December 2011
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oh noooooes
I only received a 5/6 for my analytical writing on the GRE.
I think Georgetown’s average is like 5.2. Ugh, fucking overachievers.
I mean really, I hope they don’t look at that shit because I wrote a stupid 5 paragraph essay about Ben Bernanke.
Maybe I shouldn’t have written about Ben.
when in doubt
Watch a documentary about Ayrton Senna, watch 7 consecutive episodes of Top Gear, overload on caffeine, cry, and think of excellent ways to incorporate NKorea into your statement of interest + analytical essay, think about applying to SAIS Bologna instead of SAIS DC, remember ownership of a cat and dollar to Euro conversion, make butter fried tomato and egg toast and crash.
Also, what is up with...
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It must be that time of the month
Because I just ate an entire box of Choco Pies, am eating a block of Mahon cheese, and actively thinking about Baklava and Gulab Jamun.
Also, I just cannot get into Guy Ritchie’s movies. Even with subtitles.
I feel stupid.
“L’enfer, c’est les autres.”
– Sartre (via whitewallz)
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ugh, this man is endearing
the professor gave me a list of classic british literature to read while i’m temporarily (or for all of you macro fans*, structurally) unemployed. What an endearing man. I’m so happy to have found someone who doesn’t make fun of me for reading novels.
Plus, he’s encouraging. Like, “why don’t you write an article and let me give it to one of my famous...
I think I need new glasses
I googled “Bueno Bars” earlier and somehow I thought I googled, “Bruno Mars.” I was terrified that a) someone must have used my computer without my permission b) what kind of person has such terrible tastes?
But oh no, dear readers, I’m just fucking blind, even with glasses on. Or maybe I’m diabetic and I’m losing my sight. Serves me right for trying to...
“Reading the Brontës and Jane Austen gave me terribly high expectations for life.”
– The Professor
Aw shucks →
PM Cameron says Larry the Chief Mouser liked Obama.
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Things only I'd find funny*:
*or why I have no friends and repel away males my own age.
The western media has a terrible habit of butchering Korean names.
When I was in the 9th grade and I did my presentation on the Dear Leader, Kim Jong Il, I ran it by my parents and they all thought it was hilarious or I was mentally retarded or I somehow lost the ability to speak Korean because the way Western media pronounces his name...
I like men who are clever and witty; genuine and sincere; who write well and often, but most importantly, with conviction.
Oh, it’d be best if they avoided using cliches like they’re business school students/grads.
Yes, so the more I think about it, I think it’d be really fulfilling to be a fitness instructor. I mean I think I’d also do well as an analyst because I love research and writing… but I hate the sedentary nature of that.
So I think my career should really look like: professor/writer by day, yoga instructor by evening.
Yeah?
Yeah.
Oh the professor would be amused and...
So a couple of good things
or maybe they’re bad.
Kim Jong Il died.. you know what always irked me? His name really sounds like Kim JUNG IL but for some reason, the English speaking media spells it Jong. Anyway, semantics… This means my future studies in graduate school might get more interesting. Bad thing, it might make acceptance more competitive. However, I really don’t think people are going to...
Sigh
Too many brilliant people died this year.
-Tim Hetherington -Steve Jobs -Christopher Hitchens
I told you this year sucked.
“The group liked to play a game in which members came up with the sentence least...”
– NYT (via julioclock)
“I can recall a lunch in 1991, when I was editing The New York Observer, and he...”
– Graydon Carter Remembers Christopher Hitchens | Culture | Vanity Fair (via felixsalmon)
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Newsweek: An Email Exchange Between Christopher... →
newsweek:
It started with Andrew Sullivan asking Hitchens to to write a letter to the Immigration Services sponsoring me to finally become a permanent resident of the United States.
Christopher Hitchens emailed:
Safely in the US mail. I managed to say that your faith had allowed you to extend a warm…
Anna Wintour on Christopher Hitchens →
A touching piece by Ms. Wintour. She should write more.
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Kelly Wearstler's Vibe
I need to move to LA. I don’t fare well in the cold.
shopnativela:
How amazing is Kelly Wearstler’s new Flagship Los Angeles Boutique!?
(via myvibemylife)
Post GRE rant
So I spent about 4 weeks studying as many of those rarely used by common folks words like, oh idk, orotund… and guess what, the vocabulary that was presented on the exam wasn’t very challenging.
However, the math really kicked my ass. I heard the math section became a lot more difficult. Technically, although I scored higher in terms of percentile rank and overall score for the...
Life Lessons: GRE Edition
On the day of the GRE, do NOT give your mostly vegetarian and relatively healthy diet a big birdie by choosing to eat a McDonald’s steak and egg and cheese bagel. (well I mean, obviously, therapy is doing wonders for my emotional eating)
If you’re taking the exam in the winter, don’t stupidly decide to have a large smoothie right before taking the exam.
If you know you get...
Off to take the GRE
I think I’m anxious but I am too sick to decipher if this weird feeling is muscle fatigue from pilates, the cold, or anxiety.
Eh, whatever.
Here I come ETS!
Ugh I wish I could say I can relax after today but oh no, not until all of my applications are in.
Why did I decide to apply to grad schools? Oh yeah, the professor convinced me… and oh yeah, I hate working menial jobs.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN, SAG?
Why didn’t Claire Danes/Homeland receive any nominations? Didn’t you see her crazy acting in last week’s episode?
Also, what about Mandy Patinkin??
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