People I Love

Glitter Face

April 1, 2012

The amazing Shelly sent me the greatest birthday present ever, and I had to document it. Also, it is clear that I need a new hobby, because my quest to get the most use of this video camera before I’m forced to give it back is getting out of control. This video was also an [...]

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The internet is real.

March 28, 2012

Being in a Global Communications MA program, the internet enters a lot of our discussions; it has been a significant part of all but one research paper that I have written here. You can’t avoid talking about this thing that has fundamentally transformed the way we communicate (especially in the international contexts that this program [...]

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Bootleg nominations, a giant thank you, and an awkward video

January 8, 2012

Last week 20sb announced the nominees for this year’s Bootleg awards and I came home to some awesome emails and @replies because (1) Childhood Trauma was unopposed for Best Group Blog (!!!) and (2) I was personally nominated for a few things. Taking a look at the full list, I was a little bit excited. [...]

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twenty-three red fish (a birthday post)

December 10, 2011

I remember sitting in my back yard with a bucket of chalk, long after the sun had set, drawing nonsensical things and trying to make jokes about my impending move. At 14, being told to leave LA for a small town in Missouri was roughly equivalent to my life coming to an end. My best [...]

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Once upon a time I learned to play nice with the other children.

August 24, 2011

I could not have asked for a better send-off from the US. I leave for France in three days and in addition to the flurry of excitement surrounding my departure prep, I am still reeling from how fantastic my weekend was. In my year of basement-dwelling, teaching, and becoming a gym rat, I have never [...]

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Missing: One Best Friend. Return if found.

July 11, 2011

I got my visa! You may now perform the elaborate choreography that you have worked out for the occasion. Leave video proof in the comments. (sidebar: can you? I’ve been singing endless praises of Disqus, but I think that exceeds its capabilities. #wompwomp) The picture I didn’t get to see is now in my passport [...]

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How is that I am almost 23 years old?

March 4, 2011

This is my second post this week, which is a rare thing. I am unlikely to make a habit of this. Credit it to the fact that my two posts together add up to less than the word count of any of my more recent preceding posts. Recently, I was fortunate enough to win one [...]

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Official Declaration of Maternal Entity’s Excellence

January 13, 2011

It has recently come to my attention that I might pick on my mom a little here on this blog. I am of the opinion that I pick on everyone — most of all myself. I am also of the opinion that nobody who reads this blog should be in any doubt of the fact [...]

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Five reasons Risha Rao is better than you.

November 13, 2010

Today is not actually August 13th. It’s actually November 13th, but I’m really bad at dates and times and things because life after college is really hard so we are going to pretend it’s August 13th. So on this day (August 13th) in 1960 the CAR declared independence from France. August 13, 2008 was the [...]

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