February 2012
7 posts
2 tags
in order that people may be happy in their work,...
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- john ruskin (1819 - 1900) | thanks to erehwyna via texturism
January 2012
6 posts
December 2011
9 posts
The Year That Changed Everything or The Year That...
There was no way that I could’ve ever anticipated what 2011 would bring. This time last year, I was single, applying to a PhD program abroad and planning to relocate. I was running (actually running!) and losing weight. Life was good, but I was anticipating more. Daniel and I had our first date on February 19th. We had our second date less than 48 hours later. My sister, Brittany, called me...
November 2011
9 posts
Philadelphia Parking Authority
An excerpt from the most recent letter I wrote to the PPA:
Furthermore, as a member of the Philadelphia community, where I was born and raised, I find in disheartening to know that PPA makes it so easy to forget that Philadelphia is the city of brotherly love. Instead of “regulating the use of on-street parking,” the PPA makes it difficult for business to thrive, while consumers battle new, and...
Roommate Funnies: Volume 1
Reminiscing about our 26th year of life.
Karissa: We were drunk a lot last year.
Shannon: Remember that entire year we were drunk?
October 2011
15 posts
“Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be...”
– Albert Einstein
“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept...”
– Robert Frost
But who can say what’s best? That’s why you need to grab whatever chance you have of happiness where you find it, and not worry about other people too much. My experience tells me that we get no more than two or three such chances in a life time, and if we let them go, we regret it for the rest of our lives.
-Haruki Murakami
Love Makes the World Go Around →
3 tags
“You’ve got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for...”
– Steve Jobs (2005 Stanford Commencement Speech)
September 2011
22 posts
“You meet thousands of people, and none of them really touch you. And then you...”
– Love and Other Drugs
