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Love is Blinding

Perhaps you’ve seen my rants about my absence of motivation, direction, life goals and general grown up-ness that have plagued my entire existence.  And true, all these less than redeeming qualities have been a part of my life since I was an itty bitty fetus…but there’s another more immediate cause that I’ve [...]

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They call me The Wanderer

Have you ever reached a point in your life where you realized you have no idea what you’re doing?
Well, I came to that point last night.
(To be honest, I come to that point about once a semester, but each time it’s just as fresh and new and terrifying as the last.)
I don’t know what sets [...]

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Hello, Apathy.

Well kids, it’s the beginning of November…which means it’s the beginning of the home stretch, and the beginning of big papers, and the beginning of thinking OHMYGAWD WHAT HAVE I BEEN DOING ALL SEMESTER??  AM GOING TO FAIL.
But if you’re anything like me, it’s the beginning of something else as well.
I call [...]

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Laziness vs. Love

I’m in this class called Sociology of Family (YES I’m a journalism student and YES I’m being forced to take a Soc class against my will…but I digress), and recently we’ve been talking about the dissolution of traditional values in the American family structure.
In layman’s terms, the divorce rate in the US is silly-crazy-high.
And there [...]

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Pinky and the Brain

Have you ever had a professor so brilliant, so inspired, so passionately dedicated to his students that he completely scared the Holy Hell out of you?
If so, then welcome to my world.
Dr. Gade is a well-known professor in the school of Journalism and Mass Communications (a.k.a. my home-away-from-home).  He’s one of those academic types who [...]

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