take you far from the cynics in this town and kiss you on the mouth....”
– Postal Service (via joshsdugger)
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Watch930club:
Watch Justin Jones brave the cold roof of the NPR building for a ‘Deskless Concert.’ Justin is currently booked in a residency with our U Street neighbor DC9, and will be playing a free show on January 2nd. You can nurse your holiday hangover, give your wallet a break, and kick off your new year with some rootsy rock courtesy of Jones and his band. See, we are always looking out for...
“I’m not sure when the congressman will return from Washington because he’s...”
– John Yarmuth’s congressional aide via telephone, earlier this week. (via awesome-everyday)
“It is our failure to become our perceived ideal that ultimately defines us and...”
– Conan O’ Brien, 2011 Dartmouth College Commencement Speech {x} (via mandyalwayslaughs)
“You do not become a ‘dissident’ just because you decide one day to take up this...”
– Former Czech Republic leader Vaclav Havel • Writing in his 1978 essay, “Power of the Powerless,” about his dissident status in the former Czechoslovakia, a status he eventually broke free from after he rose to become the country’s leader. Not that he took a particularly normal path to the top —...
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“I want to know you moved and breathed in the same world with me.”
– F.Scott Fitzgerald (via dearkristina, misswallflower)
2012 New Orleans Jazz Fest lineup released →
clapsandpraises:
cajunboy:
This lineup is sick, sick, sick, sick, SICK!
FUCKIT IM GOING
oh shiiiiiiiiiit.
i need to do this.
who wants to come with?
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icelandwantstobeyourfriend:
My people don’t have any gays in their military. But that’s only because they don’t have a military.
— Iceland (@thisisiceland) December 12, 2011
Iceland is my favorite.
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