January 2011
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"So to my dear Filipinas - take a look. Venus Raj,... →
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Living in a country that has the highest rate of plastic surgery, and where appearance seems to matter so much to their citizens’ opportunities, has helped me truly appreciate “natural” beauty. I’m not going to lie though— the bevy of thin, well-dressed (and sometimes surgically-enhanced) women in the R.O.K. is enough to revert you back to this intangible...
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Happy Birthday, MacGuyver. →
Happy birthday to someone who inspired a sense of resourcefulness in me as a child that never fully emerged when I became an adult. Your legacy lives on in MacGruber SNL parody skits and the various uses for duct tape.
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“Dude, seriously!”
– File in: Things you blurted out when frustrated with your students… and immediately realized was very awkward, whether or not it was followed with “Sit down!”
Days like today I was glad they don’t fully understand me. If they knew the reference, they might think they have a...
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“After winter, must come spring— change it comes eventually.”
– Lauryn Hill
Getting reacquainted with the Miseducation.
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