and i will never learn to say goodbye to yesterday.
“Are you still sick from, like, 5 weeks ago?” L’s roommate (“the other Yasmine”) exclaimed when she heard me speak a few days ago, and all I could do was shrug helplessly and nod. I remember when I came down with the flu a year ago, […]

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happy birthday!
HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY to my beautiful, brilliant Bean: student of knowledge, unrepentant chocoholic, and cookie monster extraordinaire. May every day bring you moments of grace and beauty, always. (p.s. Thanks for baking all those endless chocolate chip cookies, and for chauffering me everywhere without complaining. Someday, I will be as cool, organized, on […]

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Courtesy of the “Drafts” folder of my email account, I present to you a snapshot of my day at work, “my day” consisting of the fact that I got to work just a few minutes before lunchtime. Look, it’s like blogging in real-time! Except, not.
12noon - Whole loaf of bread + a sauce/dip that tastes […]

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The other day, I mentioned literati in passing to a friend of mine, and received a blank stare in return. This made me realize that there are certain terms and key words and phrases that we often use amongst ourselves within this Blogistan community of ours, but which we don’t necessarily share with friends outside […]

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Okay, so I’m back.
I’m sure you’d like me to elaborate on that, seeing as how you enjoy living vicariously through me, but my life over the past month has been filled with nothing more exciting than four classes, two jobs, and drinking more hot chocolate this quarter than I must have in the past two […]

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