Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, find line 4. Write down what it says.

HAHAHAH: from Successful Writing: A Rhetoric for Advanced Composition - "All I could do would be to put together a series of generalizations, few of which would be news to my audience."

That's it. I'm deleting my livejournal ASAP. I could not receive a more pointed ( Read more... )

"... the ONE. you know, the one friend you can't wait to tell everything to. the one who knows you inside and out."
never again.

i just want may 4 to come and go, the page to turn, the tears to leave, the confusion to dissipate,

the tears to leave. leaving tears.

Issue: You buy decorative pillows to liven up your living area. You do not foresee the consequences ( Read more... )

i feel odd. this week of being in bed made everything flow out of control. i lost momentum. i started cleaning out my room. and stopped abruptly. now i have piles of clothes sitting around, staring at me, accusing me of no longer being a 3/4 or a "tiny fit small." i should give them away. but i know i don't want to ( Read more... )

i'm back!

so i try so hard not to listen to emo music (for reasons why, please refer to adam & andrew's hit single, "i must be emo"), but bright eyes just gets me with these words ( Read more... )

Overall, although the overwhelming majority of the responses to Huntington’s argument were pro-immigration, these views do not reflect the national majority, which is comprised of moderate-conservatives. Forty-seven percent of Americans think immigration should be decreased. This national majority supports tighter border control via measures such ( Read more... )

for a family that unendingly criticizes my academic interests but never my evolution, for a love that never wavers under the most severe gusts of my anger, and especially for a brother who calls at 6:45 AM to make sure that i am well-rested (i haven't slept) and well-fed (i couldn't eat right now if i wanted to) before my big exam. this one, and ( Read more... )

lately, i have been sad. i lost my grip on school, had to pick up others' slack in my extracurricular involvement, was let down in the worst way by two important people, dealt with frustrated sympathy and mourning, and actually cried several nights in a row. i mean, that's not what i do anymore. i'm supposed to be on top of everything (especially ( Read more... )

There's gonna be some stuff you gonna see that's gonna make it hard to smile in the future, but through whatever you see, through all the rain and all the pain, you gotta keep your sense of humor. You gotta be able to smile through all this bullshit.
--Tupac Shakur.