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WTF
Thierry Henry is going to play for Barca?!?!?!
I disapprove heartily. At least it's not effing Viera or some other attitude-ridden tool. Henry is sort of sweet, if objectionable for his Arsenal-ness. And he's French?http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/ -
Yay!
I love the snow!
(and the snow day) -
Honestly ok?
"I just want to feel safe in my own skin ( Read more... ) -
Yeats = Brilliant
But oh, that I were young again
And held her in my arms.
- W.B. Yeats
These lines still make me shiver. -
Odi et amo
"Odi et amo. quare id faciam, fortasse requiris.
nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrucior.
I hate and I love. Why? you might ask.
I don't know. But I feel it happening and I hurt."
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Fire, fire!
So, my housemate just put a baked potato in the microwave for nine minutes--yup, nine minutes. It burned (obviously) and then our entire downstairs filled with smoke...all without a single smoke alarm going off.
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Grammar Police
Dear Facebook ( Read more... ) -
Penalties
Suck. It really does, when good football comes down to penalties. -
Wow!
Eta declares a ceasefire! This is amazing and consistent with the idea of a more moderate nationalist sentiment emerging from the Basques in general. Seriously, this is so incredible. Here's what BBC has to say about it:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4832672. -
Obsessions
English muffins are amazing. They are good with just butter. They are tasty with jam. They are most especially delicious when done up in butter, sugar and cinnamin or peanut butter and tart rasberry jam. They are my new obsession in life. I find myself so indecisive that at times I must eat one English muffin with each half done differently, ( Read more... )