The American Daydream: Archive

Feb 9th

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“When I was young, my ambition was to be one of the people who made a difference...”

– Jim Henson

Dec 28th

“You’re not a woman until people come out of your vagina and step on your...”

– Louis C.K.

Dec 26th

Dec 7th

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Study abroad

shitmystudentswrite: Occasionally she and I would fornicate in various positions and teach each other the sexual culture of our two nations.

Dec 7th

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Beantown Chronicles, Part 1

Two close friends of mine requested that I keep a blog now that I’m in Boston, and I’ve been remiss in doing so, mainly because I’ve been both busy and lazy. Three weeks in, those circumstances haven’t really changed, but I figured I could throw something together. I’m at the beginning of the most exciting and important stretch in my life so far. I’m in grad...

Sep 22nd

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Aug 22nd

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"I can't believe you're moving..."

I realize I haven’t put anything original on here in a while, which is fine. It’s Tumblr. I don’t have to be original. I just have to be able to find things I like and pass them on to survive in this medium. But I can honestly say it’s been a couple weeks since I really composed anything worthwhile, and now’s as good a time as any. Next Thursday, I’ll move to...

Aug 21st

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Aug 17th

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Aug 17th

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Aug 11th

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Aug 5th

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“We are all a little weird and life’s a little weird, and when we find...”

– Dr. Seuss

Aug 2nd

Aug 1st

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Jul 28th

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“The meal doesn’t end when I’m ‘full.’ The meal is over when I hate myself.”

– Louis C.K. (via omgitsjpax)

Jul 16th

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Jul 14th

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Jul 11th

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Jul 5th

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Recently downloaded the whole James Taylor...

Jul 1st

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Watch

comedycentral: Louis CK Talks Farts on The Daily Show “You don’t have to be smart to laugh at farts, but you have to be stupid not to.”

Jun 29th

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“I don’t know exactly what motivates someone to dedicate their life to the...”

– Kevin Van Valkenburg

Jun 20th

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Jun 20th

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Watch

Was reminded of this “Community” scene this morning. Oh, Allison Brie…

Jun 17th

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Jun 16th

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Frozen in front of me

(Don’t read this if you’re not interested in reading a retrospective on a John Mayer album in which I get sappy. It’s not pretty.) We all have a favorite album. That album can be our favorite for a myriad of reasons, both internal and external. It probably defined your life at the time of purchase and has ever since. Finding out someone else loved the album as well can create an...

Jun 15th

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“Your perceived failure can become a catalyst for profound reinvention.”

– Conan O’Brien, in his commencement speech at Dartmouth

Jun 14th

“I have often wished that Jefferson had not used that phrase ‘the pursuit...”

– Toni Morrison, to the 2011 graduating class at Rutgers Damn. Well said.

Jun 13th

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Jun 11th

$2.57

I went to Wal-Mart earlier today to pick up some groceries. On my way back, my mom called and asked me to buy some Ramen noodles. After a couple sighs and eye rolls, I stopped at the Target by my house. It took me about five times longer than it should have, but I found the Ramen noodles and headed toward the checkout line. I determined it was too weird to stand in a line full of people buying...

Jun 11th

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“That’s what a great bar does. It stays the same so we can measure our own...”

– Wright Thompson, Grantland.com Just read this piece he wrote about the closing of Elaine’s, a famous writer’s bar in New York City. I’ve never been to Elaine’s, but the article makes me wish I had. Wright’s one of my favorite writer, and after I read these lines (the...

Jun 10th

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A to-do list for the ages...

I think it really hit me last week, when I filled out my grad school registration form and sent in my class requests. In three months, I won’t live in Georgia anymore. Circumstances determine who you view your situation. I have friends who never plan on leaving and friends who got out the first chance they got. I think I’ve vacillated between both camps over the years, and now I’m at the point...

Jun 7th

May 22nd

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May 18th

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Serendipity

Being someone who probably watches too many TV shows and movies, I often find myself living out my days as if someone else would view it later. Most of my life is rated PG-13 (or TV-14), and the rest is R-rated, for language and adult situations. In retrospect, the events of yesterday afternoon feel scripted—not in the way that I knew something crazy would happen, but in the way that I feel...

May 15th

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“For some very lucky few, though — and I count myself one of them — a...”

– Jeff MacGregor, ESPN.com

May 10th

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