“So many people at college were jacked up on ambition, possessors of steroidal egos, clever but cutthroat, diligent but insensitive, shiny but dull, that everyone felt compelled to be upbeat, down with the program, all system firing, when everyone knew, in his or her heart, that this wasn’t how they really felt.”
—Jeffrey Eugenides, The Marriage Plot
George Barr Baker. Anthologist Carolyn Wells explains: “This remark was made by a bad, bold convict to his vain, virtuous visiting chaplain. Your personal answer to the question is an indication of your character.”
[stolen from Futility Closet]
But for now, I’m just a FIFA slam-piece.
Aide to a House Republican Leader, trying to get the Tea Party freshmen to vote on Boehner’s plan
Listening to some Ricky Ross and reading John Gardner’s “The Art of Fiction.”
The trailer shows Shi climbing atop a collapsing tower with a robot-snake going anaconda on it as OP (Optimus Prime) flies (?) towards it while dupstep is playing.
I didn’t think any of you would be here when I came back. Lo and behold, there are actually more of you—proving, I guess, that my tumblr is best when I don’t post for a month?
I feel like I blinked and missed half of June.
I’m wearing a suit to the last day of school (even though it’ll be 95 degrees) because I can.
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Last Lecture went pretty well. But bearing my soul was… weird.
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Summer’s a week and a half away. Time to go on a crash-diet/exercise regimen.
Pic related, it’s the second-fattest Star Wars character.
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