as if i haven’t already amply proven my nerdiness…
Hi, my name is Yasmine and, lately, all my posts seem to be about books. I am a complete and utter nerd. The end.
Alright, so Baji is making me do this survey thingamajig under threat of incarceration, which actually doesn’t seem so bad if it means I […]

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for all my fellow bookworms.
Check this: The 100 favourite fictional characters… as chosen by 100 literary luminaries [via Kottke]
Tin Tin! Dr. Watson! God! Jane Eyre! Paddington Bear! Antonia Shimerda! Anne of Green Gables!
(I think I need to expand my literary collection, is what.)
And, in response: Character witnesses, as chosen by Independent readers
Sidney Carton, Holden […]

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no pain, no political gain.
A few weeks ago, I went in to see my dentist for one of those every-6-months check-ups. He asked the usual grown-up questions about school and exams and my future career goals after graduation (”Sleeping,” I said shortly). “So I hear you’re going to become a politician,” he said, as he […]

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I’m not too easily embarrassed. But I don’t need the drama of trying to use a credit card when I know perfectly well that there is no money available there for me to use, and I’m not the type of person who’s so mortified that I will offer the cashier, my companion, and the other […]

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orange you glad you tower over everyone?
HAPPY 22nd BIRTHDAY to my big little brother, he of the spiky orange mohawk fame, also known as the radio station intern, artist, writer, fellow leftie, and future actor, filmmaker, and dramatic voice-over dude extraordinaire for movie trailers. Forgive me for forcing you to sit next to me in […]

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Guest post by Princess Pretty Pants, 3/2005
SUPRISEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
hahaha I didn’t feel like updating my blog so i’m doing a SUPRISE guest update on this blog! YES, i know i’m lame, but don’t act like you don’t like it! hahaha
So let’s talk about Yasmine “THE DREAM” (that’s her new nickname…only because “the dream” rhymes with Yasmine) […]

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Guest post by Princess Pretty Pants, 3/2005
MEOWCH ATTAAAAACK!!!!!!
SUPRISEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
hahaha I didn’t feel like updating my blog so i’m doing a SUPRISE guest update on this blog! YES, i know i’m lame, but don’t act like you don’t like it! hahaha
So let’s talk about Yasmine “THE DREAM” (that’s her new nickname…only because “the dream” rhymes with […]

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