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Simple Pleasures

by Ems on March 29, 2007 · 0 comments

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    Mmm, spring break. Mmm, sleep. Oh so glorious. More things to add to the little list that I like to call life’s simple pleasures: Snowdays | That first sip of coffee in the morning | An A on a paper/test Fingers through your hair | Shaving after at least a week with a [...]

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Status Updates

by Ems on February 24, 2007 · 2 comments

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  If I had been diligently changing my Facebook status updates for the past few days/weeks, etc., they would look something like this. E is: happy sad excited stressed anxious rooting for Obama swamped overloaded loving classes in love with Octavian of Rome daily becoming more proficient in Italian losing her sanity embracing change irritated [...]

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January To-Do List

by Ems on January 10, 2007 · 1 comment

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It’s just 10 things. I Think you can handle it. 1) Become thoroughly versed in the foundations of historical and contemporary Islamic Law And hope that not all reactions to such law are in the form of Islamic Feminist Literature 2) Rearrange dorm room so as to be more conducive to living As opposed to [...]

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Shakespeare and Politics

by Ems on November 11, 2006 · 1 comment

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This may sound kind of strange, but I think I needed the election to be over.  As much as I loved the campaign, as much as I love the people, as much as I miss it all, I think it all, in some metaphorical sense, kept me grounded in life before college.  It’s hard to [...]

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OK, it’s only like 12:30 here and my friends can tell I’m distressed. They’re concerned. (I thought that being separated from everything for awhile would decrease the anxiety. I thought wrong.) Here’s my advice to them on how to deal with me/help me through today. 1) It’s not distress. It’s extreme anxiousness. 2) Let me [...]

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Response

by Ems on November 6, 2006 · 2 comments

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Amy Pokela: Are you sure about the 90,000 uninsured number? Jack Billion: Of course I’m sure – Emily Gullickson said it was true. Emily Gullickson: Of course it’s true. It’s not like you hired me just to sit by the front window and look pretty. I don’t do pretty. (Seriously though, go here, here, or [...]

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Dolce o dispetto!

by Ems on October 31, 2006 · 0 comments

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Happy Halloween! I love Halloween.  It’s totally just an excuse to have a sugar high all day.  I’m not accomplishing anything concrete.  Though I do believe I have come up with a brilliant thesis for my next Shakespeare paper and I would like to thank Hershey’s for making that possible. So yesterday wasn’t the greatest [...]

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I’m in need of a little spinner, one which I can attach to my door and just spin when I need it. What’s on it, you ask? Dining halls. My friends and I can never decide where to eat. So, alas, we are in need of a spinner. Chief Justice John Roberts is coming to [...]

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And then there was one

by Ems on September 3, 2006 · 1 comment

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There were so many things I had on my to do list this summer that I didn’t get accomplished.  I wanted to finish writing my novel, resume clarinet lessons (maybe play in municipal band), join a tennis league, make a dent in the list of must-read books I started my sophomore year.  But then I [...]

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Little Black Dress

by Ems on August 27, 2006 · 2 comments

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Top 10 Reasons I will never be Queen. 10. America is a Democracy 9. I hate tea 8. I want a small wedding 7. I chew with my mouth open 6. I wear sunglasses indoors 5. Shakespeare is dead 4. Designer dresses don’t fit me 3. I’d have to work with Condoleeza Rice 2. The [...]

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