May 2012
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O, Lilac
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The difference between poetry and rhetoric is being ready to kill yourself instead of your children.
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Childhood Facts
The first picture book I ever read was called I Hate My Bow. It was about a cute, grumpy, fluffy, white dog that hated everything, even babies.
I also loved the The Ugly Duckling. I was so sad that he was “ugly” just because he didn’t look like the other ducklings. I colored him yellow on every page with a marker so he could.
I had a Hunchback of Notre Dame lunch box. My mom...
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Last night
I had a dream that I was at Hogwarts and Voldemort was trying to kill me. He captured all my friends and put them in Azkaban. I broke into Azkaban using an invisibility cloak and saved everybody.
I didn’t want to wake up. But sadly I did. :(
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What's your favorite book?
Definitely one of the most evil questions to ask an English major, another being “Who’s your favorite writer?”. I know this answer sounds cliche but I really don’t have a single favorite book. I do have favorite books though. I finally managed to wheedle it down to these ten titles.
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Every Visible...
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The future
certainly does have a way of sneaking up on you.
My junior year of college has just ended and I can’t help but think “WHOA!” because it really did fly by pretty quickly. I can still remember the day I moved into my dorm my freshman year and how scared and awkward I was. I was so afraid of meeting new people and living with complete strangers. I never managed to keep in contact...
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“I won’t kiss you. It might get to be a habit and I can’t get rid of habits.”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald, Flappers and Philosophers
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I know I’m feeling brave
But that’s...
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Summer Bucket List
So I’ve done nothing but sleep, eat, and play Pokemon so far (no surprise) so I thought it would be nice to make a list of things I hope to do/accomplish this summer. I’ll be spending the first half of my summer in Berkeley for Session A and then will be traveling back to LA in July!
So in Berkeley I hope to:
learn how to ride my bike (still rusty on turns and braking)
swim in the...
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Hey beautiful!
I was sitting on a bench by the bus stop, totally engrossed in my book, and not paying attention to anything around me when I heard a “Hey beautiful.” I looked up reflexively and I saw some dude on his bicycle. I thought I was going to get hit on by another creepy asshole, but this dude was, well, normal. He seemed to be around my age and he was smiling, not in a creepy, predatory way...
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Perfectly ominous, perfect for studying.
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“Pinayism is a revolutionary action. Pinayism is a self-affirming condition or...”
– I feel like I’m going to quote this essay a lot in my paper.
<3 Pinayism
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“…to the women in Maganda, to all the manangs—so many Pinays have...”
– Professor Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales
I totally forgot that she mentioned {m} several times in her “Pinayism” essay! She was a member you know!
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Writing an English essay about Audre Lorde.
Difficult but empowering. My thesis is simply, “The personal is political.”
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MFA
I’m seriously considering getting one. I feel like I have a very high potential for creative writing, but I’ve always been afraid to pursue it because of what other people might think. I still want to get a Ph.D though. I was talking to a friend about which one I should get (because it seemed like either or) and she said, “Why not get both?”
Would that be a little too...
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Poem I Wrote For an Asian Am. Class
Tanned skin Long dark hair Plump lips Almond eyes And a soft singsong voice All packaged in one sweet deal Known as a Pilpina[[MORE]]
Advertised as different Foreign Strange As something that could never be Truly accepted Only seen as a housekeeper A nanny A maid A sex worker A bride that can just be ordered online With one simple click Made to order For all your needs For all...
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Things Jordan Doesn't Like →
Because my boyfriend is hilarious and I like to make fun of him.
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When you see my face, I hope that you don’t laugh I’m not a film-star beauty I sent a photograph I hope that you don’t laugh
April 2012
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20 Obsolete English Words That Should Make a... →
Quagswagging is my favorite.
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It's Almost Summer.
Big Wave - Jenny and Johnny
Bumper - Cults
Come Saturday - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Let’s Go Surfing - The Drums
Date With the Night - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Alcohol - CSS
Better Off Without You - Summer Camp
Hoop of Love - Dominant Legs
Speak Slow - Tegan and Sara
Nothing Matters When We’re Dancing - The Magnetic Fields
Good Time - Crystal Castles
Night Swim - Frankie...
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This acoustic version makes me want to cry.
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“Magandá is a Pilipino adjective defined as ‘beautiful,’ symbolizing...”
– from Magandá Magazine’s Premiere Issue, Spring 1990. Even though I’m scared of what’s to come, I seriously can’t wait for next year. It’s going to be awesome.
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“I’m going home with Mommy. Byeeeee! Thank you so much for helping getting...”
– Edgar, my cousin/bro. He has no idea how warm and fuzzy this text made me. I can’t wait to see what wonderful things he’ll be doing for the community in the future.
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“I desired my dust to be mingled with yours
Forever and forever and forever.”
– Ezra Pound, from “The River Merchant’s Wife: A Letter”
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“ardent, adj. It was after sex, when there was still heat and mostly breathing,...”
– David Levithan, The Lover’s Dictionary (via princessnymeria)
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My Favorite Book Stores in Berkeley
1. Books, Inc.: Located on 4th Street (close to the Marina), it’s the oldest independent book store in the West! They have a great selection of bestsellers, fiction, and children’s books. They also have really good sales—I bought a Piccadilly Notebook there for only $4 (retail price was $9) and they sell these awesome author portrait buttons for $1 each (I bought Eliot, Faulkner,...
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“If I didn’t think, I’d be much happier.”
– Sylvia Plath
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“One of the first rolls was the New England Aquarium. Hugh used to take me there....”
– Lisa Carey, Every Visible Thing
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“You may work with undocumented immigrants and even be friends with us but you...”
– Alicia Torres in Don’t Put Me Down (via queerdesi)
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Tomorrow, {m}aganda Magazine will be holding Invisible Runway, a political fashion show that will highlight the stories and struggles of undocumented immigrants through art, spoken word, music, and, most particularly, fashion. It will be...
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Woke up with this tune in my head.
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agirlwriter:
I had asked for flowers, but instead they gave me petals. They were not enough to fill the vase I had set aside. It just stood there— clear, empty, and white— at the bottom there was only an inch of tap water.
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“They giggle like ten-year-old idiotic displays of love.”
– Camille Robles