matt made an interesting point that i want to go ahead and highlight. this is not intended as one long, cruel joke against fat girls or ugly girls. this is an affirmation of a prevalent behavior that certain girls adhere to. it’s a form of whoring for attention by presenting oneself in a false light. [...]

today’s friday top ten is brought to you by this “homeboy so ugly he forces cameras out of focus” portrait:

TEN WAYS TO FEEL BETTER ABOUT YOURSELF
10) play with a small animal – our bodies have these magic little beads of happiness in them, it’s called endorphins, or pheremones, or seratonin, or whatever—i didn’t get an [...]

everybody laugh at the boy with a stump for an arm!!!! HAHA!
tonight was the communication honors colloquium, i handed out my FOUR HUNDRED DOLLAR portfolios the other night, so tonight when my name was announced to present my project, i simply thanked my advisor and reiterated what i said the other night. later, i fielded [...]

today officially marks the start of my final week ever as a student. that has a nice ring to it, i think. final. it feels so definitive. today i want to take take a break from all things me to focus on something new. i’m not sure exactly what i want to discuss, but hopefully [...]

while i was home for the weekend, i took the opportunity to meet my father for dinner one evening. we had mongolian food, and almost as soon as we sat down he looked at me and asked, “so do you have any plans for when you come home, or are you going to be a [...]

so the time has come to face up to the fact that i’m out four-hundred dollars—this is almost the cost of a college credit during summer session. to an unemployed, soon-to-be college graduate, this is a huge sum of money. it could be a month’s rent if i loved in a cozy little nook down [...]

my “published” writing portfolio for the honors colloquium has been completed.
pages = 30
chapters = 8
words = 8,794
instances of the “seven dirty words” = 6
illustrations = 3 (thank you dan, kate m and kate a)
hours spent editing friday/saturday = 18
typos found after final printing = 7 (d’oh)
kinko’s employees hit-on to ensure quick, reliable service: 1
total cost [...]